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Detroit The Battle Ground

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Parent Issue
Day
24
Month
June
Year
1891
Copyright
Public Domain
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Indications are ihat Michigan people will this year be treated to a carnival of turf sport the like of which has not een een in the history of harness racing. l'reparations exiraordinary are being made by the Detroit Driving Club for bringing together all the crack horses of the country, from Nelson of Maine, whose record of '2:'()J is the fastest ever made by a trotting stallion, to the superb Titile Cricket, 2:10, that trainer George Starr viill bring all the way from California to try conclusions with the Tennessee champion, Hal Pointer, 2:0!)f, in the free-for-all class for pacers. By reason of a combination of Uicky circumstances the outlook now is that the Blue Ribbon Meeting of July 20-25, will pioveby all odds the most sensational of the year. Éortunately its dates are so arranged as to make Detroit the first great battle ground of the season in the struggle for supremacy between the crack trotters of the Kast and the West. From the opening meeting of the Grand Circuit, a week earlier, at Pittsburg, the noted Eastern drivers, Turner, Golden, Quinton and others, will ship the piek of their stables to Detroit, there to meet in battle royal the flower of the Western turf driven by Budd Doble, McHenry, Starr and Stewart. As this is the tirst meeting of the season at which the Eastern and Western stables come together, and the prizes contended for being richer than at any other meeting of the Grand Circuit, sensations, surprises and shattered records are certain to follow in rapid succession. The program is indeed a brilliant one. "Blue Ribbon Day," as the opening day is termed, is made a genuine holiday for all who enjoy racing, the grounds being generously thrown open to the public, free of any admission. On that day the 2:27 class trot for a purse $2,000; then follows a race between pacers of the 2:'-' 4 class for a purse of like amount; the day's sport conduding with a dash of a single mile for 2:20 trotters. which is likely to prove a very fast and exciting contest. Tuesday's card is a fine one. The opening race is a $2,000 purse for the 2:17 class, trotling, and this is followed by the event of the week, the Merchants' and Manufacturers' Stake. Thirteen of the fastest young trotters on the turf will start for the grand prize, $10,000, and a contest may be looked for equaling the memorable one of last year, won by the good horse Waltcr E. from a field of eleven after seven exciting heats. The2:16 class, pacing, finishes Tuesday's program. Wednesday the drawing card will be the race for doublé teams of the 2:20 class, in which some of the famous trotting pairs from New Vork City are expected lo take part. Other events on this day are the dash of one mile for 2:14 pacers, and the purse of 2,00U for trotters of the 2:'-'l class. Thursday should be termed "Red Letter Day." its program including frce-for-all races for both trotters and pacers, in addition to a rich purse for the 3:80 class trotting. Fiïday sees the conclusión of the trotling program, with purses of $2,000 for the 2:1 classes trotling and pacing, and a mile dash between 2:25 trotters. On Saturday, the last day of the meeting, running will be the order, there being flat races at three-quarters, seven furlongs, one mile, and one mile and a sixleenth, and a hurdle race at one mile and a quarter. The Detroit Driving Club is made up of gentlemen whose aim is steadily and continuously progressive, and on its grounds racing is seen at its cleanest and best. Many features of the lüue Ribbon program for 1891, which space will not permit of present mention, will be found detailed in a handsonie souvenir that is soon to be issued by the Club and mailed free to ali who tequest it.

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Ann Arbor Courier