New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-06-24
GRAND CIRCUIT TROTTING PROGRAMME.
PREPoNDERANCE OF SLOW CLASSES foH
TRoTTERs CAUSES CoMMENT-soME
PROMISING HORSES.

pprpoSDERANcE OF SLOW CLASSES FOR
rRoTTERs CAUSES CoMMENT-soME
PROMISING HORSES.
meeting Of the Executive Committee OF the
Driving Club Of New-York was held yesterday al
the Fleetwood Park clubhouse. to decide upon the
proaramme for the Grand Circuit trottins meeting oi
August 2s 10 30 Nine stakes for this meeting
closed last February leaving only six purse races 10
be arranged in order to fill out the five days scned-
uIe and the club decided several days ago that TWO
Of these purses should be offered TO the free-fora
trotters and PAGERS The remaining -FOUR races VIII
be worth each. and will be for To'ters OF 'e
21l 2l7 2:2l and 2:21 classes. This arrangement
gives the following classes for the meeting: FOR
trotters for-ali 2:l. 2i5. 2A7. 2As. 22l 20
a:N. 2:3O. 2s5 and 24O classes. For PAGERS free
for-ail 2Io 22O and 2:3o classes. The programme
in detail is as follows:
MONDAY. AUGUST 90.
2so class. trottng; stake. $500 Closed
2l0 class. pacing; stake $500 tciosedr
2l7 class. trotting; purse. $2vo
TUESDAY. AUGUST 81
23s class trotting. three-yearolds' STAKE s@""
20 class pacing: stake. So coo tciosed).
2i3 class. uotting stake. 5000 'ciosed''
WEDNESDAY. AUGUST IS.
F.ssforai class ,,o st SS S sc,a $500
2ie class. iottirg stake. 1900 tcosedp'
THURSDAY. AUGUST 20.
2as class, oi,ns saS'' p $1,000 s, S,S c sose
22i class. trottng. purse. $.w"
FRIDAY. AUGUST 30.
geo cias. two-yearolds '.o,rg: stake. 5000 CLOSED
gil class. trottlnx pure. 500 800
c27 class ,rotting parse, S2VDo'
One o. the features OF the programme "hich &C
casioned a good deal OF comment yesterday was
the preponderapce OF slow classes Tor trotters sx
Of the ten contests listed being for horses with rec
ords slower than 22o AS the card stands. there Is
M trotting class between the open race which II
Il Nils will have only u few starters IN the class
OF Alix D'rectum and Fantasy. and the 2:ll class.
while the next fastest race is tho early closing :5
stake so that scores of the best trotters in train
ing will ei her have TO trot out OF their classes
not trot at all. The same Is true OF the PAGERS.
thsrc being no race except the for horses
with records below 2:G9i< and none between 2l0
and 40 both OF which contests now closed.
Few Of the Fleetwood trainers have done any
notable work with the trotters since the close the
sprinx meeting, although an occasional fast trial
IA reported. On Saturday John Kelly drove Dudley
Olcott q mile in 2l3. letting him step the first half
in l:05 The horse did not trot great race in the
s.,s class at Fleetwood although day and track
considered he went about the best race Of his
career Kelly has 70 md way to prevent him
from getting his tongue over the Bit and he Is
st,ll hopeful Of making 2:lo trotter and good
campaigper OF the handsome son OF Albert W.
Olcott is entered in the 2iS class at Huntington.
James Buffers fast horse. Eastview C:23%). in
Keiiy's stable. Ii improving rapidly. the man who
drove Directum to his record having sent the
three weeks ago he had not trotted a mile in 2:2s
Keiiy's string. His record Is 2:y7h, but he stepped
2 mile over Fleetwood In 2:l7h last Saturday; The
the dam Of Kentucky Prince. He Is entered in the
i:1 class at Huntington. 10 be trottsd next week
same meeting Norhawk (2:l5%). Nathan Straus's
big bay mare by Norval (s:i4sp: is keilys entry in
Eood ones in this class the great little troter VIII
lam Penn whose three consecutive heats in 2:l1St
S:izk and t:i2az have rever been equalled the
Giectwood track by anv horse except Directum.