The Washington times., 1908-08-02
Detroit Grand Circuit Races
High Glass Sporting Events
All the Very Best People Attend and Ball Games Are
Postponed-NIinor Heir Plugs L. D. Sales
Games as a Prophet.
By L D. SALE

qualities his champions have credited
I him with.
Fleming Boy Disappoints.
Al Detroit. Thursday last. in the NJ &
/ NJ. which I2O10 persons gathered 10
/ witness, Fleming Boy met Spanish
Queen and AtCeste again, and, after
winning the hrst heat in the fast time
Of 2.lS, had 10 be cOntented with third
money. while spanish Queen won the
race with AIcesLe ia second place As far
as the division of the purse was con
cerned The average time trOtted was
the fastest in the history Of the stake.
the sloWesI heat being in 2.0S and the
fasleSt IN -.gt+4. amy Brooks was not
eligible. or another story would have
TO be- told. Washiugtouians were
. especially interested iu the race from
J the fact that Contractor Charles Nc
DcrmOLts fast mare Florence q. was
entered I'D the stake and had shown
Brawley, before he left Belmont Park,
Pnllaueip hia for Detroit. a mile around
Z-vtA. Nevertheless the daughter OF the
Director General was distanced In the
nTst heat. watch was won Dy Fleming
Boy iu 2-US.
Washingtonians were also interested
DO the --I3 LrOts iu which Sally simmons
the second, now known as Hamburg
Belle, was entered This is the mare
brought Co this city last spring. among
others and which was for q few weeks
located AT BTiEh LWOOd Her mark prior
90 1905. was 2-l24s At Poughkeepsie
90 trOt around Z.g5. AT Detroit. on Thurs
day last. she trOtted the first heat I'm
--17li, which equals the fastest mile up
90 date of writing
I'm the second heat the stallion Ster-
ling Mckinney carried her so fast that
she broke, and Andrews laid her UD. In
the third and last heat, Andrews got
her on well, and there was nothing to
H.H#
mathematical demonstration that even
Amy Brooks VIII not have IL all her
own way when she meets the brown
daughter Of ANworthy, 2I5ik. and Sally
simmons There are a few others that
viii sit up and take notice, If the Mad
den mare continues good.
NorIoik, during the past week, has
been dividing hOnors with Detroit
while nothing OF the sensational order
developed at the Virginia track, the
events were interesting and the time
fast for the course, In the first race on
Wednesday, I'm the 2.3 trot our old and
much dlstrusted friend Manners, that
nearly kicked Frank Thomas into king
dom come on last Decoration Day at
BrightwOod, made his second appear
ance OF the year, but landed outside
the local trOtter Russell G., in the string
OF J. O. Mott, he being last in a field Of
nine, and In which race the fastest time
was In 2;2254.
Washington Gets JOlts.
In the three-year-oId 2.3O trot. another
Washington horse, Red Bill. fell outside
the entertainments, the fastest heat be
ing the third, which was trotted in 200.
Red Bill is the property of Z. F. Hail.
of this city, and he stands last i'm the
summary. Washington went 10 defeat
again IL the 2.35 pace, it having two
horses % the race-Happy u. and Red
Prince. The first belongs to ]. G Nor
OF this city, and the second TO Mr. Han
Happy q stanus IN the summary. 6 g a
eight %
George Goodacre, owner of Nav
Queen, trial Z.30 and Harry Madden.
z:lt541 Two fast local side-wheelers, Ieft I
me city Monday evening last for Nor I
Henry Copperthite, of Burke station. /
Va and his secretary, Louis Sbuslyars /
were in. the city during the week. Mr.. /
Coppfi Oill'S says ne Is already working I
on the program for the Labor Dav
meet, and, while ne IS not absolutely
certain, me believes that the harness
events VIII De a Iree-for-aII trot and
pace and a mixed race for & slower
class OF horses In addition 10 the
abuye there viii also be three rlInnine
races. The grandsJand al Burke mas
been painted white since the inaugural
meeting, July 4, and other improvements
made which make the grounds among
the most attractive of any In Virginia
dedicated to light harness snort
Frank C. Combs the welI-knovn |
breeder, and owner of Den Cozinp $40 |
was in the city du-lng the week en- route
for his fine farEl, near LeonardtOvn /
Md. Mr. Combs reports that the Ifght
harness industry never looked brighter
IN historic st. Mary's county. and that |
never before in the history of the county
were SO many high class mares bred.
the greater share of them patronizine |
Don Cozine. Mr. Combs has several
.oals by the Don, and all are good col
pred, good shaped, and GOOD sized
That Don CoZine viii prove a Splendid +
sire is now little doubted One of the
most promising foals at the farm. Mr..
Combs says, is a horse colt bv the Don.
lam, Nellie Green, 2;IIA. by Green II
ander. The colt is owned by Charles ID
weaver, of Washington, who has bred
Iellie back to the Don