Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 100, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 August 1908 — RENSSELAER HORSES WIN AT FRANKFORT [ARTICLE]

RENSSELAER HORSES WIN AT FRANKFORT

A. L. Padgitt Drives in Two Firsts and One Second at Clinton County Fair Thursday.

The Rensselaer horses were the real goods at Frankfort Thursday and in three events that took place at the Clinton county fair that afternoon, Alt Padgitt, driving Rensselaer horses, took two firsts and one second, might) near clearing the platter. The Rensselaer horses have had a splendid season, winning races every week of the Michigan circuit and making a lot of mony. The Michigan purses were almost all S4OO, but the Frankfort purses were only S3OO each. The horses that won at Frankfort were Turk McGloria, Raymore and Black Joe. Turk McGloria is a three year old and after running third in the first heat he won the next two, making the good time of 2:24% in the third heat. There were seven horses entered in the 2:14 pace and Raymond went to sixth place in the first, to third place in the second and then closed by winning three straight heats in 2:14%, 2:14% and 2:16%. In the third race, which was a 2:25 pace, Black Joe ran in sixth place twice, won the third heat and was beaten only by a nose in the fourth. As the race was won in the

fast time of 2:17% it will be amm that Black Joe has a lot of speed and will be a factor the remainder of the season. Delos Thompson, Ed Duvall, C. G. Spitler, Judge Hanley and B. P. Honan, all saw the races, the four first named having gone to Frank- . fort in Thompson’s ateamer. On Tuesday Driver Padgitt figured in an accident at Frankfort that might have resulted seriously, and of this accident the Frankfort News says: “In the second beat of the ti It pace there was an accident on the race course that made the blood of the spectators in the grandstand boil. A horse driven by Charles Hammond* of Indianapolis, stumbled and tell on the last quarter. A. L. Padgitt, of Rensselaer, driving Fortell, was close behind the other driver and could not turn out to avoid the “spill.” Padgitt, his horse and sulky went over the wreck and Padgitt was thrown out of his sulky. He miracuously escaped injury aside from a few bruises. Hammond also escaped injury as did both the horses. Hammond’s sulky was badly (ternaged. ,