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Show Grand Circuit Meet Is Cut One Day Short DETROIT, July 26. The annual grand circuit meeting here was cut one day short by the management, presumably pre-sumably to prevent further loss, and so ended with today's racing. The 'last day crowd saw a splendid race In the free-for-all pace in which the season's speed record was established by Hal Boy, although Single G. won the race. Bon Earl set tho pace in the first heat, but Single G. overhaled him in tho stretch and won in 2:02. The next time Single G. went out in front and stayed there until "the Jast eighth, when Hal Boy, wtio had beon trailing close, came fast, carrying Single G. to a break and winning in 2.01,,. the record heat of the year, with the last half in 59 seconds. Ben Earl cam.e back in the third and was never headed, the time being slow, heat, but Single, G. overhauled him. in a stretch spurt, though making the Jast quar.ter in 294 seconds. Single ,G. followed in close behind Ben Earl's lead in the fourth until the final eighth when he paced by and won handily tho heat and race, Hal Boy's una effort Just falling short. All the races went Into extra heats. The 2:16 trotters took four heats. Bessie Bes-sie G. won the first and then Tommy Murphy came along with Peter Chen-ault Chen-ault and took the next three handily. Stephen won two heats in the 2:10 trot with plenty on reserve, but broke in the last part of the third, when Brescia pushed him and the rest of tho race was easy for Brescia. From here the grand circuit moves to Kalamazoo, where racing begins next Tuesday. Iany of the horses, however, are going back to tho half-mile half-mile tracks. oo |