The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-06
The Local Horse Racing Season
VIII Open May Is,
In Matinee Meeting at the
Fair Grounds Track.
GOOD HORSES HERE.
Abbrfno Has Speed to Sell When
He Acts Properly.
Some of the Mays at the Fair
Grounds and Their Records.

The local horse racing season will
open on Saturday May Is, with a mat
inee at the fair grounds tracks. Rex
Kreipe proposes to have matinee
every two weeks all through the sum
mer until the big meet in August.
A meeting of hersemen will be held
Thursday evening at Hamilton han to
organize for the purpose of giving a
race meeting this summer. 1t viii
probably follow Holton's meeting, which
begins July q. 1t is expected that
Leavenworth Atchison. FIolton and To-
peka Will come about in the or
der named and by thus having a cir
cult be able TO get fast class OF
horses.
out at the fair grounds these days
the half mile track is being kept hot
by trainers who are conditioning their
horses for the racing season There
is only a month more for some of them
to get their flyers in shape, and the
horses are being driven out at pretty
fast clips
There are now at the track about
forty harness horses and fifteen run
ners in training. p. H. Butler, the
Silver Lake hOrseman, has recently
taken his running stable of a dozen
gallOpeTs to the track, and they will be
kept there until the Kansas City meet
ing opens, somewhat less than two
weeks. Ed Shocks has Murphy in his
string, and there are three other fair
ones that are being galoped into shape.
The runners and Harnesses horses viii
enter the matinee races and viii make
some racing worth seeing.
Every morning is work day for the
runners but the PAGERS and trOtters
are worked but two days a week, Tues
day and Friday mornings When the
track is in good shape on these days
a good many horses are out, and the
trials are interesting
Undoubtedly the fastest horse at the
track is the PAGER AbbrinO, the Agar
old son of Dial Brine. and a full brother
to the fast but erratic Dandy o., Pill
For mere exhibition speed AbbrinO is
/ a wonder. but like the other BrinOs, he
is or was last year, dancer in a race.
c. w. Hamilton of Little River, kan.
AbbrinO's owner. was here yesterday
to see the horse worked out. The track
was muddy and n. Leach had to keep
the geId1ng on the outside near the
fence. Nevertheless he went three
quarters of a mile under a pull like the
wind and the last quarter he came like
a bullet. Two watches caught him at
80 fat for the quarter, certainly a
wonderful performance, especially so
on the outside Of the track. AbbrinO
has speed to sell if he would act prop
erly-
Another 4-year-oId PAGER in Mr.
Leach'S string owned by Mr.. Hamilton
is the little bay mare p. d. O., by Gray
Harry, dam Maud s., PAGER. and a fun
sister to Prairie Queen, 2:091z, and Billy
through here in 1894. p. D. Q. has
worked at a 50 gait this year.
Mr.. Leach's own horse, Silverine, by
Pilgrim, is certainly a fast FLY. She
showed miles in 2.36 last year as a
yearling, and has trotted at that gait
this season.
Goldie c.. by Honor. is a 2-year-old
trotter owned by Mr.. Caudry, that has
been sent in 2:40 this year. Fergus
Rocker, a green bay geIding by Fergus
AdcGregor, is pacing fast and has been
entered with p. d. Q. at Omaha. He
has gone halves in 1.12 None of
Leach's string have marks.
Both Mr.. Leach and Dick East viii
leave for Omaha on June 8 They will
then go to Lincoln, Red Oak, Ia, and
Leach viii come back on the Kansas
circuit but East viii probably not.
East has the Misses Wilson's horses
in his string besides Court Flow
er's Jimmie Martin, a 4-year-Old
PAGER by All Time. Martin has showed
a 20 clip this year. East is also work
ing Orphan Knight, Charley Simpsons
black stallion by Orphan Boy.
The 4-year-Old PAGER Ding, 2:231k, by
Fergus AcGregor. is the bright partic-
ular star Of East's string. Ding will
start at Omaha She has shown halves
in 1.1O1h and seems to be fit. Ding is
owned by Miss NJ Anna Wilson as is
also Valencia, 2.2815, the 4-year-old sor-
rel trOtter by Fergus McGregOr. Val
encia has been in rank shape, but is
rounding to and viii soon be fit for
fast work.
East is handling two green horses.
They are Energy a gray 3-year-Old by
AltamOnt, who has shown a 40 gait, and
Alta N1cGregor, by AItamOnt, a gray 4
years of age.
Nels Newton is working a string of
six but will not go out at the begin
ningifof the season His 2-year-old
Canteu is a picture of his father AK
tell, with the exception that he is black.
Cantell has done a mile in 2:35.
Another young PAGER is George Burg
harris Gypsie B. by Fergus McGregOr.
Gypsie took a mark of $50 as a year
ling and is now years of age.
Ed Benefits 2-year-Old bay PAGER
named with his own initialss, E. r. B.,
is by Shadeland Onward, be by Nam
brine AlmOnt
E. s. Moons Belle AIcGregor. by
Morgan AIcGregor, dam by Robert Nc
GregOr, is a 3-year-Old in NewtOn's sta
bles. She is a relative of that fast
Kansas PAGER, Blizzard, 2:O95l.
Walworth a 4-year-o1d by Fergus
1IcGregor and dam by Coriander, is
another of Newton's horses
Besides these. Zach Ramsdau is
working a number of horses at the
track. chief of them being Reckless,
that good gray gelding. RamsdaI's
stables are up town.
Tanner. who campaigned Cy- Ogee's
Bobby Wilkes last year, is conditioning
a few and John Van Vechten gets
down to the track twice a week to
work the trOtter Bob BotsfOrd for
Frank Foster. Bobby Wilkes has gone
out Of training.