The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-07-02
OUTLOOK BRIGHT
FOR PURSE NEE 7
Harness Races to Be Most Sue
cessful of Season Over Half
Mile Eastern Track.
FAST HORSES TO RUN AT
GRAND CIRCUIT OPENING
Racing for 1911 Will Be Great
est Sport in History of
the Turf.
BY JAMES DoCKERALI.
BY Leased Wire to The Tribune.

BY Leased Wire TO The Tribune
NEW YORK, July 1.-The purse meet
Ing TO be held at Parkway track. Brook
lyn. on August s-li. under the auspices
of the Parkway Driving club. promises TO
be the most successful harness meeting
OF the season over a half mile track in
the east
The enthusiasm with which the hackers
are now working for the fonr-day events
and the encouragement they have al
ready received from horsemen and trot-
Ting sports lovers OF the metropolitan
district leaves no doubt but the meeting
will more than serve Its purpose. which
is has been and Will be to furnish the
only harness racing sport In New York
and make II worthy of patronage.
When the meeting was first proposed
there was doubt as to its success. The
FIRST steps taken. however. gave them
inducement to go ahead. It was the col
ss1en n to $50 each @
sponses were so prompt that the ques-
ton of guaranteeing the four $1,000 early
closing purses was settled In short or
der.
Fast Horses to Run.
Soon the ring for the opening. Of the
grand circuit at indianapolis. and IL re-
ports from all training centers can be
relied upon or materialized. a record
number Of trotters and PAGERS. will be
the circuiters have far advanced.
In spite OF the late spring In several
training locations, the number OF horses
2:i0 is larger than ever. so that unless
the unexpected happens. stake candidates
will show flying speed.
That the number Of horses in training
for the season was larger than ever was
fully known as soon as trainers selected
their winter and spring locations after
completing their training stables, but that
the speed quality OF the horses will be
eODul iha largo ntIrpheT baiuR
demonstrated almost every day. was
hardly expected.
The entry lists for the carly closing
events were not perhaps as large as might
have been expected from the number OF
horses reported in the hands OF leading
trainers. but fortunately the returns from
stallment payment indicated that the So
called live list has been far ahead Of
all former years and the prospects OF
satisfactorily large fields Of starters in
ALL feature events are really promising.
Mt least so far no complaints have been
heard from track managers. while moth
ing Is sent out from training tracks to
indicate that any possible drawbacks
might be expected,
The number OF trotters and racers with
previous records, or without any mark,
fast notch, has been surprisingly large
especially in the last two weeks. and at
the present rate il is safe To believe that
the standard list for 1911 will receive an
annually Dig dQulllOn III tne nTSl InEeG
or four weeks OF the racing season.
Futurities Exceed 100000.
This appears equally true for young
sters that ara being trained and prepared
for the futurities. the total value OF which
will far exceed the magnificent sum of
800 900. Two and three-year- olds now
In training are not only an exceedingly
finc lot. but greater in number than ever
known before. as shown by the list OF
el!gibles reported from everywhere for
tlan' 'n@r .It,e- -1ls
tnG coIlInH season. cou events;
nent trainers of the country and what the
turf has 10 lose. II any. win be duo 10
sickness or accidents. which might hap
pen ut any time, while for the former
there appears to be no danger. for the
health OF all racing candidates has been
unusually good since last winter.
Naturally. the greatest interest in the
seasons harness sport will be confined 10
the feature events. like the NJ, and M.
and others, In which starters will como