The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-10-28
COLUMBIA
DRIVING
PARK.
Opening Day Of The Au~
tumn Meeting.
Direct 2:O6, AriOn 2:IO3-4 and
AIiX 2:12 I-2.
Suggestions Ofthe Benefit TO Columbia,
Present and Prospective.
Names OF the Winners that Have Been,
aud May be Again.
All the Most Famous Horses Will be I'm
blanketed and Paraded Before
the Grand stand.
Suggestions Ofthe Benefit TO Columbia,
Present and Prospective.
Names OF the Winners that Have Been
aud May be Again.
All the Most Famous Horses Will be I'm
bIanketcd and Paraded Before
the Grand Stand.
The opening Day at the Kite Track.

The opening Day at the Kite Track.
Yesterday the great fall meeting
opened at The Columbia ID living Park
and the most famous horses in the
country will contest for stakes and
premiums, aggregating n larger sum
than was ever before offered at one
meeting for harvest contests.
The opening events to-day will be
especially interesting, as aside from
a grand race program, the black
whirl wind Direct, is booked to start
against all horse records, and he has
been especially prepared for this
event. Those in position to know,
bel eve thai n mile in 200 is not be-
y0nd the capabilities of the little
horse, and beyond doubt, all pres
ent to-day, viii see the fastest mile
ever covered by harness performer.
AriOn, the wonderful colt that last
year made record of 2:lO3f, and
was sold for 1925, coo, is to start against
The record for his age, which Is the
2:lOl5, made by Eunol i'll her three
year-old form and repeated by her at
tour years of age. Arinn is ripe for 4
great effort, and on Saturday last
tr0tted mile in his work in 2:l2l ,.
He IL about due said trainer Mar
win, as he dismounted.
A third special attraction to-day
,yiii be the wonderful young mare,
Xix 2:i2la, hy Patronage, brother to
PAsron 2:l4l4, ana Prodigal 2:l7t4
she IL q wCrlnY menIter OF great
family, aud III her work on Sa.urdy
last, tIotl: d al easy mile in 2:l5 with
the last quarter in 30i1 seconds. Sh"
VIII be started TO day to beat the rec
4 ,.f,N L.. ..,F. J, n
2:1O, of Muqueiie. Nuihmg bat a"
unfUrest en- contingency can prevent
her from accom- pliSniuy il, and hei
record will probably stand second
ONLY to Nancy Hanks when she Tia
ishes the mile.
The regular program is grand
one, and bngius with the stake race
fOr the yeariipg tr0tterS, in which
more than fifty paid up nominations
are eligible 10 start. 1t " i'll tie a
veritable battle of the babies" ana
Nellie \ the winner in Nashville
asst week, may win here; but ii she
does she will be Obliged to sti!LfartheT
reduce her record.
There il considerable new blood i'll
the contest here, and then come that
started last week and were deftatt ii
will be in better 70 IN here.
"BOr-e racing Is mighty un'f
tain" says the Old adage, and the
greatest yearling race OF the year may
tie won 10y -.
The Kenuesaw Stake Of 80 600 for
,: 30 class trotteIs il Oh the card fGI
to-day, and fifty one nominations hay.
mae COED and are eligible 10 ~ta
Ii is not rften that oWneEs haVs al
~, .ortunitv 10 race for Uch Il ~u"i a.
Flo $50, aud it gees without saying
tnat Il horse race viii result to-day,
Last week the black mare, Erminie,
won the race, but little Geneva forced
her to trot in 2:13la to 30 it, ard il Is
Just possible the handsome son OF
Leland may "dO lie t.ick' to-day and
neat her. 1t VIII b. worth ihe price
IF admission 10 see these two fight II
out for the biggest slice of the biz
stake. Some dark horse may come
10 the front ard furnish surpfile by
defeating both favoriteA, bat remem
Der certainty is What gives tie
charm to racing.