Grand Rapids herald., 1893-08-06
FUN At THE TRACK
EVENTS or THE FIRST DAY
The Llyeiie.t ISaoe win Re the goo
Psoe--some or the Probable VIM
Bess az the stake.

Are you going 10 the races This 10
the proper thing for the week and every
tody that loves good healthy. exhilerss.
ing sport cannot afford 20 stay away.
Secretary Henry Perkins and Assistant
>eefeiafy ~ I. Martin we're as busy Is
two boys on the first day Of school, yes
tergla3. setsing everything IA Ieadiness
Tor the event The race meeting TIN.
year has besA conducted upon buslntss
principles. and i bound 20 be q SUCCESS.
II The public viii show the slightest ap-
probation Of the edorts u the horse
men The stake races are Tar and away
better than they were al thu famous
- co mcelinz 0f last year. aud the
nominalors viii not have 10 settle at
anything ICES than leo per cent The
payments 10 the winners will ke made
every night ii the Morton house. The
club has the money on hand
10 meet all expenses. and there vii
be no financial drawbacks even II
there ihn't a corporal's guard at the
racesL But there will be. Grand Rapids
has aiw .iss manifested the keenest inter
est IN good horse trot and even the
hard times won't keep the lovers of the
sport az home. IL the weather man viii
keep his local showers over out OF the
analr. there II no reason Why the grand
stand and stretch should not be full OF
enthusiastic humanity.
Transportation Facilities.
The transportation arrangements are
all that could be desired. The roads
viii run trains enough 10 take care ol
the crowds aud they viii be close enough
together 80 that there viii be no te0i0us
waiting at the union depot. The facili-
ties ~ way OF the street cars and North
Park line are good. and several thousand
persons can lie accommodated by that
line II lecessaTy.
Tomorrow night the meliferous voice
Of the pool seller will be heard in the
Morton house. and the man with a dead
straight np" viii be given a
chance to show his appreciation OF
4 good thing at 10 TO !. There
are four events on for Tuesday, the
81 600 stake for 2ryear-oids. 2:i0 class
trotting; the 5000 stake. ...f0 class pac-
lng. and the sl.OUO stake for 3year-olds.
30 ciass trotting.
The most interesting race Of the day
will probably be- the 2.20 class pace.
There are nineteen entries aud II viii
b. a neck and neck race from wire 10
wire IL the side wheeiers are IN trir.
Among the entries is Doty. the bay
Whlrlwind owned by johnson Erothess
Of Greenyille and driven by Peter John
son. Doty has been in training ON the
Comstock track all summer. and has
sLown some lively speed. On two or
L. ~ h-uIf
ltI. and can step a mile IN 2:li any
day.
He May Queer" the Hoodoo-
Then theswift. but erratic White Cap
the en- gma of the salisbury string vii
be- here. Whitecap may &in out IN a
frolic or he may get the Tag
Nobody knows what the raj.
tie trained son of Peacock
will Dc. lie has great speed and good
endurance. but he never trotted fuil
mile ih a race until the Saginaw meet
ing. He never knew what training was
until Mr. Salisbury bought him. aud siA
mouths ago he wasn't worth s.,uO 10;
anything. White Cap has behave
badly In eome OF the races he has been
Ia this year, and has acquitted himself
very well ia others. The Salisbury string
seems 10 10 under the influence Of a
hoodoo just at present. and il would bt
a very graceful thing for White Cap tc
queer the strings bad luck.
Jack Bowers. a bay gelding by Kill
buck Tom. should not be omitted in a
,lisrursion a possible winners Of the
stake. He has shown up we'll ever since
the snow went of. and can step a mile in
pretty fast company without getting any
the worst of il. Lucille H. Cash Boy
Lulu G.. and Bessie IL. are not out OF the
race; any one OF them is liable to wiggls
ia winner.
The races will begin promptly at
o'clock. and Mccarthy will send then
away. As convenience 10 the public
tho Driving club has placed reserved
seat tickets on sale ut White x White.
drug store.