New-York tribune., 1906-10-01

The full list of horses which won two or more
races on the Grand Circuit this year follows
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The 1906 Grand Circuit campaign came to an
end last week at Cincinnati when Lady May
won the last heat of the 2:0S class pace at Oak
ley Park Friday In every respect the sea-
which has just closed was record breaker
Never before has such uniformly good weather
prevailed, have many new trotting and pac-
ing records been established and have both
public and horsemen been so we'll satisfied with
the results of a seasons racing
! Though there were doubtless many reasons for
the brilliant record of this years Grand Circuit
It is generally conceded that the nearly univer-
sal adoption of the short (three heat) plan
the principal This plan, which The
Tribune has urged for the last two years, proved
q panacea for most all of the ills which for
merly beset 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 trottng and pacng-the laying up
| of heats. The short race plan has doubtless
come to stay.
The circuit began this year at Cleveland
! July 30 and closed at Cincinnati on September
%. There were meetings In addition at Buffalo.
Poughkeepsie. Readville (two weeks). Hartford.
! Syracuse Columbus and Cincinnati. The meet
! ings at Detroit and Providence were omitted for
| the first time In years account of trouble
| with the authorities over pool selling.
| In the nine weeks of racing no fewer than 14S
races We're decided. of which 76 trotting
and y pacing The total number of heats re-
| quired was 432. No fewer than "a races were
won in straight heats The money paid out to
the horsemen by the various associations footed
| up S302.470. The full programme of every meet
| Ing was completed save at Columbus and Gin
cinnati, where rain caused slight curtailment
Nut Boy of Nut Pine. leads the winning
trotters on the Grand Circuit this year with
six victories He the $1,000 Lafayette
Hotel purse for 2:16 trotters at Buffalo, the
2:15 class trot at Poughkeepsie, the $4,000 Mas
sachusetts purse for 2:14 trotters at Readvile.
| the $4,000 Charter Oak stake for 200 trotters
at Hartford. the 20S class trot at Syracuse and
the $1,000 Ohio purse for PIP trotters at Gin
cinnati. The son of Nut Pine easily leads both
trotters and PAGERS in money won.
Next to Nut Boy among the trotters come
Mainsheet. Brilliant Girl and Sweet Marie. with
five victories EACH Gold Dust Maid four
races, while Mack Mack and Allie Jay each
won three times. Sweet Marie swept the free
for-all trots, but not eligible for any Of
the rich stakes. The daughter of Mckinney,
however, trotted the fastest mile OF the season
2:02-in an exhibition at Columbus.
Gold Dust Maid won the $4,000 Empire State
purse for 2:10 class trotters at Buffalo. the S4.
Readville the $1,000 Chamber of Commerce
purse for 200 class trotters at Syracuse and
the 2:10 class trot at Cleveland.
Mainsheet won the 2:0S class trot at Cleve-
land, the $1,000 Lenox Hotel purse for 2:07
class trotters at Buffalo. the $4,000 Readville
purse for POS class trotters and the 2:09 class
trot at Readville and the So 900 Columbus purse
for 209 class trotters at Columbus. Brilliant
Girl the 2:23 class trot at Cleveland. the
POI class trot at Buffalo, the 81 500 Blue Hill
purse for 2:30 class trotters at Readville the
2:3O class trot at Hartford and the $4,000
Hoster- Columbus stake for 2:1S class trotters at
Columbus.
Ann Direct won the classic $4,000 NJ. and NJ.
stake for 2:24 class trotters at Cleveland, beat
ing Brilliant Girl. which was second. but did
not win another race Allie Jay the $4,000
Empire State stake for 2:14 class trotters at
Syracuse.
Among the Grand Circuit PAGERS Rudy Kip
and Ardelle are tied for the lead with seven VIC
tories each. Graft comes next with Ave races
won. while Angus Pointer, Argot Boy and
Brenda York each won four times.
Ardele. which Is owned and driven by Ed
Geers, the $4,000 Chamber of Commerce
stake. for 2:24 class PAGERS, at Cleveland the
$4,000 Lafayette Hotel purse. for 2:16 class
PAGERS, at Buffalo: the 2:1S class pace at Pough-
keepse. the 2:2O class pace at Hartford. the
$1,000 Onondaga Stakes, for 2:15 class PAGERS.
at syracuse; the S0,OOO Hotel Hartman purse,
for 2:16 class PAGERS. at Columbus. and the 2:15
class pace at Cincinnati. Ardelle, which is a
brown mare by j. H. L.. easily heads the list
of money winners among the PAGERS.
Rudy Kip, which Is a brown horse by Nc
Even won the 2:10 class pace at Cleveland,
the 2:10 class pace at Buffalo, the Oil class
pace and the 2:lO class pace at Poughkeepsie,
the 2:OS class pace at Hartford, the $1,000 Lake.
side purse. for PHI class PAGERS, at Syracuse,
and the 2:O6 class pace at Columbus
Graft, which is black Of Baron Grattan,
we won nod the 2;O6 class pace at Poughkeepsie. the
$4,000 NepOnset purse, for 2;06 class PAGERS. and
the 300 class pace at Readville the 206 class
pace at Hartford and the 206 class pace at
Syracuse
Geers, usual leads the Grand Circuit drivers
again this year with total of fourteen VIC
tories. McHenry L Murphy, T. Murphy, Alta
Mcdonald, Spencer. liter. Curry Ames. Walker.
Nuckos' Sunderltn Gahagan. Rosemire. Cat
comb and cox are well up.
The full list of winners at the Cincinnati
meeting last week follows:
Trotters-GoVernOr Francis Blue Hill, Nut
Boy Lillian r. Wentworth, Gale. ORC, Embos.
Pacers-Bystander, Ardelle Texas Rocker
Custer, Bolivar, Lady May.
The circuit chasers shipped from Gin
Clnnat to Lexington, where a ten-day meeting
will begin tomorrow. The classic Transylvania
Stake for PIP class trotters. purse 81. 600 and
the Kentucky futurities are among the features
this week. The first weeks programme is as
follows:
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2
r .o. Heats. Purse.
Bentucky o PogtuTty threeyearolds losed) in5 4Goo
Pacing t2oS class in 1000
WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 3
Kentucky Futurty. two-year-ods CLOSED 5000
Pacing (2l2 class 1000
Trotting (216 cIassl.................. 3in5 900
THURSDAY. OCTOBER 4
Prn Pransyiysnia 212 Trot (closedl sn6 5000
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