Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1906-11-27
SPORTS
NUT BOYS CAREER

VI "' 'h' huitiuoS'opic HistOTy Vi
any of our old.tme trotters. none ex.
ceeds that of the varied career of the
bay geldins. now called Nut Boy.
1907 l.2. winner of the first money In
the great $4,000 massachusetts, stake
at Readville. August "a. in 2:0g Ia, en-.
rolling his name In the noted list of
winners. which now reads az follows,
namely: Quartermarch. Rilma. Graf.
tan Boy. Charley Herr. Boralma. On.
ward Silver. Major Delmar. Billy
Buch. Consuela s.. Sadie Mac and Nut
Boy, says the American Horse Breel.
en- This important distinction he ex.
oeeded by winning first money from
sixteen contestants In the famous
$4,000 Charter Oak stake. September
3, reducing his record to 2:O7 1.2, eQuS
ing the fastest time for this event
made six years since by Georgena by
Epaulet. 2:l9. In 1900. As II has not
been beaten the track record for this
event Is Georgena's 2:07 1-2. because
she was the first to make It. Nutpine.
the sire of Nut Boy. was the first foal
that saw the light OF day at John II.
Shuts Parkway farm on Long Island.
n. Y. The dam Of Nut Boy was Grace
smugglcr by Colonel Henry s. Rus.
sells noted Stallion Smuggler.
2:15 Ia, who from 1876 held the trot.
ting stallion record for eight years. In
spite Of the prophetic boasts of many
owners.
Nut Boy was foalod In 1896. He
was so rank. erratic and ungovern.
able In harness that he frequently had
TO run him against q building to stop
him. December 4. 1908. he appeared
as Bengallne In n consignment from
W. J. Carter Of Richmond, Va, at the
Fasig.Tipion sale. with the statement
that he had shown half a mile In
1907, and a quarter In 80 seconds. At
this sale he was bought by John II.
Shuts, supposing from the appear.
ance that he was buying q mare. Find.
ing his mistake he ordered him resold
He was bought by Paul Connolly of
West philadelphia. Pa. After run.
ming away and nearly killing Henry
Longstreth, he was put up ut West
Philadelphia bazaar. and bought by Flu.
gene Reyenthaler, who did not keep
him long. but sold him to Thomas S.
Young. He resold to fatten him. cut
of his tail, and sell him for q high
stopper. He put him upstairs on a
second floor where all would be quiet.
feeding the horse all he would eat
He tried this for month. but the geld.
ing worried all of the flesh of Of him.
October 3. 1905, Young sold him as
Bengaline to William Mcfarland OF
West Philadelphia. who got Harry
headstrong and rank that Mcfarland
became disguised and sold him ut
auction as Nut Boy. This was his first
appearance under that name. He was
purchased by Henry Croasdale. a lum.
Der dealer at Avondale. Pa. Being out
in the country where everything was
quiet. and being roaded about ten
miles a day In business wagon. Nut
Boy became quiet. and at times show.
cd speed. Being In the lumber bust.
ness and not wishing to enter racing,
Croadsdalc now sold the horse for
$500 to George Hindermyer OF Phila,
delphla. Pa. He drove him out to Bel.
mont Park and asked Stote Clark
twho recently drove Kingstress In a
race ut Readvillc to a record better
than 2:l0). to drive Nut Boy mile
over Belmont Park, telling State that
he was green horse. He was to
drive the first quarter fast. the mid
die half slow, and the last quarter
fast. Stote drove the horse the first
quarter In "a l.2 seconds, the last quar-.
ter in 32 Ia seconds. Upon dismOunt.
ing, Stote Clark said: THAT, horse
knows a track better than I do. but II
you can identify him ! will give you
$1,000 for him" They could not iden.
tlfy him then further than four years.
The horse was then nine ears old. but
they were calling him eight.
He was then taken to c. N. Payne
at Poine Breeze. The horse ran away
with him three times. getting entirely
out OF harness once. But Payne kept
on training him, and won with him at
Allentown, Bethlehem and other
places. In the fall of 1905 stranger
to Hindermyer came TO buy the horse
and paid Hindermyer $4,000 for him.
Upon asking the buyers name, the
answer was; Il got the horse, you
have the money" This led some
folks to think he was to be used as q
ringer But the buyer was Jack"
Crabtree and the horse Is In the stable
of Miss Lolita, who halls from Quincy