The sun., 1897-09-11
GO0D-BY TO FLEETWOOD.
PRoBIBLT THE LAST MEETING on
the HISTORIC CoJRSE

CiesinE DnJ OF the Grand Circun FursisAe1
Some Good sport-D~rby Priucesa Outiasss
Her FIcId-neir-at-Lnw vIns the otO1 Pass
Heat winners Collide and Are Distanoea.
Racing by moonlight is not usually tho subieoe
OF commcndat.on. but in the case OF the Driving
Club OF New York at Fleetwood yesterday
nothing could be moro appropriate than that
tho orb OF pight should cast it's mellow light
upon the scene OF the final struggle in the sem
satonal Grand Circuit OF 1897. and. as is gem
orally believed, the last meeting to DO held oveR
the Fleetwood track. 1t was. perhaps, due to .
thorough appreciation Of tho fitness of things
that the officials permitted yesterdays pro-
gramme to drag along until the sun had disap-
peared behind the Palisades. At any rate, 10
vas certainly long past sundown as Fred Noble
drove Georgiana under the wire winner Of the
last heat OF this years Grand Circuit.
The long days sport began with the unfinished
2:l2 class, which had been postponed on Thurs-
day after Derby Princess and Fred b. had each
secured heat. Alcidalia had been the origin al
favorite for the race, but her poor showing In
the two heats trotted had SO upset the calcula-
tons OF her followers that when the betting
opened to-day there was no pronounced favorite.
the field having the call at about to
over any individual choice. In the first heat
yesterday the Brooklyn mare Emma Of
futt managed to score after drive through
the stretch with Grace Hastings. who was still
unreliable, making a bad break at the moment
she appeared to have the advantage. The nexe
heat A ,idala managed to win, and this again
cDused aeuIaut for her stock, but she was not
up to The REQ uirem snts of the occasion. After
assuming command OF affairs to he stretch, she
tired BADLY. ana well-timed rush by Derby
Princess through the stretch resulted in a vic.
tory by nose for the Cleveland mare. The
Iext beat the California bred mare was COM
p'ete I stress Of affairs and wound up the long
strucA 10 IN clever shape.
The first event on the regular programme, tho
2:O7 pace, was also a sulit heat affair. though n
money. The betting 500 on Heir.st Law
to S75 the field. The first heat was rather =
surpriss 10 the ta'eut. Jhyelin being an easy
winner ana the favoriye poor third. and acting
very badly. The second heat was one OF the
best OF the meeting, Hcir.at' Law getting the
Jayelin. the iaror.te getting to the wire first
by ohly after one oI Gecr
electric drives. Tho favoritc captured
another heat. and then sleeper came to the
the fourth heat in such easy style that thsrs
appeared to be but the one pace left. Tho
good thing went wrong, however. through the
questionable decision of he judges, for in the
next heat Javelr and Pearl Onward colliued
lust before reaching the hGlf and IL was merely
Jog for the favorite to beat he bali ance Of the
ieId. The judges were unable 70 place the re-
sponsibiiity fOc the accident, and declared both
fstanreG
Gcorgiana, Who was both speedy and reliable.
During the afternoon Marion Mills paced .
mile in 2:O14. The summaries follow:
e:ls lass. trotting; the Press iurse. $4,000,