The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-12-23
TIMELY HORSE TOPICS.
Makeup of the Grand Circuit Causing
 Much Talk.

Much Talk.
 The Grand circuit of 1906 has occa- stoned some sensational talks among trotting hOrseman. Some have ex- pressed the opinion that the Big Cir cult" will be no more. The idea has originated from the fact that several leading tracks, such as Detroit, Cleve- land, Readville, Narragansett park and Memphis had either passed out into the control of running horsemen
 or closed up on account Of local dith- culties in the matter of pool selling. The fact that D. J. Campau of Detroit ! and 4. J. Welch of this city recently had a conference in New York led some to think that there was something in the wind.
 A dispatch from Delevan, H., says that Al Thomas, the well-known train CT and driver, has bought the pacing gelding Stein, 2:06 and will bring him down the line again next year. The l first race the son of Joe Daily won last l season was the $1,000 purse for the 2:1O | class at Charter Oak park, driven by MT. Thomas, although the horse was campaigned by Ed Geers early in the
 season. He paced the third mile in 2:O9. He obtained his present mark of
 2:O6 in the $2,OOO purse for the 2:09 class at Providence.
 The Christmas number of "The Trot- ter and Pacer" is a handsome produc- | tion. The frontispiece, showing the
 sIeighing season, is an example of the l skill of Robert L. Dickey. The sub- jects of the photogravure supplements
 are: Sadie Mac, Bon Voyage, Susie N., 1 Glenwood M, Locanda, Norman B., Albert C., Tiverton, Wentworth, Ed. Custer, Lightsome, Noma, SilicO, Miss Abdell and Rosa Bell. The full page supplement of D. T. Stotesbury's noted show ring winners, with portrait of ! the exhibitor, George M. Webb, and 1 that of George Stengel's beautiful farm at Long Branch, will be regarded with
 pleasure and likely to be preserved. 1 Not disheartened by the loss of Sadie
 Mac, Miss Katherine L. Wilks is put
 ting through every effort to advance | the standard of the horses at Cruicks- 1 ton Farm, near Gait, ont. One that 1 she prizes greatly is the two year old l colt Mograzia. Another of assured
 promise is the yearling colt by Todd that was bought at the last LeXing- { ton, Ky, meeting for 8 big sum. w. A. Clark, jr., owner of Bon Voy-
 age and Morone, expects to spend the winter with his horses in California. | The question of winning purses cuts l,; Ia
 seeing his horses win, and looks upon
 his campaigning stable as a means of l recreation.
 The stable of Ed Geers headed all the | rest in the amount of money won dur | ing the last season. His winnings were over $30,000. His prncipal bread win l ners were: Hurley, sS,3S5; Zephyr, $S,- l 059; Clarita w, $4,350; George G., $2,- 275; \Golddust Maid, s2,025; Walter Di-
 rect, $3,45o; Baron Grattan $2,2O0. His winnings would have been larger but
 for the unfortunate breakdown of Wal | ter Direct.
 Lon Mcdonald had the second largest
 winning stable and he only had five
 horses. His winnings were: Glen wood M., $9,975; Miss Adbell, Sl1 ,050; Swift B., S2,655; Kruger, $2,705; Lady l sealskin; s1, ,950
 At the ;annual meeting of the New
 England Trotting Horse Breeders as
 sociation in Boston A. J. Welch spoke
 against the three in five racing. An up- \ country member declared that it was a shameto ask the Readville patrons to
 pay twenty-five cents a plate, and not large paltes at that. for beans at the | track restaurant.
 There is a story going the rounds
 that the Readville track is to be frog en out of the Grand Circuit, and it's dates gwen to the Albany, N. Y, track.