The Detroit times., 1917-07-26
1917 Renewal of NJ. & NJ. Trot
Is One Dandy Horse Race
Classic Is Thrilling
Scamper All the
WAY

circuit program for Thursday after
noon will be the free< orall pace,
which will bring out such steeds as
Hay Boy. Russell Boy. Ben Earl, Sin
gle G. and GOldie C.. A new seasons
record for a mile is expected. The
2.lO tfotters also Will have
chance today. and so viii Ihe 2.lo
hign-steppers This latter trot VIII
bring out another OF those huge
fields.
For all that a hundred or so OF
sporty folks liked down 10 the back
turn and crawled thru a hole IN the
fence to gamble on the NJ. * Va.
Wednesday afternoon. there we're
numerous indications that beueT
harness racing Will pay in Detroit.
There was an excellent crowd out
for the Board OF Commerce pace
TUESDAY, and thu throns that law
The NJ & NJ. Wednesday jammed the
big stands and overfowed. II IL
doubtful II larger crowd has seen
any recent NJ & VI. troi. These
folks knew little OF the heavy bet
ting in the tents just over the coun-
" llUts anu tNANA itocF ~
there 10 see the racing.
Close TO $4,000 was gambled on
the NJ. & NJ yesterday, according 10
the track gossip. For a wsile II
looked as If one norseman from the
east would pull down all the money.
lie h the fellow VINO horned in on
every auction and bid in Al Mack.
His horse won the first two heats,
and one more such scamper by the
Murray steed would have resulted
In one OF the biggest cleanups in the
history OF the game.
Busy's Lassie and Lucille Spies
were the favorites in various pools
Usually the Cox horse sold for $3.50
the Detroit mare for $500 and
Wilkes Brewer and A. Mack FOR
around $3.50. The other starters
brought 500 or less in 81 900 pools
Lucille Spler, on which the patriot
&c Detroit money went. didn't show
enough speed TO win this race
wilkes Brewer refused 10 behave
and lost out thru frequent and un-
timely breaks. Ridgemark chal
icngrd once in while. but got no
where. Miss Perfection really was
the >urprise OF the race. Mcmahon
Grove this mare right up there in
Two heats, and gave Cox some bad
sAres.
Al Mack looked like a million dol
lars in first two heats. but later in
the day II wa apparent that Cox
had the better horse in Busy's Las
sie. This driven let AL Mack wear
a. I'D a. n q
In the third heat. A smashing mn
ish gave him the lead by inches.
Thereafter the race belonged TO
Cox.
This years renewal of the VI. &
NJ. was the most spectacular In sew
eral years. This time ii had some
thing besides mere prestige 70 rec
ommend IT, The Wednesday sum
mary:
". A VI. stake. 2ios Trot, $4,000
gusy's Lassie. b. m. by
Peter the Great-Miss &,
Al Mack. b. H.. by Nc
Lintock Murray go. l
Ridgemark. b. g. Gray. .
Mac ns'' Perfection. b. m.
sp sMsMsnP 5. :. jchiid:,. IS ; :r::
Lucille spier. 3. m. MUIR
NJ T. J.. b. q. cLeonardj : I 70
wilkes Brewer. ch. m.
ROYAL Knight. b. h.
Straight yMRbt's sail. b. m. wal.
Ti@e-,:osx. i;oIH. a:o7H. s.OTH
AIR Pace. 5000
Ben Billings, CHI, by Bingen
tJamison) .............. ~ I I !
Ardelie. 70. N. (whitshead). 5 s 3
Frank r.. blk. h. CT. Flem-
p. ,as r.. 81 Sr,. T. .i;y;aii.n,in.j. : );
Dsrkey Todd. blk. m. Gas
Sailor Redisc. blk. q. tBeilj. ! 7dr
Don r., en-. h. Murphy 49,. ] ds
spy Direct. b. h. tGeers) III ds
Able Bond. b. m. fwhite). IL ds
Olive r.. b. m. (Rodney). -. Dis
AL Mckinney. blk. m. Floyd de
aos Pace. $1,000
Northern Man (Dsy) go. All 1
Musseil shell, ch, g.. by Boze-
man (v. F1emine) .....
Canute. b. h.. Lee) ........ 3 )
Mary Rosaline Parr. blk. m.
cleo nI X, eh m. sheridan ; Gar
Peter Grernwsde (McDonsid) 4 d.
Time--2:osA. 2:o7L. 2.o7h. 2;o7h.
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