The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-09-22
GRAND CT iCUlT IT MS

AT the Columbus Driving park yesterday
the grand circuit meet opened under the
weather was warm. the sky clear and
the track in the best possible condition.
while the attendance was the largest on
record for an opening day.
The sensational feature OF today's races
was the third heat I'm the PIP trot. II
was the prettiest OF the season. and the
closest and the most exciting, setting
the spectators wild. No one in the grand
stand could have named the order Of
the first three horses They came under
the wire I'm q fine burst of speed and II
tho -order-Fhe heat was the fastest OF
the race. and with three exceptions the
fastest of the day.
Tho 2:A pace gave a local horse sec
ond money IL was her first trial in the
CRANE circuit. and the local talent back
ed her T. 'yin. Tom Keene. after winning
the first heat in this race in the fastest
time OF the day. fell down badly in the
second hess and went out He made
bad break at first quarter and could not
recover.
In the PIP trot the time was pulled TO
2:co}s. and the crowd showed apprecia-
tion.
The 2i4 trot was walkover for Jay
McGregor. and not interesting.
Brought out the record field Of the year.
there being Il starters. The talent was
quite st sea on this race, ard there was
no real favo-ite. Angus Pointer. who sold
1
the second heat. Cotillion won in straight
he9ts.
An unavoidable mixup put Baron Boy
out and threw three other horses behind
the flag. They were allowed 10 go and
showed well. The betting was and : 10
/ against Cotillion in the first heat. but
the bookies made quick recovering 10
even money.
AT GRAvESEND.
The racing at Gravesend yesterday was
not OF a particularly high order and the
only feature OF the day was the Alber-
barle. a selling race.
The contest was supposed to lie between
Letola and Flammula. who were played
down TO ? to | and Is TO 10, respectively.
The two simply raced themselves 70 the
ground and allowed Funnyside an to
shot under a skilful ride by Burns. TO
come up and win I'm The last furlong.
Flammula was second and Letola third.
The handicap for mares called out
good fe,d Stamping Ground, at the
long odds OF to /. won by length
from the favorite, Eugenia Burch. who
beA, Molle Brant a head. Two favor
ties won.
$4,000 SINCE FRIDAY.
NJ. York. Sept 22.-John j. Ryan. the
gst rich. cuick man, who won 100000 AT
Gravosend last Saturday. was again I'm
evidence al the track yesterday, cleaning
up another small fortune.
Ryan is not permitted to make book
himself, but, regarding Considines OPP
.,ratiuns his word is -laM-When big
better approaches Considine with a $1,000
OF 10000 wager the latter turns TO Ryan.
II the get-rich-quick man thinks he has
a chance to win the bet he mods and the
wager IS duly recorded. He has the face
OF e typical gambler, cool, expression
less and iron jawed. Nothing seems TO
perturb him, not even heavy loss.
II was not until the third race that
Ryan began 10 make the other layers
sauirm He believer Stamping Ground
had the others beaten. and he proceed
ed TO BET $1,000 on her at 10 /. When
the ily landed the race Ryan had $40
nel in hand. took matters easy until the
ffth race when he got ready to unbelt
Oh embarrassment He ordered Con-
sidinc 90 hold his colt out on the book
AID then went around the ring betting
sl.GN at a clip II was estimated that
he got $40 0o0 down on the average Of
to S. clearing s37 .oco to the race. II was
common talk that since Friday he had
won close TO $4,000 from the ground
while his book had showed a profit of
large dimensions. too.