The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-12
RACES NEXT FRIDAY
BIRMINGHAM HORSES AT RIVER
SIDE TRACK.
Montgomery Driving Club Has Pro-
vaded D Fine Card of Events and
Several Visitors Are Ex-
pected.

Not since the bunch of Macon horses
.Sere here four years ago and gave
such a delightful afternoons sport
aas there been anything in matinee
racing to attract as much attention as
he program prepared for next Friday
Afternoon at Riverside.
For some days past efforts have been
made by the Montgomery Driving Club
to have some of the best horses In
Birmingham brought to Montgomery
and entered in one of the matinee
races of the club at Riverside, the
proposition to the birmingham people
being that all their expenses would be
guaranteed. Yesterday morning d. r.
Cook of the Montgomery Driving Club
received message from VIII IL. Jones
of Birmingham stating that the propo-
horses would be loaded in the cars at
Birmingham Wednesday night and
would reach Montgomery early Thurs
day morning.
Three trotters and couple of PAGERS,
and as soon as the message from Biz
mtngham was received, the local cluD
went to work preparing a program OF
races for Friday that will be far and
away the most interesting held in this
section in many years.
The card will include five races, one
and possibly two of them being three
in-five heats, the others being two-in-
three. The first race on the card viii
be the feature event OF the afternoon,
and one that Will be filled with abb
Eorbing interest. 1t will be between
and Hal Almont, Mr.. Woods royalty
bred 5-year-old, and horse race 1t
promises to be from start to finish.
Mr.. Joness horse has paced miles way
be said that absolutely nothing tS
known In regard to the speed possessed
by Hal Almont. In his race with Riv-
erside and Cybert c. the other day.
he rnaralU inOUad hnTna hot n
heats, never once being called. on or
urged. Next Friday, however. he will
most assuredly be asked for a good bit
of that reserve speed that is the talk
but that workout" given him the other
day. and IL reports are correct he will
have 20 get under 16 to beat the Fred
6. Wilkes horse. This race will be
are that the heats will be badly split,
the races will have to be called much
earlier than usual.
The next race will be three-cor-
nered trJt, two in three heats, and
promises to be very interesting. Not
much is known about Sarah Jane Riley,
the Birmingham mare. but II is said
that she can go pretty fast. while the
stamina displayed by George McGregor
at the last matinee. when he forced
Ben Butterworth to step both heats IN
$3.50 fiat. will be remembered by that
Fourth of July crowd. The third en-
try in this race is also an unknown
quantity-Essie. greene one in Mr.
Woods barn that has not been shown
yet.
The third race on the card bids fair
to be as interesting as the first one
1t is a 2:25 class trot, three in five. with
two entries-Annie D., a daughter OF
Fred s. Wilkes. and Gilbert c. Mr.. Pal
mer's fast trotter known to local horse
lovers as Cybert c. This horse has
shown that he can go better than 2:2C
by his races with Riverside. but
whether he can hold his speed in q
bruising race of three in five heats
when he has never gone more than two
in three. remains to be seen. The
birmingham mare has trotted miles
better than 2:20, and 1t looks as II this
race like the free-for-all pace will be
q fight TO finish.
The fourth race on the caraWill be
one filled with local interest. When
the card was being arranged for next
Friday, before IL was known that the
Birmfngham horses were coming a
race had been arranged between River
side. Gilbert c. and Ben Butterworth
Now, however, the two latter horses
will start in this pacing race with Roam
law. a son of Jay Bird, as the third
corner Until the fourth of July River
side was the undisputed champion of
the local track. having won every race
in which he started. not only winning