. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. JHfJ^ TWENTY-POUR PAGES. ^~%^-. Vol. XXI. No. 2. No. 313 BUSH STREET. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, JULY 9, 1892. SALINAS RACES ON " THE FOURTH.' Alpheus Defeats Bernal and Lowers His Record —Another Ansel in the List—Maud H. and Liska the Other Winners. Salinas, July 4, 1892. A good sized crowd witnessed the Fourth of July trotting races, which were held under the auspices of the M. A. A., District No. 7. The weather was cold and raw with a stiff breeze from the ocean, making record-breaking a thing not to be looked for. The track had been put in first-class c
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. JHfJ^ TWENTY-POUR PAGES. ^~%^-. Vol. XXI. No. 2. No. 313 BUSH STREET. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, JULY 9, 1892. SALINAS RACES ON " THE FOURTH.' Alpheus Defeats Bernal and Lowers His Record —Another Ansel in the List—Maud H. and Liska the Other Winners. Salinas, July 4, 1892. A good sized crowd witnessed the Fourth of July trotting races, which were held under the auspices of the M. A. A., District No. 7. The weather was cold and raw with a stiff breeze from the ocean, making record-breaking a thing not to be looked for. The track had been put in first-class condi- tion under the supervision of the lessee, James Dwain, and Frank Covey, Superintendent of the trotting department at the Palo Alto Stock Farm. The effect of the sudden change in the weather from 94 on Saturday to 65 on Monday, accompanied by fog, was too much for the Palo Alto trotters, not one of which was on its gait and fit to go a driving race. Hence their failure to answer the expectations of Mr. Covey and the crowd is not to be wondered at, as in their warm-ups it was quite plain to be seen that they were decidedly off" their gait, especially Bernal, who a week ago had shown a trial mile of 2:1S, but to-day finished no better than 2:29. It must be said for the new management at Palo Alto that the horses never looked better, but that the day was against them. The races were called at 2 o'clock, with Jesse D. Carr, Hiram Corey and George W. Theuerkauf in the judges' stand, and A. B. Jackson and James B. Iverson as timers. The first race on the programme was the free-for-all trot for a purse of $150, best two in three. The starters in this race were : Palo Alto Stock Farm's bay horse Bernal, 2:24, five years ; H. D. Albright's brown horse Alpheus, 2:27. In the pools Bernal sold for $20, Alpheus, $10. On the second score the horses got away, but soon after get- ting the word Bernal broke and lost much ground, and just before reaching the quarter pole another br
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