The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-09-01
III RACES NEXT WEEK
DRIVING CLUBS FALL MEETING
sHOULD BE A WINNER.
A Resume Of the Attractions offered
for Each Of h Five Days-Un-
usually Fine Cards.

With favorable weather the Indianapolis
Driving Club can hardly fail to have a
most successful race meeting next week.
No labor or expense has been spared in
preparation, and they have not only Sc
cured an extraordinary long list OF entries
in every class, but the greatest number of
trotters and PAGERS capable Of extreme
speed and possessing race horse qualities
ever brought together at one meeting.
Twenty races, four each day, surpasses
the number ever offered by any other as
ISOLATION, and in addition to this un-
paralleled number Of important contests
they have secured special attractions at a
large outlay Of money that have at other
meetings drawn thousands of spectators.
On the first day Oonday nexD the four
regular races will be the 2:30 trot with
thirty-one entries, the 2:25 pace with
twenty-five, the $50 trot with thirty-two,
and the PIP pace with eighteen entries,
many Of which can beat 21O.
The special attraction for that day will
be the beautiful and swift pacing stallion,
Albatross, 2O9A. ridden by a girl twelve
years old and weighing but fifty pounds.
to beat his own record. This exhibition Of
itself ought to draw an immense audi
ence.
ON the second day will occur the 2:45
pace with thirty-five nominations, the 2:20
pace with sixteen, the 2:16 trot with twen-
ty, and the 2:3O pace with fourteen entries.
the great colt, Directly, 2:lOA, in attempt
to lower the worlds record for two-year-
olds. and there is not room for a reason
able doubt that he Will do 1T.
For the third day the programme in
cludes the $40 trot, which has thirty one
nomina tons. the 2:15 pace with sixteen,
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2:22 pace with fifteen entries. The added
attraction for this day will be the wonder
full trotting mare, Alix, 2O5A. who will at
tempt to beat the worlds record, 2O4, now
held by the famous little mare, Nancy
Hanks. and betting men familiar with the
performances of both mares are offering
TO bet hat she will accomplish the feat
if favored with fair weather and a good
track. Unless 1t should rain on the day
of her trial she is certain TO have a track
suitable to her gait and as fast as any
track in America. Albatross and the
feather-weight miss will also add to the
entertainment by a second battle against
on the fourth day Thursday the regu-
lar events will be the 2:35 pace, in which
with seventeen, the PIP trot with fourteen
entries and the great match race between
Joe Patchen and Robert j., the two
champion PAGERS OF the period. These two
great side-wheelers met at. Chicago last
week and Robert j. was the winner,
lowering the three-heat record to do so, but
it is claimed that Joe Patchen was not in
the pink of condition on that day, and as
he has now gained his usual fine form,
Robert j. will have to break the worlds
record if he beats him. Joe Patchen's
third mile in a race at Fort Wayne day
before yesterday in 2:06 would seem to
confirm the report of his condition, and
there can hardly be a doubt hat heats
will be broken as well as the record when
they meet on the superb Indianapolis
track.
on the fifth and last day the four races
are the free-for-all trot with five Of the
fastest horses in the country as starters,
the 2:22 trot with twenty-five entries, the
2:l7 pace. with seventeen and the 2:27 trot
precocious equestrienne will, for the third
time, endeavor to beat the worlds record
for a PAGER under saddle.