The Washington herald., 1911-07-09
By i. ID. SALE.

curtain VIII rise on the hlstor3c Grano
Circuit, under the auspices of the In
diana Trotting Horse Breeders Asso-
citation.
For the first time since the Grand Cir
cult was organized-more than twenty
five years ago-the beautiful city of In
dianapolis-intimately associated in the
memories of men with Oliver P. Norton
Benjamin Harrison, and Thomas A. Hen
dricks-has the honor of opening the
series of the most interesting and re-
markable light harness contests thus far
invented by man. Wonderful have been
our achievements along industrial lines
and great will be the fruitage in the
years to come.
Marvellous is our inventive genius along
all lines of human activity; but when We
shall have told of all that has been &C"
complished during the more than 15o
years Of our national existence, nothing
will stand out more distinctly than the
fact that within the past half century
we have built up, by scientific processes
and from incongruous elements, type
of horse, the like of which did not pre-
viously exist elsewhere on the face OF
the globe
It is this type of horse that will fill
the public eye and draw thousands to
witness his deeds on Tuesday next and
for the three months to come. 1t Is this
type of horse that publishers of news
papers throughout the United States, for
three months to come, will spend thou
sands upon thousands of dollars in press
tolls and salaries in order that the public
may know in what manner he won his
victories We shall probably read dur
ing the three months to come that records
that were deemed impregnable have fall
en-, and we shall look to the future for
still greater triumphs.
The aggregate amount of money in
prizes hung up by the Indiana Trotting
Horse Breeders Association is S1,00O.
The total amount hung up by the various
track associations connected with the
Grand Circuit, will be in the neighbor-
hood Of a half a million of dollars. The
opening of the Grand Circuit is always
all interesting feature to men who fol-
low the light harness horses. None but
the cream of the light harness horse
world enlist in the Grand Circuit series.
A horse must have done things before
his owner and trainer makes his final
payment. A man may enter ever so good
a horse; but the chances are more than
even that when the results are summed
up some bewhiskered individual from the
baekwoods brings one forward that is a
trife better.
The opening of the Grand Circuit is
watched with interest by horsemen, or
those interested in horses, because it
gives one the opportunity to get a line
on the horses listed in the circuit. Long
before Detroit is reached, horses will be
drawn as not being good enough to go |
the entire route. This class of horses
will seek the Middle West and far West |
ern half-mile tracks with the hope of
picking up easy money. The Indi-
annapolis meeting will last only four days. !
On July II the Grand Circuit meeting
at Kalamazoo begins. The meeting at
this point is a fve-day one. Since the
lay Flora Temple trotted to a worlds
record of PIG 3-4 in 1855 the Zoo town
has been noted for record breaking feats. !
The track is one of the best in Michigan,
and, while hard, is fast. On July "A
will begin the meeting at Grand Rapids, |
a city in which light harness horse in
terest is quite as great as it is at Kala- |
mazoo. The meeting at Grand Rapids
will last four days.
On July 81 Detroit will swing into line
with six days meeting. Nowhere else
on this continent can better racing be
seen than at Detroit. The two great
classics of the Detroit track draw hither |
annually the best trotters and PAGERS
that can be found in the country. No |
where else along the line of the Grand |
Circuit do such crowds assemble as can |
be seen at Detroit. The citizens of that |
town-bankers, merchants, and profess
5ional men-aIl take a few days OF to /
zee the Grand Circuit trots. Women bs-
longing to the highest ranks of society /
don their glad rags and revel in a week |
cf sport, and. for the time being, be- /
come horsey. We, in dear old Washing |
ton, cannot catch the spirit of the scene. |
We have no Grand Circuit and we shall |
probably never have one; our tastes run |
n other directions.
There is always good sport at Cleve- !
and (sans betting), and the Grand Cir
cult meeting at that city begins August |
7 and runs FIVE days, The Orange County |
Driving Park Association, whose head |
quarters are at Goshen, will open its
gates August p and close them on the /
night of August 25 The association
named is a new member of the Grand |
Circuit and puts up $4,000 in purses for
norsemen to contest for.
Grange County is the home of multi
None but men of this class;
hone but men who are ardent horsamen
and who do not count the cost, would
venture into such a meeting as is out
ined for Goshen. But as its hackers are
such people as Mrs. z. H. Hartman. J.
Howard Ford. and others OF great wealth,
any person who wins purse win be
sure to get his money.
From Goshen the horses will go to
7eadville, from thence to Hartford. and
hen win come the great New York State
Fair, which will take place again at
syracuse. The meeting at this city will
,egin September II, and end on September
S. Columbus is not. this year, in the
Grand Circuit because OF clash In dates
A ten days meeting WILL however. be
given. With the single exception Of Lex
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