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Show BIG CROWD SEES - OPENING RACE j Miss Harris M. Does Not Start J in Free-For-All But Surprise I Is Furnished by William. I COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 29 With I tho free-for-all paco and tho Elks' I Homo 2:05 pace, purse $30000, as fea- I ture events, th largest Mondav crowd j in years witnessed tho opening card II J of the Grand Circuit hero today. J Miss Harris M. did not start in the J i free-for-all pace, which took some of I the zest out of tho race, but William I j furnished a surprise when he defeated j Single G., his only challenger, in the I 1 f irst two heats and finished second 1 : in the third milo when he already had 1 tho raco won under tho three-heat j plan. William paced the first heat in I 1:59 in an easy finish. The other I two miles were just a fraction slower j J than two minutes. j . - A shower in midaftornoon slowed II up the track. Tho 2:09 trot and 2:05 Elks Homo j pace were completed after the rain. J but the 2:17 trot went over to Tucs- I J day intact. I j Heir Reaper had to go an extra heat j to defeat tho 2:09 trotters, a bad break .in the stretch causing him to lose tho j third heat. f The 2:05 paco was a badly split af-1 af-1 tfr three norscs winning heats before Directum J. finally landed. The S. and S. 5000 stake for 2:12 trotters will bo the feature of tho Tuesday program, i Free-for-all pace, purse 51200: William, ch. h.. by Abo J (Man-in) 1 1 Si2 G" h h" y Anderson- Wilkes (Geers) o o -. Russell Boy, b. h., by Rustic' " Patentcer (Edman) . 3 3 3 Ben Earl, b. g., by tho Earl (Coakley) 4 4 4 Time, 1:59; 2:00; 2:00. 2:09 trot, 3 in 5. purse $1000: Jlelr Reaper, blk hv by Early Reaper (Geers) 1 i 5 Esperanza, b. m. by Carlokin (McMahon) 2 2 4 Miss Isabell McGregor, b"."mV" (McDonald) 6 4 1'? Doris Watts, b. m., by Gen. I Watts (Lee) 4 5 A 3orth Spur, b. g by San Francisco (Cox) 3 3 6 ro I -bxprcssivo Lou, b. in., by 1 Atlantic Expross (Mur- Pky 5 5 3 ro J Opera Express was distanced Timo2:05&: 2:06; 2:11; 2:07. N :05 pace'3 in 5, The Elks' Home !( ' pace, purse $3000: ; i Directum j., blk h., by 7 T,Cthamefiain (Murphy) 1 12 2 1 . f lilttlo Batice, b. g., by S Red Elm (Cox) 3 2 3 1 .3 |