"Wilkena" Was An Easy Winner

"WILKENA" WAS AN EASY WINNER

She Got the Purse in Races Friday 

LEWIS' "CHARLIE D" Was Seen to Good Advantage -- Fairly Large Sized Crowd Saw the Events

The races at the fair grounds Friday were fairly well attended considering that the weather was far from being ideal and also the fact that the events had had little advertising. There were a number of ladies among the spectators who seemed to enjoy the sport equally with the men.

Besides the fact that Lepper's "Wilkena" won the $50 purse from Warren Lewis' "Charlie D" and gave ample evidence of having all the qualities that go to make a racer, the principal feature of the program yesterday lay in the American Trotting association again admitting Ann Arbor to its lists. When Lewis arrived here from Ypsilanti shortly after noon and found that Ann Arbor was in bad repute with the association, he refused to allow "Charlie D" to go upon the track. Then it was that a hurried meeting of the local association was held. It was agreed to remit to the American Trotting association the $150 fine that the latter had imposed against the Ann Arbor association last year because the local people had refused to pay a purse in a race which they determined was a fake.

Secretary Steiner of the American Trotting association was communicated with at Chicago and $150 was wired him. In response he admitted the local people to good standing in the American association.

There was no time put up in yesterday's event. This had been agreed upon by the owners of the horses before the races began. "Wilkena" won the first and third heats and "Charlie D" the second. It was a fairly matched race, although "Wilkena" had apparently the best of her rival from the start until the wire was passed. Indeed there were some on the ground who were willing to bet that if Lepper, who drove the mare, had given her more head she would have left "Charlie D" much further behind than she did.

The betting was not enthusiastic. It was somewhat spoiled earlier in the day by the admirers of Lepper's mare, who had went around town offering all sorts of odds on "Wilkena" and while the Ypsilanti people had at the start come prepared to back "Charlie D," they balked when they found so much "Wilkena" money lying around loose.

John Gillen's "Billy G" and P. Irwin's "Dixie Boy" went three heats. "Billy G" won the first and "Dixie Boy" the last two heats. They put up a good exhibition, although it was apparent that there was no effort being made to have them try for a record.