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Show SPEED FEATURES FOURTH W OF TOLEiySCII TOLEDO, O., July 26. The fourth day of Grand Circuit racing was featured by a continuation of sensational speed over tho new mile track. In the Fort Meigs $3000 stake for 2:10 pacers, McMahon drove Peter Look, a Peter the Great five-year-old, a mile in 2:01, a new record rec-ord for the horse. After taking the first heat, Peter Look could not com back in the next two, : Verlie Patchen, driven by Cox, taking both. The McMahon horse won the fourth heat, and when the remaining pacers came out for the final three-In -five heat race, the judges decided Cox was not trying to win and took him 1 down. Valentine, who won third money with Un, but had to go to the barn at ' the end of the fourth heat, was placed on Cox's sulky and won the heat in j 2:06. The judges .gave Valentine $100 for winning the race. The judges also fined Driver Sturgeon for violation of the scoring rules in the second heat of the 2:10 pace. Binland, a heavy favorite, won the 2:09 j , trot, with Murphy taking second money ! with Kelly DeForest. The favorite also came through in the 2:0S pace, when Le Grand, driven by i Sturgeon, won the first two heats. I The second division of the 2:18 trot, on the program for today, was postponed on account of delay in finishing the other events. Tomorrow is getaway day. 2:09 trot, purse S1000: Binland (Hedrick) 1 i 1 1 Kelly Deforest (Murphy) 2 2 2 Opera Express (Fleming) 3 6 3 Doris Watts (Lee) 4 3 5 Legal W. (Cox) 5 4 4 Glen wood B. (Erskine-Shively) . . . . C 5 6 Time, 2:07; 2:06; 2:06. 2:10 pace. Fort Meigs stake, purse $3000: Verlie Patchen (Cox-Valentine) 7 112 1 Peter Look (McMahon) 1 2 5 12 Un (Valentine) 2 3 7 3 ro. Windsor (Todd-Stout) 4 7 2 4 ro. South Bend Girl (Sturgeon) . .3 8 3 ro. Also started: Belle Wreath, Budlight and Admiral. Time, 2:01; 2:02; 2:0G; 2:05; 2:05. 2:08 pace, purse $1000: Lee Grand (Sturgeon) 1 1 2 Harvey K. (Marvin) 7 8 1 Flo Stately (Valentine) 2 2 5 Alexander the Great (Erskine) 3 3 8 Betsy Hamlin (Cox) 5 4 3 Also started: Zombrino, Robert E. and Foorman. Time, 2:054; 2:04; 2:04. |