| Show annAT T HACK lt 11 I i r Slim Chances of or Mooting hog lIoy anti anil Direct list Hat Ever since the close of ot the racing sea soa season season son of ot 1902 one of or the most moat alluring prospects prospect for tor that of at 1503 1103 1 03 has hilI been the th tremendous possibilities of at the 2 04 pac pacing pacIng ing lag classes duo due to the fact tact that there therl therrIs II Is or has been a n veritable galaxy galax of eligible horses which promised to renew the sensational struggles of ot halt half a doc doz dozen docen en years ears ago when J John It II Gentry Joe Star Pointer and Frank Apart Alian were the tars stars of at the th thOrand Grand Orand circuit But flut the situation In is t isnow now considerably changed by b the drop dropping dropping ping out for the early season nt at least 1111 and probably until very late of at the tho two horses about which the most mOlt Interest centered Audubon Day Coy 4 and Di Direct DIrect Direct Hal lIal Daring tho the last lat winters Inters campaign on the track around tIme the stove stOe no subject was wag ns more hotly hoUy debated wherever er Inter cut in tho the harness harnus racers ran high than thun l the he question of at supremacy between these last great stallIons Doth Both Do h were wen unbeaten last year and so far tAr they Ihry have never met As Is I well vohl known IV Di 1 lint Hal was waa the champion ner nor of or last years earlI Grand Circuit with and a string of at 13 consecutive victories to Ills his credit He lIe began Legan a per IN perfectly green horco hono and ended with a record of ot 20 which Is II the worlds world record for tor a green reen pacer In the first season Audubon Boy Day had raced through th tb Grand Circuit In 1102 when he won on l 1 lof II of at 12 2 races and made mode a record of at 20 Last year he won six straight races racel w I anti and Was wa then than suddenly retired at nt mid j ho ha had imad none gone wrong but because he had showed lila his record to and it wee vaa obvious that he could go no farther tart her without je ie It i still more morel mares which would put him in the tue company of ef Dan Patch Prince Alert antI and Anaconda for tor 1603 1103 While his Ills people believe him hIm the tile coming pacing champion they were wore not hot quite ready rend fer r this so they retired him to 10 keep hili In the tha vines class As Direct Hal and Hoy pro progressed grossed gressed along tIle the line last summer winning every evor week seek a strong stron party formed each and the tho Idle os pronounced pronounce DUI But Direct Hal was wa racing In th thE slow clauses mid mind Audubon nay hay m III he the fast ones and thero wae no n of their to together together gether s In n II match There interned a chance of ot this thin for tor a moment at nt but It did not come to anything If U il at Providence the tho greatest pacing stake of ot the thu year the Brews li given Th Tle IDOl 1901 Audubon Audubon bon hon Boy Doy won it In 08 and August It went tu to Direct Hat dial In tho most mOlt spectacular fashion While Willie ho started favorite the Tenn mare flint Twinkle a mate of or Audubon heYs In hI th the comb stable liable was as hacked for tor or thousands to 10 beat b at him She Stio had been winning a of ot tat fast very vory game lame races and her people 11 figured cured out the time limo was at lit last ripe rl Jle to clip the wings of Geere un unbeaten beaten black wonder vonder In the tho first heat hent Twinkle broke anti and watt vae laid up UI and Direct hat Hal won In OGi Ai As A the more marc had shown a II long Ion race of or split heats to be IJ her torte forte this merely I reused It the play piny on all her list Shortly after th word was Vas as given Ien in the thC i tri h t I Hal lint mn made lc 1 a 1 still break and dropped far tAr to the teat rear while tho the mare rushed forward anti raced mel out In lii n front tron with ha tho midget whirlwind Prince Direct It was known that nha could handle him anti and her beckon were beginning to howl when mike ohe forged to tho the front past pnat tho thu holt halt Then there was wn a sudden transference of at the thu storm torm center When Goers leers had lOt got Direct Hal straightened out after his hi break he was wa BO so tar far back bock that It was tho tilo general expectation that he would 1 only try to save eave lila his hi distance Consequently Con there th r was an earthquake or of In lit the stand when It was wag wo seen at the tho halt half thita Deere was pre preparing preparing paring to 10 drive drle for tor tho the heat bent Horsemen looked at each other and naked If It tho tile prospect of ot possible po defeat hind had paused the tho supposedly Imperturbable attic able silent lint lent man mUll to lose loss ills his head It seemed efeme crazy eras eraz to think that Direct lint Hal could caul come from where he lIe WitS R and catch such a 1 mare as ns a Twinkle lInt Hut the fact was that Gems Gears alone alono knew the horte hor he h was driving Direct hal paced t aced the last Insl holt halt In Mat hat and the time last quarter In a cult and beat bent Twinkle a neck on ott the post In Tho The excitement waa Intense However the Twinkle party wora were stilt Thoy rhoY reasoned that tiit after atter such sucha a ft fearful host heat under hit his bolt belt I lIlt the tha lInt Hat horse horte would come out crimped and the tIle older seasoned would yet el beat hont him nut but tin tIle heat hoa li iid rt killed the tho mars marn Instead of ot the tile She SIte broke early carly In the tue third mil lulls and was Vaa lest last at lit the thu finish while the horse Von won as its he ice liked In III So Rn the tho matter rested But IV li I VM UJ known that 1003 1903 must product produce a n meet mat mating lag ing between tIle the tV two almost if It not tin till very v rY first time r took IIII wod 01 1 i n A De the I hi i nt n ore f I Iun i of or Wn WA absorbing Interest it fl t line haM 1 with the tilA keenest ni to it now I world nut hut by b the horse horie wor liu seemS bound to be lie very ery terrell |
