New-York tribune., 1901-08-19
HARNESS RACING.
ALL GRAND CIRCUIT MEETINGS SUR
PASSED BY RECORDS MADE AT
BRIGHTON BEACH-IS THOMAS w
LAWSON TRYING TO BUY
CRESCEUS. 2:O2A?

CREsCEUs. 2;OoA?
Records of the New-York Trotting Associations
first meeting at the Brighton Beach racetrack last
week show that il the best meeting Of the
season and the best held in the neighborhood
OF this city. The speed average faster than
that of any meeting thus far held in the Grand
Circuit. seventy-two heats having been trotted
and paced at the rate of 2I1 to the mile. This
beats the brilliant meetings at Detroit and Cieve-
land. and proves conclusively that track
be made to serve equally well for trotters and
runners. This has been doubted heretofore by
many New-York hcrsemen. who believed that slow
time at best could be made by the harness horses
at Brighton Beach
The average speed of the trOtters in the forty
one heats required to decide the ten races of the
week 2:12is. the fastest having been
trotted in 2O314 and the slOwest heat in 30. The
trotters placed on record at Brighton the fastest
heat in a race and the fastest heat Of the
year by three-year-Old. Two new names were
added to the list of 2:lO trotters and eight heats
We're trotted in 2:1O better The PAGERS main
tanned speed of 2O9 in nine races of thirty
one heats. the fastest of which paced in 2:OI&t
and the slowest in 2:21&s. They placed record
also the fastest heat of the year. Nearly half a
dozen new names were added to the list Of 210
PAGERS. and no less than twenty-five heats were
reeled OF in 21O or better by the sidewheelers
Although the records Indicate that the Brighton
course Is now about as fast any OF the Grand
Circuit tracks, horsemen are confident that IL can
oe Huch improved and can be made to rival IL not
excel any plant in the world for harness racing
Built over a swamp, which makes it naturally
springy and fast. it needs only resurfacing with
clay and loan. hOrsemen say. to render 1t perfect
Inc roofing eupped out and broke away to some
extent last week owing the sandy nature Of
the soil This is to be remedied. Mr. Engeman
having decided. as told in The Tribune of yester-
day. TO resoil the course next spring.
Visiting horsemen. who went TO Brighton Beach
with some missivings. were greatly pleased with
the track the management and all other features
OF the meeting. Joseph H. Thayer. of Lexington,
KY, voiced the sentiments of his fellow trainers
oy saying 1t was the best meeting he had seen in
years Methods of the running turf were intro
dueed to some extent. and they contributed ma
II has been demonstrated that trOtting meetings
can be held on running tracks. hOrSemen say they
lthe 20 see series or trotting meetings about
NeW-fork, filling out the period when the
three four meetings were held on successive
weeks unprecedented entry lists would be received
prove opportunity TO cut down the heavy ex-
pense of shipping their horses by express each week
Never was the fact that this. city wants the best
strated more clearly than by the biz crowd tba1
gathered TO see Cresceus and The Abbot trot their
race The average spectator probably paid 81 for
ever on the track
Another race between the same horses at the
same track would doubtless draw a crowd
larger tEan that Of last week. for the contest
was beyond the expectations OF nearly all horse
men: Though defeated, The Abbot made such
against him that he would have more 5ackers than
he had before should he meet Creseeus again.
beat Cresceus in any kind of a race two weeks
hence, when he is stayed I'd for the effort Geers
ketcham for the first one
wi" or r9y a6y m %s sfa m etSsm nFss IN s S two IN
horses" said Geers, just before he shipped The
which TO get my horse in shape 10 race ~ He t'
hadn't trotted mile as fast as 210 this season
and everybody knows he was at a great disad-
sSa pon Fs Te S66o for aer seoT ss race He
viii dsappoint me If he doesn't trot in 2O2 or
Mr.. Ketcham now has his eye on the $4,000
sweepstakes race with BoralIna. 2Olla. on Sep
portant Contest has bes1 decie Cbariey Herr
2O7. will be able to ill his engagement in this
Lord Derby. 2N7. are to meet at Boston on Thurs
day. The kentucky stallion came out of the $4,000
free-fOr-al race at Brighton last Tuesday a very
cannot start again this year. and that he may
Before leaving here for Boston George H
Ketcham refused the largest offer he has Yet re-
ceiVed Tor CresceuS II IS not khoWn VINO h9aue the
bid or how much 1t was. out the gosSlps ana
guessers have II that Thomas W. Lawson's repre-
up at Brighton Beach on the day OF the race ana
very much interested in CresceUs Mr. Law
h son Gopo sDrI 10 d pay resc hs now m b
stands lose $4,000 if the Champion defeats
BOraIma in the big sweepstakes race on Septem-
ber 10. Mr. Lawson having added $4,000 to the
stakes and put up 10000 in entrance money on his
be no race and he would save his money. This is
the race which MF. Lawson Is supposed to have
arranged for the especial entertainment or Sir
Thomas Upton.
According the stories told by circuit followers
from Columbus, The Abbot will have to face an
other unequal task in trying TO take the worlds
record away from Cresceus- 1t was common talk
al the track last week that the most competent
timers AT Columbus caught CresceuS in 2:02$s and
2O3 very unofficial watches recording faster
time than 2:02s4 when 202h was hung out as a
new worlds record. The names of a dozen or more
owners and drivers of prominence, who do not
often make mistakes of half or three-quarters OF
second in timing trOtterS are mentioned as having
disagreed with the officials in the stand.