Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1907-07-10
GREAT HORSE RACES
Crosse Point Track, Detroit, Where
the M. and NJ. $40, 900
Stakes will be Won.
THE PROGRAM FOR THE WEEK
If You Are a Lover of the Horse You
will be Interested in
the Meeting.

Already the horses destined to
make turf history at the great Blue
Ribbon Meeting July 22-2G are be
ginning to arrive at the famous Crosse
Pointe track at Detroit. Three cam
didatcs for the 100000 NJ & NJ
stake are already on the grounds and
will spend the next two weeks in
preparation for this race which prom
iscs TO break all records for the
classic events of the harness turf
When Sonoma Girl made Highball
take a trotting record of 2:O6H at
Libertyville the Fourth of July there
by breakihg the worlds record for
green trotters, there was no longer
any doubt about all records being
broken in the NJ. & NJ. Only once in
history has 2:10 been beaten in the
NJ, & NJ, and that was when the New
England mare, Eleata, set the pres
ent stake record OF 2Os& in 1901.
Already four or five horses that
will compete in the stake have been
faster than this mark in their prepar-
alton, and Sonoma Girl and Highball
have been better than 2:07 in regular
competition When they start over
the fast Crosse Pointe track on Tues
day July 23rd all NJ. & NJ. records
must be smashed The combination
of circumstances that will make this
stake the greatest in history may not
again occur and horscmen are pre-
dieting that the record made this year
viii last for many years to come, and
this is not the only race OF the year
by any means. Monday the first day
of the Blue Ribbon Meeting, instead
of following the usual custom of start
ing easy. viii open with two big
stakes The Chamber Of Commerce
changed from 2:24 class to 213
class viii, of course. be much faster
than its predecessors. This is con-
sidered to be the great guessing race
as about half dozen of the fastest
PAGERS in training will meet i'm this
big stake So evenly matched that it
is very hard to name any two or
three horses that lay over the field
OF competitors
The Horseman and Spirit OF the
Times stake is the other feature event
for Monday Crowding two stakes in
one day seems to be punching at
fractions, but with the Free-for-All
pace coming later in the week, and
other fast classes, there seems TO be
more than enough special features to
crowd the program, and lovers OF
light harness racing will be very re-
gretful if they have to miss even one
day of the Great Blue Ribbon Meet
ing
The complete program for the en-
tire week follows
Monday, July %.
2I4 Trot, The Horseman and Spirit
of the Times stake .......S 5000
2I3 Pace, The Chamber of Com.
mcrce stake ...............S 5000
21s Trot, .................S 1,5oC
Tuesday, July %
2:Os Pace, ..................S 1.5oC
2:24 Trot, The Merchants and Man
ufacturers stake ...........$ $4,000
215 Pace, ..............l....$ 1,5OC
Wednesday, July "a
2.i0 Trot ..................-S 1.50'
Free-for-All Pace ............$ 1,5oC
215 Trot, .......,.........S l,5OC
Thursday. July 25
213 Pace. Chamber OF Commerce
Consolation ...............S 1ooC
2:os Trot. ...................S l.50C
210 Pace ........... .............S l.50C
Friday July 20
2.2i Trot Merchants and Manufact
urcrs Consolation .....S 2o0C
2O6 Pace. ..........s........S 1.joC
lane Trot ...................S SOC