The Topeka state journal., 1919-09-08
KANSAS DERBYIS
MAIN ATTRACTION
AT RACES TODAY
Best Running Races in History
at Big Free Fair.
Good Field of Starters for Horse
Flesh Event.
TRACK is IN GOOD CONDITION
Grandstands Open at 1 O'clock
This Afternoon.
Motor Car Maniacs Appear
Friday, Saturday.
TRACK IS IN GOOD CONDITION
Grandstands Open at 1 O'clock
This Afternoon.
Motor Car Maniacs Appear
Friday, Saturday.

KANSAS DERBY.
191s-Stickfast. 1:46.
1917-UncOncerned, / ;46.
1916-Blue. :461k.
19I5-C. NJ. Kennon, AS.
1914-BIue, 1 IA.
1913-Sainwa, :44.
1912-Night Mist, 1:48.
1911-Jack Witt. 1:41.
191O-Gunston, 1 :44.
19O9-The Sultan, I:43.
190S-Perry WicIs. :441z.
19O7-The Bear. 1.4IH.
1906-Cedar Knight. 1:44sz.
19O5-Verdotte. 1:45A.
19O4-Over Again. I:45.
1906. w. Rowden 1:451z.
19O2-Senator Watts, 1:44s4.
Monday Trot-September 8.
IA Trot
IL Pace
Runs
No. 1-Kansss Derby. one mile.
No. 15-Four Furlongs.
No. 16-SIx furlongs.
After an absence OF a year the
ponies are back in Topeka for a week
of racing. The cooling blankets are
off the trotters, the PAGERS, and the
runners. Harness and hobble and
sulky are in the eyes of all men. The
postage stamp saddle of the running
horse is again pressed by the loving
knees of the hard riding jockeys.
Today the big half-mile oval OF well
watered dirt at the Kansas Free Fair
ID 70 pe Lllc SCCIic LOT Tie per
mier race events of the Kansas rae
ing season. 1t is Derby day in Topeka
and at least eight runners will go to
the post this afternoon contending
for the biggest running race purse Of
fered at any Kansas fair.
Aside from the Kansas Derby four
other races are offered this afternoon
to the ! vers of racing. Two harness
races-the 2:14 trot and the 2:11 pace
are on the bill. In each one of these
events are eight starters assuring a
hotly contested purse race. Every
single horse entered in these two
events has a great record behind it
and according to o. NJ. Keats, super
intendent of speed for the fair, these
two harness events will be among the
best on the card this season.
Besides the Kansas Derby today two
other running races are offered-one-
half mile dash and one three-quarters.
Nothing definite can be said at this
time concerning the number of en-
tries in these events. Runners are en-
tered and withdrawn at the last min
ute under the racing rules-but there
will be no walkaway for the winner
of any running event.
The Kansas Derby.
But of all the races offered today
the Kansas Derby holds the largest
portion of interest. 1t is a mile long
affair and the finest horseflesh in
the west rs entered. In fact there is
every possibility that the track record
Of 1:41 flat made seven years ago will
be broken today.
The half mile tracis IS in the finest
possible shape. after a season of
careful tending by the water wagons
and the smoothing harrows and the
drags the speedway is springy and
firm. and is in suclS shape that there
can be no excuse for a tagging race.
A. II.
which crossed and re-crossed the
track would be dangerous. But the
fair MANAGEMENT took every means
to protect the track and the lives of
the drivers who will contend there for
honors this week. There are no soft
spots nor ruts in the path and-the
track is ready.
Gentlemen. the horses are at the
post. Choose your colors and get your
money down before the rubber flies. 4"