The Detroit times., 1910-01-12
famous Classics That Have Made
Town Famous Now Descend To
the Level Of Mere Stake Races.
The 1910 Grand Circuit
ey PAUL HALE RRuskE.

Once upon q time there was a man
named Esau. He was one OF the
heirs, 80 We are told in the ancient
Holy Writ. to a large estate. One
y day he was hungry. Eventually, IN
all probability, he could have procured
Eustenance In the regulation method
hut his younger brother appeared just
: then with IN appetizing concoction
B which he ingenicusly offered TO ex.
. change for Esau's rights in his fathe-' 3
. estate. Esau consented to this one
sided bargain and the world knows
Esau as the man who bartered away
& MS birthright for mess of pottage.
Il may be far cry from the old story
81 Jacob and Esau TO Grand Circuit
y politics OF the present day. Neverthe-
less. the old classic has been paral-
lelled by the Detroit Driving club
(which. as darkness fell yesterday and
i the bright lights OF the Hotal Cadillac 3
rconvention hall shea a mellow radi-
fance on the bly, OF the stewards.
4 <bartered away its right TO the opening
!meeting OF the circuit. for a mess OF
}pottage in the form OF colt race.
Will Club Repudiate Dates?
Unless the members OF the Driving
(. club see flt to iepudiate the bargain
made by the representatives of the or
F xnnfxation-and this is still possible
though IL would come in the nature OF
~ most startling development-De-
(roit's classic NJ, a M. and c. OF &.
stakes will descend from the high
place they have always occupied in
the annals OF racing, to the level OF
kmediocre stake races. And Detroit's
xl0ry as n trotting center win glow IN
Hop}endor from Kalamazoo. Save the
mark,
As for the colt race, ii will come in
the nature of an experiment, replacing
tie old classics with which the name
B 81 Detroit has always been associated
|j IN the world of racing. Racing colts
4 jn the first week OF August has never
been attempted before and will not be
Welcome to the breeders In genera.
Most OF them have made nominations
Elm the Horseman Futurity. which is the
one that the Detroit Driving club will
now attempt TO secure. Whether the
pick OF them will parade on race day
or not, remains To be seen.
The courteous snubbing Of Detroit,
the first steps of which were chronic,etl
n ln The Times of last evening, was
continued throughout the day. After
i <ohoosing Harry Desereux, of Cleve-
land, as president, in place of W. W.
h Collier, OF Detroit, and electing George
< Diedrich, also OF Cleveland, as secre-
tary, the circuit proceeded 10 refuse
3 dates TO the Michigan state fair and
then handed the opening TO Kalama-
200. The racing of next year will pro-
ceed on the schedule mapped out
above, unless the local club sees fit II
take the revolutionary action hinte'i
Eat, withdrawing from the circuit and
y forcing another deal. No city has ever
<xared to buck Detroit since the Pitts
)burg association went broke trying il
many years ago, and none would care
TO now, least OF all the association al
E..oo insignificant a racing town as Kala-
B Euazoo.
Jeff-Jack Bidder the Leader.
And the most disheartening feature
F "a the whole result, as viewed by the
nithful band OF horsemen who sat
s>waifing the decision in the Cadillac
z lobby. was the fact that the collective
0ssortment Of tricks were turned by
E'1be stewards under the obvious leader
uhip Of the man who recently appeared
4 before an amused world as an alleged
bidder for the Jeffries-Johnson fight.