Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-30

Hebron, Beatrice. Lincoln (state fair)
Auburn and Hubbell Seward the seventh
meeting in the circuit. has increased the
value Of its 2:27 class trotting and 2:27 class
pacing from $500 to 81 900 each. Several
Omaha business men wished to follow this
example and give $1,000 purses. but Il wac
thought best 20 demonstrate that the com
ing meeting is to be differently managed
than those Of the past. and then next year
offer larger purses.
Two Omaha trainers, Pat McAvoy and
Charles Roby. will soon locate at the half
mile track to train their horses till the
opening Of the racing season. Mr.. McAvoy
has already q few horses on the grounds
and will increase his stable to some six
teen head. Mr.. Roby has about the same
number in a nearby stable, which be will
move into the barns located on the race
grounds in a few days. Mr.. McAvoy will
have in his string a number Of his own
horses, including a promising 3-year- old
mare by a son OF Prodigal, 2:16, dam by
Mascot. Mr.. Mayne of Council Bluffs has
2-year-old stallion by a son Of Charles
Caffrey, 104S; a S-year-old black pacing
stallion Blackstrath, by Strathmore 40s,
2:1Sk. by Director. 2;l7. dam by Jay Gould,
2:21h; Mr.. Dennison's colt, Dandy Jim, and
his brown mare, Durado, 2:1s, by Durango,
2:23%, dam Ada, 2:29k, by Fairy Gift, and
others.
Charles Roby has thirteen good ones be-
longing to p B. Haight. Among them are
Jesse King, 2:1sh, by Taeonnett 21S45, son
Of Nelson, dam by Strathmore 40s; May
Bell. PAGER, by Taconnett, dam by Broad
way, 2:2ek; c. c. D., trotting mare, by
Taconnett, dam by DR.. Franklin; Efhe H.
3-year-old trotter by Taconnett, and a
ntmber Of Taconnett youngsters out Of
dams by Alcantara, Kentucky Prince,
Strathmore and Woodline. Mr.. Roby also
has in hands Mr.. Gougeon's Billy Paxton,
young stallion by The Conqueror, 2:12k !;
trotter by woodline, dam by Make Cobb.
and one by The Conqueror, dam by Patron.
Mr.. hymns, a horseman of Cedar Bluffs
Ia, was a visitor in the city last week, and
visited the Keystone farm. Mr.. hymns
represents Mr.. Knapp. also of Cedar Bluffs.
Ed Allen OF Marion, Ia, was in the city,
and returned with Nat Browns mare, Col
umbine. and a 2.year-old colt by The Con-
queror. which he purchased.
Fireman Craiger recently purchased from
the Keystone farm a very fast weaving colt
by Baron Grand, dam Moselle by Harold
Onward. The price is not given, but is
known to be high
A. L. Thomas, who purchased Junemont,
2:14 at the last Fasig- Upton sale in New
York, has sold him to Willen Myers, Cement
City, Mich, at a large profit. Junemont
received his record in a third heat of a
race and has a trial Of 2:1OA. He is a fine
oh eta ha al nj
three race horses and some Of the best
high stepping trotters in the country. His
three colts are Edward o.. 2:14h, June
Bird, 2:29k, and June WIKI, 229h. Mr..
Thomas had shipped Junemont to his farm
in Odin, ILL.,, but being offered figure much
in advance Of his purchase price, sold him.
Junemont was bred in Michigan, and in turn
became the property of Mr.. John d. Creigh-
ton of Omaha. Under Mr.. Creighton s
ownership be was raced to his present
record and earned the distinction of being
the fastest housekeeping trotter in the
United States. Junemont Is by fremont,
2:2sh. a son Of Belmont dam Fannie Carey
by Jack Rosey OF Morgan descent.
The best stallion possessed by an Omaha
man is Ashland Wilkes, 217A. owned by
John d. Creighton. Mr.. Creighton has
Ashland Wilkes at the orchard Park farm,
near Lexington, KY, and a recent dispatch
states that he is visiting Orchard Park 70
inspect the young Ashland Wilkes colts, OF
which there are hfty-eight. Ashland Wilkes
was the leading sire of the United States
last year, and from the number Of colts on
hand he will doubtless head the list again
this year. Ashland Wilkes is the sire OF
John r. Gentry. 2:0O1s. and sixty-f1ve others.
Advlces from Germany state that among
the entries for the Championship of Europe
stake is the former Omaha mare, Con-
tralto, 210, by The Conqueror, 2:12h.
Matched against Contralto are eighteen
other fast horses. including Bonatella, 2:10,
and Caid. 2:O7K. Caid has won more fast
races than any in the list OF nineteen start
ers. but Contralto beat Caid once last year.
The stake is trotted each year at the Baden
Baden track. near Vienna, and is the classic
trotting event on the other side. 1t was
on this track that Que Allen trotted a
heat in 2:0S 2-5. which stands as the
European trotting record
At Fred Terry's recent sale In st. Joseph
Mo-, George Harvey Of Kearney, Neb.i
bought a matched pair Of bay geldlngs by
The King for $3.50.
A southeastern Nebraska racing circuit
has been organized. starting at Pawnee City
and including Beatrice, Lincoln and Auburn
in the Nebraska circuit. and passing on Ia
Teeumseh and Salem.
]. d. Mines, Hastings Neb.. has sold to
Melvin lockwood. Kenesaw, Neb., the stall
lion, Electric Storm, by Brown Hal, 2:l2h
]. Davidson, Venango, Neb., and c. E.
Gray, Platte, Neb., were in the st. Louis
markets last week with some good horses
Recent information that the noted sire
]. r. shedd. 2:19k, was burned in a fire
at Concord. n. H.. brings to mind the fact
that one OF his get, Shedd Wilkes, was
given her record by Mr.. Thomas Of Omaha
]. r. Shedd was foaled twenty years ago in
Portsmouth. W. Va. He was by Red
Wilkes, dam by Ericsson, grand-dam by Van
dal. thoroughbred. He obtained his record
in 1889 at Buffalo. N. Y. defeating a large
field In FIVE heats He is the sire Of Wood
shed p, 2;O9H; Harry Shed, 214A; Annie
Shed. 2:14h. and fourteen others.
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