The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-08-15
SERIES Of
HARNESS RACES EVER
erth Randall Meet and Grand eir'
cuis. show Class With Old
O. Records Broken.
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TIA returns for the frst ave meet
& fyIX Al the Grand Circuit show that
u 1R& me- siber~ are presenting the great
s - stffdk Of light harness events that
I've been programmed since the quad
rs NV 4Sfxl trot.;as com binatioB was or
sxs&X MtxAA tn iS-s After this season
s. 41E&rS wir be no occasion TO refer TO
"a M pefforns ances Of Goldsmith Maid,
JNtfxfxier. wedgewood ard Azote
S&gESn Apeaking OF record breakers, as
& N no time In the history OF the turf
III there been such a uniform rate
81 N29 u trenae speed maintained from
SE<tK III week, while the reduction or
fAoA records has been the rule Instead
4. Mr. the exec ptiois. by colts as Well as by
q thA Aged performers
III this respect the Nor+h Randall
rsfee.srs supplied one Of the most mar
s&iious exhibitions when LII Prince
g ron won from Royal Mac and Ina Jay
la 1:u2A, 2.o2A, the two fastest con-
1 eecutivn heats ever trotted by stall
Il tor and ia passing. IL should also be
4 recaiied that they were made over
@ TIE track or which Hamburg Belle
won from rsh.ea n s:oI. s:ol&. the
4 bes. on record.
The returns from the North Ran
dali meeting show that while Muir
phy ,s still, in the lead. his competi-
d tors are beginning to get 10 him, as
Sturgeon defeated Directum j. with
Lee E~arae. while Frank Eedrick,
after winning Ave races In fifteen
b heats with Finland, flashed out in
I frent with syh.l Jay and defeated
SeIah Baird, Lucy Glover and Comet,
a winner al Kalamazoo. The Cox
stable Is also beginning to round to.
eight os It's starters AZ North Randall
he fs he m
Guided Pete vona who finished
second - Chestnut Peter in the Ma
I tone stallion Stake ard Mabel Trask
the latter being defeated by her old
~srivel, 81 Frisco. after winning heat
tn sa1%
tfurpay won -four races at North
Eandah with Kelley DeForAst. David
Guy Chestnut Peter and Budlight. it
4 bang The frs victory for the latter
He also finished second with Miss
Harris NJ, Ante Guy Directum j.
Selah Baird and ROYAL Mac Orc
lao and Dorothy TfSv were credited
with thirds, while Billy Jackson and
2zorn l,rino We're the only unpiaced
horses in the outfit.
sfs<ers had another sparkling week,
sssa6 ne won with BrusiIoF. ST Frisco
saha Single G.. who VIII now have to
look for another driver, AZ his engage
nfenfs in specials with William will
separate him from the skiliful old
man who has done more in four weeks
10 make him famous than all the
other reinsmen who have had mounts
behind him. Peter June was Geers'
aniy disappointment a Cleveland. He
did not race up 70 form in the Ma
tsonal Stallion stake but will no doubt
i dc. better at Philadelphia. where he
rs owned. and a other points where
ha has engagements.
During the week Guy lee. who won
again with wilkes Brewer, severed his
connection with the Deep Run farm.
for which he brought out Isworthy
s Mckinney and Gear Peter. and made
~rra neen7entR 10 do the driving for
the pas+ila1e stable He should do
we'll with poyal Knight who won for
E Waska~ at North Randall. Bacfllf and
First NATIONAL
Both Valentine and Sturgeon were
double winners at Cleveland. the lat
: tsr coming through with South Bend
sfsarl and Lee Grsnde, while the CO.
Inn bus re}nsTnau scored with Baxter
bot and I'm. the short named PAGER
Glowing his quality by defeating Har-
.svef X. and ORC Elmo,
ut Rodney and. Mcdonald paraded
Their hrst winners in 1913 when they
@aMFff ANAi - q tle EDHuTE WIN DICK
& watts and Peter Elliott respectively.
while Palm showed a frst-elass PAGER
sswhen he uncovered Walter II and
su'on IL 2.hSi4 He is by Geers' old
( favorite walter Direct
Ackern1an also made his first APP
reGrance IN the front row when he
I aetHated Ante CIV with Alma Forbes.
! while Maggie Wreath secured a first
rtacr for Writ M&Now. and Edman
showed tha; there was another good
ccnstenaro trotter coming by winning
The last race or the meeting with
TAlford
The Grand Circuit horses are nov
AZ Phila delphla filing a hve-dav en-
I Fagenlent AZ Belmont park From
that point they will move on to Pough-
kNepsie. Boston. Hartford ana SYRIA
cuse before swinging west for The
meeting at Columbus. Lexington and