South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-09-08
HORSE RACING To
FEATURE At FAIR
SpringbrOok Park Stables are
Taxed to Limit in Car
ing for SteedS.

Enough fast trotters and PAGERS
are already stabbed at Springbrook
park to give South Bend the best
racing it has ever seen. Several
strings arrived Sunday from the
state fair at Indianapolis and from
the Grand Circuit, and the rest Of
the contestants for the $4,000
prizes offered by the fair manage
ment will be in today.
Walter Lindley. secretary Of
speed. wore a worried look Sunday
So many horsemen are bringing
their entries here for the races that
the stabling facilities will be Il Sed
TO the limit to supply shelter for all
the horses
Earl Beck. manager, and Ben
Sturgeon, driver are here with the
quartette Of horses with whiC n
Mayor w. II. Foster, of Elkhart. has
been cleaning up on the Grand Cir
cult this year. The quartette has
been scoring as many wins as some
OF the big stables Which contain 20
or 20 horses.
Grace Direct Is Star.
Grace Direct, 2:00R, is the star
Of the Foster stables. The mare has
won - out of II starts in the Grand
Circuit this year, and finished In the
money on the othe~ two Charts. She
is the fastest hobbled PAGER in the
world. Miss Harris NJ. 1854. the
worlds champion, being a free
legged PAGER.
Grace Direct has won over SO 900.
In the race in which she was mark
ed she defeated Single G. William.
Russell Boy, Belle Alcantara, and
others Of the tCp-notch PAGERS OF the
country
South Bend Girl. 2:O2A. formerly
owned here, is another star per-
former of the Foster stables. She
received her present mark in the
first heat of a pacing race at Indian
apOlis last week. in which she estah-
llshed a new track record for pac-
ers. She has won five Of her ninc
starts this season. Ed II, 2:10H, a
trotter, has won two races and fin
ished second in two others in his
four starts. Double G, 2:06A, is the
fourth member of the Foster quar-
tette which will be seen in action
here.
Hoffman Is Here.
Harry VI. Hoffman, Of Kalamazoo,
is here for his first appearance in
the Inter State fair races. Mr.. Hoff-
man has been identified with horse
racing here for many years. but has
not had horses entered here since
the new track was built. He trained
and raced Robert Lee, 2:06A, own
cd by Col George NJ. Studebaker
in 1906, when Robert Lee was one Of
the sensations of the Grand Circuit.
The South Bend PAGER held the
track record at Kalamazoo for two
seasons, and was afterwards sold to
English sportsmen and shipped TO
England.
His best bet here is the black
PAGER, Captain Heir -at-Law. and 1t
is coincidence that Hoffman will
send the PAGER after the money in
the Studebaker Corporation stake
for 2:12 PAGERS. offered by the cor
poration which Mr. Hoffman's old
employer founded Captain Heir-at-
Law got his mark of 2:O7 ga this
year at Kalamazoo, where he de-
feated a fast field. although an out
slider an the betting.
Other horses which Hoffman will
start are Uhlan Brooks, entered in
the 2:24 trot. and Binchoh. entered
in the 2.19 trot.
Line Has String.
Row Lire, of Japorte, has four
good trotters here in Hattie V. Todd.
Frank II. Forbes, Gold Medal and
Nellie the Great. All four are en-
tered in the 2:15 trot on Wednesday.
and other events.
Billy Cullen viii be here today TO
, take charge of the big string owned
| by T. w Ready. OF Niles. which is
stabbed at the track Cullen is re-
covering from one Of his usual acct
dents. but expects to be able 10 drive
here. He has King Couchman.
l2:oe 3-4; Baron Watts. 2:074; Anna
/ the Great and Miss Margaret Work,
PAGERS: and Jean Wotan and Nov
iinE Picture. trotters. Eloise Worthy,
I q fast trotter who was entered here.
xx,I1 m, IN a hIp 70 race on account