The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-11-13

reducing his record in each of his
first three attempts, and failing in
the last two at Terre Haute and at
Belmont. He has II heats to his
credit for the year, the slowest in
2:O5M, and averaging 1908 3-ll.
Two Maury County bred horses
won races at Nashville last week.
Madalo, owned and bred by Mr.. G.
A. Morgan, and Lauretta D., owned
by Mr.. R. P. Dodson The follow
ing are the summaries of the two
races:
Second Race-Five furlongs;
purse, 5000; 2-year-olds; maidens.
Madalo 1O8 (MitchelD, 6 to 5, won;
Susie Hoze 107 (Scot), 4 to l, second
Carnett Beach los (YOung), 10 to L,
third. Time, :O4A. Idle Hour,
Cheatham and Bonnie Bess also ran.
Fourth race-Five and a half fur
lorns purse, 5000; 3-year .olds; sell
ing. Lauretta d 100 (Scott), 3 to l,
won; Thornbush 104 (Corder), 6 to |,
second; Ruth V 80 (Hicks), 10 to /,
third. Time, ITO. Tim Murphy,
Clinton, F M B, Trilby and Miss
Kitty also ran.
Mr.. Lee, of Culman, Ala, was
here last week and bought car load
of mules.
Mr.. Clarence McCrory was in to wn
Monday on his way to Lewisburg,
his old home. Clarence has been
working for the Blue Bull Stock
Farm, Sullivan, Ind, for the
past three years, but says he is here
to stay, as he prefers Tennessee to
live in, and Tennessee horses to
drive.
Star Pointer.
A writer in Outing thus speaks of
Star Pointer: Trainer Ed Geers,
of the Village Farm, who brought
this horse out, has always main
tanned that he had enough natural
speed to beat any horse upon the
track, but he has been, up to the
present time, comparative failure.
On September 18, however, at Mystic
Park, Boston, he turned the tables
on all of his enemies, and at one
Jump achieved the race champion
ship for the fastest three consecu-
tive heats, defeating Frank Agan
and Robert j. in 2:02R, 2:O3K, 2:03A,
thus beating the three-heat champ
ionship which John r. Gentry had
achieved at Fleetwood Park.
"The greatness of this performance
can be best shown by comparison.
On September 8, 1894, Robert j., the
pacing champion at that time, paced
the three fastest consecutive heats
ever made in race in 2:0314, 2:021S
and 2:04I. The race took place
over the track at indianapolis, Ind
This record stood till John R. Gentry
beat it at Fleetwood Park by ar
average of fraction, while Star
Pointers average is half a second
per heat faster than Robert Us race
That the race was not a meteoriC
fight of speed was proved at the
meeting of the New England Breed
ers' Association at Readville, Mass.
on October l, when he met Robert
j., Frank Agan 2:03A and Joe
Patchen 1904, and defeated the
party in straight heats. This track
is not a fast Que. 1t is new, and will
take couple of seasons to get it il
first-class shape.
In all three heats Star Pointer
won with the greatest ease, and il
the last heat logged under the wire
1t is long journey from the hub o
the universe" to Lexington, Ky.
the classic capital of the thorough
bed and trotting interests of tn,
continent, but Star Pointer, Franz
Agan and Robert ]. made the trip
and met again in the free-for al
pace on October Z at the CRANE
carnival of the Kentucky TrOttinl
Horse Breeders Association, held ii
that city. Here again Star Pointe
was the victor, and in the first heat
which he won in 2:0S, he established