New Britain herald., 1918-08-31
Hartford Meeting

Hartford, Conn.,, August 30.-The thirty third renewal of the Charter Oak Purse will be trotted next Thurs day on the fourth day of the Grand Circuit meeting which will be held over Charter Oak Park in connection with the Connecticut Fair. Since this event was established in 1883 it has been won by such great horses as Director Harry Wilkes, Prince Regent, Lord Vincent, Hamburg Belle, The Harvester, Peter Scott, and St Frisco Geers has won four of them and it looks as though he has a chance to win it again with June Red, as she has been making a sweep all the way down the line There are, however, sixteen other horses eligible to start, the list including ChiIcoot. The Royal Knight and Blanche Car ter. In the race in which he defeated Heir Reaper at Columbus. Chilcoot trotted faster than June Red has shown in any of her winning perform ances. Still notwithstanding the fact Geers defeated him with the Red Medium mare at Poughkeepsie last week. Blanche Carter is also a very fast mare although at times unsteady,
 
 would make a champion out of The Royal Knight. He has won with him right along and while Lockspur grabbed a heat from him at Pough- keepsie and Lotto Watts gathered in another at ReadViIle, the stormy petrel' of the turf landed the events
 The entries show that the program has been arranged so that there will be a special event on the card each afternoon. On Labor Day the thous- ands who flock to the fair will have an opportunity to see St Frisco and Mable TraslI in their third battle at Hartford while Lu Princeton has also been added to the field and may defeat the both of them as we'll as Heir Reaper. A three year old trot will be SandWiChed with this event and with Hollyrood Bob; The Divorce; David Guy. Chestnut Peter and Selka named as starters it will prove as formidable as many Of the big futurities later in the season.
 The Whirlwind Purse for the 2:O6 class is the feature for Tuesday, It will bring out Directum J., A Game of Chance, Walter COchato and the game little mare Mary Rosalind Parr. It will with 2:15 trot and two year old race complete the days card
 The racing on Wednesday will start off with a 2.04 pace and will be followed by the Battle Royal Purse for 2:06 trOtters. It will prove an event worthy of the name and it will take a clever man to select a winner with Royal Mac, Ina Jay, Busy's L,assies anr Esperanza In the field Geers is gradually getting the con1i- dcnce of the California mare and may show in front with her as McMahon did at Toledo where she reduced the six heat race record.
 On Thursday in addition to the Charter Oak Purse there is also q 2:O9 and a 2:07 trot. Fridays pro gram presents q 2:09 pace with nine starters, one Of them being the hand some chestnut mare Lizzie March that won d. heat at POughkeepsie in 2:O5, and a 2:I1 trOt in which Binworth will make his first start since the ac- cident that put him on the retired list last year, while Jess Y. Lucky Clover. Sarah Douglas, Silvcrminc Miss Isabella McGrcgor and NPotrcX will also he in the field. These two races with 8 special which will be announced while the meeting i<. in progress completes the program for the week.