New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-21

Silk Woodruff, 2:l5ls one of the fastest and best
known PAGERS on the Speedway. was sold on Sat
urday to D. n Armstrong, Of Hartford. who will,
II Is said put him In training for the fall campaign.
The chestnut horse was owned and driven by H.
j. Lehman. The relative merits of SILK woodruff
and Smax came up for discussion at roadside
talk the other day, and the owners Of the two
PAGERS had agreed to test their speed In a friendly
brush on the road yesterday morning Newburger
was hand with Smilax ready to give and take,
but the former T6 NwbSer that the other
horse had been sold.
Purses worth $4,000 will close to-day for the
New-York Grand Circuit meeting OF September to
g. Since the big race for the pacing kings was
ranged last week. some changes have been made
In the programme. Searchlghts presence In the
open class caused Secretary Toman to cancel the
2:C4 race for PAGERS and open a purse Of 1900
for sidewheelers OF the 205 class. This Will shut
out searchlight. 2:O3i4 whose presence would have
made the result almost a foregone conclusion.
Now that c. J. Hamn's mare, Lady or the Manor,
has cut her mark down 10 2O+h the daughter OF
Mambrino King will have to start in the 2:C6 class
against such horses as Anaconda. 2O4A; Frank
Bogash 2:O4l4 and Planet pom now known as
Borough Park. This race will probably bring
Anaconda and Lady OF the Manor together for the
highest order Since Scarchght was beaten at
Rochester and Anaconda won at n Gens o F haeY IN
WI he Darted with SearcnIBnt IN exCHuHBe lor
sl5 900 They say the geding had speed 20 spare In
The fas heats at Gens Falls. The 2:O5 race has
been shifted from Wednesday, September g. to sat
uriay the closing day OF the Grand circuit meet
ing Another shift places the 21i trotting race on
Thursdav's card, while the ZIG race; orlginalIy
scheduled for Thursday. replaces the Zit race on
Wednesdays programme The races whlcn Close
to-day are the 20 class trotting, purse S5VV tne
2l4 class trottng. purse. 2CU the LIo class,
trotting purse 81 JO0 the I'D class trottns guIsoe
81 800: the free for all class. trotting purse sIVU'
The ?O5 class pacing purse 5000; the 2N class
pacing purse 81 900; the 2l3 class pacing purse
81 800 and the 2:ls class. pacing. purse S'So
BOSTON will have the Grand Circuit horses this
week. and the signs point to one OF the best meet
incs OF the wear at the Readve course where star
Pointer nrst set mark for harness horses oe'o"
two minutes Two $4,000 races are TO be roued
I'm the course OF the week The race for the Massa-
chusetts Purse will bring together such iast ones
as the black stallion Fred Kohl. 2O7s. j. Malcolm
Forbes's crack fouryear-old Peter the Great Zl%*'
David Cahills Charley Herr, 2llh warren
stoner's serpol 2IO: the unbea,en New-Engiand
stallion Lecco 2I2A. and the Boston horse Green
brlna 2l0@ 1t is a singular circumstance that
nearly all OF the prominent candidates Tot the ps
race are stations The contest Is 10 De decueI on
Wednesday. The other $4,000 race Is the NeW-hng-
land Futurty for three-year-old trotters' on 10
DAYS card. Some OF the best colts IN the county
are eligible to start In this class Ecstacy haha-