New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-08-06
HARNESS RACING.
GRAND CIRCUIT HORSES NOW AT BUF
FALO
JAMES BUTI.ER's REMARKABLE STRING OF FAST
PACERs-LARGEsT WINNERS IN THE
CIRCUIT THUS FAR

CIRCUIT THUS FAR.
After three weeks OF brilliant harness racing r.
the West the horses Of the Grand Circuit enter the
Empire State to-day for the annual meeting OF the
Buffalo Driving Club. Some Of the trotterg ara
PAGERS that have been making turf history al De-
troit, Cleveland and Columbus VIII be missing a.
the frst of the Eastern meetings. yet the pro
gramme is promising Of fine sport. One OF the IN
teresting contests scheduled for the opening dav
is the 2:19 race. in which Palmleaf 2.ifk the biz
bay trotter owned by ex-Superintendent OF Police
Thomas Byrnes will meet among others the IN
beaten hve-year-od stallion DiIIOnte 2IH4 a son
OF Baron Dillon. PIP. the young tTOtting sire owned
by Z. s Wells. OF Jersey City. Both horses gained
their present records In winning races last week
Palmleaf at Columbus and Dillonite at Albany
Each is rated as a 2:10 trotter. and with fast
track they should make fine race to-day. Thomas
W. Lawson's great four-year-oId trotter Boralna
2:O9s Is to make his re-sntry in the Grand Circuit
in the ZIP at Buffalo to-day Letah 8. 2sz,.
Bay Star 2:l1i<; Ebert. 2111z Gazele. 2:l2Z and
several other fast ones entered against him. but
II the followers Of the circuit have not overrated
the Boston horse he should win in big jog b.
ralma is believed by many component critics TO be
the fastest trotter now in training. He has nsver
met horse that could defeat him SIR. Lawson has
entered him in nearly every important race %
which he was eligible between Detroit and LsxinE-
ton. and unless he meets some mishap he Is likely
TO be one of the largest winners OF the year
The $500 Horse Review" Stake. for three-yeaF-
oIds, and the PA trotting race the features
Of the second days card. This will be the first
notable three-year-old race Of the year, and may
bring to the front the prospective winner % the
rich Kentucky Futurity to be trotted at Lexing-
ton in October. Among the New-York colts en-
tered James Buffers Cole Direct, by Direct.
2:O55 and Delgola. BY Demarch. 2111s; William
E Sper's Major Del Mar. by Del Mar 2as74s l. v
Harknesss Nobel. by Moko and J. B. Higgins
Locha. by Attention. 2094. Both of Mr. Buffers
colts. from East View Farm near Tarrytown, have
the he selects to carry his cOloTs should win
a part OF the purse. In the 2:24 race tO-morroW
Helen Simmons. 2-11H. is booked meet dozen
or more fast ones. This mare is owned by John
young trotters uncovered in the present campaign.
having won two brilliant races at Cleveland and
211A She was bred by John b butcher OF this
city. and was foaled in 1925 Her sire was Sim
mons. Us. of George Wilkes. 2-22. and her
dam was Lady Helen, by Sultan. pa, the sire OF
2GTI2. Mr. McCarty bought her when she was
three years old. Great things were expected OF
her last season, but she wrenched an ankle. and
for time it was feared that she would never race
The race for 200 PAGERS on Wednesday bids fair
TO be a brilliant contest Hetty G., the bay mare
meet Connor. sidney Poiuter, Asitato. Harry o.
fast. Hetty 9. gained a record Of 2:o514 at Column
In this mare and Bonnie Direct 207Es. Mr. Butler
owns the TWO biggest winners among the PAGERS IN
the list with four straight races and sss5O to bis
credit Hetty G. has won three consecutive races
worth SS,250 The New-York horseman's present
string OF PAGERS is a notable one for IN addition
campaigning Coney. 2:022s. and Anaconda a0sI.
and he owns also Klatawah. 2:957s ard Direct
2:051+
Prince Alert's recent victory over Anaconda a.
Cleveland did not convince Mr.. Butler that tha
horse To a reporter OF The Tribune he said yes
terday:
Tom Heating tells me Anaconda was fust III
tie short of fast work which caused him 10 break
and his breaks cost him the race. expect 20 see
him win the next time the horses meet. After all
for If he had got that record OF POP which went 10
Prince Alert, he couldn't have been entered in
other race in the Grand Circuit this year. There
is class for 2:02 PAGERS
Mr.. Butler has high opinion OF the young PAGER.
Bonnie Direct. that won the Chamber OF Com
merce Stake at Detroit and other races at Cleve-
land and Columbus He offered 10000 for the
OF Direct and Bon Bon last spring bIt @ L Crtf
nth, the California owner. declined TO sail out
right Mr.. Butler succeeded however. In leasing
Fred s. WedgeWOod. 2:231e. the four-year-oh
PAGER that Fred GeTken bought from Osmyn Mower
Tor $4,000 few weeks ago, may not be seen in pub
lie until next season. The COLI has shown mile in
2DSS4 and is so promising that his owner believes
he can make clean sweep through the Grand
Mr. HObson. of Athens. Ga. Who formerly owned
Fred s WedgeWOOd. said 10 a reporter OF The
Tribune yesterday: Il bought the colt by the side
of his dam when he only a few months old
II was at an auction sale down South during the
hard times. and bid of S5 took the and
colt Fred S. Wedgewood was never IN the hands
OF professional trainer until last year and he
sick then. he when he came here
New-York this season expect to see him pace
mile in 200 one of these days"