The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-07-08
RIGBY PARK.
Fast Shoppers Being Driven
Working Miles.
Some OF the Horses Seen on the Track
@They show Tuesday and Friday.

There are some hot spurts ana lively
heats to be seen at Rigby every Tuesday
ana Friday OF each week for these are the
working out days preparatory for the
grand meet which will be held the first
week In August. Already there Is q good
string OF fast steppers on the grounds
with their trainers, drivers, etc., aud the
paddocks are taking ON q busy aspect.
Yesterday morning reporter Of the
PRESS dropped in on the crowd and
the first person seen was that good and
true driver Ira Woodbury. whose "a ce
beamed with = smile ss he held the rib
bons over. that crack animal Arthur Cleve-
land. John McCourt says, and he lie like.
ly TO know. that Cleveland who is full
brother to Mayionsa.i4,i-4 is the fastest
trotter in Msine.a Tie Is by Alcantra, dam
Blanche jefferson, He has had only 80
days work and acts as II be might get q
mark Of 2.2o, and II hs stays sound dur
Ing the season, me may even trim the
mark made by his celebrated brother.
The horse started for the first time this
year ON the Fourth and made Pullman
cut the dust at 2.21 Ia.
4 Another In woodbury's string 10 lisa l.,
bay mare by Robert Bonner, Jr., dam
by.Daniel Boone. She Is blue biooded
Kentucky animal with q mark Of 2.sS
IA In the seventh heat and that, too,
over q sandy half mills ring. AS a five
. or oil h. H..
about three years ago and finished fourth
in 2.l6 and there are no signs from her
working yesterday that she is going
backward. Woodbury. has also a green
PAGER by Nelson Ear, son OF the great
Nelson. out of the dam Wiikesmont She
is the property OF e. II. Nickerson of
Portland, and for green mare Is prom
Using.
Irving Rowe was driving yesterday one
of the best gated and finely shaped mares
TO be seen on the track. She was Lucy
Wilkes. sired by Red wilkes. As the
swift animal moved from the stable to be
worked out on the track she was rs good
las picture to look at. Noiwonder Rove
smiled. for he knew that he sat behind q
good thing. Rowe has others to look
after There is Maggie Hail." dam
Magma Charta, the latter has four on
the 2.20 list. She was worked q Elittle
last year and started in few races but
got no mark. She is acting good.
Another familiar face to be seen was
that of d. J. K. p. Rogers with his fast
horse George X, with mark of ale Ia.
He was being worked out by Sandy
Hope, the groom. This horse 1t will be
remem bered was sold at auction last fall
on the track by Jerry o'Neal for 1926.
Irving Rowe bought him at the time and
sinoe then the horse has shown terrific
speed. The driver Is Stsnwood who met
with an accident ION the Fourth and
has not yet recovered. This horse has
had no show this season, but viii; go at
Readyille ON the 14th in the 2.17 pace.
He is by son Of Dictator and is in re-
markably good condition, having i'm.
proved Immensely since last year. He
has been worked In 2.1s IL Yesterday he
orked very easy mile without hardly
touching hair In the good time of
2. 10 l.2.
DIR. Rogers shows another fast stopper
the pretty Cadensa which came near
killing StaRwood. She belongs as yet to
the green class but for all that Is great
favorite among the horsemen and is like
ly to do good work before the year Is
over. Her sire was King Rene by Bel
mont. her dam Vsraie Wilkes by George
Wilkes. She is showing up well.
q. A. Eastman of Portland has two
green PAGERS at the track, Oregon Girl
and one other. They will be worked
out by William Sweeney. They arrived
this week and one Is being worked out
at slow miles around the 3Os while the
Oregon Girl has not yet had good
square test.
Clark Brothers stable is represented
by green colt which has the ear marks
of acomsr and Steve CLARK says that II
the colt comes round all right it will DO
one OF the fastest In the state and throw
dust in the eyes OF the best CT them at
the coming pumpkin fairs.
Ernest Cross just few under the wire
with the Westland colt, Westfeld-a
chestnut brown ass Ia. He has had
but little work and Is showing up well
having finished second in bunch on the
Fourth" In a2S.
Another good horse is Singer owned
by Walter Partridge of Woodfords He
won third money in the 2.2s class at the
last race at Rigby and is by Maine
Prince.
Denmark owned by N. r. Brown is at
the track. q He Is being handled by
Croker and has mark of 2.so Ia. He
is by Bayard Wilkes. dam Vida Boone by
Daniel Boone
Then there are the Doyen horses, two
fine specimens of horse flesh, Elizabeth
Wilkes and Ola Westland. They are