The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-07-24
MEN AND HORSES.


Red Bud has been sent to his
home in Lexington. He made a
record of 2:l2H.
Trainer Sheppard was at Flint,
Mich, last week. He couldn't do
better than third with Evangeline,
and was out side the money alto
gether with Rock Bottom.
The harness flyers are at the
Detroit Grand Circuit Meeting this
week. On Saturday last the open
ing day w. w. p, won the free-fOr-
ali pacing event. A mile dash in
the phenOminally fast time of 2:05R.
The old-timer, Gratz, 2:l714, won
free-for-all at New Haven, Conn,
in 1927, 2:26A, 2:22M, the latter heat
breaking the track record. In the
field he defeated were the noted
back numbers, Gossip, Jr., 2:13A !;
Bob Taylor, 2:18h and the cranky
gray PAGER, Frank Dortch, 2;154.
The winner was foaled in 1882 and
made his record in 1892. Bob Tay-
lor is but eleven and got his sem
tence in 1892, and Gossip, Jr., nine
teen years old, taking his record
back in 1888. Horses are considered
too old to win oftimes at ten years.
Del Valentine tells the following
combination horse and cyclone story
that is remarkable, first, for its
originality, and second, as being
one of the most PLAUSIBLE lies of the
cyclone season: zone of the queer
results of a cyclone will remain
visible as long as a colt belonging to
A. Boughen, on Fancy Creek, shall
live. The colt is a valuable one,
and prior to the cyclone that tore
down Boughen's barns, was being
trained on the track to develop
speed. The colt was caught by fall
ing timbers and hurt somewhat, but
soon recovered sufficiently to be
worked, when to the surprise of Mr..
Boughen, he refused to trot, but
started off pacing, and now PAGES
faster than he ever trotted. Law
renee (Kas.) Journal.
Robert ]. broke the seasons race
record for PAGERS by bis second heat
in 2:05 at Elkhart, Ind.
On July 10, the 2:12 pace, at Old
Orchard, Me-, introduced new lot
of stars to the turf world. Roam
Wilkes, the roam stallion by Ten
nessee Wilkes, out of Saluda, by
Cooper's jug, showed the way in
three straight heats, the first one
being in 2:094 and the next two
each in 2:0714. Kentucky Star,
Simmons, Crafty, Oddly, Touch
Me Not and Bayard Wilkes were in
the race and all finished inside the
flag throughout the entire contest.
Bayard Wilkes led the contestants
to the half in the last heat in l:03,
but fell back to third place at the
finish, Kentucky Star finished
second in the first heat, Simmons in
the second and Crafty in the third.
Red Bud won his first race at the
pacing gait at Cambridge City, Ind,
July 4. He started in the 2:30 pace
scheduled for that day, and after
dropping the first heat to Kettle
Van in 2:l9%, went on and won the
next three in 2:l24, 2:224, 2:274.
Red Bud is a Tennessee product.
He is by Red Fern and has a trot-
ting record OF 2:141a. Red Bud is a
gelding and in his trials has shown
his ability to travel mile in 2:lO.
Five PAGERS have entered the 2:lO
list this season; Pearl c., 2:0SlS /;
Roam Wilkes, 2:0S1S; Dick Wilkes,
2:09s4; Crafty, 2:l0, and Berkshire
Courier, 2:10. The sires of these
fast performers are Roy Wilkes,
2:O6IS; Tennessee Wilkes, Young
Wilkes, Kentucky Wilkes and Ira
Wilkes. 1t is somewhat peculiar
that all OF these fast PAGERS are of
decided Wilkes origin.