The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-17
HIGH CLASS RAGING
HARNESS MEETING AT RIVER
 SIDE NOVEMBER 13.
Cresceus, King of Trotters, Will Be the Star Attraction-Horses From Birmingham Will
 Be Here.

The prospects grow brighter and brighter for some high class racing dur ing the harness meeting to be given by the local lodge of Elks next month. Yes terday MT. W. H. Jones. who has charge of the harness races during the State Fair in Birmingham was in Montgomery and said that he did not think that there is any doubt of the fact that a good many of the horses that will go to the races in Birmingham will stop over at the meeting here.
 days after the meeting closes in Birming- ham. and the horses going from Birming- ham to the meetings in Valdosta and Savannah. Ga, would not only break the would be a big help to their owners in paying expenses. The biggest drawing card of the local meeting will of course be the exhibition at Riverside of that king of trotting staliions and trotting horses, Cresceus. MT. Ketchum is in Memphis now with the champion and yesterday contracts were received in Montgomery for the appearance Of the superb son of the McGregor family: The contracts call for his exhibition at River side on the 18th of November. and even if there were no other attractions at Riverside during that time horsemen from all over this section of the country would come to Montgomery to see what will undoubtedly be the fastest miles ever made by a harness horse on the local track. Manager Newell is having the track at Riverside put in the best con dition that it has ever been in-the track is lightning fast now, the recent rains and golden October sunshine of the past few weeks being a combination that has worked wonders. Besides this MT. Neweil | has a large scraper constantly at work and the course Is now in the pink Of per | lection.
 Fred s. Wilkes, MT. Jones famous stall | lion will be shipped in the next Few days down to Union Springs where several or the old Vanderbilt-a Hamiltonian stallion mares will be bred to him. Fred S. Wedgewood "a son of Fred s. Wilkes. now belongs to MT. Billings of Chicago and will be in the rich pacing cup race at Memphis.
 The harness races begin in Birming- ham on October 25 and last till the 3lst, the program being as follows;
 Saturday. Oct, 25-S:OO class, trottlng' purse $500; 2:4O class. pacing. purse $S0 purse $4OO; 2:25 class, pacing, purse $S6O
 Tuesday, Oct 2S-2:30 class trotting purse $350; 2:2O class pacing purse s4oO.
 Wednesday, Oct.29-2:1S class, trotting
 Thursday. Oct. 3O-2:27 class, trotting, purse, $350 free for all pacing purse $40O
 Friday, Oct. 31-Free for all trotting. purse, $400; Gentlemen's race; trotdng, pacing; owners to drive; horses to be owned In Birmingham prior to October 1st, purse $20O.
 On the local Western passenger train from Atlanta at 6:25 this evening the Au- burn football team will reach Montgom- cry en route to Birmingham. Several Montgomerians will leave for Birming- ham this evening but most of them will go up in the morning, the Tuscaloosa Auburn game taking place tomorrow af- ternoon. The Tuscaloosa team will leave the beautiful City of Oaks over the A. G. s. for Birmingham this evening, both teams having good nights rest for the struggle tomorrow.
 Peter Winner, trainer for Captain Brown, the Pittsburg man who owned Garry Hermann, will take several yearl- ings to Mobile where they will be work ed on the old Bascombe track, the place that Blue Wing, Troubadour and other cracks had their early education. If the winter meeting in New Orleans is on as big a scale as is reported some of the Brown string may race there.
 Squire Brown.