Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-08-12

The Grand Circuit at Belmont Driving
Park will open today and continue
through the week Every one Of the
regulars, except Dick McMahon, will be
present.
Pop Geers brings his entire stable
and will start June Red, as yet unde-
feated down the line. in the winoga
Stock Farm purse of $4,000.
Every day of the meeting should pro-
vide sensational racing. Today, in ad-
dition to tho 2:07 pace and 2:Os trot,
the near free-for-all PAGERS will meet in
the William Penn Bazaar $4,000 purse
for horses eligible to the 2:O4 class. Most
of those starting have won in time much
faster than that. several having lowered
their records since entries closed.
Tomorrow has the Nawbeek three
year-old trot. the New Bingham Hotel
2;l4 pace, the Directors 2:2o trot. all
early closing events, with purses amount
ing to $4,000. and a 2:13 trot for $1,000.
Unusual interest is attached to the
directors stake. as every horse is own
ed here and must be driven by men who
did not win in the Grand Circuit last
season. Nine are named to start and
every owner expects to win. NJ. NJ Sui
Ivan. Thomas White and Rigg Hall,
three well-known horsemen from The
Hlli,' have made many friendly wagers
over the result. 1t will be some" race.
Novelty Harness Race
Wednesday will inaugurate a novelty
In harness racing. when the two-year-
old trotters will compete for $4,000 in
Liberty Bonds, divided among the first
four In the usual way After they go
heat the greatest field of stake trotters
ever seen in the east will commence a
battle royal for the Bellevue-Stra
$4,000 purse. Ina Jay. winner of the
Pennsylvania. will meet Al Mack.
2:05a Bertha Mcguire. 2:O4L Bres-
cia, 2:o5% Rusy's Lassie. 2:O5a +;
Esperanza. 2:04A Gentry c., 2:O6t +;
Ross B., 2:05A Royal Mack, o:o5A :
Zomrect. 2:O3&. and a few others. II
Harvey Ernest beats this bunch with his
great mare. Philadelphia will surely
know some one was in town. Harvey
used to live here, and his many friends
will be waiting to wish him success.
Another novelty will be introduced on
the same day, when Miss Harris NJ
l:5SI Roam Hal, 2:OOL Ben Earl
2:0Ol2. and Rascal. POSI- 4, meet in a
free-ro-all pace for n $1,000 purse divided
S400 for each OF three heats and sub
divided into 500 purses at each quarter
mile pole. This system will have its
first try-out here and has been the sub
ject of much comment all the way down
the big line. a 2:l2 pace, purse $1,000,
will round up Wednesdays card.
Adelphia Hotel Purse
Thursdays program starts with the
Adelphia Hotel purse OF $4,000. for . 90
class pacers most of the starters hay-
ing records between 2:o3 and o:O5 Tben
comes The Matron. n $4,000 stake for
three-year-old trotters. Comment on
this race is unnecessary. as every one
who knows what makes a real trotter
can tell what a contest Nella Onion (o)
2:0GA Peter June t2). 2:07A,: Chest
nut Peter (3), 2:O5k 4 Hollywood Rob
(3, 2:04ai Peter Nonia (3), 2:OsH :.
Selka (3). 2:05& Ruth Mainsheet (o)
2:0Sk David Guy (3), 2:OSL, and
Miss Dewey Watts t2), 2:O7., will
furnish. Conservative horsemen claim
that these youngsters will race in 2:Oi
or better at Belmont on Thursday
August Is.
The Bulls Head BazaNr purse of
$1,000, for 2.l6 class trotters, rounds out
the most valuable series of races ever
presented in one day at any Grand
Circuit meeting this year.