The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-08-04
GOSSIP OF THE TURF
GOOD SPORT PROMISED AT
 RIVERSIDE PARK.
Local Horses are Showing Fine Form and Will Test the Speed of
 Thoroughbreds from Macon, Ga.

has been busy place, as the finishing touches have been put on all the horses which are to start in the races next Tuesday. They are all showing consid- erable speed in their trials.
 Brookside is said to have stepped a half mile in 1:03. the last quarter being done in. 30 seconds. a two-minute gait. Mir Webber's fast. horse Sunshine is known to have worked a full mile last Friday with Maj. Smiths great lilly Alabama In 2:15. the last half in 1905, and the quarter in 31 seconds. c. P. Jackson's consistent little race horse. Jenks. is showing better form than ever before. by stepping a quarter in 31 seconds.
 It now looks as if the great three cornered match race would cause spec tators some trouble to pick the win ner. as every horse has a good chance to win. If they equal the remarkable time made in the last race on the Fourth of July it will be nothing short of phenomenal.
 That matinee race in Montgomery, where horse interests were supposed to be dead, only being revived during the past year, when Mir. Newell took charge of the track. was the fastest that has been made in the United States up to date. The four heats of that race averaged 2:17. and I have the evidence before me taken from The Chicago Horse Review that the time made at Riverside beat that of any of the crack matinee races in Chicago, New York. Cleveland. Cincinnati and the speedway horses of all the big cities. In two of those heats all three of the horses went to the half In 1905. a 2:10 clip a remarkable perform a 1ntC 0f ho tho Grand Circuit. Strange to say. these horses are all road horses and have been driven in the streets and roads around Montgomery for year or more.
 Macon. Ga. claims the distinction of owning the fastest road and matinee horses in the South, and bases it's claim on the ground of having shown su- premacy over Atlanta by defeating horses of that city in a recent trial of speed. The test was made by racing the horses together in their respective classes. The first contest >ook place in Macon on July 4, win 5000 people in attendance. the Macon horses winning The best time made was 2:17 1-2. Last week the Macon horsemen returned the compliment and went to Atlanta, where they again proved to have the fastest horses. They are now claiming to be able to defeat any in the South.
 MT. Newell and number of promin- ent local horsemen have taken excep- tion to this challenge, and asked them to prove their claim, by inviting them here to participate in a contest, and they have already accepted the invita- tion. Horsemen will soon see some good racing and whether or not Mont gomery or Macon, Ga, owns the fastest l. 1@ feat such horses as Alabama, Jenks, Sunshine Brookside. Butts Kohn, Fred S.. India Wilkes and several others they will certainly establish their claim to superiority.
 Speaking of the races on the Fourth of July an Eastern horse paper says:
 "A most satisfactory race meeting was given at Montgomery. Ala, on July 4. by Fred C. Newell. lessee of the track and manager of the Gentle mans Driving Club. It was an ideal day for racing, and the attractive card drew out large and enthusiastic crowd. The track. celebrated through out the South since that great trotting stallion Kremlin trotted two heats in precisely the same time, 2:O9. has been carefully prepared for the occasion by Mir Newell. and was never better. When the fast pacers were called out for the three -cornered match race, the excitement was intense, as they were all local horss and known to be very fast and evenly matched. and lots of money was wagered on he result. Jenks. the favorte. driven by MT. Newell. drew the pole; Sunshine in sec end position. and the white stallion Brookside. 2:11 1-4. had the outside. After scoring three times they were -ta a,-f went to a break at the first turn and was laid up, while Jenlls and Brook side raced to the half in 1:05 1-2 like a double team. Jenks winning in fast time. Although no time was announced from the stand, as it was purely and strictly a contest between local horses without racing rules to govern and no time was taken, this heat was in 2:16 1-4. The second heat was won by Sunshine after a hard drive. all the horses going to the half on even terms in 1:05. the mile was in 2:15 flat. Sunshine also won the next two heats very cleverly in 2:17 and 2:20, thus ending great race. Sunshine is by Brown Hal. PIP 1-2. and was cam paigned some in 1897 and 1898. and is eligible to the 2:30 class. and looks like 2:10 pacer sure. writes our cor respondent
 The races next Tuesday will begin at 3 o'clock, the feature. of course. being the three e-cornered race between Jenks. Sunshine and Brook side. This race will be the best three in five the distance flag being observ- ed That is if any of the horses are left at the flag 80 yards. coming in the stretch they will be barred from the race. . =. .~ F.
 The little showers that have fallen in the past week have made the track lightning fast. and the horse that wins will in all probability duplicate the 2:15 mark. There will be a band of music in the stand and the afternoon promises to be a gala one.
 Squire Brown.