Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-08-11
BEST In THE WORLD
Todays Racing at the Com
stock Park
WILL Be FOR ETERNAL FAME
Ram Made . Postponsmens Necessary.
Something About the I've
Greatest PAGERS.

Everybody was disappointed ysstss-
day because the fAces had 10 b pose-
Doue1, but horsemsn that we're not I'M
mediatsly Interested in the program
that should have come Oh pronounced
the track sllppsry and unsafs, and the
managers Jaw no other course 20
dsrsue tDan 90 declare the racss over
until today. Or course there we're
gamblers who said that the trotfsrs and
PAGERS saould 20 mud OF no mud and
fsll themselves particularly Injured
because perhaps they were out dollar
ear fare. not stopping To think how
many larger interests we're st stake.
The pOslponsment may have cost the
assae...l.on thot sands of dollars, bat
they were bouna 10 protect the owners
OF ths valuable norses that are To conf
pets ia tue faces. 4nd also TO give 20
Tie pubic the D., sure of witnessing
the fastest race- OF the year. To do
ali tnls the track must Do fast and safe;
and they concluded TO walt another
day. thongh none eocid be more dlsap-
pointed tnan themselves There are
pecaliarItIes which may not be gener-
ally understood regarding the tao
champion PAGERS winch are 10 meet ia
the race TODAY to decide which may be
called the king OF the side wheelers.
Directs Peculiar Gas~
Direct Is gated differently from any
PAGER on the turf. tie IS small and
very short barrelsd, hence short gated.
tic owes his wonderful hight of speed.
not 10 the length OF his stride. but
rather TO the lightning rapidly of his
stroke ia fact ne Is the mnst rapid
gated performer IN the world. His
hOofs are small and pointed and
tne peculiar angle OF bis stroke drives
bis feet into the track II IL be At
al soft and fairly anchors the
little game cock. Not so with
hls mighty rival. he is a
rangy. angular gliding. with a long.
low, gliding gait that carries him far
tner at two strides tran three do DIS
black competitor. His manner Of loco
motion is called the Hal gait, peculiar
stride characteristic of the get Of Tenn
Hal. the sire of Hal Pointer, and the
prOgenltor of the great family OF Ten
nessee PAGERS which bear his name aud
occupy the same position among lat
eral gated horses "a the progeny OF
Rysdyk's Hambietoasn does among
the trotters- There - another Hal
PAGER entered here. and while you are
looking over horses at the track make
a mental memorandum of this fellow.
lie il . handsome bay stallion by Brown
Hal. 2sl2i, and his name is Hal billiard.
This 10 ms first season on the turf and
he has been improving very rapidly OF
late. SD II will not bs very surprising
IL he gees . mile away bslow hisCleve-
land recorci, made week before last.
These Tennessee horses like . rather
soft track. aud in Hal Pointers case ut
least he can pace his bost clip when the
track IS 80 yielding as to materially
hinder Direct.
secret of Directs Pace.
Why Direct should ever have paced
q step ~ one of those secrets winch ma
ture keeps secretly hidden. His sire,
Director, All. was one of the greatest
racehorses of mis- time and . pure
gated trotter. His sire in turn was
Dictator, sire Of -Eye-Sse, 2:l0, the
holder of the worlds trotting record
for a single day. Dictator was . full
brother Of Dexter. 2:l7t. invincible IN
his day and q trotter. Their sire was
Rysdyk's Hsmbletonisn. . trotter and
though q sire Of 1859 colts, yet We
have no record Of his ever string .
PAGER. ON his dams side Direct il a
strongly srotting bred. His dam wal
Echo-a. 2:23i. trottlng. by Echo. . son
of Hsmbletonisn. Though inbred q
rotting lines ana trained 81 the dag
onsl gait to 4-yesr-old race record oil
2.lS and showing numerous miles bet
ter than 2:lf At that way Of going. he
last wear assumed the pace and de-
fested every horse be started against
meeting bis only reverse in the frs
match At Terre Haute over q
muddy track. lie took o record q
Independence of 200 and tied it q
the kite track Mt Stockton. CAL, late n
the fail. When he beat Hal Pointer O.
Columbia, Tenn. ne was forced by TIT
big geldiug to march To- q new recort
for three heat races, 2:0Sl. 2:0S ane
200. record which STILL stands. III,
has wear of added maturity now
while Hal Pointer u much improved
horss. II W. can only have . fsultles
trsck today. what may We not rsasons-
bly, expect To sesf
roday's Great Attractions
There are a number OF surprises il
store IN the three other great events os
ths card for this afternoon. Beside
The champion, Michigan bred Gift .
Neer, 3-year-old record 2:24f. and tiv,
others with year-Old records from
2.22I to i.2Ti There - colt GALES
Beautiful Chimes which Mr.. Hamlil
has been offering 10 match for bil
money. Now. pa" Hamlin 10 notes
for his IkinR for sure things" 60 10 4
quite likely this IS one of them. Their
- great field Of trOtters ia the rae
for the great 5000 stake. for 2:3o tros
tsrs. several of which have been saves
on purpose for this event. so u woul'
cause no surprise II that extra $500 "a
captured by some heat winner tina
beats 2.f5. And the 2:ie tro
has some genuine cracker jsck
IN q. One OF them that no on
has taken any notice of can 20 tire
times IN sixteen II ne Is right. Fai
warning: We srs not "articuiatin
through our ehspesur a. they "A