The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-11-06
RANKS With THE FLYERS.
The Now Famous w. W. P. Who
Made q Record at Terre
Haute.
He Is Not Fashionable but q Win
ner and q Dead Game
Horse.
N~HA,xpsvs6v achievements This Year In
Harness Racing on the Principal
Tracks OF the Country.

The last number Of the Chicago Horse
man contains a full page illustration OF W
". p. bred by Huutley 4 Clark. Of Toston
and who made a record Of 2:l0A ut thu
meeting at Tsrrs Hsute, Ind, in August
The same paper gives the following sketch
Of the now famous horse: The rugged
chestnut gelding W. w. p. performed
oreditably at the early meetings in the fal
west and through tho western.souther
circuit, closing tho season with q record OF
2:lOS4t. made at Terre Haute. Ind. last
August. w. w. p. was bred by Huntley q
CLARK, At Toston. Mont. and was foaled In
1886. Like many other good performeys
sent out from the mountains Of his native
state, he 10 bred In lines that do not boast
tho stamp of fashion. but he has been q
rood winner and q d~ead-Rame raoehorse,
one of the kind that improve steadily and
show at their best when the heats arc split.
He 10 . son of Ben Lomond. Jr., 1927, out
of Bonner Maid, by the thoroughbred horse
Martinez, a son of JEFF Davis, ana as his
sire was a son of Ben Lomond 2S70. and the
latter BY Il, oian 3l2. ont OF Rod Bird, BY
thoroughbred Ssltran. it will be seen that
the subject Of our sketch carries = oonsid-
srable portion of racing blood. He il . sab
stantial horse of about15I hands, with star
and snip. and white stockings on both hind
feet, and while not could be called q hand
some horse, displays infinitely more quality
b the average short-bred wesss. per-
former who comes east. after he has van
quished the local cracks. TO measure strides
with the stars Of the big circuits.
Although W.. W.. p. was nc stranger to
racing at the beginning Of 1899. that was
the first season no was ever seen on any bus
q far western track, most OF bis victories
having been won At tho Overland park
course at Denver. and the remainder in
Montana aud the ~neighborina country. He
for We find him recorded as starting first in
lS91-.hsn . green horse with absolutely NO
xeoord-in tho 2:24 and $50 GLASSES at Den
yer, both OF which no won. and In the 1920
class at Dallas, Texas. In which he was de-
fsated by Mikado. who afterwards became
DO was more literally ed, starting
In seven T ces. OF which he won but ons.
and reduced his record to 2:164 in
Z dash against time at Ponca, Ncb..
though this performance was among those
rejected by ths Register association. and he
vas not credited with the record in the
Year Book. This yea. after taking a mark
Of 2:14A Al Salt Lake City. JUNE 20. he
sAme east with the Dubois stable. bat only
participated in q few races. His first good
race Of the season was the day he made his
record, At Terre Hause, whom he defeated
Forrest Wilkes. Rosewsts1. Jocko. Barney
and Apple Jack. two in three. in 2:lO$4.
2:16. He also won at Independence tho
following week. beating Webber Wilkes,
Rocker. Maud. NJ, FEED X, Lulu MoC1fdy.
sally K. and Everwsy In straight heats in
2:13A. 2:1211a, 2:l44. At the Northwestern
Breeders meeting, at Chicago, he started
twice-in the ftee-for-all. when no got Sec
ond position TO Flying Jlb, and in the 2:16
GLASS, when he was probably better than
any other time in his life and should have
Won; but. losing a knee-boot in the first
heat. he barely saved his distance. and
starting in last position he failed to get
better thar fourth place. The third heat
he came with a wonderful burst Of speed
in the stretch, but Charles Doble. who was
driving him. timed his rush little too late,
aud W. w. p. beaten a head, went to the
stable-the loss Of the race . direct result
of his faulty equipment In the nrss heat,
IN object lesson to plain to be lost on any
trainer or drive: who reads these lines.