The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-08-05
GRAND RAPIDS Week
OF BIG RACES WAS
One OF VERY BEST
(By Tom Cahagan.)

Grand Rapids. Mich. Aug. 5.-As
predicted last week the grand circuit
horses went crazy with speed whel.
they struck Comstock park, and the
meeting here during the past week
must go down in harness-horse his
tory as one of the greatest in the his
tory of the sport. both from "A speed
standpoint and also for close contests.
No greater day of racing was ever
witnessed on any track han on We'd
nesday. when the $4,000 stake was
raced. Fifteen heats. which averaged
right at 2:06, every n of which was
fought out right to the wire, was the
record for the day, and it had even
the most blaze of the circuit follow.
ers on edge. after the rather tame ex-
hibition seen during the previous two
weeks over the slow tracks at Ft.
Erie and Brunot's Island.
No grand circuit meeting in the big
line is better managed than those at
Comstock park. but the local associa-
ton in the past has been rather un-
fortunate, the grand stand burning
two years ago just On the eve of the
meeting: his. combined with the gem
eral apathetic attitude of the local
%populace toward the sport, making the
future grand circuit racing here rath-
err uncertain. This season there ap-
pears to he a big change for the bet
ter. Messrs. Dodson and Dietrich. the
men in charge. for months have al
lowed no n to forget that the meet.
ing here would he the real big show,
and. combined with the appearance OF
the champion Uhlan in a record
breaking mile. interest has been ex-
cited. the fruit of which will he the
making of this city one of the hest
on the circuit. Things broke right for
the association this year, after many
past disappointments.
The victory of Tenara in the So,
600 Furniture Manufacturers stake
makes it look that the hay mare will
go to the post favorite for the NJ. and
NJ. stake at Detroit. She is lame, it
is true. but she has heen so for some
time, and this did not prevent her
stakes raised this season. Many of the
so-called wise set minimized her
chances here on account of the firm
track. figuring that the soft going at
Fl. Erie was Just suited to her infrm-
itN. A trotter with real class viii,
show we'll in any kind of going. anc.
since Wednesday, there is no me to
question the class Of Tenara. She is
n of the greatest green trotters
which has ever appeared. The circuit
followers. and everybody else for that
matter. raved V e Sonoma Girl and
Highball six years ago. when they
came out and were racing miles from
ZOOS to 2:07 in July. Vet Tenara steps
a second heat. while lame. in pos IA.
In h first heat here. in which she
was beaten by Tommy Horn and Dago,
h came around the outside from the
three quarters. stepping the last quar-
ter in % 1-2 seconds, a 1:5s gait. If
her lameness gets no worse I believe
that Tenara will develop into A cham
pion.
While defeated in both of the rich
stakes by Tenara. the 4-year-old tilly
Judson Girl is n that must not be
overlooked. While Tommy Horn won
the first heat and annexed second
money here. the real contender was
the flly from the Cox stable. In thu
second heat she got away adj" onh
was fifth when she reached the half.
From that point she fairly s]nanrher.d
the old, with the exception of Tenara.
trotting the last half we'll out from
the pole In 1:o1 "a and was right at
the winner in 2:n5 ga. Her only
weakness seems to be at the score;
she does not get away from the wire
Tenara. but she is a youngster at
the game and has speed enough to ac-
quire the 4-year-old championship,
now held by Joan ct 2:oa "a.