The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-08-05
SHE CAN TALK HORSE.
Miss Anna Wilson, Knows All
About Horses and Racing.
TALKS TO A JOURNAL" REPORTER.
How the Daughter OF candy" Wilson
Came to Follow the RaceS-She is
Going TO Europe te study Art


Came to Follow the Races-she is
Going 90 Europe to study Art
A young lady who is attracting con-
siderable attention of late on account of
her exploits in the turf ring, is Miss N.
Anna Wilson of Valencia She was
daily attendant of the Holton races, as
she was also at the Leavenworth meeting.
Miss Wilson is not in the race business
from pure love of the sport She has
ambitions. She is an artist and is making
her present occupation the means of at
tanning a higher education in her work.
She hopes that her two horses Ding and
Valencia will win enough money this
summer to enable her to pursue her
studies in Europe in the winter. She
graduated at Bethany in '87 and received
the Bishop Vail medal for excellence of
scholarship.
Miss Wilson is q young lady with a
history, Her father, Andrew Wilson,
was at one time accounted the cattle
king of Kansas and measured his land by
the hundreds and thousands of acres
When he died in '85 his family lost all
through law snit
A few thoroughbred running and trot-
ting horses remained, however, and it is
with colts of these that Miss Wilson now
artist
A reporter for the STATE JOURNAL had
a pleasant chat with Miss Wilson on
board the special race train returning
from HOlton. The conversation natural
ly turned TO horses. 81 suppose you
were satisfied with the performances of
Ding and Valencia in getting third and
second money in their races, said the re-
porter.
"Oh, yes. more than satisfied" replied
Miss Wilson. "You see both of them are
green horses and are being started now
more for experience than anything.
They have been training only since
spring, aud Valencia, who won second
today, has really been worked but two
months, as he fought the bit at first.
Both are four-vear- olds, and are very
stylishly bred. being in bred McGregors
They say that Ding, the PAGER, will go
In 2:07, and Valencia will take mark of
2:1O before the season closes. oh, /
wish they would. If they could only go
in two minutes!
''Did you see Ding beat John w for
the place in the first heat Tuesday" con-
tinued Miss Wilson enthusiastically.
Didn't she take the whip beautifully?
You see, we didn't know about this
horse Newman, who won in straig hit
heats, SO we expected to beat everything
Newman go to the front he reefed Ding
all the way down the stretch to beat
John w, for his boys had bought Ding
for all the money they had, and they are
very poor.
"Oh, no, I never bet myself Miss
Wilson replied in answer to a question
81 am satisfied with the purses the horses
win"
How did you happen to start in the
bo
''Well, we had the horses on the place
and l thought they might as we'll be
trained and help me with my art
shall make horses one of my specialties
when [ graduate. But don't talk about
me: talk about the horses."
well, horse woman is rather un-
common in Kansas, yon know" replied
the reporter.
"Oh, I'm notorious, am II" she
laughed. "Well, l can trace my blood
back to the kings of England. You see,
we have good blood, as we'll as the
{ horses.
81 suppose you have heard of nv
father, Andy Wilson. He was one of
the extensive horsemen of the west He
had a great many thOroug hbred trOtters
and runners, and started them at all the
big tracks. We have a whole sackful
of prizes and premiums which they won
There used to be as high DIS eight
sucking colts on the place every year
by great Robert McGregor," in a tone
that indicated that this latter fact settled
/ her fathers prestige as horseman.
R Bean, of Emporia, handles and
drives Miss Wilson's horses. she gets
half of their winnings without bearing
any expense. Miss Wilson was offered
something over 81, 1000 for the handsome
sOrrel, Valencia, after his race Thursday,
but the offer was refused. Her horses
are now at GaIesburg, ILL.,, with the est
of Mr.. Beams string.