Omaha daily bee., 1908-07-26

Brooks. driven by Alonzo Mcdonald. The
mare went to Peoria with the bar Of 2:19is.
cutting It down to 2:O9h in a winning race
on July 4, and on July S. in another win-
ming race, Amy Brooks recorded 2t6A and
2O5h, the last quarter being trotted in
O:2sh. a 1:57 CLIP.
The power behind the throne. the nag
to force Amy Brooks out in each heat, was
the bay mare Spanish Queen. by onward
Silver, 2:0S. and owned by @. Fl. Esterbrook
Of Denver, Colo. This mare is green as to
time bars, having no record whatever, and
she is entered in the $4,000 Merchants and
Manufacturers Stakes to be trottcd at De-
troit on Wednesday. Ed Geers has two
s%leepers engaged. Loyal and Alceste, and
they are quoted in> the advance betting
as favorites with Spanish Queen. 1t is a
1924 class event and usually discloses a
rocketer that has been kept in cold stor-
age. Scnoma Girl taking the stakes last
year and a mark of 2:OsiL. This is the pro-
gram for Detroit's Blue Ribbon week:
Tomorrow, July -27-2.25 trot. three In
five heats, purse, $1,000: 2;1S pace, three in
five, $1,000; 2;0e trot, two in three, $3.50;
Tuesday, July 2s--224 pace, three in five.
1900; 2:l3 pace, Chamber of Commerce,
three in five (closed), 5000; 2:1s troG three
Wednesday. July 2o-2n5 pace. three IN
five, $1,000; 2:A trot, Merchants and Manu-
facturers. three In five (closed), $1,000: 2:lO
three. 1900.
Thursday, July 8O-212 pace. three in
five, $1,000; 2:il trot (closed). three in five,
5000; 2?O4 pace, two in three, $500; 2:OS
trot. two in three. 81, 500.
Friday, July 1880 trot, three in five.
5000; z:G pace (closed), three in five
5000; 2:13 trot, three in five, 1900.
Grand Circuit in New York.
After the passing of the Agnew-Hart
anti-betting laws the Buffalo Driving club
announced that It's Grand Circuit meeting
would be held across the border at Wind
sor, Canada. On reconsideration the d.
~rectors came TO the sporting decision to
race as usual at Kenilworth park and to
accept a financial loss rather than declare
OFT the meeting. Six of the early closing
aVents, aggregating in value 1923. 900, will
be made good and a complete four-day
program that may be extended will be
made up. There have been Grend Circuit
meetings at Buffalo for forty years and the
directors believe there is sufficient genuine
interest in light harness racing there to
make the fixture a success without betting.
After Buffalo, the ~trotters and PAGERS
will go to Poughkeepsie, where the New
Workers will get a share Of the fun, and
the Readville meeting and the unprece-
denied $4,000 handicap trot will be the
most powerful attractions. Instead of
racing at Providence. R. l.. the scene will
next shift to a new background, Elkwood
park, at Long Branch. The track. over
which the automobiles raced on July 4 and
which has often been the venue Of pony
running races, has been used for some
years by the Long Branch Driving club
for cup trots,
Forecasts of the PAGERS are being made
only under the rose. Geers has scratched
all but DR.. Bonney from the Chamber OF
Commerce stakes on Tuesday and as the
silent maj of Tennessee has been very
successful in this event the wholesale
elimination may mean the solitary chance
is worth while. Angus Pointer, 1853, was
the star of last years free for alls, and his
fastest mile was 2:O1%. Shakespeare. 2:oe%.
won the pacing divisions of the S-year-old
stakes at Readville and Lexington. The
older division to be in the rapid classes this
season will number John A, 2:O3%; Cita-
ton, 2:O3%; Ardelle. 2:O4A; Hollywood Boy.
2:O4h; Lady Maud c.. 2:O4A; William O.,
2:04h; Kruger, 2;O4; Hidalgo, 2;O4A; Laura
Bellini, 2;04& and Dan r., 2:O514.
Grand Circuit Dates.
The Grand Circuit dates, which are still
subject to change by the stewards, are as
follows:
Detroit, July 27-3t; Kalamazoo, August
81; Buffalo, Angus 10-l4; Poughkeepsie
August 17-2l; Readville (Boston), August
24-2S; Long Branch. August 81, September 4;
Hartford, September I'll; Syracuse Estate
fair, September HIS; Columbus. Septem-
Der Fl, october; Lexington, October, 6-17.
Fleming Boy, whose 2:O71a is a record for
green trottlng stations, is still eligible for
the classic merchants and manufacturers
stakes at Detroit, and Minor Heir, 2:05h,
is also eligible for the Chamber of Com
merce pace. The mark beats the record
for the race, the fastest time in it having
been Ardelle's 2:O5h in 1906. Reproachless
! won list year in 2:06h.