Show LADY GERALDINE VICTOR Won Merchants nnd Manufacturers Stake at Detroit Detroit Mich July ISThe biggest stake of the trotting season the Merchants Mer-chants and Manufacturers which was trotted at the Grosse Poinle track to dayTwas a gamely fought struggle from the start until time last heat which was finished in the gathering twilight and which was won by Lady Geraldine Of the prime favorites Henry S went lame after appearing on tho track preparatory prepara-tory to the first heat Battle Sign cut n tendon of his lei forefoot during the second boat and was not started The elimination of these fast trotters made It look like anybodys race The time was not proportionally I fast the track being somewhat heavy after the rains Twelve thousand people saw todays events Eight thousand occupied the seats and aislesof the grand stand the others stood In the betting spaces and filled the lawn and awn quarterstretch space Approximately r 100000 Is estimated esti-mated to have gone into the betting pools Until yesterday Lady Geraldine was owned by Isaac L GoiT of Providence R L Today it was announced that he hal sold her but the buyers name was not divulged The new owner placed the bay mare in the hands of Ed E Gccrs and Goers drove her to the winning win-ning thereby getting first and third money amounting to upward of SGOOO In the first heat Geers tried to drive out of the bunch In tho stretch but Lady Geraldlne broke at the critical point and Battle Sign finished two lengths ahead of Axtcllo Lady Geraldine Geral-dine made a sensational winning of the next heat rushing past Axtello who was second after Battle Signs accident acci-dent Annie Burns got her nose In front for the first time during the third heat after a brush with Red Arthur Geeis tried another of his spurts In the stretch but Geraldine broke just as she was passing Red Arthur nnd Burns won tho heat Annlo Burns also captured cap-tured the fourth heat closely chased In by Geraldine The gray marc however cut up badly during the fifth and Geers drove Lady Geraldine In slow evidently to prevent a shutting out of Burns who narrowly escaped f The gray marebroke badly In the stretch In the last heat and them hcat bay won easily in slow time Lady Piper the favorite won tho 213 puce and James R an outsider the 220 pace Results First race Morchants and Manufacturers Manufac-turers stakes 10000 for 221 class trotters trot-ters Geraidine won socondt fifth and sixth heats Time 2cl4yt 214 222 Annie Burns won third and fourth heats and was second Time 217t 215 Battle Sign withdrawn after second sec-ond heat won first heat in 215 Ax 1 tcllo Red Arthur Maud C George Alex Walter Kelm George H Ray and Grade Onward also started I |