New Britain herald., 1915-10-26
BIG FOUR DRIVERS LEAD ALL OTHERS
Murphy, Geers, Cox and M'Donald Far in Fore in Grand Circuit Wins

New England, Oct. 26.-The trot- ters and pacers that are giving New England the best racing it has en- joyed in years are at the Hillsgrove track, just outside of Providence, this week, and the entry points to some really fine sport.
 Racing at The Grove" has al- ways been popular with followers of the tWlce-arounds, and the meeting which opens tomorrow with the added attraction of some live Grand Circuit blood should with Indian summer weather be the best fall racing car nlval in long time.
 Practically all of the horses that gave Windsor such a good meetlng are now quartered at the track The classes at Hillsgrove are somewhat changed from those of last week, and With the few horses that have cut In TOT last try for winter money the fields will line up differently.
 The program for this week is: Tues day, 2:25 pace, 2:12 pace, 2:25 trot; Wednesday, 2:19 trot, 2:16 pace, 2:O9 pace; Thursday, 2:16 trot, free-for- all pace, 2:20 pace; Friday, 2:22 trot, 2:14 pace, 2:1S pace, 2:13 trot.
 Tho Grand Circuit Season.
 The New York Sun" in an exhaus- tive review of the Grand Circuit has the following interesting facts and figures:
 The Grand Circuit opened at North Randall July 19 and closed at Lex ington October IT, during which time 206 races were trotted and placed and $427,2S5 paid out in stakes and pur- ses. Notwithstanding that it was the rainiest season in racing history the average time was the lowest on record-2:0S 1-5 for 593 heats trot- ted and paced in races.
 The 6-year-old stallion Peter Scott owned by Henry W. Oliver of Pitts burg and raced by Tommy Murphy, easily was the first horse of the year. He won thirteen races and $36,2S5, lowering all previous records for races and money won, Baden's twelve vic- tories and $35,775 having been the best.
 Murphy, for the eighth consecutive year leads the reinsmen, with total winnings of $8S,363, and Peter the Great, 2:07 IA, heads the table of winning sires with $6S,634 to his credit.
 How hard the picking is for all ex- cept few reinsmen is aptly shown in the fact that although 3O1 driv- CTS accepted mounts in the Grand Circuit only fifty won races. All told there were 206 contests, and of these a full 100 were won by that well known four of the Big Six-Murphy, Geers, Cox and Lon McDonald-who have finished in this order for two years.
 The Columbus driver, Charley Val entine, who has been steadily improv- ing his place as a Grand Circuit win ner, is in fifth place and Billy An drews, although a sunstroke put him out of the circuit at Syracuse, main tains his position as one of the six.
 Record of the Drivers.
 w. L. Snow had the least success full of dozen years, which permitted Curt Gosnell, driver of Single G., and Ben White, who drove the Pastime Stables winners after Andrews be- came incapacitated, to take positions close to the top for the first time.
 It is noteworthy that while that re- markable coterie of drivers, Murphy, Geers, Cox and Mcdonald won 101 times, they were placed in 216 oth- CTS. Following is list of the driv- CTS that made a prominent showing: