The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-07-27
GEO. GAN0, $1,000;
PATCHEN $3.50


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Der OF Commerce and. from the first,
the stake has come TO lie regarded as
the acme Of the ambition OF dill train
ers OF the horses naturally taking To
the lateral method OF locomotion. To
win II has been a warrant OF racing
ability and speed combined There
are other pacing stakes In thu Grand
Circuits year but there Is only one
c. OF c. and victory Ia 1t Is the dear
est dream OF all trainers OF last rac-
ers.
grand old PAGER Planet. His fastest
heat was paced to od-style sulky ON
the Crosse Pointe course In 2:12 AM
people thought that was akin to fly
ing.
But the bike sulky came along and
the Improvement In the breed and in
other racing conditions kept cutting
the mark steadily. In 1906, 10 years
after the first stake had been paced.
Ardelle waltzed home in 2:05 l.2. Last
year. though the location of the event
had changed from Crosse Pointe to
the State Fair grounds. the race lost
nothing In class The Eel and Minor
gled the initial heat in 2:03. though
he lost the race to his faster adyer-
sary.
1t is the belief of the horsemcn here
today that there are no Eels or Minor
Heirs in the event today. The track.
however. is faster than last year and
the pacing duel which drew the crowd
had promised every bit OF the delic-
ious thrill OF that which took place
between the representatives OF Can
ada and the United States a year ago
Again a Two-Horss Race.
The 1909 Chamber Of Commerce
was sized up as two-horse race Ly
the talent. George Gano and Star
Patchen are supposedly the Only .wc
that have a chance at the first money.
The field includes others, but they
are figured merely as distractions in
the way, during the scoring-the seen.
cry as II were, to complete the stage
setting.
1t started off a grand betting race in
every sense of the term, for the sup
porters OF each were there, well ncel.
ed.
From rock-ribbed New England
came a bunch of men who were de-
termined to allow none others to get
any OF the George Gano tickets. The
personal following OF w. L. Snow.
reinforced by the Buffalo and Cana
dian spectators bought Star Patchen.
Out on the outskirts sprinkling OF
pikers took shots at the felu or ac-
count of the chance that IL always erl-
bodied In the term racing LUCK"
Two fner-appearing PAGERS never
n
Gano. little boy giant. sturdy and
bloodlike. With flowing name and tail
looked every inch the race horse that
he had proven himself during his long
education at the hands OF Walter Cox
This year he has Tommy Murphy in
the sulky seat but he loses little X
anything by this change. as there IL
no more daring and successful reiDs-
man among the Grand Circuit regu-
lars.
Star Patchen. black save his white
blazcd nose, true son OF his sire
came out with Snow in the sulky and
looked similarly In the pink OF con-
dition.
Both Clean-Gaited PAGERS.
With the exception of light pole
while Star Patchen wore, neither stall.
lion carried anything but his harness.
No hobbled PAGER has ever won. tho
Chamber of Commerce yet, anu Meth.
er one OF the favorites found need of
the ungainly contraptions used tn cor
rect faults In gait.
Everywhere on the grounds the
George Gano- StarPatchen- argument
ragged.
George Galo has shown more in
races than his opponent. He has pac.
cd heats right round 2:03 on the
Grand Circuit, though they weren't
winning ones. Star Patchen has new.
or beaten 2:05. on the other hand.
star Patchen teU Grup al lerre
uaute. But Il was Murpnys nrst race
behind the son OF Gampetta wiikes.