Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-02-15
Seek PAGER to
Oppose John r. Braden
on Eastern Circuit

is the lineup of free for all PAGERS
Tor the 1923 Down East pacing cham
plonship complete? Or will three be
some further additions to the list of
last record PAGERS which tackle the
TASK OF uncroWning John II. Braden,
~ "a, owned by the Mooseleuk
CUB. of Pressure ISLE as king OF
Names famous potato belt in Aroos-
took County and the surrounding
country as well as the Province of
New Brunswick and all the territory
embraced in the Maine and New
BRUNSWICK Harness Racing Circuit.
Everybody Race Fan
Ihose are the questions which are
racing sport and with the free for
alis the big magnet which attracts
the thousands to the Fall fairs it is
not as much of an eXaggeration as
usual to say that Everybody" is a
follower of the sport in the territory
over which John Il. Braden had now
held sway for two successive years.
Even with the present array the road
to the 1923 pacing championship is
going to be tougher and harder for
the little iron horse from Tennes-
see" but lately some outstanding adj
ditions in the list of contcndcrs have
bN'h lIleHllOHtu. llCltIUlIS NIIdct
rect, 200 Il, and Mary O'Connor
a.02 L.
Grace Direct was recently sold into
the stable of Thomas w. Murphy. the
Grand Circuit wizard. and is now in
his stable at pouEhkccpsic, y. Y. Two
years or more ago when she sold at
tho Old Glory sale at New York for
$9?S0 she was looked upon as tho best
frce-for-all PAGER on the half-mile
tracks. but she soon afterwards went
lame in tho stable of her, now owners
in Maryland and it was not until last
season thai Herman Tyson got her GO
irg properly again. When she was
ready She showed her old-tme whiz
and two new track records for double
ovals of 2.o1 were among the results
of her laboTs.
Several seasons away from tho mile
rings have made her eligible to classes
where she might prove useful PAGER
in the Murphy stable this year. but
stranger things have happened and
1T has been said that it is already on
tho hooks for her to appear in the
Sma Shing battles which tho Down
East Pacing Championship of 1923 is
bound to produce before the curtain is
run@ down next October Any PAGER
which can tramp tn" double ovalS in
2.03 is dangerous bird to have about
and there are those who believe that
If Grace Direct is back at the top Of
hor form she can take tn" measure Of
any PAGER in The world on Il half-milc
track with tho exception of the re-
douhtallc Single g., 1.59 and probably
sweet little Margaret Dillon. 80 IL
also added whom there is good footing.
Several communities not now repre-
sontcd in III" list Of towns With PAGERS
of extreme speed 10 represent thom
in The championship of l"23 with its
International flavor assured as a result
of tn" acquisition of ban IicdgeWood,
2.04 Ia Ly the Woods, ock Driving
Club of WoodStock. y. B. have been
angling for Mary oConnor. "G2l. but
the chances of tho low-hoadod bay pac-
ing mare coming 10 new owners Down
East are believed to have been pretty
completely dissipat"d by tho announce
mont that the price placed upon her
is now $l5.uuo.
Tho quotation is furnished by IN
authority on undOuhtcd rcliat litl
and Ncracity at Houlton. lie. where
$1,000 had been subscribed tow dis
Il fund for Il syndicate which anti
cipatcd the purchase of Tho .i,"sh
Queen" When price was asked Of
t'rcd T., HYDE, WHO las Mayv o.
Common in his stable nj Goshen. y V.
for her owncr, ID. Il. Rurnhan:. of
New York City. and the reply came
back naming $4,000. the negotia.'nus
dropped quickly.
y party Of Pressure Isle mon wclo
recently said to hc considering the
purchase of Mary O'ConnOr to give
John II. Braden some company next
summer in upholdinG the honors Of
the northCrnb center Of Aroo-tunk
County against tho double Cntric,; N
pcctcd from the rival communities
of their county. Carbon and IIoGiion.
and for some time THE Irish Queen"
has been talked Of as the probnnle
purchase of a syndicate which - Ian
ned to add Fredericton. y. f.. 10 Tic
list of towns represented in the speed
battle and thus give the competition
that much more of an international
avor: but nobody from Down East
is likely to pay as high as $4,000