The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-05
OPENING THE NEW TRACK.
10000 PERSONS SEE THE GRAND CIR
CUIT HARNkSS CRACKS

| Cresceus Wins the $1,000 Stallion Race
| Bingen Distanced in the Second Hent-
| A brooklyn PAGER Beats the old Cam
pRiRners-Owyheo and Andrews victors
That high-class harness racing is popular
| among New Workers was amply attested yes
| terday, when 1900 persons journeyed to the
new Empire City trotting track between Yon-
! kers and Mount Vernon, for the opening Of tho
| Grand Circuit meeting. Ths big crowd packed
| the new steel grand stand. with seating capac-
! ity ot7.S00. and overlooked onto the lawn and
| the betting ring until the whole enclosure was
| thronged with patrons OF the sport. In spite
| OF the heavy rain on sunday night the course
| dried out so well that before midday dust was
| flying in the wake Of the trot ters and PAGERS as
| they took their warm ng-up work.
The results OF the days sport show that the
course is one OF the fastest in the country and
10 probably the fastest brand new track ever
constructed. Former Corporation Counsel W.
| II. Clark. to whose lberality and enterprise
the splendid racing plant is due. was all smll
! as he sat on tho clubhouse piazza and sur
! veyed the surging crowd on tho other side OF
| the fence
Il am more than pleased with every feature
| OF the opening" he said to a reporter OF THE
| BUN. The crowd is one Of the largest l have
! ever seen on trotting track and it is Just
about the finest asscmblage ever saw on any
sister or his sweetheart into any part OF the
grand stand to-day and feel sure she was in
good company"
dash OF amateur sport added to the enjoy
ment OF everybody at the opening OF the
course. Nathan Straus brought out his noted
road horse Cobwebs. PIP. and drove him
quarter OF n mile to road wagon In 32b Sec
onds-a 2:1O gait. Later In the day A. +. Per-
rim OF Buffalo. surpassed this performance by
sending his crack roadster True Chimes. a
half milo to wagon In the remarkable time OF
1:O2A-a 2:05la gait.
The officials for the meeting are Frank
Walker. starter; w. W. Taylor II. N. Balm and
A. H. Merrill. judges. and Ed A. Upton and
Horace Wilson. timers.
Betting on the big stallion race kept the pool
sellers busy all the morning. Everybody APP
pesred to want ticket on MALCOLM Forbes's
sold like hot cakes for 500 against $50 for the
some o, the shrewd players backed the field.
fearing that BinEens breaks would cost him
the victory In a two in-three race. There was
Daredevil and Benton NJ deaSns st the start By
theiT breaks; The fayorite came out ooking
ss nj ns h n S9T Z. coat h9ns 1
loose. easy swing, that pleased all the critics.
H He was booted clear to tho elbows in front.
looking horse in the field. He carried q lot
y. z,
chestnut stallion from California, was about
me best b ooEnG hoEss in The bunch which in
devil Of the Hs@n String cSaag Herr the
four-year- old trotter that John Kelley drove.
was a coItish. l.vel-headed. old-fashioned
youngster that seemed to know nothing
a Ions, neoked. long. bodied brown horse 81
dates that caught the eyes OF all observers
aso nnd Asssy
Baron
- When the horses got the word go" from
Starter Walker, Cresceus made losing break
the. lead around the first turn and half way
ali the way; no wsver. ana whom Henry I Titer
once got him straiRhtened out in the
sss Sssand h' Baao Hre nj. mp as played sS.S
over-and-over. strides carried him two
lengths in =, front as he struck tho up;
Charley Herr had closed on Oakland Baron
and passed him as they swung around the
homestretch. liter drove wide with Binr en-
and and before he knew It. Doe Tanner had shot
Charley Herr were closing on tho favorite on
the other side. As litter reused him, he went
s er Bns and .assss5 pSfE out Of the ,
ceus had only to, sit still and let his fast horse
sail along at will to beat the other two to the
timers hung out 2:i6t Tor the mile " as many any
had expected to sec the heats trotted at least
and they played their money on the b Brilliant fssf
eq 'aG for by s A seS b iS5
warmed put OF lameness when the horses came
out for the second heat Daredevil. on the
The, original favorite broke repeatedly in
s scoring bis time. causing horsemen who knew
rs net Bingen's day They've got him
Pd 90 i turned med. out s.od BnSsn broke .tcod
back to the trotting gait and went on nearly a
turlong behind his field Cresceus. too.
but he reooVered quiGk i esna Only ns oo eu
q lengths and his position at the pole: Benton
With his nose in front as the horses rou nGd
the LOVER T turn Sohn Keys great colt Char
stretch and took the lead and the pole before
hs the
ho%estrs.ch: Kelly had a whip ia one mel hand md
them when the he S'Ne easa e on us sSa
honest honest little in the home
QUICKLY crssssus sim e trot wsf
at ease, coming through the stretch with
sp9ke that was pretty near the perfection Of
yet the gallant son Of Robert McGregor
s fimn 4s Pts in the remerkabe
ttIrotters which may stand for, some time. and
t. eGuais the G marx mnds BY ,Creseeus On the
lhstc OF blenS FallS mat ne could nave
trotted at least a second faster yesterday was
the opinion Of all horsemen who saw his per-
formance. and with Bingen at his best the
Boston horse might have met defeat
,Cresceus's New York and Hartford races
show remarkable reversal OF form. He was
beaten last week when hot favorite, by
crssseceus trotted a work out mile, in
The winner is e;year- old stallion
Gen. h l.. Towards hambrino a son OF Erics-
son. Mable is also the dam Of the great cam
pagner. Andersons Nightingale. 2:lOIa, the
largest I money Tn per on the Grand Circuit in
horse, drove him yesterday and still owns him.
:, Delbert Dinehart's invincible young stallion
Billy Andrews proved to be easily tho best OF
the PAGERS that opened the meeting in the
backed hun at 800 to 800 against the Hu-
binger mare Darrell and all the rest, Just
as II the race were all over but the shout
Ing Dariei got little the worst Of the start
OF the fayorite at the finish; Both the
mars mare and the stallion weakened per
homestretch. Billy Andrews staggering home
half a length to the good In 207is for the M lie
The second heat was much easier for the favor