The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-06-30
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$4,000 HARNESS RACE
BY vEDDER GARD

F. HE richest harness RAGS
meeting Of all time is
scheduled at the New York
State Fair at Syracuse, N. Y, the
weeg of August 80. Purses ag-
gregating $4,000 will be dis
tributed.
The feature of the Grand Cir
cult program at Syracuse is the
ManbIetOnian stake for three
year-0Id colts and FLIES with
value Of $4,000. 1t has taken
mere than a century of organ
lied harness horse racing in the
United States to produce finally
the largest purse ever offered
for single event.
Only once before in the history
of the sport has a purse anywhere
near these proportions been Of
fered that being the $4,000 Amer
lean Trotting Derby at Readville,
In 1908.
In 1924 the $4,000 American
Pacing Derby at Kalamazoo was
started. But with all due respect
to the big purses of the past and
present, none probably ever caused
the commotion stirred up by the
$4,000 Hambletonion
The Indianapolis Grand Circuit
meeting whichopens at the State
Playground track on Labor Day
is somewhat dwarfed in compar-
ison with the Syracuse program,
but there can be just as interest
ing sport here although it is i'm
possible to put up such large
purses.
A real line on the entrants for
Z the. Hambletonian cannot be OBJ
tanned until Grand Circuit racing
gets under way at North Randall
track, Cleveland, on July 5. Then
the horses go to Toledo, where
several of the outstanding ones
will be seen in the matron stakes
for 3-year-olds.
Then will be time enough to try
and draw some conclusions as to
the probable winner of the big
race.
Right now among those who
know something aobut the har-
ness performers one can hear
the names mentioned of Station
Belle, San Juan, Josephine VOlo,
Hollywood Susan, Hazleton,
Yuma, Tom Bradley, Red Eta
wah, Polly Peachtree and others.
But it is all very much of a
guess until they are seen in ac-
tuaI composition.
One thing is certain. There will
be plenty Of high-class entries.
Horsemen are not in the habit of
passing up fortunes which dangle
before their eyes.
TT is very seldom that the
champion is the under-dog
In a fight, but such is the
case in the Rocky Kansas Sammy
Mapdell lightweight title bout in
Chicago on Saturday. Mandell is
2 to d-ehoice among the men
who like to. lay down the lettuce.
Everyone figures that Kansas is
so ancient that he is likely to
crumble into dust like the one
boss shay. The champions only
chance seems to be to get in a
haymaker early.
Mandell probably will pound
away on Rocky enough to win on
points. The fight doesn't look like
ANYTHING to get very much ex-
cited about.
louisville must have some
Englishmen ON the ball club try
ing to emulate their brothers
overseas who play cricket. That
q to score piled up against
Columbus on Tuesday was as
nothing compared to cricket.
A match is now being played
between Australia and England.
The first inning ended AIS to
1856. Hobbs. the Babe Ruth of
cricket, made 119 runs before he
was put out
Looks sort of strange for the
Giants to be down below the 500
mark in the National League.
Probably McGraw was thinking
too much about real estate hold
ings, leases, mortgages, ETC., this
last winter and not enough about
his other chattels, the ball play
ers.