New-York tribune., 1906-07-30
GRAND CIRCUIT TODAY.
Trotters and PAGERS VIII Open Cam
paign at CleUelarad.

Tho fastest trotters and PAGERS in training IN
this country will open the Grand Circuit cam
paign of 1906 at the historic mile track az Glen
Vile. a suburb of Cleveland to-day. Owing to
the calling off Of the "Blue Ribbon" meeting az
Detroit. which has for years opened the Grand
Circuit the start this year is a week later than
usual The stakes carded for the Detroit meet
ing. however have been transferred TO Cleve-
land
The meeting at Glenville. despite the absence
of bookmaking and poolselling promises TO be
good one The citizens OF Cleveland, il will be
recalled raised substantial fund TO provide
attractive purses for the horsemen, and the
programme as announced cannot fail to please
the most fastidious as. including the stakes
transferred from Detroit the tidy sum OF SS6ror
will be distributed in stake and purse money.
The feature race to-day will be the $4,000
classic Merchants and Manufacturers Stake.
for 2:24 class trotters. In addition. the 2SS
class pace Cpurse $4,000. the 2:0S class trot
(purse $1,000 and the 2:1O class pace purse.
81, 1,OOO are the programme Tomorrow the
equally classic $1,000 Chamber of Commerce
Stake for 2:24 class PAGERS, will be decided as
well as the 2:14 class trot (purse, Sl.OOO' the
2:O6 class pace (purse. $1,000 and the 2:12 class
trot (purse. $1,000. Equally attractive pro-
erammes are also carded for Wednesday, Thurs
day and Friday.
year are decidedly novel. and light harness
horsemen are anxious to see how the innovations
will work. For example, in the 2:OS class trOt'
which will be decided in three heats, each heat
a race 1t costs only 2 per cent to enter and 8
per cent to start, with nothing deducted from
the money winners. These conditions also apply
70 the 2:10 pace the 2:14 trOt the 2:12 trot, the
2:17 trOt. the PIP pace. the 2:15 pace and the
In the 2.O6 pace. the 2:23 trot. the free-for-aIl
trot, the free-for-aI pace and the 2:19 pace. all
TO be decided in three heats. every heat race
to start, with nothing from money winners
These liberal conditions have served to attract
all the flyers to the Cleveland meeting.
In all the three heat races, which make up
practically the entire programme, the purses will
be divided into three equal parts, and each part
will be split as follows To the winner 20 per
cent; to the second horse. 10 per cent; to the
third horse, 10 per cent. This insures short
snappy races with no laying up Of heats. which
races are also provided, and in these the money
will be diveded 75 Is and 10 per cent.
From there will be continuous Grand
Circuit racing until September %. when the
campaign will close at Oakley Park, Cincinnati.
From Cleveland the circuit chasers will go to
Buffalo, August 6 to 10; Poughkeepsie, August
1S to IL Readville, August 20 TO "a: Providence.
August q to September 1: Hartford (Charter
Oak Park), September 3 to Z; Syracuse New
York State Fair. September II to ID: Columbus,
September IL to 21: Cincinnati Oakley ParlI)
September 24 to %. This will wind up the
Grand Circuit proper but the long meeting at
Lexington, which does not race as a member Of
the Grand Circuit. will follow and close the
season.