The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-08-17
GRAND CIRCUIT RACES.
CLOSED AT EMPIRE CITY
 PARK LAST WEEK.

Followers of fhe Circuit to Meet To-day at coney IsIand-Fast Time Antiei-
 gramme for Every Day This Week Special Races.
 The grand circuit meeting at the Em-
 pire City park at Yonkers, N. r., came
 to very satisfactory close last week,
 when very fast time was made by both trotters and paeers in the regular class races.
 The secretary stated recently that in only two heats during the en- tire race meeting. which commenced on Monday, had the time been slower
 than PIP. The weather was favorable for speed and the attendance was good. Many New Haven horse fanciers were at the races. E..
 This week the horses and men that follow the Grand Circuit will meet at Brighton Beach, at Coney Island, where the races open to-day and close on
 Saturday afternoon. It is apparent that no more elaborate race programme
 was ever offered to the public than is announced by the genial secretary of the Seaside meeting for the entire week, to-day being one of the best days of the, six. Four regular races are on the card, with purses that vary from $l,00e
 to $5,OO0. In addition to these races the
 two minute class pacers are to race
 (mile dash) for a $1,oO0 purse. Very
 fast time is anticipated in this event.
 The special race that will probably
 draw a record breaking attendance is also announced for to-day. Lou Dill
 Ion, POP 3-4, probably the fastest trot-.
 ter on the turf at present, is to make
 the attempt to lower her present record
 of 2:02 3-4.
 Later in the week the pacer Dan Patch is engaged to go a special race to
 beat 1:59A. The big race of the meet ing is the Bonner memorial for $20,000.
 The address of the secretary is, c. A.
 McCully, 215 Montague street, Brooklyn,
 N. Y.
 Briefly stated, the race programme for this week at the Coney Island mile track is as follows In case of rain the
 races may be postponed:
 Monday-2:15 pace. purse $1,000; the
 Hiram Woodruff 2:20 trot, purse S5,0O0; one and one-eighth mile dash race for 2:09 pacers, purse $1,0OO; the 2:07 trot for purse of $1,500 will be fast race, as it is a two in three contest. Nine fast trotters are named to start in the 2:07 race. The two-minute pacers, mile dash, for $1,000 and the special race by the trotting queen Lou Dillon to beat 2.02A complete the extensive pro-
 gramme for to-day. The pacer Ana conda is named in the dash race for two-minute pacers.
 For tomorrow the 2:15 trot for S1 ,00O is to be followed by the Brighton for Elastic Pointer, 2:061s, is entered in this race. Next in line is the 2:24 trot, two in three race, for s1,O00. Another $1,000
 purse is to be won by -year-old pacers. The grand special for the 18th is the race by the trotter John A. Me
 Kerron, 2:0514, against time, 2:05A. For Wednesday the programme is: 2:o7 pacers, mile and half dash, purse $1, 900: Kentucky Stock Farm purse for three-year-old trotters, $5,00O, and the
 Metropolitan 2.20 class, purse s. 5.000. for pacers. Dan Patch, 1:59ia, is to attempt to lower the pacing record Of 1:59A.
 The 2:1S trot for a sf eco purse is also on for the 19th
 For Thursday the 2:03 pacers, s1O0o race, two in three, is to be followed by inc Bonner Memorial S20000 for PIP trotters Billy Buck, 2:10K, Swift 2:0S&,
 George Muscovite, 2:10A, Kinney Lou
 and several other rapid trotters are named in the foregoing race. The 2:24 pace, $1 ,00O, and the 2:09 trot, $1,000, are to be decided on Thursday. Lou Dillon, 2:0224, is to go a special race to wagon. with her owner, c. K. G. Billings, at the reins.
 On Friday, the fifth day of the meet l ing, the first race on the card is the l2:12 pace for S1,0O0. Next are the 2:25 trot $5,00O, and the 2:16 trot, $f,000, fol- lowed by mile and quarter dash by l2:08 pacers for $1,0 900 purse. | For Saturday are the 2:O5 pace, st, ,000;
 the 2:13 trot, s1.Oo0; the 2:17 pace, $1,000; the 2:O4 trot, s2,500 and the half-mile
 race by the fastest pacers for a $1,000 purse. Among the entries for the latter
 race are the names of two fast horses l formerly owned by J H. Bronson. of this city, viz, ,Coney, POP, and Ana lconda, 2:O1s4. At . cost of $50 the name of the latter has been changed to Knox lGelatine King" Allthe classes are well 1 filled.