The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-06
Theo Guy Has
Time of 200
at Fair Oval
Angel Child Turns Heat in
2:0034 but Loses Race;
Finale Today.
BY PAUL BOXELL

b1 RAUL bOA6LL
Indiana harness patrons were af-
forded their last opportunity today
to see the brilliant 1855 crop of
Grand Circuit PAGERS and trotters
in action at the State Playground
track. Another nve-race program,
which has been the menu for the
last three days, was on schedule to
wind up highly successful week of
racing here.
Featuring this afternoons events
was the Hook Drug Co. 3year-old
pace, with horses eligible to
the 2:21 class. Considered the ia
vorite in this race was the S. W.
Harrison union City, Ind entry
Kent Bumpas. Kent ran first in
one heat of the Horseman Futurity
3-year-old pace on Tuesday, but fin
ished second and sixth in the other
heats.
Other races today were the PIT
trot, the 208 pace, with Cardinal
Prince outstanding, and the two In
diana Trotting and Pacing Horse
Associations events, the 2-year-old
trot and the 2-year-old pace.
Pair of Real Races
The best races of the fair to
date, insofar as neck and neck fin
ishes and speed are concerned, were
staged yesterday in the L. S. Ayres
2:10 trot and the Mayors 2:15 pace.
A time of two minutes fiat was reg
istered for the mile by Theo Guy
in the Mayors event and Angel
Child set a 2:OO94 clip in the Ayres
contest, though neither horse was
able to win its race.
The Ayres test was most pleas
ing to the fans, and Tara, a
slender, graceful f1lly with game
heart, easily the peoples choice"
was the winner. Vansandt turned
the half-mile of the first heat in
one minute even, followed closely
by Angel Child and Tara, but fell
back on the stretch and Tara sped
to the front to beat out late chal-
lenge by Angel Child. The time
was 2:02.
The most thrilling finish of the
week occurred in the second heat.
Seven of the eight horses running
we're closely punched as they came
down the stretch in a gruelling
drive and Angel Child nosed out
Tara and Vansandt in a finish so
close the winner was disputed by
grand stand fans until the judges
Angel Child's time was 2:00%, bet
tering her own previous record of
2:01A. The filly is owned by the
Stony Ridge Farm of Maysville, KY,
and was driven by Erskine.
Tara Wins by Head
The lead changed rapidly on the
backstretch of the third mile Tom
Berry pulled the graceful Tara to
the outside on the final curve,
caught Angel Child and Vansandt
in the stretch, and won by a head.
The time was 2:02A. Tara belongs
to the Fair Oaks Farm of Lexing-
ton, Mass, and has quite a record
on Eastern tracks.
Maralie Hanover was the unsung
heroine of the Mayors pace. The
f1lly collected only third money, but
was challenging the leader with only
a split second difference on every
drive down the stretch. Theo Guy,
running under the WoodSide Stables
banner, made his record time in the
first heat, overtaking Peter Paul the
ultimate winner on the back stretch.
Maralie Hanover was in front as
the field reached the home stretch
in the second mile, but Peter Paul,
a big, light gray speedster, came fast
on the outside to take a close YER
dict at the wire. The gray took the
lead on the third heat and again
beat off a sizzling challenge by
Maralie Hanover on the straight
away. Times for the last two miles
were 2:O11a and 2:O21a.
Br'er Rabbit assumed the lead
soon after the start in the three
heats of the 2:20 trot and stayed
ahead in all three. His times were
2:0612, 2:0412 and 2:O41a Mile
Worthy finished a close second on
all three occasions. Calumet Essig
took third money.
Symbol Peg, guided by Doc Par
shall, had things her own way in
the 2:24 pace. Winning in straight
heats, she came from fourth, fifth
and third places respectively round
ing the final curve on each mile.
The times were 2:08, 2:054 and
POSI- Braden Harvester was second