The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-16
TROTTINC SEASON IS OPEN
COMBINATION PARK, BOSTON,
STARTS IT IN THE EAST
Philadelphia and Albany Meetings
of Last Week Are Worth Noting
Some Notable Reductions In
Acknowledgment Trade Is Not
Affected by the War-The Vet
eran Mcclure VIII Campaign.

NEW YORK, June 15.-The trotting
season opens in New England this week
at Combination park, Boston. The
purses. considering that the season is
backward, have filled we'll The 2:13
pace has in seven. including George
r.. Annie Shedd, and Piedmont. No
less than fifteen are named in the 2:30
trctting class which is thus secure of
a big field. The 2:25 pace has secured
eleven nominations. While ten are en-
tered in the 2:35 class. The 2.19 class
has six. the Pop class, nine, and the
free-for-all. eight entries. Combination
park by the record is the fastest half
mile track on the continent.
The Parkway Driving Club of Brook
lyn will hold a three days meeting on
June %. % and "a, the entry list c'osing
on June Z. In spite OF a backward
season, all the purses have filled reas-
onably well. On the opening day the
2:17 pace has six entries, while the $50
and 2:24 trotting classes have twelve
each. On Thursday the 2:29 and 2:2O
tlotting class1s have secured seven and
ten entries respectively. and the 500
pace has also got half a score. On
the third day of the meeting the 2:33
pace has twelve, the free-for-all trot
or pace eight, and the 2:40 trot ten en-
tries. These returns promise three 600
days sport at this pretty track. This
is the opening meeting of the local sea-
son.
The meetings at Philadelphia and Al
hary which closed last week. are well
worth noting. and though the purses
were small. the performances were
good. AT Philadelphia in the 2:1O class
trot or pace, the winner, Hans Nc
Gregor, trotted the fastest heat of the
year to date, doing it in 2:11A He is
by Black Hawk McGregor. and his pre-
vious record was 2:12A. His time was
2:12&, 2:12A. and 2:uN. The bay mare
Valeo won the 2:40 class in straight
heats. her best time being 2:211a, and
again the question arises as to what is
her speed limit. At Belmont park, the
week previous. she won both races she
started in. and took a record of PISA.
1t is quite clear that she will have to
get into Grand circuit company before
her speed limit is known The bay
horse Plymouth NJ, a grandson of Elec-
tioneer, captured the 2:27 class in good
style in 2:20A and Jack, speedy geld
ing by Mambr;no Boy, won the 2:30 trot
brought a new mare to the front in My
Lady by Vatican Ga rank outSider),
who put her mark down to 2:20As. while
in the 2:22 pace the bay gelding Aims
WORTH who has won four races in two
weeks, landed again in battle Of three
HtdCS, III A.1O12, l.1l, anu S.li
There were also notable reductions of
records at Albany. In the 2:45 trotting
class the roam gelding. Kentucky Frank,
put his mark down to 2:25A in the fifth
heat, while Senator L, his principal
competitor, took the third heat in 2.22k
Three speedy mares appeared in the
2:35 class, and they could not have
trotted a more desperate race if they
had been competing for a $4,000 stake
iy1Sf of
mare. Belle G., won the first and sec
ond heats in 2:23A and 2:19A. The
chestnut mare, Ad61ie D., won the
fourth in 2:191a. but the race went to
the bay mare, Lottie P, whose best
time was 2:25A. In the 2:19 class that
New York favorite, Ed Lock, owned by
ex-Alderman Hughes, won in good
Fps pace the bay gelding, Merritt
mark to 217A.
One Of the best tracks in the CONT
nent has just been completed at
Bridgeport, Conn.,, and the association
will hold it's inaugural meeting on June
% to July l. inclusive. and the card is
we'll worthy of the attention Of horse
men. On the opening day the pro-
gramme includes the 2:15 and 2:25 pac-
ing classes and the 2:21 trotting class.
The second day is devoted to the 2:35
and 2:1S trotting classes and the 2:29
trot and pace. The 2:26 trotting
class, the 2:25 pace, and a freefor-an
trot and pace fill the third days card.
while the fourth day Is devoted to
$500 purse for four-year-olds or under,
trot or pace, and a 2:40 class for the
same amount for trotters and PAGERS,
open only to horses owned in the coun-
ty. The other purses are $500 each.
except the free-for-all, which is for
$500.