The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, March 31, 1982, Page Page 14, Image 14
Harness Racing;
BY JOHNNY BOGGS
Sports Editor
TIMMONSVILLE? This
small town in the northeastern
part of the state
can boast that it is stockcar
driver Cale Yarboroughs
hometown.
The town can also- brag
about being the hometown of
former major league
baseball player Mike Anderson,
whose brother Kent
is a current member of
USC's ballclub.
However, on the last
Sunday in March, this town
of roughly 2,500 attracts
horse-racing fans from all
over the country to the annual
running of the Young
Trots Harness Races.
The event began in the
1940s, when Cleo A. Young
c and D. O Holman decided to
put on harness races for
friends and neighbors. The
races grew bigger and more
popular and have been run
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of years in the late '60s.
In harness racing, the
standardbreds perform at
two gaits: the trot and the
pace.
In the trot, the forefoot and
hindfoot opposite sides
strike the ground
simultaneously.
In the pace, another twobeat
gait, the forefoot and
hindfoot on the same side
strike the ground at the
same time.
The horses stand around
15.2 to 16 hands and weigh
between 850 and 1,200
pounds. The most common
color is bay, although an
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The event is sponsored by
the Timmonsville Rescue
Squad.
An estimated 3,000
spectators attended the
annual running of the five
races on a windy, cool
Sunday afternoon.
Jimmy Pigate, rescue
squad chief, said, "We had a
pretty good turv"out. The
weather hurt uc ^k had
it been warmer mo. ? k>eople
would have shown up.
"Track owners and horse
owners put on tJ ? event
every year," Pigau idded.
"All proceeds go to the
rescue squad."
Pigate said harness racing
is a relatively new sport in
the area and expects it to
grow more popular as it gets
more publicity.
"This is a matinee,"
Pigate said of the races. "In
about a week, some of the
horses will go north and race
in the big time."
After the Timmonsville
race, many of the horses will
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harness racing.
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In racing action Sunday,
Ideal Traveler, driven by
David Phillips and owned by
Greenville's S and W
Stables, won the opening
race, the Timmonsville
face, witn a time of 2:24.
In the Mrs. A. Lawhon
Memorial Pace, driver
Tripp Young marfeuvered
two-year-old colt Joe Nathan
past Terrific Trudy on the
front straightway to take
the victory away from driver
Johnny Pierce. Both drivers
are Timmonsville natives.
It was the first race for
each of the six horses on the
grid.
In the Mrs. Katherine Y.
Atkinson Memorial Pace,
Young's father, Allan, heat
his son while driving Bun
Bun, a two-year old filly, to
win the race.
Good Night Special, a
three-year-old colt driven by
Louis Schwartz, had a 2:05.4
time, the best of the day,
winning the Sumter Pace
and Trot.
In the final race of the day,
Ideal Keepsake, driven by
Michelle Phillips slipped
past leader Fairmead Elma,
but was then overtaken by
David Phillips driving Ideal
Guy, on the straightway.
Ideal Guy came in first,
Ideal Keepsake finished
second and Fairmead Elma
finished third.
Both Ideal Keepsake and
Ideal Guy were sired by the
horse High Ideal. The winner
is owned by Bunny Stables in
Ftockville, N.Y., while the
runner up is a four-year-old
geiaing owned Dy Michelle
Phillips of Fountain Inn.
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