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 pERBY-oRANo CIRCUIT
TRACK WILL ADOPT FEATURE.

BOSTON. Aug. 2s.--From all re-
ports the $4,000 trotting handicap ut
Readville track Tuesday was y greac
success and will in the future bring
about decided change In the style OF
purse was-the richest In fact har
ness horses ever competed for-the
association must have cleared $4,000
on the event, which is proof enough
that II was successful from a finan
cial point. and horsemen claim IL was
success from racing point OF view.
Speaking about the race last night
he said: e,
The derby was 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 II 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.
In my opinion the only bad feature
OF the race was the elimination heats.
Had the race been q mile and hall
long instead OF a mile and quarter
and all OF theentrants had started In
the main race. II would have been
much better. BY trotting II In divis-
ions the race lost its main feature
and really did not remain a handicap
OF the proportions II was meant to
be. In the final dash only Is horses
started which left but few starters
at each handicap post. That made IL
much easier for the start and II also
made It 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 II does away with any delays.
Such races, I 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 half much easier than they can
TO race the way they now do and
travel several miles In scoring. Peo-
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
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 record.
although the race was more tina a
mile Rule 5, section III. Of the N. T.
A. rules state In rather vague way
that a horse be given a record In
such an event, so that there Is
chance that this stallion will be Civ
en- a record of 2:0S or better, what.
ever his time was for the mile.