Hazel Ridge Is Dead
HAZEL RIDGE IS DEAD
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THE MILAN TROTTER DROPPED ON CLEVELAND TRACKS.
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Charles Gauntlett Loses a Very Valuable Horse from Heart Failure in the Second Heat of a Race.
Rain having exhausted itself for the time being, the grand circuit got in another afternoon at Cleveland yesterday and 10,000 people turned out to see the light harness horses. The racing was excellent and the time very good, the day's sport being slightly marred by the sudden death of the Michigan stallion Hazel Ridge. This was the horse that was raised by the late William Wright of Detroit, who had abundant faith in the animal's speed, but whose trainers never did very well with him. As soon as he passed to other hands Hazel Ridge began to win, and this spring Charles Gauntlett, of Milan, who won fame in other years with Corallord, came out with him. Hazel Ridge trotted to a record but did not win his race at Highland Park, but up at the big track he showed speed and stamina and won on the opening day, reducing his record to 2 :11 1/4. At Cleveland he was favorite but after finishing back in one heat he fell dead when he came out to score heart failure robbing the turf of a very promising horse.
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