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Show I GRID CIRCUIT I KEJEETII H Will Be Held Shortly in Cleve- land. Contrary Reports B' Notwithstanding. H HORSEMEN OVERCOME EVERY OBSTACLE Popular Subscription Raising Money to Defray Ex-penscs. Ex-penscs. Tiibun Special Sporting Servlc. CLEVELAND, O., May 19. Clovo-land Clovo-land will be in line this- year with a Grand Circuit meeting, which will fol-low fol-low tho Blue Ribbon meeting- at De-H, De-H, trolt on July 23, 24, 25, 26 and 27. Tho ffort to raise by popular subscription tho money needed to defray tho ex-penses ex-penses of tho meeting has met with srreat success, and already over $15,000 has been pledged. Harry K. Devcreux, one of the most prominent officials of the Cleveland Driving Park company, which owns tho historic track at Glcnvllle, who suggested the guarantee fund plan and has personally directed the raising of the money, has received letters from numerous owners, trainers and drivers, promising to raco at Cleveland if a meetlnc 1b held. Responses Como Quickly. The responses have come from such trainers as E. F. Goors, Knap Mc- Carthy, Lon McDonald, TV. L. Snow, j "W. O. Foote, W. J. Andrews, Alta Mc- Hr Donald, J. B. Chandler. Bert Shank, H George Saunders, Thomas W. Murphy, H; Vance Nuckols, Ben Kenny, Mike Mc- 1 Davltt, W. B. McDonald, D. A. Mc- Ewen, Walter R. Cox, Volney French, HT C. A. Valentine, R. W. Roscmlre, Lester T Murphy, Ben White. Float Joily, Mike Bowerman, M. R. HIgbee, M. O. Stokes, H1 Dick McMahon. H. H. James, Monroe Salisbury, James Brady, W. J. An-drows, An-drows, S. F. Fleming, Harry Benedict, Harry Stinson, Joe Gahagan, Ben Walker and Jack Curry. Hl From the first the response on the part of the Cleveland horsemen and business men has been prompt and generous. Ono cannot but admire the gamcness of the officials of the Cleve-land Cleve-land Driving Park company. They have beon faced with a tough proposl- tiorr for the last threo years, both lo-cally lo-cally and in ihe Ohio Legislature, on account of the opposition to poolselllng, but have fought hard to pull off a 1 Grand Circuit meeting. Discusses Plan for Meet. HJ Mr. Devereux, discussing the plans for a meeting at Cleveland, recently said: "The report has gono abroad that there will be no Grand Circuit Hl meeting at Cleveland this year. The association here has been assailed in every way. but we aro not quite ready to lio down yet. Maybe wc cannot Hi have poolselllng, but we uro goinp to try to have a Grand Circuit meeting just the same. We are at work now raising a subscription fund through public-spirited citizens to cover the loss that must come with such a mcet- j lng We believe this support will be most liberal, and, depending only on a proper fund thus guaranteed, we j purpose to hold a meeting at which the amount offered, the liberal condl-tlons condl-tlons that will prevail and the 1!U1 that will be asked of the horses and Horsemen will make It eaBy for every Hj one to help hold the Cleveland track In i De Mund for Saratoga Special. I Paul Rainey has purchased one of Newton Bennington's two subscrip-I subscrip-I lions to the Saratoga Special, the great two-year-old event of the Saratoga , ( mid-summer meeting, for De Mund. Mr. Rainey says of the great colt: I "I believe De Mund will win a majority of the good stakes he is In if he does not meet with accident, and after he outlives his usefulness as a racehorse it Is my Intention to put him In the I Ptud. I am In racing to stay, and I ' "want to breed the horses that bear my j colors." Do Mund has three more stake en-n en-n gagements at Belmont Park. If he wins them all the net result will re-' re-' pay a good part of the $45,000 he Is reputed to have cost Mr. Rainey. Tley i are the Laureate, to be run May 28; the National Stallion. June 2, and the .1 ; Eclipse, June 6. Last year the three j aggregated $19,065 In value. t, Barney Schrelbcr has, with reason, 'r Y much cause for satisfaction over the ', ' i doings of his youngsters and the sale ' , of Horace E. to Mr. Rainey. His varied va-ried opinion and comment printed here J nnd there, however, leads to the big , fellow's Idea of the winning of the Fu-, Fu-, turity with Jack Atkln, named after j his bookmaklng associate, "Overcoat" Jack Atkln. When he heard last Saturday Sat-urday that tho $45,000 De Mund had walked off with the Juvenile stakes nt Belmont Barney Schrelbcr and his trainer, Herman Brandt, declared that Jack Atkln was always considered a better colt than Horace E. Even as a yearling he was held In higher esteem than his moro famous stable companion. compan-ion. It is therefore Barney's public opinion opin-ion that Jack Atkln. barring accidents, can beat Horace E. He also opines that the latter can beat De Mund an opinion hardly held by the racing crlt--ics. But if he can, and if he does, and all three meet and run to Barney's lino In the Futurity, to which all are eligible, what a highly colored lesson against tho folly of buying at high prices the early speed showers of a season will be given to Paul Rainey and his trainer, "Bub" May. For two seasons they have used this system without a fault, and are hardly likely to make one In 190G, especially In the case of De Mund. In his talk about the colts, Schrelbcr uncovered the news that Miss Lynah, Horace E.'s dam, Is dead. Ho said: "You doubtless have noticed how kind Horace E. Is, and what a perfect disposition he possesses. Asido from hereditary good sense I attribute his faultless manners to the fact that he was raised a pot, for. as you know, he was raised around the yard on cow's milk, fed to him from a bottle, as his dam died a day or so after he was foaled." Why Corrigan Lot Grapple Go. Grapple cannot go down In turf history his-tory with Banastar and Alcedo, who also ran In selling races In the West before they became stake winners on the big tracks. Grapple represents what time and a lot of patience will do with a horse. He showed well as a yearling, but did not do much as a two-year-old. Jim Devlin was then trainer for Corrigan, and ho had .a world of trouble with Grapple. Every threo weeks or so Grapple would go lame, and there would be a let up In training. The trouble was supposed to be In his hip, and nothing seemed to relieve it, and Mr. Corrigan almost gave It up. Later he changed trainers, and this worked wonders as far as Grapple was concerned, con-cerned, for he never took a lame step after the first time he went to the post a three-year-old Mr. Corrigan had a lot of fun with Devlin last summer over Grapple, and he never let an opportunity slip to give his old trainer a dig over Grapple's condition. Though Corrigan thought a good deal of the colt, he never gave him credit of being able to win a bit; Htako llko tho Metropolitan. If he had, Grapple would still be wearing the green with tho white sash, or a good deal more than $5000 would have to come forth to get him. Oiseau and Waterlight Retire-Matt Retire-Matt Allen has declared Brady's Oiseau and Waterlight out of the Brooklyn handicap. Tho withdrawal of Oiseau and Water-light, Water-light, however, does not Indicate that there Is anything the matter with either of them. Allen has declared them out because he does not wish to hurry them, the Brooklyn being the first big race In which they are entered. en-tered. Both horses have been well thought of In the future books and Allen Al-len has taken this precaution to keep people from belting on them for the Brooklyn. Olseau's first start in a big race will be in the Suburban and Waterlight Wat-erlight will probably not start until the Westminster handicap. In the future fu-ture books Oiseau had been backed from 25 to 1 to 5 to 1, and Waterlight from 40 to 1 to 15 to 1. In the future books Artful Is now the favorite at 5 to 1, with Merry Lark and The Picket S to 1 each, Roseben and Dandelion 10 to 1 each, Tanya, 12 to 1. Tiptoe, Oxford, Go Betweon, Ram's Horn and Stalwart 15 to 1 each, and the rest this way: Horses, Odds. Horses. Odds. Sysonby 20 Knight Errant ...20 Hermls SOAdbell 30 Propor 20 Phil Finch 20 Dolhl 20 Tokalon 20 Dr. LeKgo 20 Security 20 Rapid Water 20 Confederate 20 Blandy 20 Ccderstromc 30 Ormonde's Right ..20 Kentucky Conflict Probability. Breeders at Louisville are generally i In favor of dates being granted to j Douglas Park at Louisville and the ' reasons for their favor are good, though born of self interest. The gen- eral Impression, however, prevails that ! the Kentucky Racing commission will not grant tho dates applied for by the Castelton Jockey club, June 2 to July 7. Parties who are on the Inside declare de-clare that If the dates aro not granted by the Kentucky Racing commission, Douglas Park will open June 2 and defy the commission. At a meeting of the American Turf association, held at the Seelbach hotel, In addition to routine matters, the ap-i ap-i plication of Steeplechase Jockey Mc-I Mc-I Clure and Trainer Kay Spencer for reinstatement re-instatement was granted, and both ' were restored to good standing. The application of C. Martin, who was also I ruled off at City Park last winter, was I passed over for future action. I Jockey Aubuchon was granted a license li-cense to ride on American Turf association asso-ciation tracks. Barney Schrelbcr declares that Dr. Gardner will not again start until the Saratoga meeting opens In August. Dr. Gardner is now at Memphis, but he will shortly be shipped cast to recuperate, recuper-ate, and will rest at Saratoga until the meeting at the Spa begins. |