The St. Louis Republic., 1901-07-15
Eighteen Trotters in the 2::25 Glass
Are Eligible and Probably
Will Start.
NEvA SIMMONS LOOKS BEST.
The Pennsylvania Mare Will Be
Betting Favorite-Eleata Has
Done Fast Time in Trials.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.

Chicago, July 1.-THE Grand Circuit
opens Monday with the blue ribbon meeting
at Detroit. The star event Of the week will
| be the classic NJ. and NJ race for 225 trot-
| ters for a purse Of $4,000 Each year horse
| men journey from all sections of the United
| States to see this race, which is to the har-
ness followers what the American Derby is
| to the running turf. 1t is also one of the
heaviest betting races of the year, FREE
| quently more than $4,000 being wagered on
| the result In the auctions. saying nothing
! of the book betting.
1 On July IS, when the starters were named
| twenty horses were kept eligible, and at
| this writing 1t looks as If at least eighteen
| of the number would core to the post. All
| winter long and during the early spring 4
| great deal was written about the fast trials
| made by the stake candidates, and for the
| past three months they have been closely
| watched in their preparation. Several Of
| the number were credited with trials from
| 2:091A to 2:14 last fall. The best test is to
| see the candidates race and Of the number
that have started in races this year Neva
| Simmons, who won q good race at Tiftin.
| O.. last week. when she trotted second
heat in 2:12A, will probably be the first
| choice in the betting. Neva Simmons trialed
| the Ptttsburg mile course last year in 2:G9hs.
I
sons training Is decidedly in her favor.
| Her mile at Tfffin was the fastest by any
| one Of the candidates this year in race. In
the race with Neva Simmons was the horse
Rhea, that forced Lord Derby (2:0D to trot
a heat last year at the Columbus Grand
Circuit meeting in 2:11l. He won the OPEN
ing heat at Tifiin in 215A, but finished third
in the succeeding heats.
Eleata n Good One.
Eleata, one Of the Palo Alto breeding.
owned by Frank Jones of Portsmouth, n.
H., won a good race at Dover, N. H., last
week. where she trotted heat in 2:13A.
This mare Is now years and stepped q
half in 1:04 in her 3-year-old form. She is
reported to have worked three miles from
2:1o1s to 2:l2,is, and will certainly divide
honors with Neva Simmons in the betting.
The horses Country Jay and George
Smith met in the same race at Tiffin.
George Smith has been winning his races
this season over the half-mile tracks In a
way that has installed him as one of the
factors in the rich purse. but he was only
, the time being 2:14h. Country Jays time,
the winner OF the race, was 2:15h, 2IiA
and 2:15A Country Jay worked fourth
a:10.
! A. J. D.. the Illinois candidate, was Sec
: ond at the Pekin. ILL.,, meeting when the
! Windsor meeting the past week In fair time
without being extended. He Is a level-head-
l ed gelding. When the horses were named
buy nomination for Quoddy Girl Kelly
> trained this mare at Lexington, and she
worked a number of miles for him bette
4 than 2I5. the fastest Of which was 2:13lI
= with a final quarter in thirty-one seconds
' He has not started her yet this season
nsI.u Raitsn Mccarthy M ss,, went trial mile a
and probably will not be able to start. The
3 California mare Algoneta's performance a
i the Windsor meeting would not indicate
l
the stake, although she went u trial al
4 Cleveland In 2:i5. Thomas Lawson's Poin
a the ofsa In the f m 1888
5 dexter trotted a mile In 2:12& but last sea
son was sick and was not started.
Eva Dee Has Great Speed.
The Kentucky 4-year-od flly. Eva Dee
y has as much speed as any one of the name
It starters. but has not always been reliable
rses for in time
. the same day .rialed = mile in 2:143s; an
J. trotted mile in 2:1lis. Doug Thoma
r started her at Windsor, where she was sec
o ond; in 2lS1s, and Eva trotted all three heat
san-owned gelding, who was trained a
Louisville, worked a mile the past wee
over Gross Point track in 2:121s, with a fina
q | quarter In 81 seconds. Ted was one of tn
lie most impressve-going trotters at the South
ern training track, and the many trainer
who saw the .gelding worked think he ha
more than a look-in on the purse. Louis
Jefferson won at Denver in time that wi
warrant her starting here Porto Kic
It Hubinger's Albreta d. is at the track, an
3 1t Is safe to say he will be a factor in tn
ID race, although no one has a line on tn
a gelding. Bell Kuser, John Hooper, Rose an
=. Zikah are tho remaining horses named
- start
X In looking over the field everything look
~ rosy for great race. On form the horse
n n show that they are pretty well matched, an
:, will not be surprised to see the hard rae
y Of 1899 repeated. The field surely is deci6
a a edly superior to the one that started in thl
l. While the NJ. and NJ. race overshadows a
"A Of the other events Of the week in impol
= races FACES The e sou @ Chamber 'a Of na1 Commere
Stake for the 2:A PAGERS is on the openin
day Harry Logan the californs paS1
y will without doubt be the choice for tn
,e race; He worked the Crosse Point track
e will have a strong following. as also wi
10 Roy Miller's Brown Broden. who trialed /
" 21lh. These three on form seem to be til
$ | best of the nineteen named to start.
o Cresceus and Herr Will Meet.
!, Cresceus 2OD and Charley Herr GOO wi
q meet in the free-for-all trot on Thursda,
g while Anaconda (2:021s). Coney t2;02at), Col
u nor t2:OsA,,. searchlight (2:Ost), and indian
9S;MD. will ;o1 come to together in the free-fo
le The class races promise some sharp cor
o- tests and on the whole the programme is
gQOO one.
v One Of the best horses that showed up IL
u past week was the pacing stallion, Da
iia "a Patch g:97lG, owned by D; A. Messner. j
,c Of Oxford. Ind; Dan Patch is now veal
=. !. old, and was sired by the famous old wa
&c horse, Joe Patchen (2:0114l, and his dam
4 4 Zelica, by Wilkesberry, grand dam Abda
IN lah Belle, producing daughter of Pacir
=; Abdallah. Dan Patch Is brown hors
" about 16A hands high. with plenty of sui
~ stance, and presents the stately appearant
M Of his sire. On the track and in action
ss fs model as his manners are perfect, al
~ he races in fve-ounce shoe all aroun
10 with no boots whatever excepting a ligl
,s pair of quarter boots. He has phenomen
le turn of speed as shown by his three hea
et at Windsor in 207k, 210 and 2Gs wit
~ quite reserve left at the finish of eaC
ce heat. Everything looks rosy for NJ. E, NJ
OF Henry to make a clean score through ii
e@s @ Grand Circuit with Dan Patch.
at HARD BATTLE AMONG THE JOCKEY
- O'Brien, O'Neill and Dale are Fight
~ ing for First Place I'm Winning List.
af OBrien, ONeill and Dale are still runnir
st pretty race for leadership of the iocke!
nd who competed at the Fair Grounds ar
10 who are now riding at Delmar Park. La.
g weeks work was about "a stand of hetwee
IA IA these three promising young riders. Da
II apparently had q slight advantage. Webe
~ Combs and Harshberger the next three a
Z out of 1t. Gilmore the seventh boy n:
really done the best work of the lot durin
, the Delmar meeting. He has been gettir
or well and handling his mounts pretti
- all the way. Lindsey. the Cincinnati bo