New-York tribune., 1910-08-21
WHITE MOUNTAINS GOLF TALENT AT EMPIRE CITY
Famous Trotters and Drivers
Gather for Grand Circuit.

Fast trotting horses from all over 'io
United States and Canada, and even from
Europe are assembled at the Empire Ci's
track near Yonkers, for the Ne" 1olh
Grand Circuit meeting. which Is TO open
there on Tuesday with the hrSt futuiity
for harness horses that has ever oeeh Seeti
hereabouts. The track where the runners
were in possession until a few weeks aso
will be swarming with light harness horseS
this morning and again tomorrow tahlhs
their last sharpening-up work for the dfaho
Circuit meeting The Trotting Horse Breed
ers' Club will throw open the clubhouse 10
the public to-day. and horsemen VINO
usually visit the Speedway TO see the sun
day morning brushes will doubtless make
the Empire track their rendezvous
Among the prominent professional relns-
men whose strings are on hand for the
meeting are Ed Geers, who drove MS hrst
race In New York al old Fleetwood Park
more than thirty years ago; Robert Proc
tor, the man who brought out Uhlan, l;084+,
and who now trains for ". c. Brown, pres
ident of the New York Central Railroad;
Walter r. Cox. of New Hampshire; Thomas
W. Murphy of Glen Cove, Long Island,
who headed the list of winning drivers on
the Grand Circuit last year; Alonzo Nc
Donald, driver of Allen Winter. 2:O64, when
he won the $4,000 handicap for trotters at
Boston two years ago; John H Dickerson,
who drove the famous PAGER Joe Patchen
to his record of 2:01A: w. J. Andrews,
trainer and driver of Hamburg Belle. 2:olA'
John r. Gentry, 2:oO13, and Mascot. 2:oi;
a. P. Mcdonald, of Albany, who drove Ma
jor Delmar a mile in 1:5sa4 in the wake OF
a wind shield at the Empire track IN 1913;
Ramey Macy, the nineteen-year-oldG Grand
Circuit driver, who trains the Futurity
colt Colorado E, credited with a public
trial of 2:0614, which is faster than the
worlds record, and D. ]. McClary, who
drove Star Pointer, :5914. the first harness
horse to beat two minutes.
Few trotting races ever seen in New
York have attracted so much attention and
excited such keen interest the $1,000
Matron Futurity. which is to be the feature
of the opening day Of the meeting. This
race will bring together Tor the first time
the fastest two three-year-olds the trotting
turf has ever seen, and the field as whole
is perhaps the best that has yet started.
Colorado E has trotted half mile in
1:O1A; Native Belle. 2:O7s4. the entry of Ed
ward Thompson, of Northport. Long Island.
holds the worlds record for two-yearolds
and is credited with ability to beat 2:05,
while Emily Ellen. the unbeaten winner of
the $4,000 Horsemen's Futurity; W. B.
Dickermans Eva Bellini, Robert Goelet's
Eva Tanguay and W. c. Browns Bergen
are formidable in any company.
Another notable event on the programme
of the opening. day is the $500 Speedway
Stake for trotters of the 2:16 class, to
wagon amateurs to drive. There are forty
entries, eslt the race will be trotted in
three divisions.
The Harvester, holder of the world S rec
ord for trotting stations will start in the
free-for-au race on Wednesday, and it Is
beat his Buffalo mark of 202 Sonoma Girl
2:03A. owned by Miss Lotta Crabtree, OF
Boston, and Jack Leyburn, 2:O4 and 2:04st,
owned by Senator James P McNichol Of
Philadelphia, have been entered in the
e-for-al. and it is expected that The
Harvesterse old rival Bob Douglas, 2O5A,
will also start.