Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-01-23
IOWA SPORTS TALK
Mason City, Boone, Fort Dodge
and Nashua Made Members
of Cedar Valley Circuit
SEASON OPENS AT NASHUA

+ Will Last From Fourth Week of May
| Until Third Week of August 10
| Pace Cut out and 2.t0 Event Added
The Record of Little Sauaw-Da..
| exports Crack Bowler.
| by the addition of Mason cry
Nashua. Fort Dodge and Boone to tue
Cedar Valley Racing Circuit at the
annual meeting held in Cedar Rapi Is
this week racing during the coming
! summer. not only in the four towns
mentioned. but in the other nine OF 'he
circuit should take on additional M
| terest Not only is the circuit strength
ened. ana should attract more owners
of harness horses. but local interest IN
the game in the towns that have been
made members will be awakened. Ma
son City has especially been DESTROYS Of
| gaining a place. Other towns also
wanted in. but We're not allowed the
privilege largely for the reason that tn
season Was too limited. Ii WAS nece>-
sary to end the races of the circuit ~
the third week of August. az the events
| of the state fair, which are more ut
tractive TO horsemen. occupy the last
week OF that month.
AS it stands now, with the circu.
opening at Nashua during the last week
of May. there is some danger that the
date is too early TO guarantee any
great amount OF good sport. This sen
SON of the year Is So entirely depen-
dent upon the weather of the spring
| that should the earlier weeks prove wet
and cold the sport is Liable to receive
q setback Such WAS the case last year
and the year before, when owing to
heavy rains horses We're not in shape 10
go the distance until much later in the
seas son. AS a result the last month OF
the circuit was much better than the
first.
| Another change that has been made
that will have some effect is the low
s.!hs w .ie .'iiie VI oie PoS.iS eN VII.
i''s.eau VI 'i'e 70 pacing rave Oh las'
year 'nis season ,ne even. mas peer
,o"eieu ~ 80. ',o,.ins races
oeen so", u " s'a.id '',e sa.iie
10y W.. si 80 anu %. AZ ~
...,, , ~ os ,s - Nn''e ~
49,. 80 ,s,,s,,,.
no, i,a;n,. a,,o,,ah a,,,,.s an ~,
hos No, ha,, T., a. -. -.
horses Win records below ia. ~, -,
mar have followed tho circui, I.,s, ,.,r
In some nIacas tbar. Voc NO, on., 800,
entries in the free for all pace 10 mako
IT go.
From Wellsville. kas.. comes ,h,s
story Sold as a wearing for sin ana
holder OF two worlds regards .ha,an.
she was 5 wears old. Is tho -a.,oc..,
of Little Sauaw. 2:04is. the paejne
mare from Kansas. WIN was 50 n.f.r,i-
ucnt on the grand circ,;, last season
T.. O. ceideberg. the owner and driver
of I1s.tl,. Souaw. came % this country
| from Sweden about ten wears ago. He
workey, on a farm and accumulated
enough money 10 go into business FOR
q himself. one Gay he started out to
purchase a team OF mules and in max :
ing the nurchase ne secured I.;ttI,
\ Souaw nurn tin3 for him Tho dam
/ of Little snuaw was owned nv 10 ID,
Hos,ettcr or welisyille She had no
rct]irres and Mt that time had shown
no signs of speed. kewanee Boy. the
| vaa..,,re was an awkw,pd -look,ng tiilv
ard HoS.at,ar d,3 M. CONSIDER b.r
nron,sinp i, molS,nr the nnls .rar,.
he oya,ad IN ,bro,y Ia It,,ia Snuav- for
SIN NH. Swede accented the offer
and led The f,Hy away With him. This
Mas In 1907 After u,tle cesdahers
h..ran u,ors ne brakeman nm tho San
| !, no and n,aced LITTLE Souaw In the
hands .of a trainer. All his earnings
vera devo,ed to TRIMMING her. She de-
ye,oned sneed and ms e-year-ol,l
| wade !, ha,s-miI.. mark Of 1.15 on a
h,lf-r4,a track The following wear
sns weed at coffeyyIlle Freaonia.
III, pao,, AMI o.,,anxa. winning every
raca sba an,arad A, Ottawa she was
aivar nart q, o.141s. Then sh., was
,,l,.,, so,t, s,,5 cantnred the world,
ra.ora fo- s-year-,,,a nacinr f,i,ias.
o.oan Driven 10 q wagon nj Menu
nh,s rarn In 1901 nv Frank Jones. in
-, ,,,.a,r race sha ma5a onnthar
war,a,s -acora o.o6is Her subse-
e,,a,,. raer 10 vol, known Lit,le
cn,,w u,,s ona nj tho hip winners on