The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-06-22
BILLIE MAC SPEEDS
AROUND Mile OVAL
IN Time OF 2O94
Iowa Horses Capture Greatest
Share Of Money in Closing
Program OF Harness Races
lEMARS COLT SLAMS FIELD
Mrs. Bryan Outclasses North
Dakota Horses to Triumph in
Special Twilight Event
LEMARS COLT SLAMS FIELD
Ry J. G.. MACGREGOR

BY J. G. MACGREGOR
It was Iowa Day at the Bismarck
Fair Friday.
For the second time in the span OF
three days. a monarch of the track
from the HaWkaye state paced out a
new track record.
Billie Mac, owned and driven by
Ben Morgan, Toledo, Iowal scored
three sensational straight heat VIC
tories in the 2:l3 pace. on the last day
of harness racing OH the Bryan
speedway one mile cast OF Fort Lin
coin.
In the first heat. the powerful PAGER
nosed under the wire in the exception
al time of 2:09a. The record might
have been set by any one Of the four
other great PAGERS. SO close was the
field punched on that last thrilling
squirt to the finish.
Another Iowa entry. Ran Man,
owned by II. j. Butler. LeMar5, with
Combs up. slammed the field in the
colt" race, a special event for three
year-olds. The scared youngster three
lll4lGo rIulllpClJu AloAAAS AAot.
Mrs. Bryan Triumphs
Fittingly lowering the curtain on
the greatest harness races ever held
in the state. Mrs. G. K. Bryan. found
or and director of the Bismarck Fair.
drove her own stable entry, Aileen
VOlo, to first place in three successive
heats in a special added race limited
to North Dakota horses in the tWi-
light program.
Mrs. Bryan asked no favors and re-
ceived none from that band Of vcter-
an horsemen who were left in the
dust of the flying heels Of the Bis
marck horse.
laundering snortS of automobile
racing cars replaced the whinny and
neigh of the race horse on the track
today.
It may be a long time before Bis
marck OF any other North Dakota
track sees a race comparable to the
2:l3.
Il doubt il another North Dakota
fair this year will produce such a
thriller" Frank j. Weyel. Mime
apolis, official starter, said.
Purduc's Mark Broken
Fans who watched Purdue. Des
Moines. Iowa. horse, rae to a new
record of 2:l0ia "Wednesday in the
first heat of the 2:l8 pace, thought
they had seen the height of SEN
sational performances. They never
remotely dreamed that Purdue's
mark would crash so oor
The attack on Purdue's record was
overwhelming. III addition to Billie
Mac, Minnesota, Wisconsin,, North
Dakota and South Dakota horses
threatened to surpass the new record.
Lillian Watts. Morris up. Buot
Dewey, Smith up, Fronsie OBrient.
Bradford up, and High Sparkle, By
ron up, were the outstanding con-
tenders.
This quartet from four different
states forced Billie Mac in every heat.
Inches separated the five as they
whipped under the wire. Only Billie
Macs superior stamina and whirlwind
finish carried the Iowa entry to VIC
tory.
Fails to Set Another
In the final heat, Billie Mac set out
TO break her own record but was
boxed on the score and failed to break
from the field until the final quarter
when leg weary rivals were forced to
give way before the tornado rush Of
the great black. Billie Macs chal-
lenge came too late.
Ran Mans triumph in the colt race
was not easy despite capturing three
straight heats. In each heat, the
gelding was forced pace for pace by
Phyllis H.. Irene Treasurer and Day
Direct. The three pursuers finished
in the order named in every heat.
Deliberately handicapping herself
by driving a road cart instead of the
conventional bike, Mrs. Bryan was
still able to prove that a great horse
and a great driver. even though the
horse has been trained by a woman
and driven by a woman. can still
triumph over the sex that has prac-
tically m~onopolized the harness world.
Overcomcs Big Lead
Mrs. Bryan had to overcome a gap
of so yards in the first heat to win.
She pushed her mare slowly but sure
" from the ruck Of the field at the
score to he front in the last quarter
coming under the wire with Rock
wood Hal and Billy Newton almost
abreast.
In the second heat she was content
to stick with the field from Co. to
whoa" Aileen Volo pounding to the
fore in the final quarter in a whip
ping finish.
Getting the pole and off like a
startled jackrabbit in the final heat.
Mrs. Bryan steadily pulled away from
the field. She came home with Billy
Newton SO yardc to the rear.
Bud McCaskey. groom of the Berry
stable. Fort Dodge, Iowa. was pre-
sented with a purse Of $25 for being
the most ~gentlernaIaly groom on the
grounds" The purse was offered by
the Fair association and was pre-
sented by Mrs. o. w. Roberts, pre-
siding Judge.
VAN RYAN MEETS RATZl.Arr