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crowd who were packing tNt eupposcu tu4oH-
ers u lost some money will not cause much sor-
row.
TEE TURF.
THE DEXTER PARE MEETING.
The Oldest inLabitant cGunot remember the
time when horse matters at Dexter Park were
so lively and interesting as they now are. The
stables are literally bursting with trottcrs, and,
for the first time III many years, the uRusual1y
lurse area Of stable-room is badly overcrowded.
In addition to the entries for the races this
week, which arc more numerous than ever be-
fore at Dexter Park, each owner or
driver has in tow from one to four
horses not entered for the race, but kept in
training until they shall "come round " IN
shape to be sent to the front. The result, as
can easily be calculated, is q collection Of SOME
thing like 200 trotters and runners, and all OF
them must be slowed away somewhere. Horse
owners appear to have made
GENERAL RUsH- FOR CHICAGO
this year, attracted, no doubt, by the liberal
purses offered, the excellence Of the track, the
convenience Of the stabling arrangements, the
reputation Of the management for honest deal
ing, and the certainty that everybody who en-
tcrs horse will get all he is entitled to. The
large number Of entries is also due in part
to the good Judgment displayed by Col. Man
sur in SO arranging his purses that small 1or-
entrance-rnon3y. Horsemen, like everybody
else are not overburdened with surplus wealth
in these tight times, and the wisdom Of Offering
modcrate-sized premiums, requiring only
moderate outlay Tor entrance, is shoxn a IN the
Horse-owners can't afford to advance III per
cent and take their chances ct accidents which
shall prevent their horses starting, and associa-
t9ns M saa can nd a5 ny pet"e sS5a to F Raqg p6ro up
Of o i back ejy u cntrancefess. Big fields make hot
races, and the public gets the worth OF its
money paid at the gate to witness
F1RsT-CLAss SPORT.
That the sport will be hrst-class ct Dexter
Park this week, no one can uoupt VINO glanMees M aa az
the programme. For the purse of 81, $50
offered thv 2:40 class there are thirteen entries,
Including horses brought from the East, West,
North, ind South, aud among them, who can
pick the coming trotter2 He is there, beyond .
doubt but the trouble is to p%t your hand md
ana 1onaoye 5er Inv Mare 5osc 1 Cute entered BY
oy grSyfs nroye to BE- another cementns for she is
yery tssweet-gaited.'' There is the bay mare
Roxie, brought from Schenectady, n. r, which
have put her in for three purses. Nashville,
looks Iikc q trotter; Topeka, Kan, Border
Eagle, gray stallion with speedy prociiVities;
and then there are two or three from Missouri
that will bear watching.
TIE rHREE-MNuTE PURSE
finds thirteen candidates. Here again 1s Roue,
aud Parker Wineman has Lady Logan, =
handsome bay mare will, a pretty way [ Of
going and the there is Ardcm,eus aone on3ta R
vet to deserve his name, but mag '',gct there y
any day. This will be q hard race to PICK the
winner in,-a good race to buy the field In, no
matter what the faVorites may be.
There is more trouble OF the same sort III
TIE 2:35 RACE,
most dangerous and ssliable ~ ones. Roxie
turns up once more, this time in better company
Chicago ought to get good slice Of this purse,
If not the first money. what with Young
rspcgton l,' Roa esotge 1 ers gda shose ss9 in IL:
way,-tlle beautiful black 5,Year-olld
stallion Gov. spragac, who Is entered ' 19r the
biz Centennial Stallion Race at Phil1delphia,
and has been in trimming at Dexter raIk unuer
Morrill, Higby's hands, and IS booked lor LIZ
no one can tell how low in the twenttcs ne VII
yet, and be will be cut loose in earnest in TINS
race. Record is no bugbear with inc o"her q
this splendid son Of Rhode Island, VINO Woni9
than win all the money hung up in the Septl!at-
eral. This 2:25 race should be worth gong
q hundred miles to see
THE BIGGEST FIELD OF ALL.
The purse of s1,2250 for the 2:So class has
caught the biggest crowd-seyentecn Dclhg Ine
number that have put up S125 each 1or ,-3.l. me
chance Of getting piece OF the total Mhaf
the Doo1-buyers will do with such collection OF
trotters is . hard conundrum. 1t IS useless 10
speculate In advance as to: the probable winner,
and the deadest of "pointers" WOULDN'T De
worth much III this race. In
THE 2:27 CLASS ....-..,---..~
there are eight entries, and finer lot were never
got together in one race Mr. Good11es TEL, o,a and
Judging from his performances in Mlchi- l
gan. will not be last under the
Twirc. The speedy: stallion Gen. Grant,
from Joliet: the pontlerous but swift geiulns
Mazomanief whose gait is singularly IKE that u
the famous stallion Smugglcr; the gray Mals mar.
Bertic, the chestnut stallion Monroe; !t:nl5 Lau5
will make q race that will spoil some OIL 1helf
records. -
TIE FAST ONES.
In the 1928 class Morrill, Highly has L,Itte
Fred; John Trout, of Boston, the fasb ma1e Ne.-
tieB1rlew; aud Michigan sends the tWo slasH- !.
ing black mares Cozetto and Lady Iurpa. o. ~ ~
safe to look for hot race, but not 80 e'', "
name the winner in this party.
Two Of the purses, the 2:::0 and 1ree-1of-an' ~
did not fill with the requisite numpes " = GU
tries, and as Dodipe, Badger Glrl, auu 9e1' T1i
Garfield did not happen to FILL in together, Col;
Mansur will undoubtedly arrange spetla1
purse Tor these big Flyers to 60 lofPfhopaos55 thn *
race, q handicap steeple-chase is set down 1or
The Association pool-sclling will be under the
charge of Mai. Barker, and the Grand Faclnc
rotunda will be the downtown place.
AwoRD TO TIE MANAGEMENT,
~. - rfHHk II