The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1921-09-14
GOOD RACING
AT CALEDONIA
COUNTY FAIR
Red MOkO Wins In 2.3O
Class Against Big
Field

Fourteen horses figured Ill the
opening day race program at Cal
edonia county fair Tuesday after
noon. Two races were completed,
the 2.15, with four starters, and
the $50 class, with ten horses TO
go under the wire. They were all
good ones and Harvey Noyes
didn't have a very exciting after
noon waving the red flag at the
distance Inns
The starter was c. A. Traftor
of Sanford, Maine. The handy
way in which he pulled the bell
and handled the megaphone show
ed that he was an expert at the
business. The judges were H. b.
Stewart of Beebe, P. O.; H. T:
Ball of Rock Island, P. O.; and
F. P. Thresher of Marlboro, Mass.
The timers were c. c. Hunt of
Derby Line; w. o. Rocheleau of
Concord and James A. Traitor OF
Westbrook, Maine. Charles e..
Braley of st. Johnsbury was Off
cial clerk of the races.
The quartet Of starters in the
2.15 class was off with cluck and
snap, and, despite the fact that
the final result showed a one, two
three order, it was CLOSELY contest
ed and a fine exhibition. Nc
Shane's little mare nosed ahead
in the half mile in each heat, but
Chevalier's fast gelding succeeded
in beating her to the final wire in
the three straight heats. Tobeys
DR.. Kilburn held steady to the
third place for the third money,
just as he did at Rutland last
week. The quarters were made in
.35, .34% and .34A.
With ten starters in the $50
class, the school had to be divided
into squads like bunch of cadets,
and even then the fences made the
track pretty well congested
around the turns. Although it was
nobody's race until the final
check-in, the score shows three
straight heats for the winners and
the moncy-getters. Something
quite unusual with so many horses
in the contest was the fact that in
spite of the see-saws back and
forth during the heats, when the
horses came under the final wire
they were in the same numerical
order, the whole ten of them,
throughout the race. F. X. Kit
tredge, the veteran of many races
here, did not succeed in getting in
to the money. His hand with the
rein over Dawn was as steady as
daylight, but did not bring him IN
to the front line as it used to
when he drew ribbon over Ned
Cole at the head Of the procession.
The halls in this race were 100,
III and 1.1O1a and the quarters
in .3AA, .35 II, and 1865 q
The auto brush smoother and
tn, water wagon mounted on an
auto truck drove exhibition miles
between the heats and kept the
track in fine working condition.
The st. Johnsbuly band furnish
ed the musical program and the
vaudeville acts between the heats
made pleasing entertainment for
the crowd. The group of Haw-
allan singers and dancers, the
trained dogs, and Toxic Muretta,
the Jap acrobat. in his clever tight
rope fcats, were an interesting
part of the afternoons entertain
ment. The trained dogs furnish
ed one Of the cleverest perfor-
mances ever shown of the county
fair stage.
Wednesdays race program is 4
big one. The money amounts to
something like $1100 and in the %
class alone there are 40 starters.
DR.. Burke, who is in charge of the
race program, and who is right on
the Job every minute, has about
decided to split this class and
make two big races of it. Just