The San Francisco call., 1913-07-31
AVE RAGE SPEED
RECORDS BROKEN
Grand Circuit Races Each
Furnishes Torrid Finish
and Thrill

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. July 30
The largest audience that ever assem-
bled: at a race course here saw a
worlds record for average speed bro
ken in today's program of grand cir
cult racing.
OF the Is heats. paced or trotted. the
slowest was the 2:091r, by Strath-
storm. The .speediest was Stetbrino
Lads o:o4H, in the third heat of the
2:07 pace. The average time for 10
heats was 2:0e 9-15
Every race was featured by split
heats and torrid finishes.
The Furniture Manufacturers $4,000
stake for PIP trotters, feature event
Of the meet, started with Tommy Horn
ruling a strong favorite. The Indiana
horse showed justification for this con-
Sidenee only in the first heat, which he
won with ease.
In the second heat rush by Tenara
landed the Madden entry winner and
brought the time down to 2:o5A, which
constituted a race record for trotter
at Comstock track.
Tenara. despite her evident lame
ness, outgamed and. outstepped the
field in the third and fourth heats,
thereby. gaining the long end OF the
heavy purse.
fulfilled expectations after dropping
the first heat to Marigold. hard driven
by Murphy.
The 2.17 pace offered the unusual
spectacle of horses IN this slow class
stepping the course as speedily as
those in the ten seconds faster divis-
ion. Mack Thistle in the first heat
won handily in 2:05a. He repeated in
the second in a full second faster time.
The unexpected happened in the
third heat when Strathstorm nosed
out Mack Thistle. Then just at dusk
the performance was repeated and the
race was declared over until Thurs
day. !.
Eula Belle. winner of the Tavern
"Steak. ateGleveland few weeks ago,
and who gave Uncle Biff such bat
tie in the Grand Rapids Railway stake
TUESDAY. stiied in her stall this after
noon of. Indigestion. She was owned
by ]. J. Mooney of Toledo, Q. She
was years old. Summaries.
e:o7 class pacing. purse $1,000 three in ,s, hys,
Sfctbrinc Lad ch. g.. by Stetbrine
Bertha Best (Rodncy9 ......-. }
iowa Todd br. 3. by Todd Wyneta
warner sm'nl Hail. blk :. Il. Renyouj..2
Eddie billiard. ch. g Snow ...-..
Nellie Temple b. N. tMurphy) .....
Holly Brand. b. e. fChilds) 1900. ,
Gordon Prince Jr., blk s. tErwin).. = HE
King Daphne, blk. s. tFrost -...-
Time-2:o4ss. 2:o4ss. 2:o4E. 2:o41s:
The Furniture Manufacturers stake, $10.0OO,
2:1c class frot. three in Ave-.
Horse and Driver Finish
Tenara b. M, by oko-Terentia
fADdrews) ) ]
Tommy Horn. b. g.. by Otto Wilkes
Arfrene fMcDonald) .....--.-.... Z
hudson Girl, b. m. fCox) ..-.-.....-7
Dago. b. &. tN. Grady .---.,.-....2 3
Fan Patch blk. m. tJ. .Benyon).... 9 =
Lady Grattan. ch. m. tGeers) -....6 Q
Black Cat blk. m. fRay)
Castle Dome b. 8. Dodge .s.-..a.
Time-2:o7ls. 2:oosl 2:osa. 2osA
2:0s class tret. purse $1,000; two in three:
Horse and Driver Finish
Cheney. b. M. By Medium LineNellie
Belamour (Fieming) ..-...-.......
Marigold b. NJ. by Delham-A Agnes Won
oakdale g. e (McDonaldi ..-..s..... 3 . 3
Robert Milroi b. &. fSnow) ........... 4
Fafa b. e. (Andrews) ..s........... g !
Binyola b. s. (Snedecker) ........... 6 8
Time-2 orr 2:o4s4 2:osi4
2:1T class pace. purse $1,000, three in ave
(unfnishedl:
Horse and Driver Finish
Mark Thistle, b. g.. by Thistle
Steadman) ..s..-.....
Strathstrom, b. s.. by Adstrom Afur-
Tshyb -: ..--....-.-- . i
Tipton. b.. T. -(Rodney 3 3. 3
Baysure. b. 2. tRay1 ..-...........
Hetty Green. b. m. fPorter) -.......5 >
Cossa. br. m. 'tSrowl .........-..-.
Alice X b. m. fA1cMahon) ........
sDistanced. 4withdrawn.
Time-e:o5a4. 2:o4a4. 2:o7is. 2:oela.