The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-08-20
SONOMA GIRL OUT OF RACE IN FIRST HEAT
Famous Trotting Mare Breaks and Has to be Pulled to
 a Standstill.
TEMPUs FuGIT VICTOR
Leading Lady Places New Rec ord on Futurity for
 Trotters.

Readville. Mass Aug, 19.-Sonoma Girl, the famous trotting mare that yes terday was sold to Lotta Crabtree of Boston for s30,0)O, was distanced in the i first heat of the Blue Hill stake In the grand circuit meeting to-day, the honors going to Tempus Fugit, making the third victory for Ed Geers since the institution of the stake in 1896.
 At the eighth pole sonoma Girl was seen to suddendly waver and jump off her stride, which compelled McHenry to pull her to standstill. After catching her McHenry made desperate effort to get inside the distance flag, though a furlong in the rear She was separately timed the last three quarters in 1:31 IF. the middle half iii 59 1-2 seconds With Sonoma Girl out, Tempus Fugit had little trouble, but lowered the record Of the stake from 20S 34 to 20? IA
 Under the three heat to -a-race plan in force, there were three horses that headed their fields to the wire in the Neponset pacing stake when the race was finished, Prince Hal, Princess Helen and Hal c.
 w. Snow of Buffalo has his second winner in Ethan Roberts in the 2,l0 pace, having clearly the speed of the party.
 The futurity for pacers was handy for Shakespeare, the Lexington, Ky, entry. The previous record for the event was reduced from 2:12 1-2 to 2:0g 9-4
 The Leading Lady, too, placed new record On the futurity for trotters of 2:17, clipping off two seconds.
 Summary:
 American Horse Breeders Futurlty,
 Year Old Pacers; Purse S1,OOO e.
 in B.
 hshakespeare, br. c.. by Jay Me- Eva Hal, blk. f., (White) ...... 2 q Foxy Todd, b. g., (King) ......, dis.
 Time, 2:09 3-4; 2:1S S-4
 *Won first and fourth money
 American Horse Breeders futurity, 2 year old trotters, purse $2,OOO @ in 3.) The Leading Lady, b.f., by Bin-
 gen (Proctor) ".........,n... 1 Binvolo, be, (Young) ....,.4... ? 8 zalem, b.f, (Bowerman) ...... AZ Selma, be, L, McDonald) .... 8 Hazelwood, ch,f, (McGrath)) 4
 Time 2:19 1-4;. 2:17.
 Blue Hill 2:9O trot, purse $4, ,50O 6 heats) Tempus Fugit, chg, by Mark
 Time (Geers) .....,.......,." 1 1 1 Beatrice Blllini, blkm m., (Disck-
 erson) ..,... ...,..........,... Marjorie, g.m (Cox) .......... 55 ? Burma Girl, b.m., (Clark) ...... 8 3 4 St. Peter, br.g, (Benyon) .,... 5 Sonoma Girl, b.m., (McHenry) dis
 Time, 2:O7 IA, 2:10 1-2, PIP.
 2:19 pace, purse $1,200 (three heats) xEthan Roberts, b.go by Ethan
 Wilkes (snow) ................ 1 1 The Donna, du. m., (Dr8yder) ? ? 8 Daphne Direct blk. m. (Brady) 3 2 Yaura Bellini, blk. m., CD. Me- Donal) ...,., '., ...,....,..... z 6 xFred D., ro.g., tFrasier) .... 5 4 xLeland, blk. h., (McGrath) ... 5 T xMcAuliffe, b. g, (HlesrodD." 6 5
 Time. 2:O6 1-4, 2:O5 3-4. 2:OS IA.
 The Neponset, 2:O6 1-4 pace, purse s3,0OO 6 heats)
 xPrince Hal, b,gn by Star Hal (SpoW) ....., %. ............ 1 4 Princess Helen, b.m., GA. Me- OonaD ...... ................. 3 2 Hal C., chg, (Shank) ......... 5 2 1 Lancelot, ro.g. (Honey) ........ 8 8 xL exas Roker, b.g. (Sunder- Hn) ....,. .., .,.......,.....- 5 Custer, chg, (HalD ..,........ dis.
 Time, 2:O7, POT 1-4. 2:06 3-4.