Telegram-herald., 1890-07-08
And AWAY THEY co
TIE Grand Rapids Races Begin
To1sy.
4 FORMIDABLE FIELD OF FLYERS
scenes a. the Fair cr0aaas a TAX v ~tta
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Al Is IN rsA1iness Tor tae annual
meeUng of lie Grand Rapids Horse
men Association wh.ca eo@meaess
today, ana some lively aad interesting
eveats may be expected. The TAR
grounds presented q lively appearance
yesterday. The track was u excellent
condition. and al that was needed 10
make i perfect was sprinkllng. sew
eF4l OF the flyers were taken cut and
worked. A few We're speeded and they
showed fast PAGES. GTooms, guboers
and attendants were busy polishing up
and getting ready for the morrow.
TAey cracked jokes and talked Of Won
derful performances that they had seen
ia days gone by. II was q typical
scene Of the turf previous 10 the open
ing OF racing season. The horses are
all snngly quartered in their tenn porary
homes aud they appear as comfortable
as could be wished for. Every pFecau-
ton is taken 10 prevent accidents TO
the beautle and the grooms as watch
tai as crlckets.
Among the Interesting personages
met al the fair grounds yesterday was
Charley Mcdonald, who Is III charge or
the Monroe SALISBURY stables, or Pleas
anton, Cal. Mcdonald IS ''clear out OF
! sight" when II comes 10 talking
"hOsses," and he related 10 the TELE-
GRAM-HEkALD a chapter or MS expert
ence. he was one OF the rubbers Tor
| the great 2-year-old Snnol, when she
made her wonderful record or 2:lO3, at
Bay District track, san Francisco, last
! fail. Ia speaking or that unprecedent-
cd performance, he said that the little
mare never lifted her head from wire
10 wire. she Was as steady as clock
work, and the last quarter was made IN
81 seconds. Martin, her driver, nearly
went into ecStacles at the finish. lie
was fairly carried away on the should
erS OF the great crowd that gathered
about him. Sunol also received her
share OF the attention.
Nov that Bonner owns her he Will
probably not attempt TO lower her
record this season." remarked the
| writer.
Bonner Will have nothing TO say
about that. When Senator Stanford
sold Sunol to Robert Bonner 1t was with
| the understanding that Marvin should
have Charge of her until the first OF
next January. MafyIn's great ambl
| ton is TO beat the record OF Maud 5
| and in my opinion she will show mile
III 300 this summer.
Electricity IS at present the finest
horse on Senator Stapford's farm at
| the present time. He is a beautiful
stallion II hands high and the finest
locker l have ever seen. Electricity Is
| the successor of Electloneer. the sire Of
Sunol, In the stud, and he is better
bred horse. He has no record either.
He mas shown quarters, however, IN 81,
which is 2:0S clip. His dam is Mid
night, the dam of Jay Eye See, and the
! dam OF Eectioneer was Mountain
Maid. Electricity lsawful gamey, also.
| | have seen him do a mile IN 2:22 and
then run away for half mile before
be could be stopped"
Monroe SALISBURY has several first-class
horses at the fair grounds and McDon-
aid fairly worships them. Margaret ),
with i record OF 2:l94, IS at the track.
Salisbury has refused $50, 900 for her,
| as ne considers her one OF the coming
1 AlOAcCc. I-dcb y NG4 cHO WIN q S-NsNNO
stake at Cleveland and she has been
entered for the $4,000 horseman stakes
at the Blue Ribbon meeting in Detroit.
/ Margaret 5. made her record IN Sacra-
mento last year and she won the
| Cleveland race in three straight
! heats. This horse may be looked tor
| as Il winner at Detroit. Direct and
/ Katie S., also from the Salisbury stables,
are at the track. Direct has record,
as 4-year-old, of 2:1S1. He Is beau
tful black stallion OF great promise,
having shown a quarter IN 334. Katie
mas a record of 23l4 made AT Jackson
last week.
SIR Walter Scott, with a record Of
/ 2:4l, will also run for the Horseman
stakes. Cricket, stallion years old
and owned oy SALISBURY, paced three
straight mile heats at the track yester-
day IN 2-222. 2:25t aud 2:274.
| All OF these horses have been entered
for the Grand Rapids races. Some OF
| them may not start, however.
The program for today is the 300
/ tTOstlng aud 2:40 pacing classes.