The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-01-11
DATES F0R=THE .
GRAND CIRCUIT

5lRIVU UIlUUI
NEW YORK, Ian. 11-Grand Cir
cult harness racing will undergo I'M
portant changes next summer as the
result of action taken at the annual
meeting OF stewards held here. In the
allotment OF dates made public last
night New York city and Pittsburg
are admitted to the circuit, LeXing.
ton, KY, is invited to join, Columbus
is relnstated, while indianapolis, Ind,
is withdrawn and Grand Rapids,
Mich, and Goshen, N. Y, are out for
the coming year at least. al ~"
The dates assigned are: 'a'h
Kalamazoo, Mich, July Is to 30.
Detroit, Mich. July 22'to 81.
Cleveland. Ohio, july 90 to August
g.. 'fi't9 m 70" +
Buffalo, N. Y, August to ID.
Pittsburg, Pa, August - to II.
New York, August 10 to "a. ID
Readville, Mass, August 26 to 81.
Hartford. Ct, September 2 to Z.
Syracuse, N. Y, September to Il,
Michigan State Fair, September IS
to 81. Il" f ''2N -''u
Columbus, Ohio, September 9S aud
"a. r4;I
Expected to Follow columb6s. yr
A two weeks meet at Lexington is
expected 10 follow the Columbus
meeting, If the Lexington Club ac-
cepts the late dates. 1t was stated
that the Lexington Club would proba-
bly, come in, but that 1t could not be
determined until after the annual
meeting OF the club on January 16. If
it accepts 1t will be the first time that
this great racing and breeding center
has held Grand Circuit trotting meet.
ings. The stewards have been try
ing for years TO get It to join, but Hor-
ace W. Wilson. who owned the track
for 10 years steadfastly refused to
have anything to do with the Grand
Circuit. He retired from racing last
year and the new management seized
the opportunity TO apply for member.
ship.
The New York idea is. said to be
backed by United States Senator Jo-
seph w. Bailey. of Texas, president Of
the trottlng association, who is inter
estlng owners of the Gravesend track
in the plan to hold trotting meet
there since there is little prospect of
running races this year.
Formal application in behalf of New
York was made by Andrew WEIGH, of
Hartford, CT, iwho presented certi.
fed check for $500 as guarantee
that racing would be held at the
Gravesend track and declared that he
would waive his privilege Of asking
for the return Of the money in the
event OF the racing.
In awarding New York a meet the
application of w. A. Cove, owner Of
the million.dollar track at Salem, N.
H.. was rejected. with the provision
that If plans for races here do not ma.
terialize the dates, August 10 to "a,
would be assigned to Salem,
Not Opposed to Pittsburg.
The admission of Pittsburg was un.
opposed and the racing men said they
looked forward to a successful meet
there OH Brunes Island, in the Ohio
river, H. P. Haas. owner OF the Pitts.
burg track, said Western Pennsylva.
MIA horsemen were unanimous for reg.
ular circuit meets and the sport would
find Pittsburg liberal in its support.
The stewards voted to abolish the
office OF national judge and starter,
and authorized each trotting asocia.
ton to employ a presiding Judge and
official starter, The office Of master
of transportation, formerly filled by
Charles F. Lewis, was also abolished.
A reduction in the annual dues of as.
sociations and clubs from $125 to $50
was made by unanimous vote.
H. X. Devereaux, of Cleveland, was
unanimously reelected president Of
the board Of directors, A. E, Perrin,