, 1881-08-28
Complete List Of the Central Cir
cult Winners, Their Sires,
Etc.
An Extremely Creditable Show
ing by the Chicago PAGERS
and Trotters.
Philadelphia Boasts q Trotter
That Goes a 1:5S Gait on
F: Paper.
Conclusion Of the Hartford Meeting
81 Racing at Other Points-Track
Talk, Etc,

THE CIRCUIT WINNERS.
With the close Of the 3:2c5 race at Hartford
yesterday the Grand Central Circuit Of 1851
nay be said to have come to all end
The circuit originally included the AS
sociation at Springfield, Mass, but as
The entries at that place were not numcr:
sous enough to satisfy the management the
original program was declared of, and oit
composed of smaller purses substituted.
This revised meeting will be trotted during
ttle present week, after which the next trot-
ting event Of any Importance will be the
$4,000 stallion race ut Boston, Sept Is.
Now that the best trottins Of the year has
been done, it is plainly apparent that, as
usual, Chicago takes tile lead, the meeting.
here having beei1 the most successful i'll every
way of all that have taken place Of the
notable horses of the year, of course Maud
S. is entitled to precedence by reason Of her
having cut down the record from, 2:10223!,
made at Chicago last fall, to 9:l014 at
Rochester two weeks ago. Her only OPP
ponents in 1850 were TrinEet against whom
she trotted a match race at Chicago, and st.
Julien. The latter horse las not been we'll
this season, and, III consequence, no attempt
10 drive him fast mile has been made. Maud
s., On the contrary, was never Ill timer fettic,
as licr performances have shown, and she
is to be given a t,ial at Hartford some day
this week in the hope that 2:l0 or better will
be placed to ner credit
OF the other horses that trotted in the cir
cult whicl, began at Chicago and ended ut
Hartford, Piedmont, Trlnket, Troubadonr,
j. Z. Thomas, Charlie Ford, Edwin Tlor1e,
and Little Brown jug are the most notices.
= ole By their fine performances. Trlnket,
Il .t.x1
since coming TO Chicago, winning the free
for-all here and the e:19 race at Cleveland,
Buffalo, Rochester, Utica. and Hartford.
Another good one in Turner's stable is Ed
: win Tliornc, who has captured 81, 1GO III purses
. and beaten every horse that opposed him,
including Piedmont, although the last-aamed
horse could hardly have been 1t an edge when
he was beaten in lisa
The Chicago horses have fairly covered them
selves with glory this season. Among the puccrs
Little Brown jug has proved his superiority in
manner that admits of no doubt, and has al-
ready rubbed out the 2:le1: Ut Sleepy Tom, in
pacing three consecutive heats over the Hart
ford track in s:l1&. 2:1ls:, 2:l2.::. In 1rot:crs
this city has also been well represented. Pied
mont proved himself tie best stallion now
on the turf by winning the stallion race
at the Chicago meeting after Il siS-hear
contest, and placing n record Of ::l.li i'll q,
fourth heat rohis crelit- At Cleveland, HutFul",
Rochester, and Utica he won his races cAsily, |
not losing heat in any of them, hut at Hart
ford Edward Thorne was TOO powerful III, nd |
versaTy 1o 1T overcome piedsnon. is Il Chicago
horse, nnd is driven by n Chicago u,an,-Teltr |
" Johnson,-and the people OF this city are not /
more proud of tho horse than OF the driver |
:Johuson's exposure in yesterdays TRlREsE Of !
the attempted crooket1ness in regard 10 the 2::D |
suce in this city by Pop" Berry, and his sub
sequent refusal IN pull tho stallion J. b Thonns |
1t Rochester when requested to do So
By the owner Of that horse. show that when j!
there are any" jobs to put through johnson is
fnod man to leave out Charlie Ford, the pride
II " the lcvee, has been practically the mas
er In the I'll, class through the circuit winning
It's races ut buffalo, Rochester, Utica, anu Hurt
orsl, nud getting SECOND money at Cleveland,
Shile III Chicago he was second 10 Trinket in the
,ree-for-alf race Tfoubadonr. anothcr Chicago
morse, won all his races with ease until disabled
BY 40 accident at Hartford, while yultaire has
managed to pick up S1,50o in the four Starts he
has made.
The following table gives the name ot every
horse that won money at the Chicagn. cleveland, /
Buffalo. Rochester. Utica. and Hartford meet
in,.s: their srcs, amount won, and hest record
obtained during the circuit Those marked |
with an n6:erisk ~ Are prccrs: