The sun., 1912-08-04
CIRCUIT FL|ERS SCORE
NEXT At P|TTSbURC
First Big Line Meeting in Penn.
sylvania for Twenty
Years.
MATRON STAKE on CARD
Great Contest Of Thrcc-Year-
OldS Expected Feature
Other Colt Races.
MATRON STAKE on CARD

When the Grand Circuit fiers left
North Randall, they were billed TO Pitts
burg. where this week there will take
place the first Grand Circuit meeting in
Pennsylvania in twenty years. Time was
when the Keystone State was very much
on the racing map, the meetings AZ oid
ilomewood Paik in rittaburg and at
Point Brceze and Belmont parks in phila-
de!ph!a having been of the best hut when
- stop was put to betting. racing In
that state came to an end SO far az the
mile tracks were concerned II having
been demonstrated in other states In the
past two years. that Grand Circuit sport
can be had without the revenue from bet
ting I'ittsburg horsemen were prCmpte0
to attempt to restore racing In their CITY,
The stake and purse offerings aggre-
gate $42, 900 and all the noted Grand Cir
cult horses are engaged. PittsburGs
meeting will be held over the mile track
on Brunots Island. which Is In the Ohio
River Just a few hundred feet below the
point where the Allegheny and Monon-
gahela rivers come together. The track
is very sandy but ii is a clinging sand.
and the path IL fast. The soil absorbs
water like Il sponge and horses can he
called and raced within an hour after a
heavy fall OF rain.
The races for aged trotters and PAGERS
are made up Of about the same fields a.
for the races at Detroit and Cleveland.
hence interest at Pittsburg will centre
largely in the colt stakes. which are un-
usually numerous for a big meeting In
midsummer.
Particularly will the racing for the Ma
tron Stake be looked forward to, II is the
first OF the seasons three-year-old classics
and IL the pride OF the American Associa.
ton oil Trotting Horse Breeders, of which
Senator J. W. Bailey is president The
Matron Is open only to members, but so
well is 1t supported that its value an
nually reaches $4,000 Probably a dozen
| will face the starter and among them will
be Adlon, 212la. and Graham Bellini.
2:1l',. which fought out desperate race
Of four heats last week. When these two
arade on Monday the question will he
! asked by Kentucky New York and Ca
madam horsemen Can they carry the
| clip against Princess Todd?' This filly
| won in 2:l4a. and 12ia as 2-year-old
and she will be driven by W. j. Andrews.
Others likely to start nre The Earnest.
which has been In 2 O3a, this year:
Sienna. by Peter the Great Orphant An
ME. by Ed Custer: Baldy McGregor. by
Jay McGregor and Junior Watts by Gen.
Waits go 2.06a..
1t does not often happen that the men,
| bers of the Grand Circuit cater to the
| two -year-olds. but from now on through
! the big line there will he stake engage
| ments for the real babies OF the trotting
| turf On Tuesdays card at P!ttshurg
there will be found the Preparation Stake
| of $1,000. II has received sixteen nominal
tions. therefore ten or twelve ought to
| answer the bell. Never before have two
! year-olds worked SO fast as this year and
nearly all of them are in the Preparation.
| Also they are all bred In such beautiful
| lines that their performances will appeal
| to breeders as well as horse lovers. Lord
Allen among them Is the colt which last
year as a !enrlins took n record OF . :26Is.
| and for which J. Howard Ford of New
York offered $500. only to be refused.
! He is by Tregantle. ;O9L. out of a
daughter Of Bow Bells. ?:i9a,, and two
| weeks ago trotted in 2:IGi, the best
mile for a colt Of his age during all of
1911 WAS :l.'..
John +. Madden Of Lexington will start
Mcgowan, colt which took an official
| record of 2:lsi. last week. This young.
ster represents the most fashiona bic
breeding of the day and is what Madden
| calls champonship blood. Mcgowan took
~ psVae6UD0 -
of john r.. Madden and he is Il son of
Vice Commodore. 81, who Is by Bingen,
2;o6'! out of Marion by Arion. ::o7s..
and she out OF Nancy Hanks. . :04. The
| dam of Mcgowan is Fanella. 2:l3. the
dam of Sadie Nc. :06i.. and Todd by
Arion. ;o7'4 and next dam by Director.
o;l7.
or the other sure starters in tho Prep
! aration Stake Tom Minton by Vice Com.
| modore has been Il trial In 2:lS'.. Sweet
| Alic" h. Moko in 2:la,., cegantle by
| Tregnntle in 2:ls and Nowaday Girl in
2:lSia.
| Instead Of Tavern Steak for
amateurs the Pittsburg meeting will have
| a Professional Drivers Stake In this
| the original nominating fee was 81 for
hnr ~, oil tkS, tnNt fno 10
| To the race and all surplus over $4,000
| to 20 to the winning drivers. There are
thirty eligible ones. including Biernc Holt.
2:lli,; Ruth McGrcgor, :oSi. Dave
Halle. .o?i. Echomerc. ESQ; Annie
| Kohl. 2:o9i, Dictator Todd. 2:0si.. and
Iarrinc, 40.
There will he two preliminary races on
Monday and the four placed horses In
| each will race In nnal ON getaway day.
The event was guaranteed at $1,000. but
IT'S actual worth is $5,St3.