Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-09-02
AtReadviIIe Finally Opens,
With Heavy Track.
Miss Stokes Lands The Ameli-
can Horse Breeder Fuiulity.
Princess Todd, Miss Do Forest aa1
Peter Red Also winners. s

Readyille, Mass, Sept. 1.-Miss
Stokes, owned and bred by w. d.
Stokes of New York. was handy WIN
ner of the American Horse Breeder
Futurity. valued at $1,000. of which
$4,000 goes to the first horse at the
Grand Circuit meeting at ReadyilIe to-
day. 1t marked the opening of the
meet, rain having caused postpone
ments since Tuesday. The track was
heavy.
Justice Brooke, prominent candi-
date In the American Harse Breeder
Futurity, was withdrawn and shipped
to Kentucky for the $4,000 Futurity
next month and In his absence the
chief rival of Miss Stokes was Peter
Thompson. who at Cleveland this sea-
son earned the title of champion trot-
ting gelding of the world for his are
by gaining record of 2.09A.
Miss Stokes appeared lame, but In
actual racing she moved along smooth
~. Thompson broke at the quarter.
and Miss Stokes won by q dozen
lengths from Box.
Up to the five-eighths pole, In the
second heat, Peter Thompson and Box
were head and head with Miss Stokes.
but Thompson again broke and Box
dropped back to the fiily's wheel Miss
Stokes winning by that margin.
In the 2-year-old division OF the
Breeders Futurity today the laurels
went to Princess Todd. the property
of Miss Katherine Wilks of Gait. Ont.
In the first heat she was pressed by
Junior Watts, but the second heat she
gathered in easily. Miss De Forest
logged home winner in the pacing
division of the F'uturity.
The 216 was the best race of the
day. Eva Tanguay, the New York
mare, barely gained the first heat by a
neck from Baron Aberdeen. The Sec
ond heat looked like a dead heat be-
tween Peter Red and Eva Tanguay,
but the judges saw Peter first. Geers.
driver Of Peter Red. had speed to
spare in the two remaining heats.
The meeting will close tomorrow
with the classic Massachusetts and
Blue Hill stakes and the I'll pacing
class. -
AMERICAN HORSE BREEDERS En-
TuRITY = TRoTrING = PURSE s70O8-
FOALS OF 1908.
Miss stokes, b +. by Peter the Great
u. McDonaidl ............,-..,...,....- i
1
Peter Thompson. 5 tseriil1. s. ?. E. ..3s 5
Lottie Lee, (White)................ a
Mamie Guy. CHI ( Qsameln). ...........ds
Time-2.14a, 2.i22.
BREEDER FUTURITY - TROTTING-
PURSE ss000-F'OALS OF 1909
Princess Todd blk f, by Kentucky
Todd tAndreWs) .......................1 I
Junior Watts, b tMurphy).s
Tile Amazon. b tCarpenter) .........4 2
BELGRADE. b h Young).............,... 4
Tine-2.1SI, 2.17s.
BREEDER FUTURITY - Pc NC
PURSE $S009-FOAI.S OF 1893
Miss De Forest, b f. by The De Forest
a. McDoDald9 ..........s. =. I
Fleeta Americas. br tGeers5 :..:...5
Olive O'Bierne, b tCox). 3
Time-2.113, 2.137.
ZIG CLASS, TRoTTING--PURsE 1900
Peter Red b h, by Peter the
Great tGeerS) ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS l I
Eva Tanguay. b IN tMnrpby}....1 2 50
Baron Aberdeen. br & Carpenteri2 3
Baden, br Rodney).............5 :
hedelia. b m (Titer). ,.............4 s g. no
A Laundry. b tBitherl..........s 5ro
jeremiah. b h CA. McDonaId). =. s. 10 6ro
Sterling Hall, h (Maloney).,..s9 7ro
Porter Oil Fielter, blk m INC
Grathl Observation-Disclosures sro
Stamford, b (Hydel. 3 10ro
Time-2l4s, 2l5s, 21A. 2.lSs.