The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-08-28
ANGOLA Is ATTRACTING ATTENTION
AMONG TR0TTERS ON WESTERN TRACKS

Wh!le Sweet Marie has been furnishin,
excitement among the harness horsemel
on the Grand Circuit. a mare who has at.
tracted considerable attention in the i'm
mediate neighborhood OF this city is An.
giola. who made a sensational race a,
Decatur some twelve days ago.
The occasion was the opening day OF
the Grand Western Circuit meet at tbs
Illinois town. Tuesday, the first races
were trotied. n or this day. a mare
came TO the front who promise. to make
her mark In harness history.
This race was the 2:15 trot-
1t marked the first appearance on the
! Great Western of the fast Texas trotter,
Hal. Frey. Frey has been conspicuous
on the Grand Circuit this season. taking
a record of 2:0sls at Buffalo and is con-
sidered one of the fastest and eamest
~trotters In training. But no is a head
strong. excitable gelding, and given to
making wild breaks. which have won for
him the sobriQriet. among tho railbirds, of
the "leaping frog" To meet him at De-
catur the pick Of the Great Western trot-
ters assembled. Barongale (2:I1is). the
grand 4-year-old in J.. B. Chambers sta
BILE, vas considered the best Of them. for
In the two preceding weeks he had won
impressively at Davenport. Ia. and Free
port, Ill. There were seven other good
ones. but It was considered that only Bar
ongale had a chance to beat the Texan.
Among the outsiders was the bay mare
Angola, in the stable of Oscar Ames, who
Is located at Wheaton and always is con-
sidered one of the Chicago contingent.
Angola Is owned by W. H. Smollinger, Of
Galesburs. ILL.,. the secretary Of the Great
Western Circuit and one of the most
popular men on the harness turf. Last
year she was brought out by Charley
Dean. who CAV her q. mark OF 2:lE14.
She was then owned by fl. Harmaning Of
Chicago. for whom Dean selected and
bought, her in Kentucky in the fall OF
showing in Deans hands was so good that
she attracted much attention. and Mr..
Smollfnger was so impressed with her
that he bought her for a stiff price. which
was several times her cost less than a
year before.
Mr.. Smollinger placed her with Ames,
him during recent seasons, and her work
the. past spring was the feature OF the
training season at the Wheaton track. It
was either the last week in June or first
n her speed for a brush was fairly
Windsor, Ontario. when she was given an
was split OPEN the next week at de-
troit. There she made a great show
ing. but was obliged to meet the invincible
Sweet Marie. Twice she brought tho
California mare to the whip and was
beaten heads only in two heats. each
trotting in 2:l0H. The next week she
she won easily. the best time 3:13k.
Thence she went to Freeport. where. a
strong favorite, she showed very poorly.
breaking in every heat when called on
and finishing absolutely unplaced to Bar
ongale. who won easily. best time Ella.
LITTLE THOUGHT OF HER.
After this race Mr.. Smollinger and o.
car were very downcast. as they had not
believed she could lose. and, as q conse-
quence at Decatur she was not considered
to have any chance, comparatively,
against "Chan's' colt or the Texas leap
The uncertainty Of horse racing
was never more strikingly exempliied
than by the result. For she not only won, |
but trotted the most sensational race eve
seen In the West in years.
The first heat was trOtted in 2:0SL, and
sne finished within herself after reaching
the th~ree-quarter pole In 1:34iis, which Is
than any t~hree-quarters has been
t,otted on the Grand Circuit this summer,
teing at a los rate for the mile. Baron |
gale and Hail Frey led at the half. Then |
the Texas trotter made one Of his leaps |
and swerved into B~arongale. which SO
frightened the colt-who was trotting at a !
2M gaft.that he broke for the first time |
In his life In a race. Angola then shot |
past the pair and won.
In the second heat she broke going away |
and fell a distance back. No one thought |
AInes would drive for the heat, but Is |