The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-06-26
WILL SMASH RECORDS
THE RACES NEXT WEEK EXPECTED
TO DEVELOP SENSATIONS.
Estimated Expenses and Sale of
Privileges-TranspOr Facili-
ties Improved-HOrses Coming In.

The Indianapolis Driving Club estimates
the expense of next weeks meeting at
about $1,000. The officers Of the organiza-
ton hope to clear expenses and. possibly.
to make a little money besides If the
weather is favorable. though they rightly
figure that 1t will take a good many people
at 80 cents head to pay out on the four
days. They will receive, in round numbers,
$3.50 for privileges at this meeting. which
is about 80 per cent. less than the receipts
from that source at the last July meeting.
Larkin & Cation will control all pools and
books, and, as heretofore, they win be
opened at the Grand Hotel next Monday
night. Larkin is from Bradford. Pa, and
Cation is from Evansville. p. II. McNelis
of the Occidental Hotel this city, has all
the refreshment privileges.
The horses are beginning to arrive, and in
a few days the city will be full of horse
men, and for a week at least things will
be lively in the vicinity of the hotels and at
the fair grounds. There are two hundred
horses at the track, many Of which will
start in the races. There have been 80 in
training all season at the track, and be-
tween now and next Monday the number
will be more than doubled. The driving
club thinks it has solved the much-vexed
problem Of transportation to and from the
grounds Assurances have been received
that the street-car company will start on
Tuesday running cars on ten-minute
schedule to the fair grounds. These cars
will leave the Union Station, the trains con-
sisting Of a motor and two trailers, and If
it is found that every ten minutes is not
sufficient to haul the crowds, General Man.
ager Mclean assures the management that
he will send out trains every five minutes.
They will run both via the Illinois-street
and the College-avenue lines.
The track is in splendid condition, and
is being worked every day. so that by the
time the hell rings for the opening race
next Tuesday afternoon it will be in record
breaking shape. 1t is almost certainty
that the horses entered in the several
events will all start, and that the meet
ing will attract considerable attention.
Some of the races will see records lowered
or the Driving Club people are greatly mis-
taken in their estimates of the flyers en-
tered They confidently expect some sem
sational time to be made in the PIP and
PIG pace and 2:l5 trot. The first Of these
events takes place on Wednesday. the sec
ond on Thursday and the fast trot on FRI
day. The opening race Tuesday will bring
out thirteen horses in a. slow class-a three
of doing a mile In 2:20 among them Stella
B.. the brown mare entered by r. n. Met
Rumbarger Live Stock Company; Cliff
Downing. one of Brennemans entries.
Vile trotter, entered by r. j.. Wilson. In
the .2:25 pace Tuesday. which has eight
Fred Kissers DIR. Marker will be found
well up in the pools. The mare is of Wilkes
stock. Red Bird. one of Balch's, entries.
I<.aly Ar1r Dnrit in
Benedict's fast mare from Nashville. and
Belle of Macon, another Wilkes mare;
owned by Waterman h OF Macon nsr Ca a. w sba
opening dayethe 2:25 trot RoIly Ryan.
Shelbyville KY, gelding, and Silverdale, a
Rushville. flyer, are also expected to make
The horsemen hereabouts expect to see
the track record broken on July 4; the sec
which opens the card, will show eleven
horses well matched and speedy. among
stable, Rushville. Electric King, one of the
Riverview Stock Cunpany's good ones
from Fort Wayne, and PREDICATE. Marion
has seven entries and every one OF them
beat 2:15. There are eight flyers being
put in shape for the fastest event of the
pace in 2:10. The man who can pick the
winner in this race will go home rich if
he backs his opinion TO any. extent for it
looks like anybodys race. Lena Hill. the
sensational colt, that broke the worlds
two-year-old record last year, by pacing
in 2:12a4, heads the entries, and Fred Ar
thur, GAINESVILLE, o., PAGER, is another
promising lentry. 'KissePs Touch-Me-Not
will start in this race.
Some of the fastest green PAGERS in the
country will start in the $50 pace Thurs
day. among them Tom Taggart's Sterling
r. Holt and G. d. Clusters Bremen, from
Logansport. The 2:20 trot will show eight
well-matched race horses with couple
of Indianapolis flyers, among them Gray
don, from the Grasslands farm, and Frank
Klen's Ben Wallace. Eight good PAGERS
are billed to start in the last event Thurs
day.. the 216 pace, among them Kissels
DR.. Snyder
In the 2:35 pace Friday, Ella G., who
can do a mile in 2:20, should get piece
of the money. Sidmont, Glenville, o.,
entry, is another promising entry, and
Whtcomb Riley is coming down from At
tica to make strong bid for first money.
Thirteen are entered in the $40 trot
and it is likely field of race horses. The
closing event of the meeting will be the
2:l5 trot in which some of the most SEN
sational time of the four days is ex-
pected. Jack Sheppard, Alabama, Revolt,
Hubert and Nominee, the latter one OF
Kissels entries, should make a lively
struggle for the money in this race 1t
is believed that the PIP pace next Wednes-
day will attract more attention than any
July event for some years. The eight horses
entered will all start, barring lameness
and will give the crowd a game race for