Norwich bulletin., 1918-08-31
THE HARTFORD MEETING.


 Hartford, Conn, August S0.-The thirty third renewal of the Charter Oak Purse will be trotted next Thursday on the fourth day of the Grand Cir cult 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 Hamberg Belle, The Harves- ter, 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 sweep all the way down the line. There are, however, sixteen other horses eligible to stort, the list including Chilcott, The Royal Knight and Blanche Carter. In the race in which he defeated Heir Reaper at Col umbus, Chilcott trotted faster than June Red has shown in any of her winning performance. Still notwith- standing that fact Geers defeated him with the Red Medium mare at Pough- keepsie last week. Blanche Carter is also a very fast mare although at times unsteady while it also looks as if Ben Walker would make a champion out of The Royal Knight. He has won with him right along and while Lock spur grabbed a heat from him at Poughkeepsie and Lotto Watts gather cd in another at Readville, the stormy petrer' 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 thou sands who flock to the fair will have an opportunity to see St. Frisco and Mabel Trask in their third battle at Hartford while Lu Princeton has also been added to the field and may de- feat the both of them as well as Heir Reaper. A three year old trot w...:s pe sandwiched with this event and with Hollyrood. Bob, The Divorcee, David Guy, Chestnut Peter and Selka named as starters it will prove as formida ble as many of the big features later in the season.
 The Whirlwind Purse for the 2:06 class is the feature for Tuesday. It will bring out Directum J., A. Game of Chance, Walter Cochato and the game little mare Mary Rosaiind f,arr. | It will with a 2:15 trot and two year old race complete the days card. i The racing on Wednesday will start | off with a 2:04 pace and will be fol- lowed by the Battle Royal Purse for 2:06 trotters. It will prove an event worthy of the name and it will take a very clever an to select winner with Royal Mac, Ina Jay. Busy's Las- sic and Esperanza in the field. Geers is gradually getting the Confidence of 1 the California mare and may show in front with her as McMahon did at To- ledo. where sine reduced the six heat race record.
 On Thursday in addition to the 1 Charter Oak Purse there is also a 2:0 and 2:07 trot Fridays program pre- sents a 2:09 pace with nine starters, one of them being the handsome chest nut mare Lizzie March that won heat at Poughkeepsie in 2:05, and a 2:11 trot in which Binworth will make his first start since the accident that put him on the retired list last year, while Jess Y. Lucky. Clover, Sarah Douglas, Silvernine, Miss Isabella Mc- Gregor and Petrex will also be in the field. These two races with special which will be announced while the meeting is in progress completes the program for the week.