The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-07-14
ON THE GRAND CIRCUIT
The Meeting Will Begin in De-
troit Next Monday.
ROYAL SPORT PROMISED
Interest in Harness Events Revived and
Glorious and Profitable Meet All
Along Down the Line Is
Confidently Predicted.

| In the history of the trotting turf
there has been no season initiated
with greater promise of royal contests
and deep public interest For some
years trotting languished, and interest
was concentrated at but a few partic-
ular spots, but gradually interest in
the light harness horse has been grow
ing, until now he is the horse of
America, and his adherents are num-
bered by legions in every corner of the
country. But a few years ago, COM
paratively, public sale of trotters
in New York city attracted but little
If any attention. To-day, however, the
great Madison Square Garden sales, to
say nothing of the many of somewhat
lesser pretentions, attract the eyes of
the world, and the popularity of the
trotter is demonstrated beyond all pos
sibility of cavil in the spirit of rivalry
displayed by the buyers.
This season was ushered in with
more trotters and PAGERS with fast
marks than ever known before and
| the contests between them in their re-
| interest by every lover of the Ameri-
can light harness horse in the land.
The grand circuit meetings will COM
mence at Detroit and the real contests
for supremacy will be inaugurated
| there July Il. Secretary George d.
| Conner has been humping" himself
| all the past winter and spring to make
| it the banner week in the history of
| the Detroit track. He has inaugurated
several innovations to attract horse
| men, and will exercise his great hust-
| ling abilities to show the public why
| it should start in at Detroit and go
| right down the line.
| While there is some difference in the
| entries at the various grand circuit
| tracks, most of the horses that open
| at Detroit will be seen at all the meet
| ings down the line
All the big meetings have special
| stake that is made a feature, similar
to the $4,000 Merchants and Manu-
facturers' stake at Detroit, the Char
ter Oak at Hartford and the Transyl-
vania at Lexington.
Cleveland follows Detroit in the grand
circuit, commencing July "a. Secre-
tary Sidney w. Giles has arranged
programme of four events for each
day, distributing the classes in such
manner as to attract the greatest
horses. He also offers a special purse
called The Crown for the champion
PAGERS, Star Pointer, John r. Gentry
and Joe Patchen. Other PAGERS are
eligible. but the stipulation is that the
three named must start
Charles Courade, secretary of the Co.
lumbus Driving association, has ar
ranged an excellent programme for the
third of the series of grand circuit
meetings, commencing at Columbus
July 81. The trotting classes run from
the 2:0S to the 2;24, while the pacing
classes embrace the 2:04 to the 2:23
Secretary Courade has also arranged
a RI fol
low the Lexington meeting in October
The Buffalo meeting follows in the
grand circuit line, and Secretary John
Il. Sage has put up programme of ex-
ceeding interest. He writes that an
unusually large number of entries to
the early closing events have been
keeping up their payments. The same
thing can be said of the Glens Falls
association, to which the grand circuit
scene shifts after Buffalo. commencing
Aug. 10. William NJ Cameron. the
secretary, has issued a programme
fully up to grand circuit excellence
There will be quite a number of new
ones join the big meet brigade at Buff
falo and Glens Falls, and the number
of contestants will be somewhat in
creased when the bell taps at Read
Vile, Aug. 81 where Secretary c. NJ
Jewett has been hustling with all of
his excellent ability to make the meet
great meetings ever seen on that track.
The grand old track at Charter Oak
park will next resound to the hoof
beats of the grand circuit stars. Man
ager William B. Fasig has put up a
programme, the excellence of which is
so well appreciated by horsemen that
the best of them will be there to go
for the money. 1t is here that will be
contested for the 14th time the great
Charter Oak stake of $4,000 of which
Director, Harry Wilkes, Joe Davis,
Oliver K, Patron, Spofford Aleryon,
Prince Regent, Hamlin's Nightingale,
Andersons Nightingale, Harrietta,
Ralph Wilkes and John Nolan have
been the winners, since it's inaugural in
1888
After Hartford. the magnificent new
track. now fast approaching compile
ton, between Mount Vernon and Yon-
kers, will be the scene of the great con-
tests by the light harness brigade, and
New York will take a place as one of
the bright lights in the grand circuit
The meeting will commence Sept. L.
1t is at this meeting that will occur
for the first time in some years an
important free for all stallion race. The
greatest of all the great stations will
try for the money. In it are William
rectum Kelly, 2:0sA: Clayton, 2:1OA;
Bingen, 2:06&; Peter the Great, 2:12la;
Dan Cupid, 2:O9A Cresceus, 2:O92;
Pat L., 2:09A Benton NJ, 2:1O Oak
land Baron. 2:o9A; Pilatus, 2:O9A;
Prince of India, 2:15A; Askey. 2:0SA:
Dare Devil, 2:09A; Heir-at-Law, 212;
Monterey, 2:09h and Grand Baron,
21SA. Never before was there such
an array of extreme speed brought to-
gether. and the race will be one of
world wide interest, for European trot-
ting horsemen are paying much atten-
ton to such events on this side.
The closing of the grand circuit sea-
son will be seen at the historic Nara
gansett park track. at Providence, the
week following New York Sept. IL
Providence was out of it for some
time, but comes in this year prepared
TO give grand finish to a glorious
season.
After the grand circuit come Louis
Vllle. Lexington and Nashville with
great meetings. Secretaries Frank P.
kenney and Horace Wilson of the
Louisville and Lexington tracks ora