Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-08-09

n.ns entries for Q 81 600 purse and
s50o extra ID beat 2.i5, and . 81 90
stake trot Tor two-ysar-olds and 600
60 beat zszz. liz 10 quite probable that
Al least one OF these extra moneys Will
DC forfeited, as the track Ia IN the very
piak Of condition snd the entries COM
pose some Of sne sensational horses and
coils Of the year. The management
mas adopted wise policy in go zrraDg-
ing their program that every day Will
be . great day and have some special
feature that no lover OF the sport will
care 10 miss.
Wanted Ia See Dsaesars.
"A. Browne of the Kalamazoo Stock
farm Vas - the Morton yesterday.
Mr. Browne 10 one of she beet known
horseusen in Michigan and 10 . partner
of senator stockbrIdge. 81 Am IN such
poor health" said Mr.. Browne, that
don't believe can stay To SEQ the meet
ing through; but Dancourt 10 entered
IN the two-vcar-old stake tomorrow.
aud 1 thought I'd like To zee how the
yonngster makes II" Later la the
afternoon Mr. Browne and Francis
LIiiey drove up 10 the track To take
look AT their respective two-year-olds
that will compete for the stake today.
C. j. Hsmlin and son arrived from
Buffalo last night and brought
their string with them. A
good meeting could DO fixed
up out OF the horses in Mr.. Ham
Inns string. Later came Budd Doble,
whose catarrhal name" has been i'm
mortalized by Oliver Wendell Holmes
ia ais pome "Iiow the Old Horse Won
the Race" Doble's string mas been
here since Saturday night. Frauk B.
Walker, who will act IS starter, Is also
at the Morton. His assistants, Messrs.
Ehodus and Castor, came last night.
'.it's great feld," said Mr.. Walker.
Il don't believe il will be equaled any
where this year. It's the greatest lot
OF horses ever brought together this
scason. Every first-class horse IN the
antry that IS IN condition to come IL
0ere." That's on account of the kind
OF al ASSOCIATION they have here" said
MIR. Davies "Iou have just the kind
OF men mere that can make meeting
a success. Don Lesthers is as good "A
horseman as you ever find and ali the
rest OF the ASSOCIATION are just like
him."
How the Pools Sold.
The "bookies'' held full swav at the
Morton house last evening, and the
meiodious voice of the pool seller
sounded over the usual noise made by
the mot of swelterIng humanity III
their frantic efforts to get to the bar.
In the first race, the three minute
trpttlng class. NIghthsw, by Jay Bird,
Jessie X, by Louls X. SIR Crab, toy Sir
oco. and Wardwell, by Almont. Jr.,
had been scratched. Azote, by Whips,
was sold for SIS as first choice, with the
field at SIS. Jimmy Temple sold s.
against the field at s.. Afterwards the
tieid sold as low as 50, while Azote still
held supremacy at SIS. In the second
race, the 2:i0 pacing class. Loafer and
Killarney Maid, owned by NJ. Salisbury
OF PIeasanton. CAL, is entered III the
30 pace Saturday, where she will sell
favorite.
Selling was as follows: Merry Chimes.
S25: San Pedro, $50; Cleveland 3, $40,
with the field AT s..
Subsequent pools sold: Merry Chimes,
$25. even up against the rield.
The selling for the 2-year-old stake
showed Anteeoyne 3 favorite. Don j.
Leathers' Belle of the Ball, Sisson &
Lilley's Vertuosa and Sphinx were
scratched.
Mr.. Lesthers had sent the Belle to
McHenry At the Freeport track for
training, but that track being flooded
all the spring size could not be worked.
Selling was ss follows: Anteeoyne,
$50, with the field at IS. Finally the
isvorIts dropped to $40, with the
field s..