. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 92 ®ty* $xttXfsx txnb §pKtvt*tna*u [Ahgest 6, 1899 Harness Races at Ottawa. Four days of good harness racing was pulled ofl at Ottawa| Illinoie, laBt week. On the first day, Tuesday, Jennie Mac won third money in the 2:12 pace, her positions in the sum- mary being 5, 7, 2, the heats being trotted in 2:12J, 2:10J and 2:10J, Aelse being the winner and Barney McCoy sec- ond. On the second day the bay gelding Shecam got fourth money in the 2:17 pace, the beBt time of which was 2:15J, Shecam being a close second the last two heats. On Thursday, the 29th, Ellen Madis
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. 92 ®ty* $xttXfsx txnb §pKtvt*tna*u [Ahgest 6, 1899 Harness Races at Ottawa. Four days of good harness racing was pulled ofl at Ottawa| Illinoie, laBt week. On the first day, Tuesday, Jennie Mac won third money in the 2:12 pace, her positions in the sum- mary being 5, 7, 2, the heats being trotted in 2:12J, 2:10J and 2:10J, Aelse being the winner and Barney McCoy sec- ond. On the second day the bay gelding Shecam got fourth money in the 2:17 pace, the beBt time of which was 2:15J, Shecam being a close second the last two heats. On Thursday, the 29th, Ellen Madison competed against seyen other trotters in a race that it took eight heats to de- cide. She won the first heat in 2:18|, was second in the next, and after dropping back in the succeeding heals, fin- ished a good third in the eighth and final mile of the race. The fastest heat of this race was 2:16i and the sloweBt 2:20J. There were 10,000 people on the track and they all stayed to Bee the finish of the contest. The race was finally won by Patola, a black mare by Altitude. Dr. Book won another race for Billy Durfee on the last day of the meeting, beating a Bel i of seyen in three straight heats after dropping the first. Hie fastest heat in this race was 2:20}. Shecam started the same day in the 2:15 pace, but his driyer had to be satisfied with fourth position in the summary. The meeting was yery successful and the work of Mr. W. W. Taylor, who acted as starting judge, was pro- nounced the best eyer seen on an Illinois track. Ottawa's track is but a half mile in length, but ia fast. The slowest heat of the meeting was 2:24 and the fastest 2:10}. Death of A. A. Austin. Northern News. [Portland Kural Spirit. J John Green looked rather lonesome working out the green pacer Koy Day at Iryington this week. Both Bill Frazier and Deceiyer are entered in the Califor- nia Circuit and will leaye for 8acramento early in August, where they will make their first start. There are oyer 100 h
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