The Detroit times., 1909-07-26
DETROIT IS CENTER
OF THE WORLD OF
HORSE RACING
Blue Ribbon Week Opens Today and
Brilliant Racing Is IN
Prospect for Five
Days.
Rock Rapids, Ia, Expected to Fur
nish Winner of Today's Feature
Event, the all Trot.
BY PAUL n. eRuskE.

The eNes OF the world or harness
racing are now focused Oh Detroit
and Michigans metropolis Is. As an
nually. the gathering spot for all the
caravan that pursueS with interest tho
deeds OF the fastest trotters and pac-
ors The Blue Ribbon week is here
at last and today's opening found the
weather ideal and the track the fast
est piece OF dirt in the United States,
10 exception whatever
II precedent Is 10 serve, lot Of
horses are 10 be marked for life our
there this week. That was the case
last year and there is no reason 10 sus'
pect that the present conditions Will
alter the case IN the least.
A big crowd OF home and visiting
horsemen was In evidence Sunday At
the track and everybody carried a stop
watch There was nothing sensation
al in the workouts, however, as II -
so near race day that the trainers are
saving all that extreme speed for the
time when IL Is 10 be put 10 the pur-
pose OF getting the money. The visit
ors wandered about the streets OF the
horse-city and Toasted their eyes on
blankets bearing aristocratic equine
nomenclature, travelling regalia OF the
famous stables. trainers whose names
are known wherever trotters are drlv-
en- and bred. and other celebrities of
the turf.
Easy &c Pick FaVorites.
There are four races on the day s
card. including the 2ll trot and fay
orites picked themselves without DIFF
ficulty.
They Go say that this Penico Mali
is second Hamburg Belle This
mare was bred and is owned and driy-
en- by one NJ. d. Shut. OF Rock Rap
ids. la Neither Mr. Shut nor Rock
Rapids have previously bursted into
fame. but they promise 20 be heard
of from now on. The quiet little Iowa
farmer has already been offered Sl0,-
600 for the family mare. He smiled
and said Twenty" Those are not
lacking who believe he will get IT, II
the mare is beaten In the stake race
II will be surprise all round. IL she
wins. Rock Rapids will send up so
much red fire that the glow ought 10
be perceptible on the western horizon.
OF course, there are a bunch or
other good ones in. Teasel with Mr..
Geers up. game old crippled Country
Jay that entered the 2:10 list at Wind
sor: Mae Heart, the Michigan-breo
thing that IS said TO have worked in
2:07 this year-these and bunch or
others will make the Maid step faster
than she ever has before in public but
Mr.. Shut IS certain that she will do H..
The unbeaten Lady Elgin is the
choice in the 2:0S pace. This one is
owned by c. w Moore. of Detroit
who also owns Auto Billy ID and Oc-
too. Scott Mclean. OF Coldwater. IS
ris trainer He Is the gentleman who
threw the lines away In an inspiring
finish. won by Auto in the 2:07 pacing
stake last year
Mai. Maitow and The Harvester.
Major Mallow and Brenda Yorke
are due 10 duel in the 2;05 pace ana
they'll be hiking some The former
has been winning in such time on the
half-mile rings that they have been
talking OF matching him with The Eel
Reproachless may also have some
thing 10 say
The concluding event Of the day. the
2:O9 trot looks comparatively easy
for Geers and The Harvester with
Beatrice Bellini. money winner in
Sonoma Girls NJ. &c VI. likely to finish
in second place.
The starters in todays events are
as follows:
2.tS pace. 3 in heats-Argot Hal
Axtara Capt White. Cecilian King.
Dan j.. Halle Direct. Lady Elgin. Lit
tie Dick. Mary X. Princess Nutwood
2:1l trot. in Bell Bird, Carroll