The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-16

NEW YORK, Aug. 15.-Perfect
weather and a fast track again favored
the grand circuit meeting at Brighton
Beach today. The feature was the
John w. Shuts $4,000 purse for trot-
ting four-year- olds, for which the bay
FLY Zephyr, by Zombro. was the ia
vorite at 100 to 20 for the pick. With
the advantage Of the pole and Geers
in the sulky she won in straight heats
In the first heat she went to the quar-
ter in BIN, to the half in 1904 and
came home as she pleased in 2i11k.
The second heat was a repetition of
the first, but in the third the favorite
broke. Maxine took the lead and held
1T to the top, looking like winner but
Zephyr came again in the stretch and
won by half length.
Favorite Almost Beaten.
The 2:04 pace brought out high
class field, and hopes were high that
Audubon Boy would be able to force
Dan Patch to go a fast mile; but the
latter did not start. Audubon Boy was
a hot favorite at SO to Is. With the
word. Shadow Chimes pushed to the
front, Indiana was second and the
favorite close up. They went up the
back stretch Tapped. At the three
quarter pole Audubon Boy moved up
and Shadow Chimes broke. Fanny
billiard then came fast from the rear,
challenging the leader, and a close and
excellent finish she was only beaten a
half length by the favorite
In the second heat the Veteran Con-
nor rushed off with the lead and held
it to the three quarter pole, with Au-
dubon Boy second and Fanny billiard
third. AS they rounded for home the
favorite and billiard shot by Conner
and were soon Joined by Shadow
Chimes, following in that order:
On the Novelty Plan.
2:16 class, trotting, was on the nov
city plan, the winners going to the barn
after the first and second heats. Wal
nut Hall, a grand looking brown stall
lion, by Condor was a prohibitive IA
vorite for the first heat He broke
badly after passing the first turn and
did it so well that he was fully ten
lengths in front before he settled He
then trotted fair and square to the fin
ish, winning, with Ivandorf second. The
judges gave Walnut Hall the heat.
Ivandorf was the choice for the sec
ond heat and won with lots to spare.
In the last heat Debut was a prohibi-
tive choice, but he failed to make good,
and the race was won by the black
mare. Bemay, a 5 to 1 shot, by three
lengths.
In the amateur race for PAGERS, c. K.
G. Billings drove the fast chestnut
horse Hontas Crook and won both
heats easily from Frazier, driven by
Frank Jones.
In the trotting amateur race, Little
Helen had the pole and held to the fin
ish, though Joymaker made such a
lightning rush that he was only beaten
by short head. In the second heat
Little Helen and Joymaker had 1T out
from the start to within a hundred
yards from the wire, where Joymaker
went into the air and Mr.. Billings came
with rush with Imogene, and in a hot
finish landed winner by half a length.
In a driving finish Imogene won the
third heat and the race.
Summaries.
2:25 class. trotting, the John S. Schults
four year -olds, purse SIS, 900
Zephyr, b m by Zombro, Lulu Cam
pau. by Fergus McGregor (Geers) 1 / ]
Maxine. b m (Lyons) .............3 2 2
Halle Hardin. CHI m (McGuire) - 4
Horace w. Wilson. CHI h (Shane) IS 8
Belle Sligo. b m (Strader) .........5 5
Directum Spier, b h (Kenney). ...4 dis
Time, 2:11R, 2:12A, 2:12A.