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Show I St. Frisco Outdistanced in Five-Heat Battle for Colum-, Colum-, bus Athletic Club $5000 Stake. ' Columbus, O., Aug. 17. Mabel Trask, beaten by St. Frisco last week at Pittsburg, won from him this afternoon. after-noon. In a five-heat battle for the Ath-Ietfc Ath-Ietfc club of Columbus 5000 stake. I The race brought a new world's rec ord for a five-neat trot, the best previous previ-ous time for such, an event having been made fn Columbus in 1911 in a I contest that Brace Girdle won after i Billy Burke had taken the first heat, and Hailworthy the second. Unsteadiness of Mabel Trask gave 1 St. Frlseo each of the first two heats without vigorous finishes. The Cox 1 mare, a slight favorite over the Geers' horse, had a two-length lead near the end of the first mile, but I surrendered It by a break. When ' ahead near the close of the second 1 heat, she broke -when challenged by I SL Frisco that came on, eased up to j win la 2:03 1-4, the fastest time made ,i by a trotter anywhere this season. I Mabel Trask In each of the next three heats never showed an Inclination Inclina-tion to do anything but trot. Miss i Perfection did the pace-making, Ma- I bel Trask and St. Frisco trailing until the turn home. Three successive f calls by Geers on St. Frisco did not I get quite enough speed for the over- ' hauling of Mabel Trask. The last l quarter of the fifth and final heat was stepped in thirty seconds. Donna Clay, full Bister to Early i Don, that took the Devereaux stake i Wednesday, was an odds-on favorite for the Buckeye Lake Yacht club $3000 stake and she took the race In straight heats, each of the last two being trotted at her record, 206 1-4. By the 2:07 pacers, there was hard racing. Roan Hal, finally made the I first choice after the Savoy was favored fa-vored in early pools, won in straight heats. Camelia, Altawood and White Sox 'took turns in contending. The last half of the first mile was done in a minute. To finish Just a head In front of White Sox, Roan Hal was forced to pace the third heat in 2:02 1-2. |