Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-03-29
NOW FOR THE SALE
Everything Ready for the Word
$50" and "Gone"
OUR MATCHIESS DRIVING PARK
Discussed by q Noted Horsemzn-D Don j.
Leathers Grants an Interview On
the Future of the Horse.

The horsemen are coming to town.
Hundreds have come in already. The
hotels are full of them and the talk Of
the corridor 10 mainly horse. Politics
for the time being is tabled As subject
Of conversation and the prospects for
the coming season, the future of prices
and the prospects of record breaking
this summer are the main questions
that find eager speakers aud listeners.
Several hundred buyers from the
east and south braved the wind at the
West Michigan FAIR grounds yesterday
afternoon and carefully looked over
the stock. Everybody seemed satisfied
with the entries and as they were a
good natured crowd they wallowed
through the mud without murmur.
The grounds are In very fair condition.
The drives are wet and spongy, but
with one or two more days of sunshine
the mud will have disappeared.
One of the prominent horsemen in
terested in the great sale is George
Bronson of Cambridge City, Ind,
and secretary of the western southern
circuit. Mr.. Bronson is the mainstay
of the western southern circuit and
one OF the most far-seeing horsemen III
this country.
Our Barns the Finest
To a reporter for THE HERALD he
said yesterday: 81 would Just like to
say to the people of Grand Rapids that
IN my opinion they have the finest
horse barns l ever saw on any race
course in this county, and | have seen
all the best ones. Why, those barns are
models of convenience and neatness
and strike horseman very favorably."
"What 60 you think of the prospect
for record breaking this season."
"Why, it's sure to be done. I tell
you that Nancy Hanks IS going to lower
the worlds record right here IN Grand
Rapids next August. Sunol will proba-
bly, be here too, and he will show you
some surprises maybe. What. with the
| stake entries and the class entries, you
| will see anywhere from 800 to SOC
horses here in August, and I'll say, by
the way, that there ought to be 30C
| more stables at the West Michigan
fair grounds. But you've the most
complete horse barn | ever saw and
have seen none such IN the United
| States.
"Grand Rapids will buck Rochester
hard in this seasons races.
"The big horses on the grand circuit
will come up from Cleveland and take
in Detroit and Saginaw and will do well
there of course, but they will do their
best with the southern western in Grand
| Rapids and Columbia, Tenn, where
| will be seen the finest work of the sea
| son.
| kaocks the 'Grand" Out
"The southern western will take In
their order Cleveland, Sturgis. Grand
Rapide, Chicago, Fl. Wayne. Richmond
indianapolis, Terra Haute, st. Louis
Lexington, Nashville, Columbia, Br.
mingham, Ala. Macon, Ga. and Mem.
phis, Tenn. All IN all a great circuit
and one that knocks the backbone Out
of the grand circuit. There will be
| some $3.50, 900 hung up this season and
S330.000 is the biggest sum the grand
circuit has ever hung up.
al shall make an important move
shortly in transferring all races dated
to occur at Cambridge City, Ind, under
the auspices Of the southern western
circuit, TO the state fair race course al
| Indianapolis. All our races at Cam
bridge City viii be declared Off thI.
season and l expect to make grand
thing of them at Indianapolis"