The Washington herald., 1906-10-14
HUTBOY IN THE SULKY
Little L0tta'S Horse Leads
AOney-winning Trotters.
OFTEN SHOWED GREAT SPEED
But No one Was Able to Make Any
thing Out of the Horse Until the
Crabsrees Purchased Him-Was
Owned by Virginians, Who Passed
Him Along TO Eastern Buyers.

Nutboy. the sensational trotter OF the
year and the largest money winner down
the Grand Circuit this season. has had an
eventfvI career since q four-year-old. and
over a dozen horsemen handled. owned or
drove the son OF Neptune, parted with
this horse fortune thinking he was gold
brick"
Nutboy was bred by ". H. Barnes.
Decatur. III. who sold him as four-Sear'
old to Dr. SpaIding, OF Decatur, under the
name Of .Benjaline, the horse being used
for road driving by the doctors SON
The colt was high strung and nearly
incorrigible and when going at speed
sometimes had to be headed for bufld-
ing IN order TO make him stop Dr- Spald-
ing. tiring Of the animal, sold him for Z
small sum to dealer named Rates, OF
Richmond. Va Bates kept Benjaline
aulv short time a r'sn working in 4
locomotive works at Richmond becoming
his owner.
The ircaworker- could drive an engine
hut Benja1ine was too much for him, and
,. {. Smith, Richmond horssnlan. got
The horse. smith soon found that the big
bav geIdins had lots OF speed. but was
uncomfortable. Thinking. ne had two
minute trotter he sent him 10 R. P
Souther. Dorchester, Mass. who tried
The horse over the Readville track and
also over the Boston Speedway. Benjaiine
could beat everything on the road and
speedway easily, and he was placed IN
Henry Titers hands to train. But Titer
ftaH al a
lid James Carpenter. and the horse wss
returned 10 Souther
sold As Mare.
In the winter Of 1873, In the consign-
mcnt Of Mr. Carter Of Richmond. Va.
and under the name OF Inghram. Benja-
line made his appearance at the Fasig
old Glory" sale at Madison Square Gar
zen and was purchased by John II. ShultI,
of Shultzhurst Farm. II is claimed that
Shultz in buying the horse thought he
had purchased a mare. he wanted a
daughter OF Nutpine for breeding puF-
poses. The Selding was returned and
again put I'D at auction, Paul Connolly,
OF Philadelphia becoming his owner.
,onneIly. dispose. of the horse 20 Eugene
Rventhaler for road and speedway puT-
poses. but the gelding did not suit and
the next owner was Thomas :. Young.
Given Name Of Nutb0y.
At one % Young's auction sales the
horse was put up and sold to William
1facFarland. after showing a faster burst
of speed over the pavement down the
back street than any other horse had
ever shown. AIacFarland changed the
name Of the horse to Nutboy. and 3. T.
Slater. Of CTondale, Pa, soon became MS
owner. For a year NutbOy was driven ten
miles daily by Slater in his business
Finding that Nutboy had more speed than
any horse he ever rode behind and be-
lieving &c would make a race horse, which
was not in his line, Slater prevailed upon
George Hildemeyer 10 buy the horse f0I
500 On MAY 6. 1865. right on the cars
Stote r. Clark drove Nutboy a qIarte:
over Belmont track in % seconds.
On May .. IiildeHeyeT drove NutbOy
down 10 Point Breeze track and request.
&C c. \. Payne to work him out. ShOd
in heaVy road shoes, Payne sent Nutboy
q quarteTS. al. g. seconds and a half in ] 90
The horse was then put into training. be
- handled By James Morris. but finally
into Payne's hands. Payne campaign
cd MIN the season Of 1865. starting twelve
times and winning nine races
Purchased by an Actress.
In December last Hndepeyer sold Nut
heg to Walter Cox. who was agent for ]
y. Crabtree Cbrother of Lotta Crabtree
the actress. of Boston, Mass. for the
alleged price OF 5000. Payne. who claimed
he made the deal for TIildemeyer. entered
suit for his commission and the suit j;
still pending.
This season the horse was first in the
hands Of Driver LsffeTty, who drove hin
in his half-rlile track races. but al Buffalo
the entire era btree string was turned oveI
TO Myron +. McHenTy, who has since
driven him in all his races.
At Buffalo Nujboy won the 5000 Lafay-
cite Hotel Stake. in three heats. in 9.O9i4
10 z.l0s.. lie won the s;I5 trot al
Poughkeepsie in 2:oSi4. 2:11i4, 2;l1. A
Readville he won the Massachusett:
Stake. for 2:14 trotters, in 2;0974, @:l0st
after dropping the second heat 10 DR.
Chase in 2:lol4.
At Hartford he won the famous Chartei
oak Stake Si00o0. in 2:0Ts.. 9:01i4. finish
ing second in the third heat to Orc, IL
-.6gs he won the 2;9S trot at Syracuse l.
s.t7i2. 2.05l4; the Ohio Stake, s5oo0, a; Gin
! ciunati. in @:l0l4. 2:09lk, losing the second
heat 10 Mack Mack in 2:0S. Nutboy I'm
isned second, and finished the season By
winning the classic S5,el0 Transylvanis
! e:01it 2:09
Nutboy IS the fourth horse that has eve
won both the Charter Oak and Transyl
pania IN 1893 HarTietta Won both, il
1888 John Nolan was a double winner, anC
Lord Vincent. Won in 1899.
Nutboy is the fourth horse that has ever
won both the Charter Oak and Transyl
vania In 1898 Harrietta won both, IN lS9
John Nolan was q double winner. and
Lord Vincent won IN 1899.
Grand Circuit Big Winners.
n Nutboy. classes near the top among tn,
I largest winners in history down the GTant
Circuit line with N7.G73 to his credit
Anderson's Nightingale. in 1S93 won s15.
3D.. HaTTietta, in 1888. Won Sl2.S75; Relnia
IN 1897 Won Sl3z25. John Nolan. in 1885
won S1c,SZ5: Lord Vincent, in 1893. w0T
Ss,60os Eleata. in 1891, won SlS,100; Borai
ma. in 1861, won sll.l5o. and as three
ycar-old. in 1883. Sl2.9D; Patron In ISS7
won sl2.15l; Alcyon. in iSS9, won sl5.jej
SiTa in her best season. won only $3.50
Country jay won slS.000 in 1901: Nera Sim.
mons. the same year, won SII.075; in 19G
Rhythmic won S1sI50 and Amelia, S14.
so; IN 1854 Sweet Marie won s24.fs5; Grace
Bond, SIe-500; Alta -AxwOrthV, SI5.I25; Dr
Strong, $l4600. and Consuelo s. Sl2.S75
TWeuty-six tTOtters that raced down the
Grand Circuit this season won over s9t9
each. Nutboy leads the list with SI4772 4,
hla credit. and he also won $500 az Lex
ington. He started at Columbus. pough-
keepsie, ReadviIle 1.-TWO meetings., Hart
ford. Syracuse, and Cincinnati
Brilliant Girl next in order. won 81. 137
starting six times. Corhato. who woT
$500 had only two winning starts. ORC
winner OF SS.995 started at every meeting
on the circuit. Allie Jay. at seven meet