The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-04-21
G. w. REED & CO.,
Waited from Track and Road.
l.. w. HESS, Editor.

nv Othoi Suit ina
of trolting.
The track is rapidly being placed in first
class condition, and will soon be ready for
fast work.
Chas. Ferguson has his or. h., Harry F.,
2 :35 at the track. He looks as if he could
trot in $50 right now.
Samuel Hauks, Msrseilles, H., has placed
in the hands OF Thos. Miller his handsome
and fast road gelding, by Climax. Mr.. NJ.
will try and develop more speed in him.
Williams, 2:2l, will in all probability race
through the grand circuit this season.
W, Baxter still has Ottawa Maid 2:34l
and may keep her. 1t is just as the suit is
decided. The trial is expected to take place
next week, and it will then be known wheth-
er Mr.. Moore keeps the mare or has to tax
$500 for her.
Us. Dorr is jogging q number OF good
ones, among them Cora b, 2:27} and Eva,
2:33l.
Newt Baxter is now at the track with
three of H. J. Gilens flyers among them he
has PAGER, that could go in 2:3O last season
as 4year old.
The Detroit Driving Club offer 1913, 900 for
Is races, July24 to %. Purses of $1,000 each
will be offered for horses of the 3 minute,
1922, 2:25 2:l8. 2:27, 2:40, 2:24, 2:20,
2:l9 classes, and 2:30, and open-to-all
pacing classes Johnston barred). A $1,000
purse lie also offered for trotting teams, and
a $500 purse for open to all trotters.
Should FIVE or more horses with records of
2:l7 or better start in this race the club will
double the purse without requiring add
tional entrance.
There is horse belonging to st. Louis
firm Of brewers that would be drunkard If
allowed to have his way about it. He pre-.
fers beer to water, and an employee Of the
stables says il he is left standing near beer
keg be will throw the keg over and snuff the
stale liquid. Even the water that has been
used to wash the kegs or bottles has attrac-
tons for him. Occasionally he is given beer
and he looses no time in disposiDg Of it.
r. j. Treacy has recently driven William
NJ. Singerly's yearling colt Ben Van, by
Red Wilkes, out Of Rena c. by Messenger
Chief, mile in 3:OOt, the last quarter in "A
seconds. Ben Vans own brother trotted
when yearling in 06i. His purchasers
recently refused SIS 900 for him. The above
colts have beaten Prince Wilkes time at that
age-his trial time as yearling having been
3: 08.
A novelty race is talked about for Cedar
hurst on July The conditions call for
ponies to be saddled by the jocks at the post
and each rider must smoke cigar and carry
an open umbrella throughout, coming home
with his sunsha1e up and his cigar going to
win.
G. H. Hopper. of KNOXVILLE, o., has pur-
chased from Palo Alto stock farm, for $4 800
the black colt Nominator, foalel Feb. It'll.
1886, by Electioneer, dam Consolation, by
Dictator.
There are already over twenty horses at
the track in care of the drivers, Baxter,
Miles and Dorr. There will soon be more
as each of these drivers expect to add
more to their string.
If you want to breed to trotting stallion
90 look at those advertised in this paper.
Mr.. Miles has at the track the grand young
horse Ignaro, and Mr.. Lawrence at his
barn on Columbus street. Empire; De
Haven and a full brother to Sir knight,
2:2315.
NJ. White is back in town again, and
once more We are apt to see few az his
trotters put through their PAGES.
OF the sixteen living trotting stations
with records of 2:172 or better, four are
now located near Lexington, KY: Jerome
Turner, 2:151a; Bonnie McGregor, 2:l6;
Robert McGregor, 2;171a, and Duquesne,
2:174.
The Red Wilkes 5year-old Hinder
Wilkes, which defeated Bermuda, 2;22,
and other cracks in the Agar old stakes
last fall, gaining record OF 2:254, will be
again trained by Bowerman Brothers this
year.
J. Splan has purchased a half interest
in the pacing gelding Argyle, 2:l4A.
r. r. Montgomery, Of Decatur, ILL.,, has
sold his chestnut trotting gelding, s. Ment-
gomery, to d. W. Voorhees,, ana John Knif'
en-, of Dauville Illinois, for $500. This
speedy horse was in the Illinois and Indiana
circuits last season, and made record OF
2:253 at Ottawa, Ill. He is now in charge OF
Billy Downing. the trainer who drove Billy
G. at the St. Louis Fair last season.-Horse
| man.
J.H. Shult., who has returned from Cali
fornia, says he did purchase Arrow, record
2:l4, and full sister to the great PAGER.
The bay gslding, Ben Starr, BY Tom Has
ard, was sold ON Friday last BY A. I. Paige
Of Akron, Ohio, to Boston gentleman fol
So, 900. This horse made trotting record
Of 2:2l3 last season and won several good
races. He also made . pacing record OF
2:2OA, which was made in 1885.
II is reported that Msssrs. 8. A. Brown q
Co. are about to purchase Norval from Sena
tor Sanford. This horse 10 six-year old
by slectioneer out Of Forms, by Alexander
Norman, and is the sire Of the yearlini
record breaker, Norlaine, 2:SO3.
Oliver K. is being conditioned BY Budt
Doble for the seasons campaign. he Is driv
en- fourteen or fifteen miles every day
travels perfectly sound, and Ii expected 4
stand training.