Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1912-08-01
EARLY ENTRIES GIVE PROMISE
OF EXCELLENT CARD OF
HARNESS EVENTS.
GET GRAND CIRCUIT WHINE RS
Harness Animals Will Appear in Primo
After Succes COMPETE
ton During Summer.
BOOK SEVERAL OF PATCHEk FAMILY

The horse races at the Wisconsin
State Fair will be genuine speed
events. This is indicated by the
large number and excellent merit OF
the entries already recorded. The
number of entries in the eight events
already closed nearly equals that for
the entire fifteen events last year.
Several OF the horses booked are be-
lieved to be faster than any on the
grounds last year. 1t Is o@r~>I~4 that
some new track records will be estab-
lished.
A. w. Prehn, superintendent OF
speed, secured 141 entries for the
eight early closing races. Among
these horses are several which have
made remarkable records during the
last two years, and some OF them this
year were racing in mid season form
as early as I'm June, so that, barring
accidents, they should be in condi-
| ton to give excellent exhibitions at
the fair in September, as all Of them
Will be trained on the best circuits
| throughout the summer.
Some Winners Coming.
In the 2:06 pace are included
Molly Darling, Gold Seal and Ginger,
| in the field OF seventeen fast ones"
Molly Darling began the season by
winning a 2;09 pace in the Grand
Circuit races, in Lansing, Mich, on
July 4, in straight heats The best
time was 2:08 "A She has been show
ing well since.
Ginger won the 2:08 race on the
new track in Perry, Iowa, by win
ming three of the first four heats
His best time was 2:07 "a Gold
Seal won the first heat and second
place in the 2:06 pace at Lansing
The Grand Rapids and Kalamazoo
races have demonstrated that even
these fast horses have stiff work cut
out for them at the fair, as several
of the winners Of these later races
will compete with them. Among
them are Sunny jim, Braden Direct,
Don and Henry II, all entered in the
206 pace. Sunny Jim won the 2:07
pace at Grand Rapids. His best
| time was 2:06 a Braden Direct was
| third and Don fourth. In the 2:07
pace at Kalamazoo, Braden Direct
turned the tables on Sunny Jim, TAX
| ing first place, Sunny Jim third, and
Don fourth. His best time was
2:05 a. Henry Fl won the Ala pace
at Grand Rapids and made mark
of 2:0SA.
A field OF twenty-six has been
booked for the 2:l3 pace. A horse
expected to demand attention in this
class is Tally b. This horse has won
four fast races In succession. Among
them the 2:17 pace at Perry, Iowa,
and the 2:17 pace at La Porte City,
Iowa, both against fast fields. Also
entered In this class are Princess
| Patch, Pearl Patch, both daughters
of Dan Patch. world champion har-
ness horse, and Alice Hunter. Prin-
cess Patch won the 2:19 pace in the
races in Lansing. Her best time was
2:11&.
Pearl Patch easily made class in
the 2:14 pace at Lansing, but was
beaten by Joe Patchen IL, another
member of the family, who surprised
his competitors and the crowd by
stepping IA mile in 2:07A. Alice
Hunter made n fine showing in the
Perry, Iowa, races in June, but had
only begun her season and was not
In the best of training. She gave
promise OF making much faster
classes before the end of the season.
In the Grand Rapids races, Warner
| Hall l.!
in the 2;13 pace here by winning to
tho $40 pace against the fast field.
AT Kalamazoo Pearl Patch again
proved her worth by defeating Henry
II In the ala pace for the Columbia
Hotel stake,
Good Trottcrs Booked.
Onward Todd and Ella Todd are
among the thirty~six entries in the
2:16 trot. Onward Todd was third
In the 224 trot at Lansing and ELLA
Todd won fourth place in the 2:19
trot on the same program.
Fourteen entries are booked in
the 2:25 pace: II In the $3.50 pace;
l 2 in the Syear-old pace: Is in the
1880 trot, and in the 3-year-old
trot
Entries In the 2:10 pace, AIS
pace. 220 pace. 2:O9 trot. 2:1S trot.
$3.50 trot. and 2:24 trot do not
close until Thursday, August l5.
Many good horses already have been
entered for these races. The aggre-
gate purses for the pacing contest is
$l0,500 for the trotting races,