. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. July 28, 1900J 6$ye gsveedre cmc #:pjjxrt#mtm« 55 CLOSING DAYS AT VALt-EJO. Walter K. Is Protested and Hazel Kinney Trots a Fast Mile. The annual fair of the Solano Agricultural Association closed at Vallejo Saturday of last week after a successful week. Owing to the track being hard and rather rough and a stiff breeze blowing nearly every day, faBt time was made but in few instances and none of the faster harness horses were able to equal their former records. On Friday the 2:17 pace furnished a sensation in the pro- testing of the bay geldiDg Walter K. as a r
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. July 28, 1900J 6$ye gsveedre cmc #:pjjxrt#mtm« 55 CLOSING DAYS AT VALt-EJO. Walter K. Is Protested and Hazel Kinney Trots a Fast Mile. The annual fair of the Solano Agricultural Association closed at Vallejo Saturday of last week after a successful week. Owing to the track being hard and rather rough and a stiff breeze blowing nearly every day, faBt time was made but in few instances and none of the faster harness horses were able to equal their former records. On Friday the 2:17 pace furnished a sensation in the pro- testing of the bay geldiDg Walter K. as a ringer and the in- cident will furnish food for much horse talk until the end of the circuit. When the race was called Mr. Lot D. 81ocum, owner of the horse Teddy the Roan, entered in the same race, filed a protest against the horse, and after the protest had been answered under oath by Walter K's trainer and driver, full particulars of which are given elsewhere, the race proceeded with the Eastern horse barred in the betting. Mr. A. H. Cohen, of San FranciBco, presided in the judges stand and gave the word in the first heat to a good start. Walter K. led off closelv followed by Teddy the Roan. At the three-quarters Walter K. broke and Teddy followed suit. W. Brown who was up behind the Azmoor gelding Bob then made a drive and landed hie horse winner from Cloe, King Cadenza third and the unidentified terror from the East in the seventh and last position, the time beiog 2:15£, which was equal to 2:12 on a good track. The second heat also went to Bob, with the unknown wiggler in sixth place, and the time 2il8&. When the word was given for the sixth heat Walter quit a good deal of his foolishness and did more pacing, but bad the driver of Bob gone right out and driven from wire to wire in all probability Walter K. would have been unable to catch him. When the wire was reached Walter K. led Bob by more than a length, with King Cadenza third. The pro- tested horse got the fourt
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