The Washington times., 1908-08-30

bered among the inhabitants of Alex
audTia, Fairfax. LOudOun. and Prince
William counties.
The sixth meeting Of the grand circuit
viii open this year at Hartford, begin
ming September z, and VIII continue for
i've days, when the horses will be ship
ped TO Syracuse. where the State fair is
TO be held Frcm Syracuse they go to
Columbus, Ohio, for a ten-day carnival
OF speed 1t is at Columbus that track
records are. usually shattered, the fu-
turtles being among the most interest
ing Incidents of the meeting. The track
management has hung up for the meet
ing the large sum of si00. .O00 for horse
men to contest for, and the meeting
draws from every portion of the United
states. The grand circuit ends at CO.
lumbus, when viii follow Lexington
with a ten days meeting and much
speed.
The Readville meeting. from which so
many thrills in the way Of sensational
speed was expected. was a rather tame
affair. The S5OOo0 handicap proved
disappointment TO race goers. from tie
fact that a number of the fast brigade
90 not participate. In spite of all that
has been printed and said about the
handicap system. it is doubtful If the
scheme viii ever have a large following
in the United States. The American
people are somewhat set in their ways.
and do not readily take to the wavs OF
Europeans. except in the matter of
dress. The art of handicapping horses
comes pretty near being one of the fine
arts. The running horse men have Urob-
ably brought il as near TO perfection as
any class Of men; but we are a trihe
too green at the trade in this country.
as tar as II affects the iight-harness
morse, to become enthusiastic over the
method. For years 10 come the old
fashioned three in five rule viii be fol-
lowed, as il best promotes endurance
and gameness. So set are we in ous
ways of racing to harness, that even
so small an innovation as the two ia
three system has met with severe con-
demEation among race goers.
There are some mighty fast young
sters out this year. The fastest two
year-old up to this date of " ng is
Czarevna. by Peter the Greai which
won the American Horse Breeder Futur-
ity on Monday last over the Readville
track, trotting the second heat in 2:l54
This displaces the heat trotted by Prince
Lock earlier In the season of 2:21L
Prince Lock is a chesnut colt BIZ ZoIoch.
son of Mckinney. The fastest three
yea r-oid trotting stallion of the present
season is Justo. by jay Bird he having
negotiated a mile in a race in 2:I0A. The
fastest fOur-year-Old colt at the trot is
Aquin bay colt by Aqulin. dam by
kremlin. This yOungsteF in a race re-
Gently trotted TO a record OF 2.0955.
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Tue fastest three-year-oId pacing stall
lion is the brown colt John s., 2,10. The
fastest pacing three-year-old FLY up TO
date is Catherine Direct. 2:I3H The
fastest pacing four-yeaT-OId stallion is
Bland s. 2:10A The fastest five-year-
old pacing stallion is John Ward, 2:05%,
by Bingen. The fastest pacing stallion
Of the year is Minor Heir, 2:GQh. The
fastest ive-year-old trotting stallion of
the year is Fleming Boy. 2;07A. The
fastest stallion is Sterling Mckinney,
. .0sN The fastest trotting mare is Amy
Brooks. 2.054 The fastest gelding Is
Uighbal. 2:n3& Minor Heir is credited
with the fastest mile in raee-2;0l.