Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-03-21


there are from 10000 to $4,000
harness horses In training every
year and only one champion. 1t
10 lucky owner who draws the
capital prize. Robert Bonner is the
only patron Of trotting who ever owned
more than one turf champion. and he
mas spent upward Of half a million dol
lars 10 crafty his liking for the distinc-
lively American type OF horse. Mrs.
stokes came into possession of her first
noted trotter last October, on the twen-
tieth anniversary Of her birthday. when
her husband presented the splendid
four-year-old lilly Beuzetta to her, and
unless majority of the critics of har-
ness racing are wrong in their opinion.
the fair young horsewoman now owns
the coming queen OF the turf.
Everybody who follows the doings
OF the trotters knows all about Beuzetta,
z0sA. She was raised In the Blue
Grass region OF Kentucky and. like
most OF the noted ones. she was though;
TO be OF little account when young
thing, although bred In the height OF
fashion. The fiily had will OF her own
and strong one. for nobody could in
dnce her 20 try 10 trot until Trainer Gus
Macy got on the good side OF her In the
summer OF 1898. Edward Ayres. the
breeder Of Beuzetta. priced her SO light
ly that he sent her to New York in 1897
TO be sold al one Of the big auction sales
Of trotting stock. IL Mr.. Stokes had
liked Beuzetta as well then as he did
the next time the ally came to New
York he might have saved about s16..
600. for the skittish little daughter Of
Onward and Beulah was knocked down
for $500. an agent OF the owner bidding
her In and sending her back to Ken.
lucky. Macy started Beuzetta In q
couple OF races as two-year-old, bul
she failed TO win. and she was so littl,
known 10 horsemen that when hel
driver cut her loose at Maysville IN
August. 1894. winning a race and &
record OF 2:isM. her name was heraldet
throughout the country as Beuzetta.
A month later the great three-year,
old trotted in 2:l2A at Indianapolis
and in October at Lexington she wor
the richest prize In the history OF har
ness racing by defeating some Of the
best colts OF the year for the Kentucky
FuturIty, worth s23.iS0 TO the winner
Her greatest performances last season
took place al Buffalo and New York
AT the former meeting she defeated
klamath by trotting the fastest fourth
heat on record, 2:o6s.. and at Fleetwood
Park. when lame from the effects OF 4
bruised heel and with one shoe OF, sh,
forced Azote out in 2,06h.
Peter Dnryea had been negotiating
| for Beuzetta before this race. and hat
/ just offered Mr.. Ayres $4,000 for hei
when the starter shouted Cor in tn,
second heat. The Kentuckian hesitat
cd. Mr.. Duryea raised his arm. point
ed to the flying Ally as she rushed ava.
az her utmost speed in pursuit of Azot'
down the Fleetwood hill. and. turning
10 Ayres who stood near him on tbs
club house steps, called out:
Sixteen thousand nve hundred. Whs
does she belong tor"
.She Is yours" answered Ayres al
solemnly as though he were pronounc
ing the death sentence on his favorit,
,rotter. A few weeks afterward Stoke,
bought BeuEetta privately from hi
friend. Duryea, and in October present
ed II TO Mrs. Stokes.
As soon as Beuzetta changed hands
she was sent TO the noted driver, orir
A. Hickok, at Oakland, Cal. The latter
4. Is said. has got the heightened daugh
ter OF Onward going so that she will
trot either a 400 gait or 200 gait a
her drivers will. Hickok doesn't car
fig about beating the worlds recort
with Beuzetta, although he believes he
capable Of doing the trick. He would
rather campaign her and make a biz
"killing' with her somewhere in thu