The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-09-10
READY FOR RACES
Greatest Aggregation Of Horses
Ever Seen in West.
Over Two Hundred Fleet Footed
Animals Here.
DERBY DAY TOMORROW
Fourteen Runners Entered for
the Big Event.
Monster Carnival Company VIII
Furnish Amusement.
DERBYDAY TOMORROW

THAT the race meeting which begins
on Tuesday at the fair grounds undef
the direction of the Kansas state EA-
position company will be the best af-
fair OF its kind which has ever been
hel6 IL. Kansas, and in this part o. the
country for that matter, is evidenced
BY the fact that today there are more
berses stabbed on the grounds to par
tieitsate in the various races than ever
before gathered at any one place IN
Iansas or its vicinity to take part IN
the race meeting and horses are still
coming in on all trains. 1t is taxing
the ingenuity of those in charge Of the
meeting to properly take care Of them
Stalls were prepared originally for one
hundred and hfty-six horses and these
were all filed by Saturday evening
last and all day yesterday, even though
it was Sunday. a force of carpenters
were at work on the grounds roofing
and siding in sheds which have been
used in other years for live stock ex-
h.bits, 70 provide sta BILE facilities for
the horses arriving almost hourly
There will be fully two hundred horses
pL the grounds when the first race is
called on Tuesday and in this great
number are the best class of trotters,
PAGERS and runners, that have been
campaigning during the season in this
part of the country So some racing
of the highest order is expected and
g1oo deal Of it viii border on the SEN
sadonaI.
Plenty of Running Races.
There is some good news for the low
eTs Of horse racing who prefer to see
the bangtails run rather than to wit
ness harness racing. When the official
programme for the I'VE days racing
was made up by the directors of the
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last week only one running race, the
Kansas Derby. to be run on Tuesday
afternoon, was carded. And the idea
gained credence that this was to be ths
only running race Of the meeting. But
this happily not So There VIII be two
or more running races each day, for
purses Of not less than a hundred dol
lars, in addition to the three trotting
OF pacing races which are carded for
each day. All OF the big stables which
have come to attend the meet have
one or more running horses in them
end the exposition company has de-
clQed 10 give them a chance to show
their heels by putting on at least two
running races each day They will be
overnight events, that is, entries viii
pc received Tor them on the evening
pslore they are to occur end the dis
stances Will be fixed according to the
oeslres OF the majority of the horse
men and the condition of the track
VI course the Derby on Tuesday will
1s the feature running race of the meet
ing and it promises to be Z. most thriIifne.
one Fourteen entries were made for
tills race and Of this number eight are
already on the grounds and three or fo,lr
more are expected. Those on the
ground Clear Knight T. 10 Sir col
sahl fanetta, Nettie c.. Lady Chatham
Lady Maneuse and Miss AffabIa and
each one Of these eight are horses vrI9f,
nave Won races at different times this
season. They are the likeliest Of RIM
ners that have ever faced a starters dav
IN Kansas. Lady Chatham who wo6
this race two years ago. is RUNNING het-
ter thls year than she ever did before
ana ner handlers expect that the other
horses In the race viii have to 90 some
70 win the money. Sir Gallant is de-
clared by many to be as good a horse as
lnere IS In the race and LADY Mane41sa
has not a few friends. but when rhs
horses line up the chances are that tha
faVorite in the betting ring viii be Miss
AHanle, who has already won a half
dozen good races this year in fast com
pany Verdotte, the winner Of the race
last year, was entered for 1t this V7eay
but will not start. While taking a roll
last week at Mcpherson one of her b317
legs got mixed up in a coil of barbed
wire and was cut so badly that she went
lame There viii be some lively betting
on this race and the men who nick fte
winner VIII be rather more lucky than
wise as it is anybody's race.
Local Horses Entered.
A considerabl ble tinge Of local interest
viii attach to many of the trotting and
pacing races because more than twenty
horses. owned by Topekans. have bee1
entered for them. And among them ara
horses which should give account If
themselves regardless of the fact thar
they are in the fastest sort Of con7urer,.g
Among the thirty-seven entries for the
tWo-year-old trOt which is down on the
card for Tuesday M. A. Low has fo7,r
Aibingen, The Prodigal, Rheata and
Memnosis- J. c. Payne has McWilIx-
wood; D. o. Crane has Teddy r.. C,has
Samson has Chaminade and M. Bundv
has Lilly Wood In the three-vear-ol5
trot DR. George c. Pritchard has entered
Alice Rocker and D. G. Crane is renra-
sented by Enarc- Prince IJeo has been
entered by W l. Miller in the 2:s5 tro4
es has Minnie Wilkes, owned bv N
S0Wdrey. Charles H Samson has To~S
Direction in the 2:35 pace and he also
has Ottawa Boy, the winner of the two
year-old pace here last year; in the
three-y -year-Old pace DR.. J. P. Kaster has
MS good colt J. D. r. entered in this
race or the eleven entries in the 2.27
rrot three of them are owned by To
pekans- ". T. Miller has Prince TTgo
entered; Dr. j. p. Kaster has I Iexfns-tSr
King and Il Coveu has Lizzie 3ipsfafr
H. Hart of this city has McJ. entered in
the 2:25 pace.
Crowd on Grounds Yesterday
Although 1t was Sunday and two ds sxs
before the race meeting is to start there
was a crowd of between three and fo5r
thousand persons on the grounds yester-
day- So many were on hand in carriaees
0uggies. and in fact all sorts of rigs and
automobiles and on foot that the fs4r
grounds took on the aspect of a reg77ls4 r.
air day There were no attractions 10
iraW the crowds there except the horses
n their stalls and the working out or p
ew Of them on the track. 1t was so hot
turing the early afternoon that few OF
l1e drivers ventured to work out their