The Mail-Journal, Volume 10, Number 27, Milford, Kosciusko County, 1 August 1973 — Page 26

4-H livestock auction — Thurs., Aug. 9

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MILFORD MERCHANTS MAKE PURCHASE — Several businessmen for the Milford community joined together last year to purchase the reserve champion steer from Laura Tucker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leon Tucker of Milford. “Blake,” a 990 pound Angus, sold for 75 cents per pound. He sold for $742.50. From left in the photo are Arch Baumgartner of The Mail-Journal, Dennis Sharp of Sharp Hardware, Dr. T. A. Miller of Miller and Schafer, Dr. Frank A. Wadas, Ross Sittier of the First National Bank, Nelson Beer of Chore-Time Equipment, Gordon Brubaker of the First National Bank and Miss Tucker.

Blue-ribbon trotters, pacers to Indianapolis

INDIANAPOLIS — The grand circuit, one of the world’s oldest :nd most-respected sports federations, this year will send its blue-ribbon trotters and pacers to the Indiana State Fair for the 45th time. The four-session, three day state fair race meeting, which

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will include events for the Indiana horses as well as those of grand circuit calibre, is scheduled for August 23-25.. The. “Roaring Grand” was born on a summer night in 1871 when a group of owners met in Cleveland, Ohio, home of Col. William Edwards. Circuit

competition began officially in 1873. The grand circuit thus entered the sports world before baseball had its first professional league or work! series, before basketball and the American brand of football were invented, and before the triple crown of thoroughbred racing was conceived. It was the first serious attempt by sportsmen to form a federation of tracks to avoid scheduling conflicts and other-

wise further a sport that had captivated rural audiences. In its 102 years the grand circuit has survived depressions, wars and crusades against wagering. It is a traveling showcase of harness racing, including in its roster all the stakes and classics most meaningful to owners, breeders and trainers. It enjoys the patronage of tracks and racing followers from coast to coast. The grand circuit first came to two Indiana cities, Indianapolis and Fort Wayne, in 1896. Grand circuit horses returned to Fort Wayne in 1897 and 1898 but the 1896 visit to Indianapolis was the last for the “Grand” until 1911, when it returned for another single year. Indianapolis became a regular grand circuit stop in 1926. There

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was a one-year gap in 1940 and a three-year gap from 1943 through 1945, when the Indiana State Fairgrounds was taken over by the armed forces. Grand circuit horses visited Terre Haute in 1944 and 1945. Since 1946 there has been only (Mie interruption in the annual pilgrimage of the grand circuit stars to the lightening-fast Indianapolis mile track. That was in 1954, when the entire program was rained out. Premier race at Indianapolis each year is the fox stake for two-year-old pacers, considered Jby horsemen the most prestigious in the world for horses of that age and gait. It was inaugurated in 1927 and this year will be contested for a record purse that may reach SBO,OOO. Even older (Continued on next page)