Morning journal and courier., 1889-08-27
THE HARTFORD RACES.
The Circuit Meetings-Fast Horses In all the Glasses at Hartford Fro- gramme for To-day.

The Circuit Meetings-Fast Horses In
 all the Glasses at Hartford - Pro-
 gramme for To-day.
 The grand circuit meeting which IS 70
 commence at Charter Oak Park to-day, IS
 one link in the chain of circuit meetings
 which extends from Michigan through Con-
 necticut to Pennsylvania. The first meeting
 which opened at Detroit on June Both, was
 followed by a four days meeting at each of
 the following places: Cleveland, Buffalo,
 Rochester and Poughkeepsie. After the
 meeting at Hartford this week the circuit is
 to be continued at Springfield, September Sd
 to 9th. Albany, September 9th to 18th.
 New York, September 17th to 20th. Phila-
 delphia, September 24th to 27th. The Cleveland meeting was one of the
 moat notable meetings that was ever held on
 any race track. The slowest class of the
 meeting was the 2:30 class, consequently all
 the horses were very fast and the time was
 remarkably low, many records were broken
 and SO many fast heats were trotted and paced that the average time of all the race
 heats of the meeting was BIS. Some of the very fast heats were made by horses as follows:
 Roy Wilkes, 2:13, which broke the best record for pacing stallions, but the record was short lived, as it was broken in the next heat by Brown Hal, who paced the mile in 2:1216. Gean Smith, who lowered his record at the June meeting at Hartford to 2:16L, won the free for all race in three heats, one of which he trotted in 2:151a. Johnston the pacer, in @ race against time paced mile in S.Os1<.
 The meeting which was held the following week in Buffalo was equally interesting. The young stallion Nelson won the 2:22 class race in three heats in the following fast
 time: 2;15, 2:1714, 2:15: Belle Hamblin beat Harry Wilkes in the match race for $1O,O00 in two heats in 2:15 and 2:1714. Eight heats were required to decide the 2:l7 race for pacers, which was won by Ed Amman.
 At Rochester Johnston, who was sent a mile to beat his record, failed to win, but went mile in the fast time of 2:071a. Belle Hsmblin, who trotted against her best time, 2;133x, made @ mile in 2:16A. Harry Wilkes beat Clean Smith in the fast race and Gossip, IT,, won the free-for.all pacing race. At Poughkeepsie Sprsgue Golddust won the first money in the $5,000 race and Ed. Amman won the fres-for all pacing race. All the horses entered for the purses at | tho Hartford races will be very fast, as the slowest class is the 2:30 class. The classes to | be called to-day are the 2:17 class (pacers), | u6 N.SS Clhbo \IIoueoho)b ohNA WAY eS~>N~A sS~~ standard stake race for 2:30 horses. Following are the entries for to-day: | No. i-Purse S20o0 for 2:17 pacers E r. Bass, Providence, k. l., blk & Stanley r. | W. Nj. Leet, Boston, Mass, bk m Allen Maid. A. l.. Sardy, New York, br s Joe Jefferson: ' l., Grabenstatter. Buffalo, oh Baissora Wilkes. ' D. Bey, North Vernon, Ind, m Emma. | l.. A Davis, Chicago, Ill, b m Flora Temple. | l.. A Davis Chicago, H., br m Gypsy Golddust | Coogan Grant, Vincennes, lad, br Doctor M. Coogan & Grant, Vincennes Ind g J. K. | Dudd Dobe, Chicago, Ill, b Ed Annan. For the standard guaranteed stake race for ! S, 900, 2;30 trotters the following horses are | named: ...
 ! Miss Alice, Ketch, Elists, SpIague qolddust, Star Lily, Aline, Fearnaught, Tarh, King Bird No. 3-Purse of 1000 for 2:22 horses. Henry Broistedt Brooklyn, blk m Darkness F. M. Dodge Pttsheld, Mass W. K. 1 J. .H. Goldsmith, Washingtonville, N. Y., g Cleon
 J. H. Goldsmith, washingtonville, ". Y., g Long.
 AP Mcdonald, Albany, oh g Golden Rod. A. P. Mcdonald, Albany, cL Frank s. J. E. Turner, Amber, Pa, b n Annie Wilkes. J. J. Bowen Boston, oh Argentine. Crit Davis, Harrodsburg. Ky br S Del Mont. "; H: Mccarthy, Los Angeles, Cal, Lynn W. John Splan, Cleveland, br Mulatto. Budd Dobe, Chicago, oh m Amy Lee. II. Busbey, New York, b m Geneva. Sunnysde Farm, Watsrville, Me, s Dictator.