The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-09
Promises to Be More Exciting
Than Ever Before.
FOURTEEN ENTRIES.
Some OF the SWiftest GallOperS
in the Country.
Many Excellent Harness Con-
tests Are Scheduled.

Derby day That's tomorrow It IS
the opening Of the four days race
meet which has been arranged for by
the Kansas state Exposition company.
II esrrnarks count for anything. il VIII
be one OF the greatest trotting and
running race meets that have ever
been seen in Kansas. And that mile
classic Of the running turf OF Kansas.
the Derby, for which the opening day
OF the meet Is named. promises to be
the best race of bangtaIIs that has oc-
Cured IN this part OF the country
There are fourteen entries for the
race and It Is expected that at least
ten OF q dozen Of them viii face the
starters flag They com prise the
cream Of the running horses in train
ing in the middle west. horses which
are capable of earning their bread
and butter and something on the side
IN running race meets in any section
Of the country. good many Of these
horses have won all sorts Of hOnors
as we'll as money during the season
for their fleet footedness and have en-
Eagemeuts at the big running race
meets TO be held at Excelsior Springs
and Dallas in the near future
Those horses entered for the races
Broken Melody blk $. by Imported
Ruskin. R Porter. Colorado Springs.
Col
Nine. ch. g. by St Julian, Geo. Dun
Ed-A- A0ltlE SELA--E- III
r Q. Smith, c g by Trueborr, J. c
Hendrtcks, St John Kan
EdgecIiffe. by Eddie James, J. c Hail,
Livingstone, Mont
Duchess OF Montobelo. by Banister. J.
T. Strife. Livingstone. Mont
Miss Arabic ch- m. by Montana.
Lamb Bros. Kansas City. No
The Bear B. g. by Bowling Green, T
r Lawrence. Kansas City, Mo.
Parvo. B. m, by Woolsthrope, J. H
Boucher st John kan
Vfrtfotte J. A Dunbar lola. Kan
Dr. Nash. b. h. by Free knight. H E.
Lancaster. Junction City Kan
Miss PIatt- 3 m, Geo. Magiott. Hia-
Uatha. Kan
F'riendIess. b. g. by Daunois- J. a
Lloyd HamIin. MINI
Harding D. g, by Biazes- J. A Lloyd
Agu-. HanIiu, MINI
SIOcUmh. B. g by Cortland. Frank
Dewey. Idalia. Col
Several Of these horses have records
that are better than the mark hung
I'D bv Clear Knight last year when the
record OF IA a was made and with a
good track and favorable weather
conditions. there is little doubt but
that a new record for the race will be
made Among the horses VINO nave
gone in better time than the DERBY /
record is R. O. Smith. who has beaten /
IL by more than a minute, Duchess or
AfonrObelIo. who has made the fast
time Of I-40 h Then there is Nir- /
ago and is still a horse TO be reckoned T
with. while last but not least Is The :
Bear. whom many have already pick :
ID win the race on his private per r
rorruances. There are a number OF .
other high class horses in the race In (
fact all Of them are high class and the I
horse that wins will nave undoubted- T
II taken race worth going thou 7
sand miles TO see and one in which .
new record for the Kansas Derby viii I
have been hung up. and which will
enCitIe the owner 70 handsome silver
loving cup in addition TO the purse or
$500
In case the weather should be de-
cidsdly bad tomorrow the Likelihood IS
that the running OF the Derby will be
postponed until another day Of the
meet
-Four other running races besides
the Derby. are On the official program
for the meet These are styled The
Copeland Hotel a SIX furiOugs dash
for Wednesday, the Topeka. a sew
er f,1rIouE run for Thursday; The
Consolation a five furIong dash for
uon-wfnuers on Saturday and The
Hurdle a mile race over four jumps,
zIso for Saturday
N addition 10 the Derby candidates.
there are a dozen or more other run
ming horses at the track and all OF
hes. running races will be well filled
ID II is likely that the officers of the
ssocfa ton viii arrange some special
running races for these horses per-
,aps an additional one to those card
20 for each day Of the meet The
uatemeut Is made on all sides that .
<irh the Derby candidates and the
,ther runners on the ground there
has never been such a fine class OF
-unnfug horses gathered at a race
rack IN Kansas at any one time
Other Reces to Be Great
Bur the running races. even fnclud-
ing the classic Derby, are but incl :
dents 20 the race meet Never in the =
history Of race meets in Kansas
have there been 50 many entries and
such high quality as have been made S
Tor the harness races which will Oc-
supy the major portion Of the pro- q
-ramnes for the several days of the Q
meet. Entries for races mean moth b
ug Of themselves Unless the horses :
ire brought 20 the race track to Ill c
hem they are Just SO many words on
"a per But for the coming meet the Z
-zsrsst horses in this part OF the coun- o
tuIfII their entry obligations There
re more harness horses OF class now
,11a rrered at the fair grounds for the 2
aces than there ever has been in its ri
lEstOry-hOrses from various parts Of :
he country that have not been seen in il
Kansas this year and will not be seen
gain T,
these high class horses have been g
-rrracted by the value Of the purses
nd stakes which have been offered
nd which are larger generally By
pod round sums than those offered II
" auv state fair or race meet aSsOcfa-
ion IN rha state Nearly two hun &
red horses of this high cauber ara 7
tabled at the fair grounds now and n
lrhers are coming hourly. So great n
; the rush that the ingenuity OF the C