The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-08-07
NOTES OF The RACE TRACK

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The first two weeks Of the Grand
Circuit have been brilliant indeed The
fast clip set BIT the horses DC Detroit
was more than kept up at the historic
Chenille course at Cleveland, and there
Is every indication that the racing will
BECOME hotter aad the interest IN the
harness horses more intense, until the
climax Is reached with the king pin"
meeting at Readyiile; indeed. the three
New England meetings, Readville, Provi-
dence and Hartford will undoubtedly
mark the high water mark OF the Grand
Circuit this Season. The Readville
meeting will open on Aug 10 and will
continue Ave days. The meeting will
get All the best horses and the crack
trotters should be right on edge when
they reach the $500 track.
Having the red banner drop in his
face three times In one day Is new eX-
perience for Ed. Geef% but that is what
happened to the silent man" the first
day of the Cleveland meeting. When
the season opened ii was freely predict
ed that the man from Tennessee would
have the most successful season IN his
long career as a Grand Circuit driver,
but at the start things have broken
badly for him. The greatest disappoint-
ment with which the stable has met is
the fast green trotter, Highball, for
which the wealthy Memphis horseman,
Frank Jones, paid Sl1,500 in the early
spring with the belief that the gelding
had all the rich futurity events at his
mercy. The gelding's decisive defeat at
| IaibertyyiIle and Cleveland by the CALI
fornia speed marvel, Sonoma Girl and
| his withdrawal from the Cleveland stake
last week on account OF lameness makes
his chances Of winning back his pur-
| chase price this season look bit
doubtful; however, his lameness ID said
to be Of q temporary nature and lie
may vet make good.
/ No event at the Cleveland meeting
created more interest among New En-
gland horsemen than the 3-year.old
race at Cleveland. While the purse was
1 for $3.50 only the fact that among the
starters there were q number of young
sters that are to race in the Horse
Breeder fipturity, the first Of the big
events of the year for 3-year- old trot-
tiers, made the outcome OF more than
usual moment TO New England horse
men. There is no doubt that this is
to be Il great year for three year-old
trotters. The way the youngsters have
been showing in their work has shown
this but no one was prepared for the
sensational fast time that was made by
the winner at Cleveland. Though recent
reports from the stable Of Lon MELON
aid gave glowing accounts Of the speed
that a daughter Of jay Time, out Of the
| dam Of the fast trotting mare Belle
kuser 2;0s, had been showing, few were
prepared for the sensational race that
the FLY put up at Cleveland, where he
defeated a strong field OF youngsters in
| the remarkable time, for SO early in the
season, OF 2:13h and 2:I1A, with
speed in reserve. The bay flly. Bonnie
Way, by Peter the Great 2:074, dam
Nowadav 2;14h in the stable of c. w.
Iassel, Whitinsyille, Mass, drove out
the winner in the second heat Bonnie
Way was bred by the late J. Malcolm
Forbes and is another REPUTATION of the
fast disappearing idea that it IS not
possible TO brad just as much early and
extreme speed in this section Of the
country as elsewhere.