The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-11
Gossip Of the Turf

for mayor. Then we horsemen could
have race track around the City
Hall. Every policeman would drive
Governor Benton colt, and Chief Stone
would, every day, judge the racing
from the steps of the City Hall. But
heats with Phil O'Connel a favorite
in the pools.
Horsemen are now looking for snow
for fun on the boulevard. There are
many new horses that will be started
then, and who will be the boss is yet
to be determined
One of the old-timers is William
Goulding. One meets him nearly every
day with a superb pair of horses. Forty
years ago Mr.. Goulding used to own
Topsey, and the many races with
Rough and Ready the game little roam
horse, was the talk of the town. These
horses didn't trot better than three
minutes, but it made a game race and
Rough and Ready almost always won.
That there will be some racing on the
ice this winter at Lake Quinsigamond
goes without saying. The organization
that arranged the races last winter
will do so again, and better accommo-
dations will be had. The Consolidated
road will do it's share, and the races
will occur north of the causeway. Lib
eral purses will be offered, and good
horses will come from Boston, Provi-
dence, Hartford and other places. In
short, racing on the ice will be great
feature of sport this winter.
Prince A, owned by James Hanley of
Providence, with a record of 2:O0%, will
winter at Narragansett Park. Prince
A is probably the fastest PAGER in the
world.
Refna, the gray PAGER formerly
owned by DR.. E. E. Frost, is with foal
to Baron Wilkes This mare is owned
by John Rhodes, who has a stock farm
a few miles from New Bedford.
Jimmy Carpenter, the celebrated
driver of Dollie Bidwell, was in the city
last week, the guest of Old Sport.
Boralma, owned by Tom Lawson. is
pronounced unfit for the turf.
George Leavitts stable has been
winner this season, and the many
friends of George are glad of his sue
cess.
The board of appeals will sit at Muir
ray Hill during the week of Dec. 2 and
listen to all pleas for reinstatement,
Many horsemen hereabouts will be in
terested.
William Bragg of Springfield will
winter Roam Wilkes, and next spring
he will stand for mares. This fast pac-
ing stallion is a crack-a-jack and no
mistake.
Oxford Agricultural Society has $1,000
in it's treasury, the earnings of it's re-
cent fair. This shows we'll, mean
while the Worcester Agricultural So
ciety struggles on with only an income
of $500, the rental of the Worcester
a good fair and.everybody delighted to
attend.
The Ware cattle show next year
premises to eclipse anything ever be-
fore attempted. The people who man.
age the show are enterprising indeed.
Cresceus will not be campaigned
again but will go to the stud next sea-
son.
There are hardly any trotting races
: to saddle nowadays. In the good old
times when Budd Doble rode Dexter
and Dan Mace rode General Butler
these races were interesting in the ex-
/ IRENE.
Harness racing will be more popular
than ever next season.
While in Hartford recently Old Sport
was taken to ride over to where the
old Hartford trotting park once was.
Here is where Flora Temple and Lady
Suffolk won laurels and Darwin
Adams kept good cheer but these
of the old time horsemen will never
gladden. the race track again.
Mazette, 2:O7, is said to be the coming
horse.
Granty. the Providence horseman, is
said to contemplate buying an automo-
bile.
Lady Thorne was probably the fast
est of old time trotters. Dan Mace used
to say that she could trot a mile to
wagon in 2:15 and to sulky in 2:10 and
this was in the days of high sulkies, 80
years ago.
Nelson Jones will handle few colts
this winter at Westboro.
There is talk of a road race from
Worcester to Boston when the sleighing
lis good, between two Worcester horses
whose reading propensities are said to
be great.
DR.. Jake Lincoln of Millbury drives
as good a roadster as is seen on the
pike. The doctor is looking for a good
one and has the shekels to buy one.
Many years ago the late William C.
Clark kept a livery stable on Mechanic
Street in the rear of what is known as
Walker block. He had in his stable
livery horse that ladies used to ride
To saddle. One day it was discovered
that the horse couldn't trot very fast
and Mr.. Clark sold him to New York
parties, who named him Cayuga Chief,
and under that name trotted many
races against Lady Suffolk and became
one Of the fastest horses of the day.
OLD SPORT.
BREAKER ISLAND PLANT
WILL BE ABSORBED