The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-09-15
ANDY WEIGH WINS
Breaks Give 2:25 Trot for
$1,000 to Wichita Horse.
Billy StOrts and Louis AzOff
Strong Contenders.
2;;25 PACE TO SANDY BELL
Z. r.. N. Takes 2:17 Pace in
Three Straight Heats.
BOreas and Repent Are Victors
in Running Events.
2;25 PACE TO SANDY BELL

in Running Events.
The inconsistency Of two horses,
that blew up at critical times, enabled
Andy Welch, the bay horse owned
by H. H. Haynes of wichita and driven
by Tom Grant, TO win the 2:25 trot
for a purse estimated at more than
$1,000 at the Kansas Free Fair Thurs
day afternoon. Billy Storts took sec
ond money, Louis Azoff third, and
Roland Kink fourth. 1t was five
heat affair
Sandy Bell, the black mare owned
by Charles Langston of Joplin, Mo-,
won the 2:25 pace for an $500 purse,
stepping the first heat in 2:11A. Ben
Hur took second money, Prince Lee
third, and Jimmie Jenkins fourth.
Z. R. NJ, the bay mare owned and
teamed by G. T. Neff of Bethany, Mo-,
won the 2:17 pace for $500 purse in
three straight heats. In this race Inc
Object took second money, Willie
Chimes third. and Amhurst fourth
First Heat Well Earned.
In the first heat of the 2:25 trot
Louis Azoff took the lead and ap-
parently rode easy turnout the mile
If Donneiley ever called upon him he
did it in an invisible fashion, but at
that they stepped a very snappy neat
in 2:12A.
Roland King got off well in the Sec
ond heat and was going easy until half
way thru the home stretch, when he
made a bad break Andy WEIGH, lay
ing close up as they entered the
stretch, eased in and took the heat in
a jog in 2:13A, Louis Azoff finishing
second
Andy WEIGH won the third heat after
being passed on several occasions
thruCut the mile. Louis AZott, winner
of the first heat, came up once and
took the lead, but tired of the clip and
made a bad break, finishing third.
Roland King finished in second post
ton. apparently because he didn't stop
trotting to run awhile.
They got off well punched in the
fourth. Andy WEIGH assumed the
position of pacemaker, but it was only
an assumption For in the last hal1
Billy StoTts took the field with a
burst of speed that none of the con-
tenders were capable of overcoming.
He won the heat with ease in ais y :,
demonstrating that ne could come
back and equal the time of the sec
ond heat, won by Andy WEIGH
Breaks Give Him Race.
a whole book might be written
about the fifth and deciding heat OF
that trot. Only the three heat win
ners started. Billy Storts took the
race in his pocket to the three-quar-
ter pole, where Louis Azoff came up
and carried them around the turn al
a faster clip than even he could stand.
When halfway thru the home stretch,
both these horses blew up, permitting
ANDY Welch, who was trailing along,
TO nose the galoping trotters out of
the final heat and the race in 2:16 u
From THE grandstand it looked like
Tom Grant was the one driver in this
event who didn't ask a little more of
his horse than he could do, and in all
probability he out-teamed his rivals,
especially in the last heat.
In the first heat of the 1928 pace
Sandy Bell got off well in the scoring
with the pole and used it to advan-
tase thruout the mile, winning by a
good length and a half. But had
Jimmie Jenkins gotten off with as
good a position as did some of the
other starters, Mr.. Osborne must have
driven his good black mare a faster
mile than 2:11A to have COPIED the
heat.
Ben Hur took the second heat after
getting off good and was rated a very
nice mile by Mr.. Garrison. Sandy
Bell came from third position in the
back stretch and under a stiff drive
finished up a close second. The Jop-
lin mare might have had another heat
to her credit had she been urged a
little earlier in the mile.
b Wouldn't Beat Sandy Bell.
Ben Hur, having the pole, set sail
in the third until they arrived at then
back stretch when Sandy Bell had the
speed to step around the bay gelding
and finish at ease, demonstrating be-
yond doubt that she had the breeding
and speed to go these heat races at
the clip of 2:12H.
Only horses standing in the money
came back in the fourth heat Sandy
Bell got a slight advantage in the
scoring and none Of the other starters
ever had a chance TO stick their noses
ahead of this good little race mare
again. Prince Lee finished second,
making an awful drive thru the home
stretch to get a second to his credit,
thus beating Jimmie Jenkins out of
third money.
In the first heat of the 2:17 trot.
Willie Chimes~gOt off to the good in
the scoring, and maintained the posi-
ton until the three-quarter pole was
reached, at which point E r.. NJ came
from a bad position and, ably teamed
and placed by Mr.. Neff, took the lead
around the last turn and won by a
couple of lengths in 2:15L, being
three seconds slower than the first
heat OF the 2:25 trot, which, however,
was for a $1,000 purse
Break Costs Him a Heat
When tho word was given in the
second heat, E. r. NJ. stepped to the
front, but in the first quarter Willie
Chimes showed a burst of speed and
set the pace until the back stretch
was reached in the half mile. Here
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