Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-11
GRAND CIRCUIT IS SAME
OPEN At CLEVELAND;
THEN GO TO KALAMAZOO
Nominations Show That All of Lending
Homes LaHt Year VIII he
Raced AxuIn.

route Of the Grand Circuit is the same
as az, iast year It will open at. cleve.
Kalamazoo. Toledo and Columbus. after
when there will be another weeks
racing In Cleveland before the horses
rlents at Philadelphia Poughkeepsie
Boston, Hartford and Syracuse ii Is
loitowed by the Two. weeks meetings
week stand a: Atlanta.
me NOMINATIONS TO the early clos
ing In ,S eee u.s., t9r the ars, six meetings
Lshed. They show that practically
all OF the leading horses which were
cut cut last year will be raced in. 1918.
rot being ST. Frisco. who died in
December. and Miss Bertha Dillon, who
mas been bred. while there is chance
snat Mabel Trask vii not stand train
ing; Cox. however, has a stout battler
IN Ia Princeton. who made record
OF I:e2 in his last race at Atlanta,
ready to meet him. The balance Of
the tree,for-all material now consists
wno may not be raced in the East,
Esperanto, and Harvey Ernests big
mare. lima Jay. that came very near
defeating Lu Princeton at Boston last
August.
2'06 In Leading CInss.
The 2:06 will be the leading class
event for trotters this year and az
there are from eighteen to twenty
there will be a number Of spirited
contests before the winners are an
named four At bs s9ms PoiptI Geers has
E,epresen ,ativea being Hair Reaper s
June Red his Leading money WIN
Y Year iast year co,, Gentry c. and the four
ply is depending on his new pupil
Wilkes Brewer and Royal Mac. Busys
Lassie Will represent the Cox stable,
and Mcdonald Is naming the twelve
year-oid geiding. Early Dreams. who
on account of his lie, up last year is
Ths ehe e9 G9s ssG1ns me
cluoe the shaw pair Prince Lorec and
and Mack Forbes. the West Virginia
olI seld nanchs e GaT'eT; the io9r-year
Forbes. who Will make her first start
Purses for 2.ic Horses.
>. The $4,000 purses at Hartford and
Of the. hroses that will start in them
will also appear in the 2:II trots at
H OF p points. Lotto watts is apt to
was second to Ante Guy when she won
the Walnut Hall cup in 2:O3 l-2, her
chances look rosy, Murphy is naming
Vaughn, who was on the retired list
In 1918, and Constantine the Great.
IN these classes Cox is naming AIignoia.
who is charged with public trial of
zoo IA; the fourye old colt, Nc
Gresor the Great; and the san Fran
cisco els seldi,ns Sorth spur: who was
eight seconds shy OF that figure last
year. Harvest Tide. after years
rest. is back in the Mcdonald stable.
with Miriam Guy. Worthy tolo. Bin
worth. King Watts, Jesse Y. and Bon
ME Del.
Southern Mare Entered.
The Southern mare. Miss WoodbiEe.
Is being entered in the Eli class and
Viii. no doubt. appear in the 2:l0
ter 70 The FL, w Wdis a:o5 81, Win
many good horses in 1917, and as she
won all of her twelve races last year,
II her racing manners are perfect it
caech her in the, three heat events.
on last years form. Ben Whites
Two pupils. Brusilof ana Princess
year. olds, but after what happened
In 1915 II might be well to wait for
the latest returns from the training
Al the close of the 1917 everybody e.-
pected that either Nella Dillon or Pc
ter June would win all of last years
Chestnut Peter. David Guy. and Holly
rood Bob did to them before they went
l ZANE: Peter June,s only win was at
Boston and Lexington
Dark Flower in List
present the names Of Dark Flower.
VINO was scnt homo after winning al
the Cleveland July meeting; King
stout, the Cox group. Sunny Sue. PEN
rod and Baron Frisco; the Laurel Hall
flly. the Great Marie, and Geers' pair.
Wicki Wicki and Tombigbee. Peri
scope also has several futurity engage
ments. but her name does not appear
In any of the events which closed this
year. ~
Kalamazoo Is the only member Of
the Grand Circuit that gave n free
for-all pace as an early closing event
When the nominators were announced.
every one was aSreeably surprised to
SEQ that Geers had named his old cham
pfon. Napoleon Direct. II he trains
sound, 1t will require two-minute
PAGES to catch him. and that he will
have company is shown by the entry
list which also presents the names Of
Single @. Lillian T. Directum J, the
leading money winning PAGES of last
year. Orc Elmo and Peter Nash.
Speed In Frce-for-Alfx.
While the free-for- alls will furnish
the extreme speed. the real fireworks