The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-11
EGYPTA WINNER.
Albert PRrker's Horse Won
$40 Trot at York.
RaRsdell Drove to Victory in
Three Straight Heats.
AT THE TOPEKA TRACK
Lot of Youngsters In Training
at Fair Grounds.
Preparing for Race Meet During
State Fair.

Egypta, a black trotter owned by
Albert aPrker, of Topeka, won the 2:40
trot in three straight heats yesterday
afternoon on the York, Neb., track.
The purse hung up was $500. lack
Ransdell, of Topeka, drove. Eygpta is
to all purposes green, having entered in
only one previous race, about six weeks
since at Kansas City where she made a
fine showing. Randalls mare, Black
Reel, starts in the 2:35 pace this after
noon and should secure place.
There is a goodly lot of youngsters
being worked out on the track at the
fair grounds by the trainers. Stabbed
and in the care of the trainers are
something like so horses, a large part
of which are green, having no record,
and some of whom will be raced for the
first time in the offerings at the state
fair here during next month. John Hart
has the largest string, IA in number, on
the grounds. Leading them is Monte
CampbellS horse, Jim Underwood, the
blind trotter with a record of 2:11A,
which will be entered in the races here
and sent down through a portion of the
Kansas circuit, newly formed, and the
Oklahoma circuit which win open up
about the middle of August. He will
also be booked for the races at Kansas
dates. Jim Underwood in work out
yesterday did a mile in PA, the sea-
sons record for the local track. A
match race has also been arranged for
a $500 purse between Nancy Bell, u
black mare owned by a Kansas City
horseman, and Jim Underwood. Two
races will be run, one at Kansas City
and the other in Topeka.
Others in the same string are Fred
McGregor, 2:15. PAGER owned by Will
lam Bradbury; General Evans, 2:16A.
trotter owned by NJ n. James; Valen-
cha McGregor, by Fergus McGregor. u
sorrel stud owned by A Wilson. This
is one of the most likely young trot-
tiers in the bunch. Another promising
s year old is a trotter unnamed owned
by a Clay Center man named Ransdell.
Most of these will be entered in the To-
cal races.
Trainer Brannerman has in his string
something like ten horses, all trotterS
with the exception of two. All are
green and have no track record. Among
the more promising are Lexington
King, a three year old trotter, owned
by DR.. ]. p. Raster; Catherine, Bonnie
Bell, three year old filly, PAGER, owned
by T. F. Doran and Silk Cap by Silk
wood, three year old filly, owned by
w. l. Miller.
Geo. Rambo a trainer from Emporia,
has quartered here a string known as
the Lambert stable, a syndicate with
l. c. Lambert, the attorney of En-
poria, at its head All of the horses in
the bunch are green and will have
their first tryout on the Topeka tracks.
The best horse in the bunch is Allie
gheny Myrtle, PAGER who mas done a
mile in 2:29A. Others in the stable are
Margaret o.. PAGER; Cornetta, PAGER;
PAGER; and Riley A. by Riley
a yearling PAGER.
The only runners on the ground are
under the care of William Miller who
has three. green horse, Lemm Hun
man, and a third handicapped by the
Of ,dx- Ncx1- Ton has
five horses to work out under mis- eye.
Birdie Mack, a four year old green
trotter, owned by Chas. Gill; Oakland
Flash by Baron Flash, a four year old
trotter with no record owned by Geo.
w. Bramlett, a southern horseman, who
has another horse training in the same
bunch, Electric Flash by Electric
Baron, two year old trotter; Dolly by
hlly owned by Otto Kuehne, Jr., and
Handy, a two year old pacing FLY, |
complete the string.
John Orr has three horses working !
put, all of them green, but giving evil |
iences of worth.
Chas. Samson has his string work
ing out under the care of Geo. L. |
Parish. Prominent in the group are
Phyllis, s.. PAGER with a record of |
2:13A; Lady Direction, a green two |
year old trotter and Lord Direction,
two year old PAGER who has done half |
mile on a tryout in 1920. DR.. Mum, |
PAGER, 2:2S; Jim Claybourne, a green |
PAGER and Rachel Heir by Happy Heir, |
who has done a mile in 2;191s and who |
will be entered in the 2:30 pacing event |
1t Kansas City a week following the |
'air here. The purse in the latter is |
i COO. Happy Heir is owned by Parish. |
OF the local horses out on other cir /
,uits nothing much is known. lack |
Ransden has taken Black Reel, his |
PAGER with a record of GIG, and a green |
rotter, Egypta, owned by Albert Par /
xer. to the Nebraska circuit and will |
go from there onto the Iowa [
racks. Red Bird, one of the best /
horses around these parts and formerly
! Topeka horse. is travelling in fast !
company, having been entered in the
yrand circuit. Grub Micheals is driv- |
ng Red Bird was placed fourth in |
2:03H heat on the Empire track, New
FORK, Tuesday. Red Bird is owned by |
W. B. Mccormick of Manhattan.