Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-11
FEATURE RACING TO-DAY
FAIR GROUNDS EVENTS
SURPASS ALL OTHER MEETS
Largest Field of Entries Ever Cardcd
Is Scheduled for This Afternoon.
Eight Events.

The program at the State Fair to-
day is one of the best, II not the
best, that has ever been offered local
followers of the sport, certainly in
recent years. Due TO the fact that
rain prevented racing on Tuesday, the
events scheduled for that day were
shifted to Wednesday, and those card
ed on that day have been moved up
| and combined with the Thursday card
AS result OF this plan, to-day there
Will be three harness events and n
total OF five running races, including
the Virginia State Fair Steeplechase.
total OF hfty-nve animals has been
entered in the running events This
is undoubtedly the largest number OF
horses ever carded for single days
racing here, and the card probably
Will attract record breaking attend
ance Of racing fans.
The Commonwealth Club Handicap
scheduled for to-day. has been moved
| forward TO Friday, and will be run to-
morrow afternoon an added attrac-
ton to the brilliant array OF automo-
bile racers, who will hold the course
alter to-days events.
Secretary Horace p. Murphy has
made Il great success of the racing
AT The fair this year and has been ac-
corded well;;deserved praise for the
interest he has shown and the hirh
class of animals he succeeded in Oh
ta1ninE for the meet here
| Io-dayS card is as follows:
2:3t class trottinE. purse ,5oo-Sir ROY
Green Oh *. sire Miller Green. Edge iii iii
S' OK f frr Sh+%sXle va MajqT Waiioa
| r.rm;. snawsyille. Va: King Sterling. h. e.
s,s Shiye i k9s ka Ellis fa:s
i,Ge ME&KG; {; +. iitman. Trenton, \. j..
pf"s F'n1 Blk ds En- o'5e z Fr &C. Ms
+ Iabf. .dsnson sire Hoffr Dol AtNW Mm
NY. Dr.. e, sire By Dry Dock. %. c! rim
i'rInk' si rseGm nsar aiy Nd Young iksn
cSnnsr X Hobbs. Fort NoriolR X v gar
| Greensboro. y. G. ''''
r, nc class pacing. purse .5oo--Joseph e
S,otk Farm, Shswsviie: va: Zion n'' Girl III,
TON ton site uu. Thomas Mcfarland. buriine
osenn iiannS S' WnS,ofn salem slfg Dg;'y wih ~
SSh""i; rj Xxx sire Paroles IDEAL. }; G snitf
sire -. T.. NJ. Snedeker HloonsSurs. u IA
brdsct"% iT Va Mss Ms ' TSy1nmie s ii h hi
sire Khythmic Bell. T. s. smith, Mar
: m. Sire Kodoiiver. iGdEe Hi S Snn,f
" Saa1TtS.s f Edse srfrH k ksl{ i
R E"ms Hswror, MEMS. Va: her,h IL
nSTs Ml a@cn Frisco i' on 81 SIRE na 81
rrr.nnciNc" EIEe I'm Stock Farm. Shaws
M.Farland Burlington. y. J.: Ka,hrymmo Col
Ven, Wmni,, j. Sabcl ". D. $. sire Sabei Dale
William biNs"n. York, Pa: Tony Wood
row. ID; g sire -. J.. 81. Snedeker Blooms
burr. Pa.
M 'Ts' rTnriinE race for three -ods am
maze, is3. Hedge Rose. 1913: Page White
liz Ga"lic ~: Ruisseau. 1873: Lady Rctty
~; Booth. l23: Joe Milliner. l23; S"ryi.
isS: irin'" rhiiath"rre. ls3 san Jon. / -.
second running race. Virginia State raj
S,sSSr'., ht N,,; about Two miles and quartz
n"unh iro"k -: Essex. 49, Black Am
h'r. l"l: thhnccy Fellow l46; .Iarico ia
Eur"uia Niece. i4S
Third running race, for all ages. five fur
long Deliver. li3; Booth, 100; Sally o'Day
iii@: hi!iie IS li6; i.nkaicen, 10; Bunicy
los: W.uscone. ZIG; Gray Foot, 1873 C;ordo
ro9r,h running race. mile and a six,een,
Get Up. Rockport, los. Dora Collins
10. Lady Rcwcna. ga. Chief Brown lid
Smurrl"r. l09. Luke Van Iandt I0G: Puck
III Zodiac. iol; Baby Cole. 100: i.ittI
ruth running raCe-'rhr"e- y.ar-olds AN,
upwards. Tor horses not placed at this meet
ing. twenty pounds below the scale An 4
be sold for $500 Purse. $3.50 one mil.