The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1902-12-01
HORSE NOTES

The Readville track has been covered
for the winter.
Arch w. (2:llA) WALL be trained by w.
J.. Snow next season.
The PAGER Weed Wilkes (2:lo,a) will be
shipped to England.
And now they say that Star Pointer
q5si4) is to be trained again next year.
Charley Mac (2:o7A). the fastest trotler
got by Mckinney cll0, stands is
hands high.
Is still living at the extreme old age Of
IS years.
IL Is repor ed the stallion Poindexter.
which T. w. Lawson. sold at the New
York sale last week. will go to Austria.
A yearling lilly by Grattan t2:13), out
OF Zylphia C2:13sD, by Greystone, is re-
ported 10 have shown quarters In IS Sec
onds.
Peter Stirling (21ll1). winner Of the
Kentucky Futurity stake IN 1901 will be
old
Invader C2:11E), hat raced so we'll at
the Lexington and Memphis meetings. Is
back I'm James Goldens stable at Mystic
park.
HamIn,s Almont Jr C2:2s), now in his
31st year. Is still hale and hearty. He has
been kept at FrankLnviAe. n. Y, for
several seasons.
to the 2:1o pacing list when she won the
fira. heat OF the 2:l2 pace at Fresno. Cal.
in 2:o9h.
Lafe Shaffer contradicts the report that
he Is to be Ed Geer's assistant next year
He will stay on with J. c. Mckinney OF
Titusville, Pa.
II report is correct, Gall Hamilton
(2:ila), the fas:est three-year-old OF the
year. IS now the property OF Jacob Ru-
pert. who owns her sire. Oakland Baron
(2:C9L)
A. p. Mcdonald. the Albany On. Y)
trainer, won sss.5O0 with his stable this
season and Is third in the list OF winning
drivers, passed only by Hudson and
Geers.
The California friends OF Orrin Hickok
recently subscribed purse OF $1,000 for MS
benefit He Ia now at a Cleveland hos
pltal AMI without means of his own.
]. Malcolm Forbes secured n bargain i'm
Rubber te:10). She IL by Wilton (2:1sI.,
dam by Mambrino Patchen. She was one
of he gamest Wiltons that ever appeared
on the turf and is an elegant indivduai.
Douglas Thomas OF Paris KY. has sold
through John Splsn. for Mrs. Polly Nc
Phee OF Vienna, Austria, the threc-ycnr-
old bay colt Wigwss t2:1eA) for $1,000.
Wigwag is by Waggins, dam Edgelight,
by Edgemark
The report that only dash races would
be given at the Memphis meeting OF 1903
Is Incorrect Although there will un-
doubtedly be a number of dash events on
the program, heal. races viii be given the
usual preference.
Reports from California state that the
noted trotting stallion Altsmont (22s2)
is so feeble Shst he Will be soon destroyed.
lie Is % years old. and Is the sire OF %
horses that have taken standard records
tnc iaStcst, tnenalS tI'ptI.l
Wskeful the best thoroughbred mare
I'm Australia. and the favorlte for the
classic Melbourne cup, is 10 be shipped
20 England for next years campaign She
lis only IL 1ts hands high. yet she carries
l45 pounds and runs two miles. Wakefu
is a e-year-old daughter OF Trenton.
IL appears that Anaconda t2claD was
bid In by his owner. r.. r.. Rice. of Bos-
ton, The horse was Knocked down TO j.
L. y. Payne. who. II IL said, was acting
for Mr.. Rice. IL IL said that the geld
ing's former trainer. Jack Trout. will
winter him and train him for next sea-
sons campaign.
Mayor j. NJ Johnson OF Calais. Me- is
going into the horse business on large
scale. Al Madison Square garden iast
week he bought over q head or young
trotters: Nineteen OF them were frohi
the Village farm consignment. IL MIR.
johnson gets one from the number as
good as Todd. the investment will be
paying one.
s. De Ridder Of Louisville, Of Gulvslis