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Show LONG SHOTS ROMP HOME Accident Mars Trotting and Pacing on Grand Circuit Cir-cuit Program COLUMBUS, O.. July 27. - (By (he Associated Press. )--The 2:08 class trotting event shared a front stage position Wednesday afternoon with the feature of the third day's grand circuit program, which was the Des-h-ler hotel pacing slake for 2:11 Hi gibles- An accident in the first heat of the 2:08 I rot forced the event into an extra hear contest and brought about some of the season's largest long shots. ACCIDENT WINS RACE McGregor the Great and King Watts were equal favorites in the race at Jjnil each for pools calling for $60fl. I lyde the Great, the half-mile track sensation, stumbled on the back stretcher in the opening hr.n and as a result King Walls and Linara Waits both trailed home with broken sulkies. McGregor 'he (ireat finished fourlh to Patrick Todd. But thro? $2 mutuel Icketa were out on Patrick Todd to win the heat and each paid $-159 20. A leen Dillon, who finished second paid $S7 to place in the mutuels. WINS IN ROW. .Tust David won from McGregor the I real in the second heat. The Valentine Valen-tine trotter broke in the third heat at the lirst turn and Just David got under un-der the flag, McGregor the Great taking tak-ing the heat from the triumph In the fourth mile with heat winners only appearing, Cox's stallion beat Just David by a nose. An unhappy incident followed this finish, when Valentino! reached over and hit Driver Cox and his horse McGregor the Great, v. itb hla TV i i n tn rprinv on nllowl Ingnltlnc I remark from Cox. A crowd gathered when the drivers dismounted but the argument was not continued. FLO PATCH WINS. Henry Direct, the favorito to win the Desler stake was able to capture only the first heat J. W 8. in the field came through and won 'he remaining re-maining heats and the race. The 2:08 pace was won by Flo Patch after dropping the first heat to I Banner M. The 2 15 trot for 3-year-old coltfl only was easy for Lee Worthy. nn |