Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-02
REVIEW OF SEASONS
GRAND CIRCUIT RACING
Nut Boy Led the Trotters, While
ArdeIle and Rudy Kip Were
Best PAGERS.

Best PAGERS.
The full list of horses which won two or
more races On the grand circuit this year
follows:
Trotters-Nut Boy. 6: Mainsheet, 5; Bril-
liant Girl, 5: Sweet Marie. 5: Gold Dust
Maid. A; Mack Mack. 8; Allie Jay. 3; Lake
Queen. 2; Gay Bingen. 2; Lady Gail Ham
ilton. 2; Totara. 2: Angola. 2: Ell Milagro.
2; Imperial Allerton. 2; Lady Mowery, 2;
Lillian R., 2.
Pacers-Rudy Kip, Z; Ardelle. I; Graft.
5; Angus Pointer, 4: Brenda York, 4; Argot
Boy, 4; Hal c.. 3; Wilson Addington, 3;
Owaissa, 8: Ecstatic> 2; My Star, 2; Vesta
Boy. 2; Doris, B., 2; Bolivar. 2; Lady May,
2.
The 1906 grand circuit campaign came to
an end last week at Cincinnati. when Lady
May won the last heat Of the 2OS class
pace at Oakley Park on Friday. In every
respect the season which has just closed
was record breaker. Never before has
such uniformly good weather prevailed,
have so many new trotting and pacing
records been established and have both
public and horsemen been well satisfied
with the results Of a seasons racing.
Though there were doubtless many rea-
sons for the brilliant record of this years
grand circuit. it is generally CONCEDED that
the nearly universal adoption of the short
race three heaD plan was the principal
one. This plan. which has been urged
for most all of the ills which formerly be-
set light harness racing. 1t resulted not
only in short races, but always forced the
best horse to win. thereby doing away with
that bane Of trotting and pacing-the lay
ing up of heats The short-race plan has
doubtless come to stay.
The circuit began this year at Cleveland
| on July 80 and closed at Cincinnati on
September %. There were meetings in ad-
dition eat Buffalo, Poughkeepsie. Read
vile two weeks. Hartford. Syracuse. CO.
lumbus and Cincinnati The meetings at
Detroit and Providence were omitted for
the first time In years on account of trouble
with the authorities over pool selling.
Nine Weeks Sport.
In the nine weeks Of racing no fewer than
14S races were decided. of which seventy
six were trotting and seventy-two pacing.
! The total number of heats required was
432. No fewer than eghty-four races
were won in straight heats. The money
paid out to the horsemen by the various
associations footed up 1902 40 The full
program Of every meeting was completed
save at Columbus and Cincinnati, where
rain caused a slight curtailment.
Nut Boy, Son of Nut Pine, leads the
winning trotters on the grand circuit this
year with six victories. He won the $1,000
Lafayette Hotel purse for ZIG trotters at
Buffalo. the 2. 15 class trot at Poughkeepsie.
the $4,000 Massa chusetts purse for PA
trotters at Readville. the $4,000 Charter
Oak stake for 200 trotters at Hartford. the
2.0S class trot at Syracuse and the 5000
Ohio purse for PIP trotters at Cincinnati.
The son Of Nut Pine easily leads both trot-
tiers and PAGERS in money won.
Next to Nut Boy among the trotters come
Mainsheet Brilliant Girl and Sweet Marie,
irxyifh five tot al Tl,,s% MT
won four races. while Mack Mack and Allie
Jay each won three times. Sweet Marie
swept the free-for-all trots, but was not
eligible for any Of the rich stakes. The
the fastest mile of the season-2.02-in an
exhibition at Columbus.
Gold Dust Maid won the $4,000 Empire
State purse for 2.1O class trotters at Buff
falo the $500 Ponkopoag purse for 2.1O
class trotters at Readville. the 1000 Cham
Der of Commerce purse for 200 class trot-
tiers at Syracuse and the 2.10 class trot at
Cleveland.
Mainsheet won the 2.os class trot at
Cleveland, the $1,000 Lenox Hotel purse for
2o7 class trotters at Buffalo. the 5000
Readvilie purse for 2.0S class trotters and
the 200 class trot at Readyille and the
s. 900 Columbus purse for 200 class trotters
at Columbus. Brilliant Girl won the 2.23
at Buffalo, the 4,5oo Blue Hill purse for
go class trotters at Readville, the 2.3O
class trot at Hartford and the 10000 Hos
tef-Columpus stake FOR lib class trotterS at
Columbus.
Won Only One Stake.
Ann Direct won the classic 80 600 M and
NJ. stake for 2.24 class trotters at C1eve-
land. beating Brilliant Girl. which was Sec
ond, but did not win another dace. Allie
Jay won the $4,000 Empire State stake for
2. IA class trotters at Syracuse.
Among the grand circuit PAGERS Rudy
Kip and Ardelle are tied for the lead with
seven victories each. Graft comes next with
five races won. while Angus Pointer. Argot
Boy and Brenda York each won four times
Ardelle. which is owned and driven by
Ed Geers. won the 5000 Chamber of Com
merce stake. for 2.24 class PAGERS, at Cleve-
land; the 5000 Lafayette Hotel purse. for
2.16 class PAGERS. at Buffalo; the 2.1e class
pace at Poughkeepsie. the 2.20 class pace at
Hartford. the $1,000 Onondaga stakes, for
21a class PAGERS. at Syracuse; the s., 900
Hotel Hartman purse. for 2.15 class PAGERS.
at Columbus. and the 2.15 class pace at Gin
cinnati. Ardelle. which Is a brown mare
by ]. H. L.. easily heads the list of money
winners among the PAGERS.
Rudy Kip which is a brown horse nv Mo-
EVEN, won the 10 class pace at Cleveland
the 2. 10 class pace at Buffalo, the 2 II class
pace and the 2. 10 class pace at Poughkeep-
$2.OO0 Lakeside purse, for eli class PAGERS
at Syracuse, and the 2.O8 class pace at
Columbus
Graft. which is a black son of BARON
Grattan, won the 2O6 class pace at POUCH
heepsie. the 5000 Neponset purse, for Eos
class PAGERS. and the 205 class pace at
ReadViile; the 2O6 class pace at Hartford
and the 2.06 class pace at Syracuse
Geers, as usual. leads the grand circuit
drivers again this year with a total of four
teen victories. McHenry. l.. Murphy, r.
Murphy, Alta Mcdonald, Spencer, litter.
Curry, Ames. Walker, Nuckols, Sunderlin
Gahagan, Rosemire. Gatcomb and Cox are
we'll up.
The full list of winners at the Cincinnati
meeting last week follows:
Trotters-Goyernor Francis, Blue Hill, Nut
Boy, Lillian R., Wentworth, Gale, Orc, En-
boy.
Pacers-Bystander. Ardelle, Texas, Rocker.
Custer, Bolivar. Lady May.
Personal to River Men,