The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-03-09
From Track and stable.

A mile trotting track Will be built at At
lanta. Ga
Carey c.. 2:15l4, by Conductor, will be
taken TO England.
Forty outside mares have been booked TO
Rex Americas, 2:ilA.
The American Trotting Association Con-
gresS will be held May b.
The dam of Country jay, 2:lOi2, has been
booked to Allerton. 2O9i4.
You Bet 2:l1L by Mckinney, will be a
Grand Circuit campaigner this year.
The pacing gelding Hobo. 2:21h, by
Charles Caffrey, will be raced this season.
Sweet Alice. by Sultan, out of the dam of
Onward Silver. 2:0S, is regarded as a 10
James L.. trotting record 2:091s, by Dex-
ter Prince, will be out as PAGER this year.
Hettie e.. 2:O5A. is being taught 10 trot
and James l., 2:O912. is being taught TO
pace.
The American Saddle Horse Breeders
Association will meet at Louisville, KY,
April IL.
a gray pacing stallion, said to be owned
in Cleveland, has been pacing miles around
2:1O at Selma. Ala.
James Terrell, of Wiliamsport. will prob
ably have Silver Prince. 2:0S12, and j. B.,
2:14$4 in his stable this season.
NJ II. Reardon. of indianapolis. will send
forty head of trotters and PAGERS TO John
splans Chicago sale. March "a to p
VIII Cole, of Bourbon. Ind. has sold to
ing Bourbon G.. PISA. by Coastman. 2:OSl4.
Dark Night, by Alcyone. died in Germany
recently. He was the sire OF Searchlight
2:O3A and a number of other meritoriouS
performers.
According to a report Jockey Landry will
remain at New Orleans, having been en-
gagged to ride St. Tammany in the Crescent
City Derby.
John Wall. who trains at Readvillc,
Mass thinks he has a good Grand Circuit
prospect in the green trotter Frank Herdic,
by Patchen Wilkes.
w X Vanderbilt is the purchaser of
Lord Beresford's bay mare First Light. by
Isinglass- Nandine. The mare will be used
in the stud in France.
DR.. ]. w. Neal last week purchased the
interest of General Sherwood in the West
ern Horseman and now holds the majority
OF stock in that horse paper
Miss Whitney, 2:11A, by Edgemark, will
be a starter i'm the Brighton Beach $4,000
purse for PIP trotters and in the Massa-
chusetts $4,000 purse at Readville.
Ben Liebes, a green trotter, seventeen
hands. by Mckinney, 2:11L, dam by Robert
McGregor. will be brought East by the
California trainer, Will Durfee, this year.
Float Jolly, of Upton. Ind, has sold to
Andy Schicketanz. this city, three very
promising green trOtters. all well bred and
or the high class usually handled by Mr..
Jolly.
The stallion Patchen McGregor, by
Patchen Wilkes. dam by Robert McGregor.
cure A trotting record OF 2:2O, or better, this
season.
Walter McCord of McCordsville Ind
camDaIgned his stable ND in Maine last sea-
son, starting twenty-nine times. winning
nineteen firsts and was behind the money
but once.
Harry Hail. of Kokomo. Ind, is road
working nine head of trotters and PAGERS
among them two very promising four-year-
old geldings belonging to Crawford Carr,
of Center Ind.
Horsemen figure that if McChesney is
sent TO New Orleans to try for the Crescent
City Derby he will have to be at his best to
beat Lord Quex. The Simons colt is just
now in the pink of form.
The new race track to be built at West
Baden and French Lick will be ready for
race meet in May, 1903. Thomas Taggart
Colonel st. Clair and George Gagnon will
be the three prominent men connected with
the enterprise
George H. Ketcham of Toledo is i'm re-
ceipt Of an order from Mr.. Louis Winans,
of England. to purchase a 2:1O trotter for
him. If Mr.. Ketcham can find the right
kind he may take him over and drive in
two or three races.
One of the first foals of the season ar
rived at the Margrave Farm. Terre Haute.
last week. He is a fine-looking colt by
Ananias, 2O512, dam Karrianna, by Con-
naugh. second dam Watersprite. In honor
OF his great sire he has been named The
Liar
Is Nasturtium blind" for William c.
Derby, Intruder II? He made the trip
across the Atlantic with Nasturtum and
stood it. in grand shape. Nasturtium is no
longer favOrite for the Derby, being quoted
now only third choice.
Dr. Neal last week sold for Nell Crews
of Arcola, Ill, TO Alonzo Mcdonald. OF
Port Henry, N Y, the high class five-year-
old chestnut mare Jessie c.. 2:24i4, by
Brightmark, dam by Gamarza, 2:2714. sec
ond dam by Dr. Herr, for $500 Mr.. Crews
bred Jessie c and she has been developed
and raced by Tom Sanders. She is about
the best thing in the way Of a trotter that
has been sold in this section for some time.
George II. Ketcham has sold a seven
year-old gelding named Paul Reubens 10
Louis Winans of Brighton. England a
turfman we'll known in the British sporting
circles. The horse was sold for more money
than was ever paid before for "A gelding
shipped from this country. A trotter with
a mark of 2:l0 will be sent with Paul Reu-
bens. The horse was purchased by Mr.
ketcham from w. II. Tichenor of Chicago
He was raised by j. ID. Fisher of West
Liberty, la. he sired by Van DYKE
and Western turfman think great deal of
his action.