The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-08-24
READVILLE RESULTS,

The second days racing OF the Grand
Circuit meeting of the New England
Trotting Horse Breeders association at
Readville yesterday, was gilt edge and
was all that the most critical follower
OF the light-harness game could desire.
In all OF the heats of the four events
down on the card there were exciting
finishes and in a number OF heats very
fast time was made.
The weather was almost perfect and
the crowd of about $500 people who jonr-
neyed to the local track were amply re-
paid. They saw Direct View win the 2:1l
pace in two fast heats and they also saw
the Norfolk 5000 stake for 2:4 PAGERS go
to Morning Star. after the first heat had
been won by Gordon Prince in hair
raising finish. in which he only beat out
Morning Star by head. The record for
this event. which was 2:0s, was smashed
twice by Morning Star. In the second
heat he stepped the mile in 2:0i%, Incl
dentally taking a quarter of a second
from his own previous record. and in tho
fourth heat he paced the mile in 2.O55..
A quarter-second better than the previous
record. Gordon Prince when he won the
first heat had 10 step In 2:61s. and there
by reduced his own mark considerably.
also the stake record. II was a great
race 10 see, as the fight for the rich purse
was hot one and all were after it,
Darrell, tho game little mare. handled
by Alta Mcdonald. made an attempt TO
beat her own previous best mark OF
2:0oA, pacing, but she made a bad break
at the three-quarter pole and finished In
2:0S
The 2:13 trot for a purse OF $500 for
nished the spectators with a great ex-
hibition OF horse racing and was won by
Kent. George Spear up, after two
extremely exciting finishes. In the last
heat in particular blanket would have
covered Ave OF the horses as they flashed
under the wire heads apsrt.
The 2:4 trot for a purse OF $1,000 had the
largest field OF the day. with Knox's Celia
tine King a hot favorite. The converted
PAGER proved TO be the goods, too, for he
stepped both heats handily and had no
difficulty In taking them both from his
field Of nine competitors. He incidentally
trotted the first heat In 2:09& and made
a worlds record for trotter and PAGER
In the race. This mark Of 2:09a. is the
fastest ever trotted by a converted PAGER.
AT SARATOGA
At Saratoga, Molly Brant won the
Champlain Handicap, yesterdays stake
event. She ran second 10 Dolly Spanker.
who made pace TO the stretch. and there
Odom let her out, and she won easily by
three lengths. Claude got I'm the money
by head. Molly Brant was a hot IA
vorite.
Toscan, favorite in the first race, won
by three lengths.
Shorthose won the second. Cottage
Maid and Prince Ching made the pace
into the stretch and then Shorthose
passed them.
Workman, favorite in the third. was
beaten by Lochnivar by length and a
half.
The NTH was won by Katie Caffrey,
an even money favorite. She romped
home eight lengths ahead.
Homestead won the sixth by n neck
from Keynote. the odds on favorite.
Flexion was within head OF second
money.
The seventh was a special steeplechase.
lengths.
AT ROCHESTER,.
The second annual midsummer race
meeting under the auspices of the Ro-
chester Agricultural and Mechanics asso-
citation opened yesterday at the Cold
Spring Park with an excellent attendance
and some interesting races. all the classes
being well filled. Favorites won in
straight heats in thu a:H trotting and the
2:14 pacing classes, although IN the lat
ter the Colonel was forced to step the
mile in 2:1oA In the last heat, lowering
his record by three seconds. This equals
the track record made last fall by Major
Muscovite.
In the 2:19 pacing class the favorite,
Edith j.. after leading all the way to
the three-quarters pole in the second
heat, broke badly and. making q misstep.
fell Fortunately neither the horse nor tho
driver was injured.