The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-09-05
TrOt King Thrills Record
Throng in 2-Heat Victory;
Five Events Carded Today
Worthy Grattan Captures Rich Fox Stake With Triumph
in Straight Miles Over Fast Field; Walter
Dale Also Scores.
Dale Also Scores.
BY PAUL BOXELL

With a program of five promisir
set their hopes on a bright sun anc
State Playground in order that the t
gallant horses competing for Grand
The weather gentleman broke
down Yesterday and came through
with a bit of sunshine, enough in
fact to allow the entire five-race
program to be completed. The track
had not dried out sufficiently to
make for record equalling time. but
the huge throng on hand minded
little and was one of the most en-
thusiastic ever to cheer winner at
the Playground.
The mammoth grand stand was
packed and the railing all around
the mile oval, inside the track as
we'll as out, was lined with people
considered an all-time record for
Wednesday harness attendance.
The outstanding star of the after
noon, of course, was Greyhound,
recognized by some experts as the
greatest trotter Of all time, and GER
tainly head and shoulders above the
3-year-old field today.
Greyhound won as he pleased in
two straight heats in the $4,000
Horseman Futurity for 3-year-oldS.
Three other standard breds were
entered, and their efforts to upset
the magnificent gray were made to
look utterly futile when Driver Sep
Palm decided to push him ahead on
the home stretch.
Comes Out of Turn Fast
In the first heat, Palm held Grey
hound in check, allowing Warwell
Worthy to set the pace to the turn
for the home stretch. Coming out
of the curve the trot champion
pulled out of second place alongside
Warwell Worthy and was a full
length to the good as he swept
across the finish line. The time was
2:05, which hardly approached his
record breaking tactics on other
Grand Circuit ovals but was con-
sidered nice running on a none-too-
fast wind-swept track Silver King
was third.
Greyhound gave his public" the
greatest thrill of the races to date
in the second heat. After Starter
Pendleton gave his Col" command.
Palm pulled his famous charge in
clocc to the rail behind both Silver
King. leading the way, and Warwell
Worthy. He ran in that position past
tie half mile, the three-quarter- mile
and still was locked behind his two
rivals as they reached the final
curve. There Palm sent Greyhound
wide around the outside of Silver
King and WarWell Worthy, allowed
Silver King to keep his nose ahead
until half the stretch had been COW
cred, then let out a notch or two
in his reins and the slender-legged
grey streaked across the line a half
length to the good. He could have
made it by a length had Palm cared
to. The time was 2:0S. Silver King
was second and WarWell Worthy
third
Worthy Grattan Steps Lively
Sep brought the champion back
for bow in front of the stands,
where the great horse was greeted
with ringing round of applause.
Greyhound is owned by E. J. Baker
Of st. Charles, ILL.,, and won the
classic Hambletonian at Goshen, N.
Y. earlier in the season.
The richest race on the Grand
Circuit for 2-year-old PAGERS, the
Frank P. Fox Stake, worth $1,000,
was captured by Worthy Grattan in
two straight heats over a field of
the top 2-year-old PAGERS of the
country.
Warren Dennis turned in a good
job in the sulky behind the winner
Silverdale stepped off in front in
the first heat, but on the west curve
coming out of the back stretch the
field, with the exception of Jack
Orr, was closely punched, Worthy
Grattan running third. Dennis
showed Worthy Grattan ahead and
he finished length in the lead,
though Silverdale gave him a good
race down the stretch. Heir-at
Grattan was third. The time was
2:O5.
The second heat was strictly a
duel between Worthy Grattan and
Silverdale, with Will Cation up on
the latter. Worthy Grattan stepped
off into the lead, with Silverdale
close on his heels, and the two still
were fighting it out as they turned
for the home drive. Both Dennis
and Cation let go for full speed
ahead and Worthy Grattan proved
the better by fair margin. That
drive cut the time to 2:O412.
Jack Orr Disappoints
J. E. Crosbie of Tulsa took away
the fat flrst-place purse as owner
of Worthy Grattan and Dennis, the
driver. collected 5000. Crosbie also
took fourth-place money with his
other entry, Heir-at-Grattan. Sill
verdale was second and Widow
Volo third. Jack Orr, the horse
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