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Show ' MURPHY'S NAGS ! AIMIiS Two First Moneys Taken by Direction J. and Chilcoot ' 2:04 Pace Feature. PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 12 Spirited tracing and fast time marked the opening open-ing day of the Grand Circuit meeting !at the- Belmont Driver clu's track at K tNarbcrth today. Tho nonarrival of isevcral horses from Cleveland and a couplo of slight accidents held the rflelds down, but tho quality of racing rac-ing thoroughly satisfied the crowd. Two of tho thrco events resulted in split heat races, and Tommy Murphy added two first moneys to his winnings win-nings with Direction J. and Chilcoot, but was distanced with Zombrino in tho 2:07 pace, when the black stallion cut himself severely while acting badly. bad-ly. Walter Cox won this event with Betsy Hamlin. Flo Stately broke down after finishing second in the first heat and was drawn. Tho 2:04 paco furnished the feature. fea-ture. Jklurphy landed the first and third heats, but every ono of the three was a hard drive. Baxter Lou took the second heat and led to the half in the third, but the paco was too fast and Directum J. won the heat from Hal Boy in 2:03. The 2:0S trot was a procession for Chilcoot, The races were contested on the cach-heat-a-raco plan, and every horse that started, except those distanced, dis-tanced, won a part of tho money. Summaries : 2:07 pace, purse $1000; Botsy Hano Hamlin (Cox) 1 1 2 ' Windsor Todd (Stout) 3 2 1 Flo Stately (Valentine) 2 dr Rex Deforest (Fleming) Dis. Zumbrino (Murphy) Dis. Time 2:05, 2:12, 2:07. 2:01 pace, purso 2000. f Directum J. (Murphy , 1 3 1 t Baxter Lou (Valentine) 5 1 4 Ben All (Pitmann) 4 2 3 , Hal Boy (Fleming 3 5 2 Little Batisto (Cox) 2 -1 5 Time 2:05, 2:03, 2:03. 2:08 trot, purse $1000: Chilcoot (Murphy) 1 1 1 Hollyrood Kate (Dodge) 2 2 2 Gentry C. (Geors) 3 3 3 Time 2:11, 2:09, 2:11. |