Evening journal., 1919-08-05
FAIR CIRCIT RACES
EXPECT Big SEASON
Many Tracks Returning This
Year After Period of In
activity During War
FLEMlNGTCN OPENS
SPORTS TODAY

The season OF Fair Circuit racing
Of 1919 promises to be up to the usual
standard. After several seasons OF in
activity old members OF the circuit Will
return this year. Allentown has had no
fair for two years. They return with
a full weeks program. Pennington,
n. j., the usual opener OF fair circuit
racing in this part OF the country, Will
also come back after being idle during
the war period The management OF
this New Jersey fair racing association
offers a three days speed program.
Opening today Pennington will offer
lrotting, pacing and running races
iaily. including Thursday All trottlng
and pacing races will be raced on three
iu tive heat plan and the running
events will be dash races.
The half-mile track performers Of this
section viii have weeks layup the
second week Of August the nearest
racing being at Johnstown, Pa. The
Grand Circuit performers will enter
tain the following OF the horse that
week, locally the Belmont Park mile
track meeting opening on Tuesday
18th to continue the week will enter
tain the Big League trotters and
PAGERS.
The week Of August 10th, the half
mile track fair racing will start in ear
nest. The Central Fair Circuit series
OF races will open on thst date over
the splendid Kutztown half-mile track,
10 continue four days Waynesburg
Pa, will furnish three days racing that
week in the Keystone Short-Ship Cir
I-fn Do rVf al n
followers OF the Lake Erie Circuit
races.
The Central Fair Circuit races will
move from Kutztown TO Lebanon, Pa,
with four days program on. The same
week West Chester will hold four days
of racing. opening on Wednesday. Pit
man. y. J.. and Glbbsborough, y. j.,
will race on August %, 30. and Septem-
Der I.
on the latter date which will be
Labor Day. The Philadelphia County
Fair Association, and the Delaware
state Fair Association, Of Wilmington,
win open for five days runs with at
tractite programs. Races will also be
held at Indiana. Pa.
The week Of September 3, Mount Hol-
". n. j.. and Nazareth, Pa, fair asso-
Citations will offer four days OF racing
each. Mount Holly having several $1,000
stake events on the card. Dawson, Pa,
will also furnish racing that week.
The Reading Fair Association win
open It's racing program on September
18TH. 10 run flve days. AS an innova-
tHn running races have heen added TO
the program to be run daily. Altoona,
and Waynesburg Pa, will hold races
the same week, with four days pro-
grams.
The week Of September 23rd the
Great Allentown Fair Association will
entertain the followers Of the trotter
and pacer with four days Of racing. Of
ferlng a strong program Of sixteen
events. 10 win be the first racing at Al
lentown since 1916, the government
having used the grounds since that
time for army camp purposes. Beaver
Falls. Pa, will hold races the same
week
The Lancaster Fair Association will
offer a four days program Of sport for
the trotter, PAGER and runner, open
ing on September Both. The Inter
state Fair at Trenton will open on Sep
tember 29th. for i've days run, with
trotting. pacing and running races on
the card. The old York Fair Associa- !
ton will close the racing season in this !
section OF the country the week OF Oc- /
tober 7th with four days OF trotting |
pacing and running races. From this /
point The horses will move south 20 |
Maryland. and then on to the poiRis I
furtheF South for the late fan and WIN /
ter sport.
Judging by the entry lists at points |
where. events have closed, this year will |
furnish racing OF exceptional quality, /
The entry IS also as large as in former |
years and in some instances the larg-
est in the associations history.