The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-18
BETTER THAN EVER
Races This Fail VIII All BE Of Rish
Class,


years"
This is the statement made by a gentle
man who is disinterested party in the
management of the coming race meet
( but who is. nevertheless, in close touch
and thoroughly conversant with the turf
situation and racing affairs throughout
! the west. lie said in conclusion, that he
( expected to see the largest field OF horses
here to start for the money that has
! ever been at the grounds before, and
! that he was confident that the racing
would all be high class and on a par with
any Of the grand circuit meetings. The
1901 race meeting will occur on the same
dates as does the street fair and carnival,
and this fact alone is taken as very
wise move on the part of the manag e-
ment oS-the race meeting. Then another
fact presages a most successful meeting.
There are more horses in training and in
attendance at the smaller race meetings
and country fairs than there ever has
been bfore, and the Arkansas Valley
Racing circuit, of winch the Wichita as
ISOLATION is a member, has had, without
exception, very successful meets and
large fields Of horses.
The program for the racing here at
Wichita has been published in these
columns and need not be mentioned ex-
tensively, with the possible excepton that
there is a wide range of class from the
free-for-alls to the 2:40 and PAS classes
at the pace and trot.
One of the most interesting races on
fhe m nd o0a that 10 $y,o
most talk in local circles, will be the
gentlemen's road race to bike wagon,
owners to drive. Wichita, as is fitting
the birth place of some of the fastest
horses in the world. has some of the best
fun horses in the country that are owned
and driven on the road for pleasure by
business men Of this city. Considerable
friendly rivalry has been shown all
season by repeated trials and brushes,
and has developed four or five that are
considered the top notchers of the road
riders brigade. Several in this class are
record performers, and two or three have
marks that are no measure of their
speed. Each horse and owner has his
own coterie of friends, and they are all
anxious TO see the real good ones get
together in the geutleman's road race and
definitely decide who is the champion.
One of the fastest fun horse by the
records, owned in this city, is William
Davidson's Maxey B, 2:161k, and the wise
ones say that there is not q horse in the
west that can head him at half mile
heats. Maxey 3 is bay stallion, 9-years-
old. and is a son Of the great Ashlnd
Wilkes, 2:17A, who now has over fifty
rNar for in. 1frt -
is a recent addition to Mr. Davidson's
stable and some Of the boys in the hot
air circuit say that he bought him just
on purpose to win this gentlemaE's rood
race.
John McGowen will probably start HIS /
fast son Of 4-shland Wilkes. Ed Toler, I
2:1s14, in this race and the friends Of this /
horse say they can't bring one to him /
that can beat him, and the daily sessions /
of the hot Air club around the tree are (
filed with arguments and propositions
of wagers on the merits of these two /
sons of Ashland Wilkes. It is causing
more excitement in local circles than +
did the Gentry Patchsn race that was +
pulled off here several years ago. While /
many Of the friends Of these two fast .
PAGERS are figuring that their choice is
all there IS to 1t, there are a few OF the
rail birds that are smiling slyly and look
ing wise, and there is a sort of untracea-
bic bunch or tip out that dark one may
bob up in this race.
1fr s. ". Cooper's Admiral Dewey is
the fastest by the record that is owned in
this city and If he starts is liable to give
the boys a trimming that viii Jar them.
t. ~~1r ~
IRENE speed. a good weight puller and
likes the game. and he may be just the
medicine for the Maxey Bed. Toler
crowd.
Then there IS another eligible entry
that must not be left out OF the SUM-
mary ana that Mr.. J. B. Blazers little
bay that had all the road riders guess
ng this spring. They all know that this
little mare is fast and they don't know
lust exactly how fast. but If she is
named and starts she is very liable 10
wind up with some Of the glory and part
Z the coin for her genial owner.
Now this last is strictly confidential.
IND It wouldn't do 70 get out They DO
isy that George X. Spencer has slipped
~ somewhere and bought one with
-ecord better than 30. and that re is
-oing 10 start him and then give the
,ovs the glad hai Ia, as he sails merriiy
Town the stretch about four lengths in
he lead at the finish q each heat The
nan who passed out this hot tip OF the
-round floor real estate maen2te said
hat he knew for certain that George
.ad engaged a snap shot artist 70 kodak
i'm az the finish for the comic page az ,
he Horse Review Spenccrs horse Is ,
likely locking gray gelding with & racy
ir and according 70 report he is bred
va I'D IN the pictures His name IS
,raps ana his sire IS No. seven. by Big
,ick from Boston; his dame Is Ace-Duce
~ Break the Dice. and she comes from
he most fashionable STRATA OF sure money
7Iuners George has been giving the !
esding moonlight trials. and has not :
zen mixing any On tbs road with The !
,ys. and this may mean that ~ IS there .
-lth The goods bur The supporters CT /,
Isxev 3. I'd Toier and Admirsi De~sy /.
sy that after the race. --l3 record g
81. George Srercer-s dark ons Vif ,cok
Ike seven cents Vorth - dirty See OF
n august dsy.
r is - be hoped that Ell these good
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