Show r i J THE FREE FOR l ALL The Notable Feature of Yesterdays Yester-days Races PfiETTIEST EVER WITNESSED L I I The Largest Crowd of the SeasonThe Jockeys Jock-eys Euled tho Eoost230 Best Time Made Advertising in the SUXDAY HERALI > t pcthcr with a perfect day and the popularity popu-larity of the new management combined I tlrow out the largest crowd of the season I to the driving park yesterday The first event and the most notable I was a frcefnrall in which James F Florence Flor-ence R and Black Crook battled for blood i a three in Jive contest Crook was tho favorite at the betting with Florence and James alternating for second place A tardy start was effected with Crook at tho pole He however went t pieces and left an opening for Florence which she took at the first turn and held to thcfinish Crook i Tallied and captured second place James was not an interesting competitor for this beat and it was feared at one time the distance tance flag would catch him Time 233K Florence switched to favorite in the pools and Crook second bu t James sprung = a surprise by taking second place early in the heat and chasing the mare out in230j Both broke in the stretch but Harris picked Florence up first and sent her home trotting trot-ting James though ahead passed under the wire on a run and the mare got first place Crook is evidently out of fix For the third heat the field is favorite Florence second The mare kept the inside in-side tbelirst circle and to the back stretch with James at her heels here began one of the prettiest races ever witnessed on the track James crawled up inch by inch until at the head of the turn they were on even terms In this position they raced around the bend Every pool buyer was on bis feet shouting for his favorite bets of 300 to 1 were offered that James F would let there when all of a sudden intentionally I I ally or otherwise the mare quit and the horse came in an easy winner 230 Fourth heat James favorite against the field he won hands down in 232 James brought 10 against the field 2 for the fifth and final heat I was a hotly contested race horn first to last The mare passed him at a 225 clip on the apper turn and James returned the compliment compli-ment by doing the same thing in exactly the same spot the second time round He maintained the advantage to the end and won the heat and race in 23U Crook was a poor third after the first heat First heat of the 250 class was sandwiched sand-wiched in between the third and fourth heats of the free for alL Marble sold first choice with Hot Shot and JLRJy Almont on L oven terms The favorite drew the pole but lost it t Hot Shot in the start and thereafter was not in the race The mare hung to the horses wheel untiljtho stretch was reached where she outfooted him and 0 came home winnerMarble distanced Second heat Hot Shot foully took the inside in-side with a spurt at the start but the little mare was game and won in much the same manner as she did the first heat Third Score Hot Shot captured the polo as before but without fouling and kept the lead to the end Hot Shot now went lavonto and von the two remaining heat handily As the official time of this race diffeied some live seconds in almost every bet from reliable watches held at the other end of the wire we hithhold tho blackboard figures and simply say there ivtfs too much of 249 In tho match race Blackbird sold at 10 Tommy Dodd at SS The black got the pole was never crowded and won as he pleased time 230 Higgins got the word unexpectedly and Dodd wen away with hi > beck dovvn Tommys crt chuckled like a new Bain wagon Bird was a hot favorite Harris was put up behind Dodd for the second heat but all to no purpose the black came home han dily in 234Jj A straight trotter has no business with one of these sidewheelers any way NOTES Crow Hop would bQ a more appropriate L appro-priate name for the horse Hot Shot + The running race did not materialize It was a Black Crooks off day j The jocko3s ruled the roost notwithstanding notwith-standing the rigid rules of the association assocaton Pie the drivers compel them t bring I I their horses up together for a start so that a short programme may be finished before dak Marble was hitched too long and the cart shafts poked him in the ribs Grant Bros Raymond excursion wagon J with a six in hand took down a full load at a reasonable rate for 50c for the roundtrip round-trip James F is a beauty pure gaited and a stayerhe will do t tie too every time in a long race |