The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-08-22
Columbus Gleanings.
BY W. III. GOCHER.

The first lap of the Grand Circuit
has been completed. The horses are
now back at North Randall where
they started the season the second
week in July, after performing at
Kalamazoo. Toledo and Columbus
During The four weeks seventy one
races were contested, forty-one o!
them being for trotters and thirty
for PAGERS. in which there were five
hundred and eighteen starters the
number OF trotters being three hun
dred and five and the PAGERS two hun
bred and thirteen.
Last week at Columbus Murphy
continued to Increase his lead, ana II
he keeps up the clip for a few weeks
longer some clever paragrapher VIII
refer to II as the Murphy circuit"
With afty-three starters he has won
twenty three races, while OF the others
eleven finished second, six third
three fourth. while ten were unplaced
Chilcoot won his first race since the
North Randall meeting and as he
trotted in 2s04 "A he is almost en-
titled TO place in the free-for-aH
division. His other winners were the
regulars--The Problem. Chestnut
Peter. Selah Baird Directum J and
Ante Guy. while ORC Elmo finished
second To Tn and Zombrino secured
the same place in ting race won by
Flo stately, another member of the
Valentine stable.
Geers had q splendid week at Co
iumbus, where he won with his old
standbys. June Red Heir Reaper and
81 Frisco the latter defeating I.u
Princeton after losing heat TO him
ia o5 Ia and being forced to come
back on the third trip in : % IA to
- T.
quarter OF a second from the fastest
third heat on record which was also
made by Geers with The Harvester on
the Fort Erie track in 1910, when he
defeated Wilkes Heart, Baron May
and Tom Axworthy. During the Co
lumbus meeting Geers also added
three seconds To his score for the
season with Heir Reaper. making him
a double starter during the week,
Single G. and Selka. which he drove
for Harry Fleming In the three-year-
old race out of twenty starts Geers
now has eleven firsts. FIVE seconds.
one third and one fourth to his credit.
while he was unplaced with Gentry c.
al North Randall and Wilkes Brewer
al Toledo. AS Ansel would say If he
was along with the caravan this year
"Marse Geers is doing very well. I
thank you"
Valentine broke into the winning
row AT Columbus by putting over
Baxter Lou with which he defeated
Hal Boy. Tn, Flo stately and John
Spencer, while he also had little
hard luck with Hal II. as he went
lame after having two heats to his
credit. Frank Hedrick scored his
usual win with Binland, and as he
has no stake engagements this week
viii. no doubt. be his last appearance
in the big ring until the stables re-
turn 10 Columbus in September. II
he had been favored with the usual
list there is no doubt but what Bin
land would have proved 81 second
Baden for the BinGen family Belle
AlCantara. The Weed and The Tod l.
dler were the other winners at Co
iumbus, Harry Stinson giving every
one a shock when he defeated Wilkes
Brewer Bertha Mcclure and Miss
Perfection in the Nell House purse
with the Kentucky Todd horse in
zoe "a The mention of his name
also recalls the fact that he won the
Kentucky Stock Farm purse at Co
lumhus In 1907 with the sire of The
fodder, giving him record of
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