Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-05-27
First of the Cedar Valley Cir
cult Meets Opens at West
Union Tuesday
IOWA LEAGUES GREAT RACE
Independence Man Buys Promising
Chicago Horse-Gardner and Ryan
Matched For June 13-Hardin coun-
~. Field Meet-AIlredse Throws
GaIIentine at ottumwa- New Mile
Record for Autos.

Memorial Day, next 4ussusly' iiie'A -
the opening of the first meeting of the
Cedar Valley Circuit, and is the real
beginning Of the race horse season in
Iowa. West Union starts off the thlr-
teen meetings Of the circuit this year
with a three days meeting on May ~,
81, and June l. A lapse of almost
week then intervenes before the next
begins at Nashua, on June 6. Race
horse men Of the state, and campaign
ers Of the west generally. watch with
Interest the opening Of this best Of all
Iowa racing circuits. 1t is one of the
best little circuits Of the west. The
season, as last year has been backward
Tor the working out Of horses and
conditioning with wet and cold wealth
er and muddy tracks has been dis
couraging. Yet many Of them are at 1t
this year the same as other years. and
many q would be world beater is now
eating oats, which will never be paid
for by prize money.
One Of the merriest races in base
ball In all the west. and for that mat
ter in the country, is now going on
here in Iowa between the eight clubs
OF the Iowa State League. punched
as they are without the low club al
most within hailing distance Of the
topnotcher, the situation gives promise
Of one Of the gamest struggles for the
pennant the west has ever seen. The
clubs are much more evenly matched
4 A6oxy Ia Ia
70 half again as hot. One of the phe-
nominal performances SO far this sea-
con is that Of Ft. Dodge, which opened
away from home, lost six successive
games, then began to win. It is still
winning having landed itself at the
top OF the bunch.
One OF the best-bred young stations
ever brought to Iowa was purchased at
this weeks Chicago sale, by c. Hath
away. Independence. This is the six
year-old son OF Robert McGregor
2:171a, Monos 1882, and one Of the
last crop OF colts by that great sire
Monos is out Of Axtella. by Axtell
:: IL; grandanl Viola Medium 2:25,
by Happy Medium 400; third dam
Topsy Taylor, great brood mare, by
Norman 25. Monons was worked last
year by the well-known Cleveland
trainer, Fred Keys, and showed full
mile in 1898.
The match between Jimmy Gardner
and Buddy" Ryan, to take place at
Butte, Mont, on June 10, articles for
which were signed this week is off,
as Jimmy repudiated his contract, and
thru his brother, George, agreed to
meet Jack O'Keefe at Salt Lake City
1 on June IA. Ryan has been training
for the battle with Gardner at Mount
Clemens Mich.
The fourth annual field meet of the
Hardin County High School Athletic
Association is being held on the
grounds Of the Hardin County Agri-
i cultural Society, tody. There are six
contesting schools, Alden, Iowa Falls
4 Ackley, New Providence, Hubbard
and Eldora, and fourteen field events
There Is base ball game between the
State Industrial school and State Gem
ter, and music is furnished by the in
dustrial school band.
]. II. Alldredge of Leon, by securing
the best two out of three falls in his
4 match with j. III. Gallentine of Keokuk
y ct Ottumwa this week is still the
d champion wrestler OF Iowa. Allelredge
secured the first fall In SR minutes
and lost the second fall to Gallentine
in ~ minutes. The third fall, All
dredge secured in Az minutes. The
match was pulled off under the au-
spices of the Eagles and was largely
ATTENDED. In preliminary E. NJ.
7 Cheesman of Keokuk secured the best
three falls out of five from Oscar
Lindholm Of Ottumwa.
At an automobile meet in New
York recently Louis Chevrolet lowered
the worlds record for a mile, flying
start, by covering the distance in 80
s4-5 seconds The previous record of
a:53 was held by Barney Oldfield.
How to Ward of Old Age.
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