The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-07-15

ana one OF the most progressive It'll
.rs and breeders IN Muury County.
Our sister associations will fad in
him secretary worthy Of their steel
The association and ils officers now
are as follow: J. X. Farrell, Presi-
dent; W. p Woodbridge, Vice Presi-
dent h. :. Thomas, Secretary and
Treasurer. May they keep on going
Notes, News and Comment.
How is Arion's dam getting along?
J. w. Russwurn, Secretary of the
/ Cumberland Park a Association, is
here and is clerk Of the course.
The fastest trotter got by a 2:20 per-
| former is Bonnie McGregOr, 2:l3%,
! by Robert McGregor, 2:17%.-EX.
The great kite track will be dedicat-
/ ed to-day. Naury County ought 10
Hal Pointer went mile in 2:1115
at KirkwoOd, Del, Monday, and re-
/ peated in tie same time without q
skip.
SunoI trotied trial mile at the
| MeadviIle, Penn, track, Saturday,
! July ?, in PHI. Mr.. Bonner was
/ present.
The town is full of horsemen, and
/ the kite track is The wonder OF them
all. There are many thousand dol
/ lars worth Of fine horses i'll the town
from distance.
Leonard Hughes has splendid
roadster in Doubtful, by Trouble out
| of an Enfield mare. Doubtful has
gone a mile in 2:3715, and there is no
roadster around Columbia that can
pass him.
1t looks like Providence, admiring
J the pluck Of our Jones. has ordered
special let up in the weather fol g
| few days. Thus does Jupiter honor
] the exertiOns of Hercules where he
! laughed at the prayers of the faints.
II is hard 10 fad a man who is not
| full of what w. C.. Jones is doing for
the country. Now is The time for the
same msn to do something for w.
e.. Jones. Show your appreciation
by going to his races.
The many horsemen in town to-day
are delighted at the racing prospects,
and predictions come freely that 1t
viii be great meeting. 1t is wonder
full what fine fix the track has been
gotten in during the two or three
days of sunshine.
1t is finished, and as far as the eye
| can reach, down the long stretches
and around the long bend lies the
pride of Tennessee horsmen,-the
great kite track. 1t is Il thing of
! beauty, and to-day for the first time
since being remodeled twill feel the
chatter of fast-fIying feet and hear
sweet music from the grand stand.
| Everything il in fine rorking order
ut The Kite track TO day Early this
morning it was filed with the many
/ drivers and hOrsemen exercising their
/ horses for The races this evening. In
addition TO them, several teams were
/ continually narrowing, some brush
| teams dragging.
A few years ago Ed Geers trained
each year, 4 few horses on the old
! fair ground track. Now what have
| we got? Well, look around and see.
/ II YOU can't see the difference you
need a striI Q 10 run from your mouth
/ 10 your hand to be sure you will get
your food in the right place.
/ The Rural New Yorker after pub
/ fishing our poem against the HOl-
stein COW intimates that the reason
/ is we have many fine Jerseys near
] 4 81 fnI,n+fs Fitrht laAinhhnr.
you hit it correctly. But the chief
! reason is because we know the Jersey
! is the best butter COW that ever as
simulated blade of blue grass.
| "Don't think that the race is crooked
! lust because you were foolish enough
/ to back the wrong horse. '-EXchange
/ The best plan, John Henry, is not to
/ back any horse. Cant you enjoy a
race lust as well without having the
excitement Of thinking 'mebbe III
walk home, tra-la ,"
Tennessee Wilkes will DO to keep
your eye on. He and Red Pilot are
getting more speed for their oppOrtu-
mites than any horses we now know
/ of by the records. Many of our other
! horses are young yet, and have not
had any chance. The intelligent
breeder can hardly fail in breeding to
any of the many good young horses
in Marry County.
There are hundreds of good horses
in town, and the great dog, "DOc,"
who is properly blanketed and quiet
ly eating his oats. Willie Netchum,
| his owner, is u bright little fellow and
il tho of how W n
him. doc" seems to be used to it.
He made his little owner Tl6 600 last
season and is raid to have that much
booked already for this year.
There are fewer crooked races
trotted than the public think. A
horse race of any prominence ia q
good deal like public men, they are
watched closely and ready to be
DO need at the slightest intimatiOn
on their part Of frsHd. Still the way
to do it is to bounce the crooked ones
(, and after they are bounced for good
ness sake let them stay out The
horse world is not dependent on any
one man or any one horse. Give
them egua' square and exact Justice
and then let them goa reprOach to
all good men.
spears, who pulled Temple Bar at
Cleveland last year, says he can drive
Temple Bar and beat Allerton. II
Sprears can get hold of Temple Bal
: and the necessary cash we have no
doubt but what W. G. Williams will
give him a chaaee."-Spirit of The
{ Hub. No sir, If we know w. G
Williams he Is too much of a gen,
tleman to drive a race with rascal