| Show Alierton Defeats Nelson I GRAND RAPIDS Mich Oct 8Twenty thousand thou-sand people witnessed tho NelsonAllerton race to day for a purse of 10000 The weather was milder than yesterday but still chilly I enough to preclude any hope of record breaking time The sky was overcast and once or twice a few drops of rain fell The throng gave Nel I son a little the best applause when the two stallions appeared but Alierton Was the favor ite in the pools Both horses were driven by their owners Al ler ton coquetted in the scoring but both ani ma mals ts got away in beautiful beautiul style finally with Ne lson closely hugging the pole a lnaly in wih vance Tie pace was the sort that kills from the start The quarter was made in 32 with Nelson a length in advance At the half Nelson was two lengths in advance Alierton gained a length at the threequarters but just as they I swung into the stretch went off his feet for an instant and Nelson won the heat In 213 by an open length The crowd nearly went over crazy I the result but tho bookmakers still retained sti Alierton as favorite In the second heat the positions of the animals ani-mals to tho threequarter post was nearly a repetition of the first Entering the homestretch home-stretch Nelson swerved toward the middle of the course and faltered for a moment Alierton took advantage of this and finished winner by a halflength In al3H In the third heat Nelson led as before at the babe ck stretch Alierton lelng hal a dozen lengths ba-be hind Down the stretch he pulled up even withNelson by 1 phenomenal burst of speed Al efforts of Nelsons driver to increase that I animals speed were of no avail and Allerton easily won by an open length in 215 In the fourth heat both drivers held their horses Th check they being head by head all the way to the homestretch when Allerton again showed his superiority and passed the grandstand grand-stand leading by an open length winning the heat and race in 21G1 In another attack of good natured insanity the immense crowd broke through the fence and surrounded Allerton literally covering the stallion and his driver with flowers The best I time was 213 |
