The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-31

good than all the other colt races that viii be
trotted in the next three years"
w. y. D. Stokes. tho owner, Of Onward ana
Patcheh wilkes. ssked Tipton last Saturday
whfther his challenge, published that day In
THk sUN, would hold good for yearlinss by
Prodignl as wen as for two-yearoldk. yea"
said the Montana man, at goes for three-year-
olda, two-yoar-olds. yearllnes or colts fosled
this year." Stokes said that he would confer
with his partner. Peter Duryea,. about the mat
ter. and intimated that q race might perhaps be
In spite of tho fact that q majority Of the
tive Grand Circuit OF 1898 are Eastern orSsni.
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Aiii Ss lonr. NsaTly all ~ he ne tracks noSsr. In the sDS circuit !, 4
stewards here on Feb 9. notwithstanding the
official call for one week later at Detroit, As the
nearly a l~fofoeone conclusion. tho conferences
here promises to be OF moro Importance than the
OI N Tho % Vest The circuit will doubtless be sub
AZ Detroit, Cleveland. Columbus. and Fort
named i is understood that the mile. track At
Peoria win apply fol. admission. with dates Inn
q difference OF opinion among track managers,
hTweyer. AZ to whether the application from
whose interests Alone are involved. viii prob.
ter. As the Peoria people are anyhow free 70
Circuit standard on the dates to be applied for,
tho chances arc that the track win get into the
years ago. Detroit, now one Of the s~tnonghoids Of
the Grand Circuit, occupied q similar position
i%sspsnd sSs e% %sssiTS es e sis19Ssc sssh y i@po an
lance just before the one at Cleveland.
In the East os there is some %Wnceps tsI about the The
wealthy Buffalo horseman. who owned. Mascot,
2:o4, when the horse was the king Of PAGERS.
two in August and will give a hieh.class trot-
astes in The Grand Circuit; It is undsrs;S9a
her old dates Immediately following, Cleveland.
but Columbus having held this place in the
the Fort Erie meeting will probably have to
come in after the last of the Western meet.
all. whether the track can be secured
for &Gca hsEnss e r rsGa4; at st that hst,e time %,1 # , mot known nm ,nc
for PAGERS, AS stated IN The sun last week.
there is little or no likelihood that q Grand Cir
unless outside parties assume the undertaking.
The track is out of repair and the Driving Park
Association has been in a state of suspended
animation ever since 1895. Notwithstanding
the hard luck as to weather which the Northern
New York Breeders Association experienced
last year in its frat venture In the circuit, the
Organization decided at its annual business
meeting last week to try II again In 1893, and o
one at Buffalo. From there tho horses arc likely
TO 60 to the Readville track aJ Boston and thence
made by Poughkeepsie horsemen for q place In
the circuit between the meetings at Hartford
the New York State Breeders Association In
case that organization decided to hold Its an
nual trotting meeting there. According to In
dications the schedule for the season will DO
about as follows:
Peoria. ILL.,. July Z to 8; Detroit, July 1873; Cleve-
Aug s-iB; Buffalo, Aug. 1896; aIens Falls, Aug.
1897 Boston. Aug. 80 to Sept. 9; Hartford, Sept.
90; Poughkeepsie Sept. 1917; New York. Sept.
1894.