The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-08-29
POPULAR SUCCESS
WAS READV|LLE
HANDICAP
HORSEMEN AND SPECTATORS
PLEASED WITH $4,000 TRoT.
TING DER5Y-GRAND CIRCUIT
TRACK WILL ADOPT FEATURE.

BOSTON. Aug. 29.-From all re-
ports the $4,000 trotting handicap at
Readville track Tuesday was great
success and will in the future bring
about a decided change in the style OF
purse was-the richest In fact har
ness horses ever competed for-the
association must have cleared $3.50
on the event, which Is proof enough
that 1t was successful from a finan
cial point, and horsemen claim 1t was
success from a racing point OF view.
Speaking about the race last night
he said:
The derby was a success in every
way and created some OF the widest
scenes that | have ever Witnessed on
any race track. There were nearly
$4,000 people inside the gates when
the races started and | should say
there must have been nearly 1000
automobiles in the center field. | was
surely rare sight. After Mcdonald
won the race with Allen Winter the
crowd just burst out OF the stand onto
the track entirely forgetting or disre.
garding the fact that there were any
more races TO be finished and it was
not until after much effort and a con-
siderable lot of time that the spec
tators were cleared from the track
so that the program could be finished.
I'm my opinion the only bad feature
of the race was the elimination heats.
Had the race been a mile and a half
long instead OF a mile and a quarter
and all Of theentrants had started In
the main race. 1t would have been
much better. BY trotting IL in dlvis-
ions the race lost its main feature
and really did not remain a, handicap
OF the proportions IL was meant to
be. In the final dash only 16 horses
started which left but few starters
at each handicap post. That~made IL
much easier for the start and II also
made 1t much easier for~the horses
after they were given the word
Not much trouble was experienced
in starting the horses. although that
was what was expected TO be the great
trouble maker. After the first elm
ination heat each horse was held head
ed the right way OF the track and
they were sent away without delay
or hindrance OF any kind. That Is the
way this sort of race should be start
ed, as 1t does away with any delays.
Such races, believe will be CIV
en- by nearly every associatio on the
grand Circuit next year. although they
may not be worth so much money.
But horses can go dashes of a mile
and hair much easter than they can
TO race the way they now do and
travel several miles In scoring. PEG.
pie will also take to this style OF race
because of the elimination of the scor-
ing.
"Teasel and Dewitt raced we'll in
this evet and came very near to get.
ting inside the money. Teasel got
into a pocket, being behind Kim, and
she could not get out, while Dewitt
made a break In the getaway OF the
final dash which set him back quite a
ways after he had showed good form
in the elimination"
Allen Winter May Get Mark.
II is possible thta Allen Winter. the
winner OF the derby, may get "A record.
although the race was more tina
mile Rule s, section III. Of the ~ T.
A. rules state in a rather vague way
that q horse be given record In
such an event, so that there Is
chance that this stallion will be Civ
en- record OF 20S or better, what
ever his time was for the mile.