The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-29
THE RACES POSTPONED GOOD SPORT OFFERED THIS
 AFTERNOON. HIT. Walker Has Sold Brookside to B. L. Harvey of Louisiana. Likely Horses from
 Macon, Ga.


 If the weather observers could have seen hundreds of pairs of eyes in Mont gomery yesterday morning they would have received the impression that somebody was trying to get them out of job.
 It has been a long time since the weather has been as great a center of observation as was the case in Mont gomery yesterday morning. The morn ing broke with sullen, gloomy ar that seemed to file an objection lo- wards beginning the work of another day. As the morning wore on the muggy condition of things continued and instead of improving. the weather actually seemed to get worse. Inis meant death blow to racing yester- day afternoonI for the only saivatiQn of the track lay in the sun coming out hot. There was not even the most wretched imitation of a sun to dry things out after the heavy rain or Tuesday, and a decision was finally and regretfully reached to postpone the first days racing at Riverside track un- til this afternoon.
 The parade came off on time. how ever. and attracted lots of attention. A brass band in wagonette was follow ed by a long string of horses. Most of the regulars" at the matinee races in Montgomery knew the local horses, but the Macon animals were the sub iects of some most critical comment. Very favorable comment 1t was too. The parade will take place again this morning at Il o'clock. and not only to the 'grown-ups" but to the little foiks also 1t will be an enjoyable scene
 The Card for Today.
 The first heat of the first race will 20 on at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon. IL will be called promptly. too. The own CT of the great stallion, Fred 5. Wilkes. MT. Jones. will watch this first race with unusual interest for one of the descendants of the stallion Yarrow. the Macon pacer; will be in the fight. He will have Hal Russell. Hal Woodward. Brown Hal and Chatterton horses to fight and if they have any Of the speed and grit of their sires in their veins the race will be pretty strug- gle.
 The qualities of the two local horses in this 2:20 pace are well known to Montgomerians. They are horses thai have shown a half mile in 1:05 several times in one race and are not to be sneezed at, A pretty fast clip it will take to beat the black horse. Sunshine. of Mir. weber's and Mir. Jackson gray. Jenks. Minnie and Narcissa. the Macon candidates are of course un- known anuantities to Montgomerians, but look out that these Macon gentle men don't have something up their sleeves They don't ship a carload of horses to Montgomery for tbeir health
 In the 2:S0 pace absolutely nothing is known as all the entries are from Macon. If blood goes for anything, however, Geisha Girl, driven by Mr. Hazlehurst, should be decided factor if the mare has. any Q fthe qualities that made the celebrated SearchiiEht famous.
 The third race of the afternoon ought to be pretty contest. It Is the road race with three entries. Minnie Hatch, the Macon mare, and the two local youngsters, Gus Wilcox and India Wilkes. The Wilcox colt was sired by Mir. Hartley's stallion, George Mc- Gregor, who was a half brother to the speed wonder of the century, Mir. Ketcham's Cresceus. and if any of the blood that made old Robert McGregor and his wonderful son. Cresceus, fa- nous, the race will be & hot proposi- ton.
 Captain Trapp's handsome colt India Wilkes, has shown himself to-be wor- thy of his sire, Prince of India. This colt is probably the most royalty bred youngster that ever graced a barn at Riverside He has Nutwood, Wilkes. Harold, Hambletonian, Pancost and Witchwood strains in his blood and he certainly looks every inch a grand horse.
 Following are the entries for this afr ternoon:
 Yarrow. by Fred s. Wilkes q. R. Hicks. Jr)
 Minnie. by Hal Russell ts. A. Hughes.)
 Sunshine, by Brown Hal tThomas Boem).
 Narcissa. by Chatterton co. Mowers). Jenks, by Hal Woodward (F. c. New elD.
 The second race will be a four-cor- nered affair between Macon horses-a 2:30 pace, best 3 in 5. Bessie Reid by Simon R co. Mowers). Geisha Girl, by Dark Night CR. c. Hazlehurst).
 Miss Gayton (Boam). The last race will be a road race. two local horses and one Macon horse: Minnie Hatch, by Speed co. Mowers).
 Gus Wilcox. by George McGregor. As each race is the best three in five it will take a good afternoon to finish the card.
 Brookside Sold.
 Yesterday morning Mir. Wort Walker sold to the white stallion, Brookside- who, by the way is Hal horse-to MT. R. L. Harvey of Harvey, da., a little town near New Orleans. MT. Harvey has consented to let the stallion remain in Montgomery until after the present races, and the result is that there will be one of the most in- teresting races ever held in this part of the country. Brookside. as will be remembered, paced the sensational 2:12 1-4 heat at Riverside few days ago, beating Sunshine and Jenks. Sun shine and Brookside were again match ed, the race to take place in couple of weeks, but as the stallion has been | sold, of course this Is of. l Friday afternoon, the second day oi | fha meetinU fheFa will he a free f0r-a a II