Salt Lake Tribune | 1908-07-12 | Page 18 | Grand Circuit is in Dire Straits

GRAND CIRCUIT IS i III MniMIR f A For Thirty Years the Horse. Lfeat men's Mecca; Dwindles to 0f 1 Three Cities. j WILL GREATLY INJURE plTCjl FINE HORSE BREEDING 'W Anti-Betting Legislation in the I Lps East Beginning to he Felt " f , ej at Tracks. j Tribune Special Sporting Service. I NEW YORK, July 11. When tlio ItC, " grand circuit stowards mot in Kcw 1 York last January they assigued dates ,fl D to Detroit, Cleveland, Buffalo, Pough- kecpsie, Eeadville, Providence, llart- '!' i'ord, Syracuse nnd Columbus, in the or- der named. Thoy had no assurance I that Cleveland, Providence or Hartford "lT I would givo any meeting, and knew that ' ''JOi even it thoy did there would be no betting at either, nor Syrncuse and (' rtfi Rcadvillc. The Kalamazoo and Balti- v w inni more associations had representatives , wj on hand prepared to qualify for mem- t .i, u borship in the grand circuit, and to 'pr hang up suitable purses and stakes and guarantee betting. These applications i- ?t were declined. Cleveland dropped : '.Jl early, and then Kalamazoo was in de- ' w mand to fill in that gap, which they j; have done. Now it looks as if Buffalo would drop out, and if not, thero will y jljek bo no speculating at either that meet i is hit, ing or tho ono at Poughkeepsie. while T; jje a1 tho same condition of affairs will pre- V L vail at Hartford, Syracuse and Eead- f snf. ville. f -33ms Providenco has dropped out. So that i- jied : in truth the only live grand circuit y 1, Gar meetings of the -ear will bo those at f t fie Detroit, Kalamazoo and Columbus, jnen threo in number, as compared with a f jtlie dozen meetings a few years ago. Tho J. and men having tho best interests of the j, j!i Li trotting sport at heart will find a dif- i" , He ficult task facing them the coming i ana winter, if they wish to organize a cir- f -j tsui ouit worthy of the name which for thir- t & hi ty years marked tho greatest of all rac- jh t ing circuits, and to which can be traced snacir all of tho brilliant performances iu gont trotting turf history. 4 ittl Tho Windsor, Ont., association in- m er tended giving a big meeting tho week y the of July 20, preceding the opening g ;; d Th tho grand circuit at Detroit. The New d ir York bettinjr law resulted in the trans- Is the fer of the four-week running mooting icak tobo hold at Kenilworth track to dfort Windsor, which opened thero on Juue cLanc 27 K and will bo continued to July 25. ' This made ifc necessary to declare off . &Jai the Windsor meeting, but now that irtins Buffalo may not hold its frrand circuit tJtorl meeting, a big trotting meet will bo- A rjrhii held at Windsor tho same week to fill VjlIcS in the gap. This would result in re- oKwbii arranging tho circuit so that, opening at J': cd vr Detroit tho week of .Tub' 27. the grand fettoi circuit flyers would go to Kalamazoo, I ink then to Windsor, and finally to Pough- V Sifl'ir keepsio. i r