The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-07-25

we'll known among the reckless
Vaqueros OF eastern Washington, in
relating stories of the last great
roundup of wild horses in the far
northwest state. Blood will tell. and
1t VIII tell even more noticeably in
WHO morse than In one that never has
been outside the corral and that had
been halter-broke before it was
weaned.
ANY bunch of wild horses gives the
riders trouble. but for sheer, unadul-
terated deviltry and meanness the
youngsters bred from the fleet old
Arabian stations are the hardest
proposition we ever get up against.
And yet, while they are the hardest
10 capture, there's a zest about the
chase that true rider never tires
OF. 1t gets the rider on his nerve, like
a hight with a silver bass, right out of
cold water, affects fisherman who
mas been foOling with plymouth
blacks in mill pond.
one Saturday about the last of
April we were sweeping Saddle Noun
tain for the wild herd We spread our
men we'll, arranged to give them fresh
mounts at proper intervals, and by
nightfall we had about 900 wild horses
rounded up. But even at that a herd
of 100 or $50 of these young Arabian
bloods could not be captured, in spite
of our craft and efforts.
They composed what is known
throughout that section of the state
as the wild goose band They all run
from white to gray or spotted black
and white in color. The herd gets
its name from the prevailing color
and from the straightway runs which
these transplanted half sons of the
desert make when pursued. When
the herd leaders started to make a
break we riders had to give way or
be over turned, and the best and fresh
est mount in our bunch could not keep
pace with the worst of them, even for
dozen rods.
1T fs beautiful sight to see the
long line of gray swiftly rounding a
butte or taking a slide down passes
that would hurl any other animal ex-
cept mountain goat into the chasms
below. But these half Arabs are
surer-footed, If possible, than the
goats themselves. Thus far few of
them ever have known the slip of the
lassoo moose over the neck"
Coast Marie, at the Empire, City
matinee last Saturday, paced a mile
in 2:O9 1-2. to wagon. and won the
free-for-all pace over Stonewall and
King Direct. DR.. Gill did the teaming.
Silver Band, by Col. Cochran,
2:1O Ia, won the $4,000 stake for 2:24
trotters at Denver, July z, in the fast
time of 2:15 IA and 2:17, and showed
to be high class trottfng race horse.
Dan Patch and Cresceus will go
against time on August 81, during the
Galesburg meeting. They will be a
big drawing card, these double cham
pions. in their great act against Father
Time.
w. r. Cook of Jersey City has joined
the brigade of trotting race horse own
ers. He has twelve head of promising
Youngsters in training at the Bath,
N. Y, track, in charge of Rube Rush.
Ed c., 2:07 IA, was worked mile
by Frank Cares. at the Crosse Pointe
track, Detroit, recently, in 2:OS, last
half in :03. Harry B., 2:111-4, work.
ed half in 1902 ga. for Trainer
Thorsby, over the same track.
Michigan Subscriber: Ironwood
2O64, blk S, foaled 1878; got by Black
wood, Jr., 1925; dam Jenny Martin
(dam of Alexander, 2:19O by Canada
Jack; second dam a pacing mare,
breeding untraced.
A. E. Perrin has sold Stonewall,
2:17 1-2. which won the first heat of
the free-for-all pace at the Empire
City track. in 2:10 ga last Saturday,
to ex-Park Commissioner Samuel Nc
MILAN of New York. Price $1,000.
All doubt as to what the New Eng
land Breeders association will offer
for its grand circuit meeting at Read
vile is set at rest by it's announce
ment this week. There will be the
customary five days meeting for big
purses.
Stakes for the interstate fair at La
Crosse, Wis, September Is to %, filled
as follows: 2:20 trot, p nominations;
2:17 pace, 81 nominations; 1928 trot,
10 nominations; 2:24 pace, 80 nominal
tons; 2:16 trot, II nominations.
Lulu Burns, 2:1S1-4, is doing fast
work over the New York speedway,
Harry Nixon having brushed her a
quarter last week in 81 1-2 seconds.
Harry reports all of his horses 1.-THE
w. A. Bradford string) doing vel.
American Belle, 2:1s1-4, Fred
Cline's grand old mare" handily won
the 2:12 pace at Mendoza. ILL.,, last
week, her initial start for the year.
The American Boy mare never looked
nor acted better than she does this
year.
"The man who loves horse Is not
all bad" says an exchange. The trou-
BILE is that some men who claim to
love the horse are the limit"
The 22-year-old bay stallion Abdal-
lah Wilkes, 2:14, by Bourbon Wilkes.
is now owned at Crete. Neb. This
pacing stallion secured his record in
1892. over the kite track at Lyons,
Neb.
Fast Workout at Libertyville.
Ed Geers, at the Libertyville, ILL.,,
track, before shipping to Windsor on
July IA, worked Bonnie Russell,
2:101-4, in 2:07 Ia last quarter in
80 ii; Hal Chaffin, 2:051- in
2:05 1-2; last quarter in 20 ga;
Fashoda. his NJ. and NJ. candidate, in
2:12 last quarter in 1:04, and Ardelle,
his C. of C. candidate, in 2:06 1-2. last
nuarter IN 40 Ed Hall worked Chs