The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-07-16
DAN PATCH--HAROLD II.
GET TOGETHER AT DETROIT
TODAY.
They Start in 2.O4 Pace With Search
light, Connor and others-Direct
Hal Consistent-Baseball To-
morrow to Be Hot.

Outside of the Chamber of Commerce
and Merchant and Miners stakes one of
the most interesting events of the week
at the Detroit meeting is the 204 pace
scheduled for this afternoon It is very
rare that such stars of the harness world
get up against each other this early in
the game-Dan Patch Harold H. Search
light. Conner and Indiana being the
starters in this race. Several Montgom-
erians who watched the great perform
anceS of Searchlight at the Lexington
track few years ago will lean slightly
to the speedy PAGER On account of ugly
temper Searchlight has been retired for
year but he has that record of 2:03 IA
all the same. The black PAGER Connor
has the same mark. 2:08 IA, and the fight
between these two ought to be a pretty
one-that Is. If neither has gone back. The
main interest in the race today, however,
lies in the second meeting this season of
Dan Patch and Harold H. At the Wind
sor meeting last week the son of "Old
Black Joe" trimmed the Canadian PAGER
in straight heats, not having to exert
Harold H went mile in 2:04 on the Terre
Haute track. the place that Nancy Hanks
got the worlds record when she trotted
her mile in 2:04 In October of last year
Dan Patch won che Tennessee pace at
Lexington in 2:O5, which gives him the
record for that race. Conner having won
1t in 1900 in 2:O5 IA and Eyelet landing it
in 1890 in 2:06 fiat. A few weeks later
Dan Patch met Harold H at Memphis,
winning in straight heats in 2:o5 2:O6 10.
POS 1-2. According to marks the Canadian
PAGER has a second the best of it, but
Dan Patch seems to be in. far better form
this season than the other.
While the big $4,000 Merchants and
Manufac' urers' stake yesterday was bit
of disappointment. still there was one
record made in it-for two years in sue
cession 1t has been won In straight heats.
Eleator doing 1t last year and setting the
record for the race at 2:OS 81 Yesterday
rhythmic in straight heats. best time
Pill liz. The blind horse has been rated
mile over the track at Paris, KY. but ne
was put in the Detroit classic yesterday
as a substitute. Hudson seeming to think
pretty we'll of him at that. Ed Geers had
intended starting Dormeath in yesterdays
big race but that animal fell on in work
after leaving the Memphis training quar-
tiers and Lord March, a son of Mambrino
King and a full brother to the great trot-
ter Lord Derby, was substituted and
poor showing he made of it, Zephyr the
California bred mare. owned by Penn
sylvania man. for some reason did not
start though she was at one time post
favorite for the classic. Wentworth, the
Canadian trotter. was entered in the M:
and NJ. last year, hut was lame and did
not of course start Yesterday he was en-
tered again and finished second in the
last heat. Tod and Sphinx Lassie also en-
tered this race for the second time yes
terday.
with the stallion Direct Hal all the more
creditable for this early in the season:
The stallion combines some of the best
blood known-Direct for his sire and Bes-
sic Hal hy Tom Hal on his maternal side.
Elastic Pointer, a full brother to the
only horse in the world that ever stepped
a mile in less than two minutes was olS-
tanced yesterday
The Jasper team will reach the &c city Yin in
the morning for three games I'm :at0 my ny
sorber and weaver of the Birmingham
Southern League team and sorber IS. work work
on the base lines YESTERDAY 1i Wo1 nil the see sec
9 9hIv nitch the opening game for Jasper
ha PLAYED Pe5 9SeG will 9ny make at has
9een Interesting Following ia the line
d de of the locals: Finley a6: Greekmore.
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Nnsioe.o, n. Seals Starr, Cohn.