New-York tribune., 1906-03-15
COLUMBUS STAKES OUT.
Third Grand Circuit Track to Adopt
Short Race Plan.

The third OF the Grand Circuit tracks to an
nounce its stake programme is the Columbus
Driving Association Company which has come
out with four early closing purses for its Grand
circuit meeting on September Il. 1S 10 20 and
Il All the stakes WIFI be raced in three heats
OF one mile each. with every heat a race. The
announcement again vindicates the prediction
made exclusively in The Tribune, that all the
Grand Circuit tracks would adopt the three heat
plan this year
Inc feature of the Columbus programme is
the Hoster-Columbus Breweries stake for 2:1S
CLASS uotters. with purse Of $4,000. The
other events are the Hotel Hartman stake for
the 2:15 class. pacing. purse 5000; the Colum-
BUS Purse for 2:O9 class trotters purse So. 600:
the Board Of Trade purse, for the 2,O7 class.
pacing. purse $1,000
To quote the language of the Columbus an
nouncement, the stakes will be raced on the
novelty plan OF three heats OF one mile each to
the race, with the distance rule OF the National
Arotuhg Association applying in each heat In
case TWO or more horses stand alike In the
summary at the conclusion of the third heat
they must race the fourth heat to decide which
WINS The race and to decide the betting. In case
OF dead heat between two or more horses in
any neat the money will be divided equally be-
tween lhem. The winner of the race will be the
morse winning the largest amount Of the entire
purse"
as foIlo1' 1o'eF0olpmbus Breweries will be divided
an eah heat $50 the second Ss50 to the tbrd and $500
summary at the last heat s. 90 viii be se
start Win over 1850 net he main 5s hGsss @ to 5 b
to be 1Ls & rom the decision Of the first
sS Sh heat 500 70 the horse $50 the third and
the summary the last heat In the event Of Of
@ race there shall be paid the fourth
neat In the main the $500 the hfth horse
seventh horse 500 The remaining money-and
will be divided pro rata enon sum me- ] {ne surplus us
second and third in each heat in the less
- The he Hotel Hartman Stake win divided follows:
s25 the second si75 to the hird ana 500 added to
al M en % Gf the horse stsn6ns @ best in the summary
consolation RAGE open only to horses that start and do
days from the decision Of the FIRST race. and be
@ s 80 to the heat s g the hTst horse IN each
sIo0 added the winnings OF standing
Of there being less than three horses eligible to the con-
e 6s @ the srs main sn ra6 be R R9 5 no u % S fSgFn S as' s @ IN
horse in each heat $0o to the sixth horse $50 and to the
amount be than the mentioned, the surplus
second and third In each heat in the main race less
The Board Columbus purses Of s8 900 each
Will be divided follows To the heat $500 $500 70 the
added winnings OF the horse standing best in the
summary at the END OF the last heat
Positions will be drawn by the drivers before
the start of the first heat. In the succeeding
heats horses will start as they finished in the
preceding one. Entries will close ADril 9.
when horses must be named. Carl J. Hoster is
president Of the Columbus Driving Park Asso-
citation and H D. Shepard its secretary
The entrance fee in each race is > per cent
Of the purse, and per cent viii be deducted
from money winners on the amount Of each heat
raced for. This taxing Of money winners is the
old trotting and pacing race bugaboO which has
caused so many complaints from owners.