The Detroit times., 1908-07-30
BY. PAUL \. sRuskg.

Concedtng that beyond the shauO"
OF doubt, there will be something
that will set US all to tearing our hair
and yelling our tonsils loose at the
State Fair gounds this afternoon, II
remains but for the actual racing TO
settle which event is going TO furnish
the madhouse with more victims.
Was there ever such race meet
ing In the history OF the harness turf?
They broke worlds record on Mon
day.
They shivered the old c. OF c. mark
Tuesday In every heat OF the most
sensational race which the stake has
ever seen. Yesterday they handed us
the most exciting as well as the class
lest M. & NJ In the long 20 years OF
history with which the event has en-
riched the annals OF the harness turf.
Today we have a 2:12 pace, the 2:l1
trotting stake and the 2:04 pace, with
q possible match race between Sweet
Marie and Major Delmar, though this
event will be thrown in free gratis
for nothing. II it really takes place.
The trotting event will bring to-
gether the sensational May Earl and
trial mile In 2:05 this spring The
latter has been the sensation or the
racing that raised the curtain for the
big show now in progress. But Amy
Brooks Is said TO be lame, while May
Earl has done nothing that has much
impressed the railbirds. More than
likely the winner will be found else
where in the exceedingly classy feld.
The 1904 pace looks the likely race.
In this event the much-touted Cleve-
land stallion Blackjack will score
down In his first start OF the year and
they say that he Is up TO a mile In
better than two minutes right now.
He will have to travel right there or
thereabouts to beat the speedy Cita'
ton which has been winning her ev-
cry start from the best fields that
have raced this year. She Will prob
ably be the favorite In the pools. And
there are such speedy wigglers as Gal
legher, Johu A.. Baron Grattan and Ar
got Boy. any one of which Is up to a
mile in better than 2:0S right now.
The pacing record as they take the
track is 200 IL.
the Detroit Driving club. as an organ
izer OF high-class race fields is estab
lished beyond question and was well
known 10 the harness world before
he pulled of this years Detroit meet
ing--his most brilliant success. Ills
success as a maostc In the line of
securing favorable weather hung in
the balance, however, at the start
pstt x.,tIt 10 oh Hnw
OF doubt over his record. He has CIV
en- the Detroit meeting four OF the
most ideal racing days which the long
history OF the sport has ever known.
Hot? or course, IL was but that
10 the sort of weather In which the
horses do their best and the crowds
are historically largest and most en-
thusiastic. II Is racing maxim that
the hotter the day. the bigger the
crowd and the more exciting the
sport.
Yesterdays NJ. q M. was good
enough to have taken place-reason-
Ing backward-on the hottest day that
torrid Cinema ever boosted.
Not heat slower than 2:O8. three
heat winners before the event was
over. the favorite overthrow and, at
the finish, a comparative outsider,
driven by the man best beloved OF all
the harness trailers, developed from
medium sort OF beast into the fast.
est and most enduring trotter OF the
bunch!
It was surely some race.
To be sure there was a certain con.
tingent OF the old-style, dyed-in-
the-wood. three-in-fve-and-race
the-nsxt-day enthusiasts who sighed
for one more heat, steadfastly refusing
to regard any three In FIVE race as def.
initely settled until one horse had won
three heats. The fact that Spanish