| Show MURPHY TELLS WHY WON FROM GEERS IN RACE Made lade Third rd Heat Necessary i ij in In Racing Butt j I 1 Hale c. c I I 1 nv nY AV n. n GO CHER tt Just AS s a a. strAw shows which way tho tho wind is blowing the tho em small all acts act of ot ofa ofa a a. man who has b been en successful in his profession make an index for tor his character char char- acter neter and his method of ot doing doing- buln business sll This was apt aptly illustrated at Hartford Conn In ht In 1311 during the Conn Connecticut fa fair r r. r so BO far tar aa l Thomas W IV Murphy was concerned The froe fro for all aU pace paco did not fill that year ear and as W V R RRussell R. R Nell l who ho had leased Russell hussell Do Boy did not have hae an n n engagement engage o emont e- e I mont ment for tho the horse he was wall anxious to arrange a special from which ho 1 would receive e sufficient money to COer cover cover cov cov- eek Tho The same amo er tor tho the tt week state of off affairs ears existed at sie and in order to round lound out Its program program program pro pro- the association put on a race gram between Russell Do Boy and Butt Hale I It proved pro a procession with the former i I in front and as Butt Halo had won n. n heat five race at Hartford on Labor day it did not seem advisable to start him again until Murphy said that If It the event was made mile milo heats two In th three e instead of ot three heats he was t saUa satisfied led that Butt nutt Hale would keep Geers' Geers pupil busy When Then the race started the spectators spectators tors ton settled themselves In their chairs or on tho the bleachers satisfied that It was pas going to bo a sided one affair In lit fast tast timo but when hen Murphy urphy closed with the flying leader In tho the stretch and was beating him until their sulky BUlky wheels rubbed and Butt Halo Hale made a A. break there thoro was a a. buzz In tho the stand p which showed that ever everyone ono expected that thO Murphy was going going- to put something something something some some- thing over o on Geers The flash camo came In tho the second heat when tho the Senator Halo nole gel gelding lIng lIng- whisked I by Russell Boy In the stretch and won amid a a. volley of ot cheers In 20 2023 the record which ho carried him to California later In tho season and which ho Is III not very err apt to reduce This made a third heat necessary and Geers seeing that he had a Tartar on onI his hands sprinted awa away from tho the word ord at n n. t tR two o o minute shot and never ne l let t up upon I on his mount until ho he was back at atthe th the wire lre V After the tho race rt Murphy was asked 1 t why hr ho he made such a desperate effort cHort to win the second heat when the event ent f was limited to two heats hetts and each horse was receiving recel the same s amount for the race He lie replied You do doI donot donot not suppose I would let Geers Goers have ha a n heat so long as I could win It and andI hi he further added J If If we had not notI I I rubbed wheels In the first mile mUe there I would have havo been only two heats and Butt Hale lIale hIale would o ha won both of oC 1 them This I la Is the spirit that prompts f o owners owner nen to keep Murphys Murphy's stable overflowing overflowing over over- 1 flowing with racing material and induces Ini In- In i duces them to purchase high priced i colts and aged abed horses for him to race roce |
