Salt Lake Times | 1891-10-22 | Page 1 | Many Empty Pocketbooks

MAXT EMPTY POCKETBOOKS. Direct Shows Hal Pointer His Heels With ase That Was the Cause. Nashtille, Tenn., Oct. 22. Thousands of broken Tennessee hearta and thousands of empty pocketbooks were carried away from Cumberland park last evening. Direct, that ma chless California pacer, had showed Hal Pointer his heels with case in three straight heats. The time of the second heat w as the bes ever made in a race in harness, lowering Pointer's record half a second. In the first heat Pointer had the pole and held it until the quarter, when Direct, who had been on almost even terms with him from the start, made a magnificent spurt and pulled away. The second heat saw Direct at the pole, and he held it throughout. The best Pointer could do was to stayabreast up to the half-mile, half-mile, whea Direct gradually drew away. The last heat was a repetition of the others. The time by quarters was: First heat :32f4V 1:0514, 2:10; second heat -32 ii', 1:04, l:36-4, 2:0014'; third heat :83, 1:05, 1:35.V, 2:11. It w as believed by many that Direct could have gone in 2:0S in the second heat had Pointer pressed him more closely. Pointer was a big favorite in the pools in the first heat, selling $100 against $30 for Direct. The second heat was not materially changed, but the third found Direct selling at $10 against $5 for Pointer.