The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-04-30
IN TIE WORLD OF SPORT
NORTHWEST RACING SEASON
OPENS JULY 3 in MINOT

The horse racing game in The north
west will be opened as usual this year
in North Dakota where the seven
members of the North Dakota Racing
circuit are offering six weeks of mid
summer racing. Heretofore the state
has had two separate racing cir
cults, but for the present season the
stronger towns have combined into
one. Racing win begin at Bowbells,
June rs, and will close at Grand Forks
Aug. 2. Purses amounting to $4,000
are offered
The early fair and racing dates were
made so as to bring all sportive and
trivial matters in before harvest and
threshing begin. 1t was not long ago
that some of the horsemen thought
the last of June too early to start real
racing but in the last few years they
have decided the early sport in North
Dakota is just what is needed to get
horses in fighting trim for the bigger
fall meetings. Those that make good
in the early meetings go onto the
mile track meetings.
Big Meet ac ForkSs
The Bowbells and Minot meetings
are race meets where the horse is
the whole thing. All the other meet
lngs are in connection with fairs
where the horse will be a feature
along with the fatted calf and the
prodigal son out on a lark with his
best girl. Cooperstown has the
Griggs county fair, Valley City the
Barnes county fair, jamestown, the
Stutsman county fair, Fargo the
North Dakota state fair, and Grand
Forks it's large annual meeting
known as the Grand Forks fair.
Fargo having the state fair has the
largest programme and offers the
most money, its total purses amount
ing to $500. The Fargo programme
calls for three harness events each
day for I'VE days. Grand Forks has
two races a day for four days, and
the others have three-day meetings.
This arrangement gives the horses
time to rest and work out between
meetings. Glasses have been ar
ranged to fit the average string nicely
and are uniform throughout the
circuit.
The meetings at Bowbells and
Minot call for early closing events
for everything, entries to close June
/. After that all other meetings with
the exception of one early closing
event for green PAGERS at Fargo are
purse events closing about one week
before each meeting. This arrange
ment keeps the bear cats from
cleaning uR everything and forces
to race where they belong.
Grand Forks is offering a series of
four new plan purses that give free
entry to all horses going three heats
or more and take nothing from money
winners. The money offered nets the
winners as much as a $500 purse UNI
der the usual plan, the $500 purse be-
ing split as follows: First, $3.50;
second, SIS: third. SIS; fourth, $40. 1t
is believed this plan will make a hit
with the horsemen who have been
accustomed to going around the
country racing for their own money.
The programme and purses Of the
Individual meetings follow;
Grand forks.
Tuesday, July S0--S pace, new plan;
2:17 pace, $500.
wednesday, July $3.50 trot. new
plan; 200 pace. $500.
Thursday, Aug. 1-2:19 pace, new
plan; 2:24 pace, $500.
Friday. Aug. 2-2:15 pace. new
plan; 2:19 trot, $500.
Three-year-old trot or pace, new
plan-First money, SIS; second money,
sS5; third money. $40; fourth money,
$40; total, $3.50.
jamestown.
Tuesday, July 16-2:4O pace, $3.50;
2:SO trot, $3.50; IS mile dash, $50.
Wednesday, July 17-Free-for-alf
trot or pace, $3.50; 2:16 pace, $3.50;
local race.