The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-15
HOME-RAISED HORSES
MR. c. M. GARTH TAKES HE
 STRING NORTH.
An Alabama Stock Farm That Has Produced Some of the Fastest Trotters in the Whole
 Country.

The following letter from the Flor ence correspondent of The Advertiser will prove very interesting to lovers of the sidewheelers.
 MT. Garth spoken of has for several years handled and developed horses belonging to Mir. John Gay of this city. Last year during the meeting or the New York end of the Grand Circuit was wnen Paul Revere made one of his good performanees. In a 2:11 pace for d purse of S1200, he finished be- hind Art Alec and Annie Thornton, the
 mile being paced in EOS IA. Art Alec is a bay gelding by Blanaco. the prop erty of Roxbury. Mass, man, and Annie Thornton, as is we'll known, is the bay Happy Courier mare belonging to Mir. Plant of Macon and handled by Roy Miller at Selma.
 On the 27th of August of last year at Providence, R. T., Paul Revere made his best record of that season. In a 2:11 pace for $1,000 purse he fin- ished third, the mile being done in 2:07 1-4, eDumont w. winning with Art Alec second. It is confidently pre- dicted that he will do even better than that this summer.
 Following is the Florence letter:
 Florence, May 12.-(Special. )--George M. Garth of Bonnie Doon stock farm. near Courtland. left last week for Ball. timore, with one of the finest strings of harness horses ever taken out of the South. The Maid. 2:05 3-4, is the fastest animal ever raised in the South and will be heard from this year on the Eastern Circuit. She is the prop erty of J. T. Fargason & Sons. of Mem phis.
 MT. Garth has been following the circuit for the past eight years with splendid success, and is the first Southern breeder and trainer to carry speed to the Northern market. He was for many years cotton planter and as he said was growing poorer every year trying to follow in the foot steps of his forefathers, and finally tried training and breeding horses. of which he has made brilliant success, judging from his past record.
 John Trotwood Moore. the well known turfman and horse authority recently said after looking over the Garth string that they were the best lot of horses that he had ever seen out of the South. The Maid looks in the pink of condition and MT. Garth is hopeful of having her show great form this year on the circuit.
 In the last work out last week before shipping. MT. Garth drove the Maid and Jessie G., a green mare, four miles running from PAS to 2:18 on heavy half mile track with the sand two Inches deep and the curves very sharp and flat. It was a remarkable showing and indicates what may be expected of these two animals this season.
 Jessie G. Is by Harvey Gilchrists great young sire, Brandon, PIP IA (sire of Paul Revere, 2:07 1-2) and Is con- fidently expected to equal Paul Re- veres record this year. Hal Brown. g. 4-year-old youngster, is a promising horse. He Is full brother to Hal -Blandon, 2:07 IA, and Brown Brandon, all three of these horses pacing in less than 2:10. William B. is yearling and known as No. 2o17 in the futurity of Hartford to be paced in 1903. He takes to pacing like duck to water and Is an inbred Brown Hal by Hal Brown. William B. showed a three minute gait at ten months and will be heard from in the futurity if he stands up we'll in his training.
 w. B. Farmer of Boston has three horses with the Garth string. Airing ton. 2:09 was the first Alabama horse to go a mile in the 2:10 list. He was bred by w. F. Garth of Huntsville, at Piedmont Stock Farm; Dominat by Prodigal, and Bingan. Jr> by Bingen 2:O6 IA. These horses are all going we'll and Arlington looks like he has all his old time speed and paced easy miles in -2:21. 2:1S and 2:19 1-2.
 T. s. Bailey of Brocton, Mass, has been wintering with MT. Garth for the third year and has four splendid anil mals that will make a showing this i year unless something happens to them | to prevent. Mr. Bailey owned the mare Mazette, 2:07 IA which was sold last year to Rowland Russell of Bos- | ton and showed an exhibition mile in | 2:04 3-4 at Hartford last year. This mare made a remarkable showing last ] year for a 5-year-old and should be heard from again this year.
 Mir. Bailey's Jennie Hal, a 5-year-