The Detroit times., 1911-09-18
They're OFF" At
FAIR GROUNDS
TODAY
Feature of the First Days Racing
In the Last Grand Circuit Meet
ing Is 2;o7 Trot for Purse
of $1,000.
Program of Races for the Five Days,
With Nearly 500 Entries,
Promises To Be Fast.
Nv RALPH 1. YoNkER.


The feature OF the opening day OF
tho last grand circuit races OF the
year at the State Fair grounds Is the
2.07 trot with such well-known racers
entered as Spanish Queen. 2:o4 Ia;
Willy. 2:06 IA, and Grace, 2:o6.
The rain OF Monday morning threat
aned to put the track in bad shape
fpr the opening cards. Sunday the
track was beginning to be nicely dried
out from the drenching 1t received al
y the command OF ], Pluv. last week,
and II was hoped that the sky wouldn't
leak any more before the nags got
away.
However, the downpour was very
short lived, and was Just enough to
lay the dust nicely. The track was
reported to be in excellent condition
4 few hours after the rain
The program scheduled for Monday
afternoon beginning at 2 O'Clock, with
the probable entries, is as follows;
a;l7 trot purse M.ooOMDe s;mmaps:
Hannah Louise. by The Emperor; Mel
by General Evans; Northwest by West
minister: Pansy silver. by Onward Sill
YER, Pearl Pauline, by Dancourt
a:15 pace, purse S2,0oO---Dock ", by
fiikwood. Gale, by Col. Hook: Game
Maid, by Gambrel; Lady Mercedes; by
sidney: Longworth b ny r. pntIms,
Knight. by Twelfth Night; Princess
DIrcct Hal. by Direct Hal.
2:05 pace. purse III 000--Ginger,
1.OSA: Hal Akin. 2:05Ai King Cole.
second. 2.o4M Walter W., 2:oIA; VIII
400 trot, purse sI.ooo--Tair Mar
fs svss sSs Pe teee DoTs Us s.c Snsy
spanish Queen. 2:oIA. willy 2:oek.
y A true carnival of speed" is what
the weeks races promise to be. The
track was in good shape this morning.
three DAYS of sunshine having dried
Il out nicely.
And, the horses are ready for the
best work of the season. The grand
circuit hasn't proved a rafting sue
cess this year, but from the first the
quality OF the work has improved
steadily until last week at the state
fair In Syracuse some remarkable
time was made.
1 They're on the upward trend and
fhe five days work in Detroit Is go
nR to be. according to all predictions,
the fastest of the year, With stakes
amounting TO $4,000, with ESQ horses
And among them the representatives
~ the stables of Murphy, Geers, Nc
Donald. Cox, Snow, Andrews and
Dodge starting. the predictions look
good IL only the weather man will be-
have himself.
Interest centers I'm the $4,000
Michigan stake on Wednesday. There
have been six OF these big fellows so
49, a.. A., "a. <~fl
the six have been copied by the Muir
ply stable and one by tAat OF the
veteran, Geers. r. T. c., the plow-
horse. won four Of these big ones for
Murphy and Charley Mitchell the
other. One Of these horses will en-
ter the race for the Michigan stake. |
with Anvil. Geers' fast one. out, the
event looks easy for either r. T. C.
or Charley Mitchell
But there are few nags that are |
q little to the bad In the dope who |
may be surprises. Chief of these is |
Gay Audubon who made Charley |
Mitchell go the distance in 2:06h on
q bad track at Syracuse the other
day. Lewis Forest. who got place
IA the last NJ & NJ. Chatty Direct, |
with record OF 2:O7, and Geers' the
Huguenot, are also mentioned as
dangerous to the Murphy entry.
The officials In the stand will be |
the same as those of the Blue Ribbon |
meeting with the exception OF the
starting judge. In place OF Frank
Walker. who is working In the east, |
the Massachusetts starter, Albert II.
Merrill win send the horses of. Mer-
rili oficiated at Syracuse last week |
and did excellent work with the
largest Grand Circuit fields Of the |
week to contend with. The presiding |
Judge will be A. j. Heating OF New |
York. associated with Eugene Fifieid |
Of Bay City and l. c. Webb OF Mason, |
". A. Hanrahan of Windsor, will be |
clerk OF the course