The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-14
'THOROUGHBREDS
COMING \ !. HERE. [. / |
Greatest Horses in Country Will.
Race at State Fair
Grounds.
OWNERS ALREADY PROMISE.
High Private, Juggler, salvo1a-
tile and Other Cracks Will
Be Seen.
Greatest Horses in Cou1tryWil
OWNERS AIR ADY PROMISE

s The greatest thoroughbred racing
seen in Virginia since the days Of
Bullneld and Major boswell will be
seen in the State Fair Grounds this
fan. when for a whole week the meet
ing will hold Horses from all over
tho East. who are scheduled to per-
form at Pimlico. will be here to fight
for the rather large purses.
E. Q. Smith. secretary. OF the coney
Island Jockey Club, will have charge
OF the thoroughbreds at the State
Fair, and in a letter to! Mark r.. LLOYD
received yesterday he stated that he
bad secured the promises Of c.. G.
w. L. Maupin, and w. o. scully to
bring their horses to the Fair. He
expressed no doubt that he would have
the promises Of more OF the owners
OF race-horses before the racing season
was over. and with this in view he asked
that the race program be not made Out
until later.
Among the horses already prom
ised for the Fair meeting are: High
Private. The Juggler. Salvolatile, Rey.
bourn, Vienna, and Wilson Lackaye
every one OF which has been raced owe,
the big Mort herns tracks with success,
by Its owner. Mr.. Smith also prom
ises some OF the Len OF the! young.
isters who have raced this season "a
be present when the bugle sounds.
Dates Suit Owners. f.
The fact that all racing Is ended in
New York after September i. and that
all the horses in thatssection which
n a roN y I, At i.
idle until the meeting at Plmlico,
which comes In October, after the
State Fair, is one which makes the
horse owners ready to come to VIZ.
GINA. About 1900 horses will be Idle.
Some will be sent West and some
South, but large number of them
will be idle.
The greatest horses In the country
are slated for the meeting at historic
old Pimlico, and all those horses will
have absolutely nothing to do until
the Ptmlico meeting begins. The dts
lance from Richmond to Pimlico is SO
small that 1t makes but a short trip.
and the owners are willing 70 come
that far to pick up purse or two.
sixty Trotters Entered.
The trotting horse section Of the
State Fair meeting will be one OF the
greatest ever seen in Virginia. The
early closing purses, for which sixty
entries were named, require the own
ers to pay the last assessment on Mon
day. Out Of sixty-three horses that
were entered when the entry list
closed, only three have dropped out
which leaves sixty horss to fight out
three races sY9 !siss & Il s gts
The horses entered IN these races
come from all over the North and
West, and represent the best Of the
standard breds. The purses are of
such size that they make the wins
sner's time we'll spent, and all expect to
be winners.
Mark r. Lloyd is now working like
a beaver securing attractions for the
fair outside OF the race track. He has
In view aeroplanes, automobile racing.
and John Z. Sullivan. Edward Payson
Weston has been approached for an
engagement, but he has not been
heard from.
In the automobile races 1t Is hoped
to secure Barney Oldfeld, with his
racing partner, Kershen. or Ralph de
Palma, and Walter Christy. The cam
that Is secured will give exhibitions
Of fast driving that are guaranteed!
to make the hair stand on end and tito
fingers clencn.
John L. Sullivan, with his old-tlrnel
enemy, Jake Kilrain, will give a n ex AZ
3hibition# Of sparring, and then j Ohm u
will, deliver his famous monologue