Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-11

is a bay y~earling hlly. Florian. By Tacon-
net. dam Alcanine. by Alcantarus. 2:2OL
sire Of Afro, 2:11A. and others. The only
aged animal bought was the mare Song
stress, by Protector 1927. son OF Mambrino
Patchen s., dam Louette by Kentucky
Prince 247O, sire Of forty-one: granddam
The Smith Mare by strideaway 1855. sire Of
Pratt, 2:2s, and others. by Princeps.
Last Sunday, although a chilly day. found
L. F. Crofoot at the track. and his PAGER.
which he then speeded for the first time
this spring. made a remarkable showing.
He was taken right out Of q buggy and
hitched to a cart and driven a half-mile in
lis, the last quarter in 3S seconds. After
less than fifteen minutes cooling out Mr..
Crofoot drove him a quarter in 86k seconds.
a 2:25 gait. MIR. Crofoot's horse is a black
gelding without a record and is called Gov
ernor Taylor.
w. A. Paxton in the next few days will
be driving for the first time his new car
rage team. One Of the horses is a coach
horse which he has owned for some time:
the otheT is Con, a full brother to Polly
Fox. 2.2sh. by The Conqueror, 2:12h, dam
Senator's Maid, with a record Of 2:9O, by
- AAoAAAN
Brown by Dan Brown. 1874.
Three horses arrived at the track last
week from Hastings. The best known OF
the two is Tony w, 2:1sh. by f. w. NJ,
1852, son Of Red Wing, 2:3O, dam Trinket
by Young Prlnceps, grandson Of Princeps:
granddam, Don Bella by a grandson Of
Hambletonian 10. Tony w. is owned by
w. H. Crow, who has accompanied him to
Omaha. where he will make his first start.
After a few weeks in the Nebraska circuit
he will go east, probably as far as Cincin-
natl. George NJ. Babbitt has also accom-
panied an animal by Graham's Mambrino.
dam. Maggie M. by Blue Buck. The third
horse is a 4-year-old PAGER called Billy the
Kid. the property of a Mr.. Comstock Of
Hastings.
H. J. Root has sold his t%rotter. St. Pet
e%rsburg. 2:1s, by Russia, 2.29L, a son OF
Nutwood; dam, Neppy, by William Rysdyck.
Clinton Briggs horses now stationed in
Omaha are what is left Of a ten years ex-
p~erience in breeding t~rotters. Mr.. Briggs
bought a half interest in the horses OF Ed
Pyle OF Syracuse, Neb., In 1892. One OF
the horses in the lot was a dun gelding
AAoN nus ~ AahANd6 N 10 hoN
used on the Brooklyn speedway ny a prom
inent eastern business man. The gelding
is Newsboy, by Brentwood, a grandson Of
Hambletonian. 10. Newsboy has a pacing
record Of 2:l2&, a trotting record OF 2:20A,
beside a running and jumping record and a
proud list Of victories in horse shows in
different parts Of the country. Another
fast one at this time was Goldnote, a well
known fast, cream-colored PAGER. Still an
other fast one was the gelding Fairywood,
who won the Minneapolis ~trotting derby
three times in succession. This derby is a
three-mile event and Fairywood got a
three-mile record Of 1904. He is now be-
Ing used for ice racing in Toronto, Canada.
The two stations at the head Of the Alan
ito stock farm at that time were Hurry
Burly and Atlantic. These two stations
were both raised at the Fashion Stud in
Trenton, N. j., the once famous breeding
establishment of the east, and have not
ben parted since they left Mr.. Briggs
hands. Although they we're sold at diff
ferent times, they were both purchased
by the same man in Austria and they are
now at Vienna. Atlantic, 2:13%. was sired
Aurania, by General Washington, 1851.
Hurry Burly had a record Of 2:16A, but It
was no measure Of his speed. He was
sired by Rumor. 2:2O; dam, Lucia. by Jay
Gould, 1877, granddam by George NJ. Patchen.
From these two stations has come some
OF the fast ~trotters of Nebraska and their
blood still runs through a number Of horses
still owned in Omaha.