The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1913-09-16
Graduate Of Half Mile Tracks Is
One Of the Sensations of
Grand Circuit
HAS WON HIS LAST Fl
i STARTS; LOSES 3 HEATS
Wonderful Chestnut Will Bring
Fame To Owner Butler and
Driver Ryan
~ RALPH 1. YoNKER.


come the worlds champion PAGER.
" Thts IL the belief of the trainer and
Z driver Of Directum |, John Ryan, and
y II the horses owner, James Butler. a
W0althy grocer OF New York. II Is
4 SHARED in BY the experts OF the mar
Y. noUs track, who see In the sensational
4 hosse one OF the wonders OF the turf.
With only two Grand Circuit races
v ~ hin credit. Directum ! yesterday
4 hod no trouble whatever In beating
4 nold Of PAGERS which included the rec
0Guisod stars OF the circuit. There
4 Wns Walter Cochato, that Directum
! he's had to beat before this season;
i I1ower Direct. BsRnham Baughman.
With Cox driving; Longworth B.. IN
4 front OF Murphy, and Zombrewer, one
Il ~ the few great grays.
Not 4 horse In that notable list.
Showever, gave Directum q battle, yes
1oeday. Just q little better than the
4 4o1t one was Ryan's horse always.
u No took the lead In each OF the two
h(nts he paced. and held 1t without
IN culty. In spite OF q stin south
U WInd. hindering on the stretch. Direc-
n tn went the distance in 2:O4 IA
\! - 1:os ~.
Like perfect machine Directam
zSpoeka. He IL as steady az clock
fXoQk There wasn't . break nor even
snn lnelination to break during the
31Glpe around the oval.
4 n Berectum ID wonderfully easy to
Il Anndlo, according to his driver, Ryan.
4 ~ noods little urging or little steady
Sfnk. Other horses fail to bother him.
Va oRe creeps up he simply goes lit
Y 1lo stronger and little steadier. The
zFG1no over his back scarcely move;
3 ~ whip IL motionless.
Is )lroctum has had three starts on
N81nnA Circuit tracks and has won
4 o6 recess. His nrst race was at
d Httturd, where he took the 2:O6
\ w. With purse Of $1,000. His next
Skes Il Syracuse. last week. where ne
" 0ok the 3:O6 pace with Q purse OF
|Vn4 ~. At that time he set a mark
@ 20 IA for himself In the fourth
E0xt, which II going some for even
~ best Of the PAGERS. Yesterday
- took his third race In easy fashion.
81 The chestnut horse comes to the
n ~ Line from the eastern half-mile
sSf6nko with Z great record. Last year
<von IS straight races. He lost
S!taIv two Aeats In the entire year.
!}1o Voa nine 81 200 stakes. one $4,000
a ~. and two free-for-alls. setting
4 ~ during the year Of 2:0S Ia.
TIL year he. had already won the
n races that he had started In on
Il half-mile tracks before he entered
E4ko Grand Circuit. He took ave $1,000
n kpoo and q $4,000 before he was
1uated to the Big Line. At Mon
4 NJ. n. r.. he paced the third heat OF
= Faco IN z:Ol IA, and at Goshen he
4 f11 the third heat In 2:O2 81.
pot1d's record for . half-mile track.
I, The nrut year Directum was raced
\ - he tracks In the east he won hve
\ ~ mo eight starts he made.
l11o Grand Circuit performance IN
Y 11onoo only one lost heat. That was
$1K syracuse. when he broke badly at
X ~ word and never had q chance to
eln tie heat.
Detnctum was trained entirely By
b nyni No other man has handled
n ~ oG an
y H. breeding Is Of the best HIS
n 3o D(rectum Kelly, owned by But
b wv. r "a NJ z NJ. winner. His dam,
II y8ofln won six races on the Great
# t&Fn circuit In one year. losing
nA1 one heat during the entire sea-
NJ Batter takes especial pride In
ksl&k norse. He was here from New
k<Y6fk. yestorday, purpOsely to see the
Il horoos race. and was nightly pleased
4 Nnon ~ copied so handily.
~ nj
h ~ Hi to break into the light har-
nall Of fame that holds those
IxGc0 who have handled worlds
nm<1ons. Ryan IL a young driver
10 not attained that fame that
$3.50 TO some of the older men.
&he names OF Geers, Mcdonald,
nkv and Cox are mentioned,
x q not among them. But II
knm proves worthy of the pre-.
- that have been made for him.
w1ll join the noted list
ilam ! has never yet been fore.
Is limit to win race said
3&fter yesterdays victory. Il
thn& he IL able to do mile
mt now, and am confident
will some day be q worlds
BY far the greatest horse
x In fact, he is one Of the
I have ever seen. He work:
kn0hlno. and II never annoyed
6Sot ~ other horses.
vo1d no special methods II
<n. He haa been used Jus
10 uorxes but he has had
tooa the rest"
8 49, FAiR ENTRIES.