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Show PICE NOT DECIDED . ' AFTER FIVE HENS Russell Boy and Hal Boy Must Meet Today to Establish Es-tablish Superiority. HARTFORD. Conn . S"pt. 7. After ftve heats today, replete with thrills in everj- one. the 2:10 class pace was put over until tomorrow before a winner could he decided in the second day of the Grand Circuit meeting at Charter Oak park. Hal Boy took the first heat In a close finish from Russell Boy and then Judge Ormonde obtained the next two. Russell Boy both times being the contender. In the third heat Hal Boy was distanced, dis-tanced, but after a statement to the Judges by Drivers McMahon and Murphy, Mur-phy, Hal Boy was placed because of unintentional un-intentional Interference on the part of ilurphy with Peter Farren. The fourth heat was a thriller. Geers eend lng Russell Boy out for the front, and with Geers in second place and Judge Ormonde, driven by Valentine, leading, the latter was seen to swerve out and force Russell Boy to one side, just winning by a head. Geers protested, declaring de-claring that three times in the heat "Valentine "Val-entine had forced him to the outside as h.e was about to take the lead, and the judges finally distanced Judge Ormonde for foul driving. Russell Boy took the fifth heat In a sharp drive "from Peter Farren and the ra-f went over until tomorrow, only heat winners to Etart. The other two events en, the card were tame affairs, Volga winning the two-vear-old race in straight heats, and Mirthful never being In danger dan-ger In the 2:10 trot. A short rainstorm preceded the races, but did not materially make the track slow. Summaries: B 2:10 pace, best three In five, purse ' $3000 (unfinished) Hussell Boy, b. s,, by Rustic ' Patenter (Geers) 2 2 3 1 1 fcfal Bov. b. g., by Hal F. (McMahon) 1 3 8 4 3 eter Farren, b. s. (Mur- : phy 4 6 5 8 2 c Also started: Lustrous McKinney. Aconite, Thistle Patch, Anna Carll, Sludge Ormonde, Ashlook. Time, 2:0oi, 2:0SJ. 2:04J. 2:05, 2:06. Two-year-old trot, best two in three heats, purse $2000: Volga, oh. f., by Peter the Great (Andrews) 1 1 jtlbya, b. f. (Nolan) 2 3 Setzer Mac, ro. g. (La-sell) 3 2 Time, 2:25. 2:192- 2:10 trot, 'best three in five, purse $ltKK: v Mirthful, b. m.. by Star of Patch-en Patch-en (Murphy) 1 1 1 Duchess, ro. m. (McDonald) 4 2 2 Guy Nella, br. m. (Geers) 2 3 3 Also started: Airdale. Henrv F. Time, ftllj, 2:073. 2:0SJ. |