Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-07-16
Harness Sport Booming
Toledo's Coming Race Netting Best
of It's Kind.

Everybody interested in the light
harness horse in this section of the
country is looking forward to the great
race meeting to be given by the Toledo
Racing Company at Toledo commenc-
ing Tuesday, July 21st, 1914, and con-
tinuing until the following Saturday.
Few people realize, however, that
this, meeting is regarded by horsemen
throughout the country who are in a
position to know what they are talking
about, as the very best race meeting
to be held on a half-mile track during
this year, in the whole country, and
of course the entire world.
The trotting Sport in this section
commenced to boom several years ago
with the formation of the "Michigan
Short Ship" Circuit and The "Ohio
Racing Circuit" two separate organi-
cations that have done much to ele-
vate the sport in Ohio and Michigan.
! Toledo has always, since it's member
ship, had the greatest meeting of all
the towns in both circuits, because To-
ledo is a member of both circuits and
| is the point where the two join, and
| all the horses racing in the Michigan
| ircuit meet those in the Ohio Circuit
there for the first time. Toledo, there
| fore, always has many more horses
starting in its races than any other
| town in either circuit, and the racing
is the most spirited that it is possible
to witness anywhere.
In the Michigan ircuit, Detroit,
Monroe, Jackson and Port Huron have
already held very successful meetings
at which the very best horses in the
| United States and Canada have COM
peted. Saginaw follows and then
comes Toledo. In the Ohio Circuit,
Greenville, Bellefortaine and Tiffin
precede Toledo, and from the character
of the racing that has been witnessed
in both circuits, the fur will fly when
the horses from both circuits meet at
Toledo.
An instance of the quality of the
| sport in these circuits is the perform
ance of the phenomenal 4-year-old
PAGER, Single c.. 20814, which has won
all the 100000 stakes offered for
PAGERS of his class at the previous
meetings, pacing heats with ease over
any old track in record time, and for
which an offer of S1000000 in cold
cash has been refused. This young
bear-cat is owned in ambridge City,
Indiana, and is regarded as coming
/ two minute performer.
/ The famous PAGER, DR.. Burns, Jr.,
/ 2:04 Il, set new record for the cir
cult at Jackson on July 4th, when he
! paced heat in the free-for-all in
2:06A the fastest mile raced any
where this year, beating the great
Tennessee mare, Flower Direct, 2:O1,
by an eyelash. The latter, however,
which is the fastest mare racing to-
day in the entire world, by the rec
ords, beat the fleet doctor in the next
three heats, pacing the last quarter of
| the second mile in the almost incred-
ible time of 29A seconds.
These and other great horses will
perform at the Toledo Meeting as well
as a great many other high class
horses that are entered in some of the
richest classics of the turf at the later
meetings on the Grand ircuit.
Toledo's program consists of thir-
teen or more races, including four
S1,000.00 early closing purses, one for
each day, commencing Tuesday, and
nine or more class races for purses of
4 $4,000. There will be three or more
races each day. More horses will start
than ever before at meeting in this
part of the country. The Association
has spared no pains nor expense to
secure the best o. .cials obtainable,
and have secured F. A. Upton, of
Charlotte, N. Y, to do the starting,
while R. S. Strader, proprietor of the
famous "forkland Farm" at Lexington,
Kentucky, will act as presiding Judge.
The presence of these two men in
the judges stand insures sharp racing
of the very cleverest kind, and there
will not be dull moent during the en-
tire week. Lowers famous band will
play every afternoon. Racing starts
promptly at 300 o'clock. The free
for-all pace, with a number of truly
famous horses entered, is scheduled
for Tuesday, the first day. No one
who loves a good horse should miss
this race.