The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1922-08-25

K. Of p. band discoursed a program Of
excellent music that more than often
-drow a round of hearty Appliance .,,,.
appreciation.
''rhc race track was in good condi.
ton. While s0mewhat dusty, there
was no breeze to carry the dust raised
upon the crowds gathered to witness
the racing.
The three races and the pony event
wore run under the direction Of Vic.
tor Peters as starting Judge. This is
his tlrst visit to Mt. Vernon and his
work the first day made a very favor
able Impression for him. He believes
Ia getting the horses away quickly,
which made a hit with the crowd,
which thereby was robbed of the an
nayanoe of watching repeated scor-
ings made seuseless and useless by
the performances tof ,unruly horses
and ithe rivalry of drivers.
JudGe Peters was fortunate in get
ting the horses away from the post
With no bad starts. But once was the
Fery sRottsn"' raised, and that by a
solitary individual. AS a rule there
are "a few "rubes" to be found who
raise the cry of "Rotten," no matter
hoy conscientious that starting Judge
has proved himself to be, or with
what difficulties he has to contend.
both horses and drivers are tenpera.
mental and a Judge has enough trou-
he handling them without some in
|dividual hack ,0f the grandstand rails
ing ithe cryTof "Rotten" on him.
The racing in all the events of the
afternoon was good The racing, fur
thsrmorc, was marked by no unfor
tunate mishaps or accidents. Driver
France was spilled from his seat in
scoring for one of the heats, but was
not hurt.
The, first event, the 21:5 pace, for a
purse of 5000, was sharply contested.
Nearly all the horses entered were
young horses, but without exception
they performed remarkably well.
1t took four heats to decide tho
race, Barney H.. chestnut gelding
driven by Urban, taking the first heat,
Biddfe O'Connor, a chestnut mare,
drive by Sargent, the second, and Van
Burn, chestnut gelding driven by
Cartnell. taking the third The fourth
heat was run by the heat winners,
Van Burn finishing out in front. Bid.
die O'Connor second, and Barney II.
third.
The .2:52' t.ot for purse of $500.
was lacking the sharp competition of
the pacing event that preceded it.
Jean Axworthy, a bay mare driven by
Fuller. after finishing second the fret
heat, annexed the next two and the
race. DR.. r., a black .gelding driven
by G. Ford, after being first in the
first heat, was second in the second
and third.
ae The i2;25 pace, also for 5000 purse,
WAS notable tor the large number of
!hQrses-12 in .all--starting. Notwith.
standing the large field, Judge Peters
got them away in creditable fash.
ion and without mishaps.
.Barney's Tramp, sorrel mare driv.
en- by Barnes, and Babe Booze, "a bay
mare driven by ,Olds, easily were the
class Of the lot. Barney's Tramp took
the Airst two heats and was second in
the third. Babe Booze finished in
front in the last heat and was second
in the other two. Stephen D., roam
gelding, driven by Burton, was third
in all three heats.
Pony Race
The rpny race was the final event
OF the afternoon. Six boys, riding
their own ponies, were entered in the
race, which was won by Prince, rid
den by Ernest Hall. Trixie, ridden by
Gordon Cunningham, and Mollie, rid.
den by, Charles .Bebout, were second
and third respectively.
The summary:
2:J5 Race-Purse $500
Van Burn, chg, (CartnelD ...2211
Riddie, O'connor, chm.
a(SargenD5 ..313 Q
Barney H., chg, ,(Urban) ....132 8
Mabel O'Copnor, chm.
tBrimbeel.5 ..445