OCR Text |
Show i f... K.ir DA i T CHICAGO. i Tho lanlr. a f n .-s !!m In Mut r.t i C.oi'"'!', .Ii ") 0 Tbbs ii !erlj-1 !erlj-1 day. i be ad . e. i oi t i-i i'lul event of.' j iu8 w--.ter!i t'l f h is b-'Jt waited ft .t f i e ' oi -r tor '. my ;.'io:uh-i past;, j In :, !--r-r-.i tho vv-ath,.'. hail life-, t!.o f ..' -i -e; ui thn rMtest solioi j tt: . il;- p ..-t i f t-) thoitSiin.U whc -pati jrji.'.D li.u t-.ii on dc. ..y ilay, ii' a. uo ol;e-r lin e. Tl; s-in lile :ii this nun .1.03; throng1), r. veil "! Pi'tud-, and ha.'V vapor afl n. i liaro b: fn. , , the tioi'.h-.--et, blow from the Ir'.k '. Tiio aip frf't da nj) and. iook::i;;on all tb -sa paeiin neua, thn race t'om p.iblb' a.-ked: "V.'lll it rain?" The signal .vrv Ve n.an eneour.ig id al?. lovcri oi's.eii't by sayinjj lbi a.fjrnooii. would he clear and bright and ponlidenl; in this as.uii'a.'ioo Hi crowds began Ui I'liiaer at tho park as early as lil o'.-lock. On'e thing was perJain snd that was lhafj the 1 are would 00 run iu mud fetlock: deeii. and so bolters began to figure an to which of tho slarturs would provm tlm best "web fool" and make tho busg time through the eemi-lluid aurface. Of tho starters announced ttiis morn--Irip, Kinrnian and Slrathmeath seemed to laku tiie fancy of iho betting crowik. -J ami were favorites in the bookmaker' ring before tho first race waa called. ' The pvent today is the eighth contest for the honors of the American Iterby and i the thir.d in, today's prosramaio ' of race.' .. , ' ; . i," ''. "j",1 '"' 'a. M',llwW4'"i&l fiWS- 4 . and he will oarry li'!) "p'ound.s, .' ,Uy' 1 .-!l'.-y ' 1 o'rloek 15,0 K) people were on th grounds and it is expected 23,000 or mora will witness tho race. First rape .loo Carter won, Yalo-'Ot' second, Uabolte third. Mile and ono furion Santiago won, Sportsman second. Dickinson third. 'Ihe lerby was won bv Strathmeath, Toet Scott aecocd, Kiugnaaa third. Time 2:4ii. , |