The Washington herald., 1912-07-22
Grand Circuit Meeting
Starts at Detroit To-day
Is of Exceptional Interest Because of Rich Stakes In
v0lyed and the Number and Class of
the Horses, Entered.
BY L. ID. SALE.

The Grand Circuit meeting, which opens
this afternoon at Detroit is Of exception
al interest, first, because of the rich
stakes involved, and. second, because Of
the number and class of the horses en-
tered In each event
No less than nineteen horses are ex-
pected to start in the $4,000 NJ. N.
2.24 trot, and no less than fifteen In
the 5000 Chamber of Commerce 2:13 pace
The class in the NJ. & NJ. pa trot in
cludes such fast horses as Bergen. Beirne
Holt, Dictator Todd. Queenworthy. and
Dorsch Medium. The remainder have yet
to win their spurs. On form, Queen
worthy should open favorite- Bergen is
Just as speedy as the mare, but thus
far in his campaign has not proved him
self as reliable.
Beirne Holt is a high class colt this
year. He was speedy enough last sea-
son, but had the bad habit of going into
the air just when good manners were
most needed The famous Western driver.
Red" Gerrity,- has him in tow, and
thinks he has got him fixed SO he will
race steadily Dictator Todd is liable
to make trouble for the others in the
NJ NJ. If he feels good. Geers will
be behind either Dorsch Medium or Ber-
gen. as goth horses are in his stable.
Dictator Todd and Queenworthy are in
master reinsman will elect to start 10
not known at this hour. The NJ. & NJ.
will be pulled of Thursday.
Big Race Wednesday.
The Chamber of Commerce 5000 2:13
pace will be pulled on Wednesday. The
class of the field comprises the crack
young PAGERS Joe Patchen II and Pat
Logan, which, il is claimed, can race in
2:OS or better: Sadie Hal Grand Opera.
and Chimes Hall. and we shall be disap-
pointed IL they do not figure in the sum-
maries about in that order. Although
the season is young, the son of Joe
Patchen, 2:o2k. has met nothing in his
fields to interest him materially. He is
In Flaming's stable, is a powerful horse,
and heavy tracks or smooth going are
alike to him. Sadie Hal, 2:05H. is in
Shows stable. This fact and the other
fact that she is by the unbeaten Direct
Hal is in her favor. However. We pick
Grand Opera to win second money and
Sadie Hal to win third money.
The curtain raiser this afternoon will
consist of a 2:15 pace. PIG trot, 2:05
pace, and possibly a 2:07 trot-a card that
must prove attractive. The stellar events
OF the day are necessarily the two last
named. In the 2:0S pace are such crack
PAGERS as Branham Baughman, in CoX's
stable, and c. The Limit. in Macey's
man at Grand Rapids. but the bay son
of Gembetta Wilkes put il all over the
son of Searchlight at Kalamazoo. At
this distance it Is hard to pick the win
ner. If each horse is in form this after
noon followers of turf events viii read
of a desperate duel between the two
pacing stations.
zombrewer Entered.
The gray mare Zombrewer is also on
the card, and while she has as much
speed as either of the stations. she does
not seem to be able to carry it more
than one heat Perhaps, however, Snow
may have made some improvement in
her during the past two weeks.
In the 2:07 trot much depends on just
how good Murphy has got r. T. c.. the
champion money winner of 1911. There
was nothing in the fields of last year
to drive him to his limit OF speed. It
may be said that he literally raced by
himself. We pick Dudie Archdale.
2:o6h. as the horse that will drive him
out to his fullest limit, and We shall not
be surprised If she does not give him
beating. Baron May is also on the card,
and IL he is real good will prove a dan
gerous factor in the race. The others
are Nancy Royce. Gold Dollar dame
last week., and Todd Mac.
We can see nothing in the 2l0 trot on
Tuesday but the Bingara steed, Baden
Cox. however. has got Chatty Direct 60
ing good. She is a consistent race mare. |
fast and game. as are all Of the Director |
family, and Baden must needs be on |
his good behavior to head her to the |
wire If the heats are split, she is
liable to win. The free-for-all pace on |
Friday. with such horses listed in it as |
Vernon Mckinney. Independence Boy, |
and Sir R., should prove to be worth /
many miles to witness. The
two first-named are equal to miles in
two minutes or better in a race. Prob
ably Vernon Mckinney is the fastest
PAGER now racing in all the wide world.
but he has not always proved to be re-
liable. Independence Boy was the pac-
ing sensation OF 1910 1t is doubtful II
he is as good now as he was then. Few
horses hold edge for three successive
seasons: most horses do not retain their
racing form over one season after they
have passed the 2:O5 mark.