The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1907-08-22
Horse Talk From Readyi,Ie.

READyILLE, MASS, August 10, 1907.
Smong the horsemen and trainers at
the Readville track the most discussed
race for the Grand Circuit meeting is
the 3-year-old division of the Horse
Breeder Futuri.y. 1t is not only that
it is the irst of the rich stakes offered
for the 3-year-old trotters, but the fact
that there are likely to be among the
starters half dozen that have been
trained at Readville and the further
fact that the New England bred youngs-
tiers are likely to be very prominent in
the race makes it of more than usual
local interest. The victory of Lon Nc
Donald's FLY Bell Bird, 211 IA, at
Cleveland and at Buffalo has placed
her in the front among the probable
starters, but there are several colts at
the Readville track that look capable
of making Bell Bird step faster than
she did in either of her winning races
The fastest work shown by a 3-year-old
at the track was two miles in PIP by
the bay colt Aquin last week. He is a
big rugged chap, and his chances to win
are we'll liked by the Readville horse
men. Then there is the $4,000 colt
Blue Hill, 215 ga, that has been work
ing miles around 2.13 for some time,
and probably has as much speed as any
colt that has yet appeared. Then there
are several Others that have shown in
their work that they ought to be up to
racing in PIP by the day of the race.
The new stand at the track is very
nearly completed and everything will
be in readiness for the opening of the
meeting.
Quite number of stables that We're
racing at Buffalo have already arrived
at Readville to be put in shape for the
big moneyed events at the track next
week.
Albert S. Moone, the secretary of
Narragansett Park, Providence, has
simply gone crazy over the great trot-
ting mare Sonoma Girl, 2.o6 IA. "Ber-
tie" says that the mare can simply play
with such great performers as Sweet
Marie, Lou Dillon and Major Delmar,
and there are other horsemen who hold
very much the same opinion. If the
mare and Highball come together in
She Massachusetts stake and both are
right, and the day and track are favor
able, something in the way of new race
records may be looked for
J. A. Crabtree's mare Lolita, 200 IA,
was lucky buy, and at present is about
the sole reliance of the Lolita stable.
Ed Geers is the leading money win
ming driver of the season. He has had
hard luck as far as winning big money
ed events so far in the Grand Circuit,
but his horses, like their driver keep
busy all the time.
The noted trotting stallion Dare Devil,
2.09, gets his first winner in high class
company in the trotting mare Sarah
Hamlin, 212 IA, winner of the 220 trot
at Buffalo last Wednesday.
That the decision of the judges in al
mad been distanced through an accident
chat was all her own fault, to remain
in the race which she eventually won,
at the Buffalo meeting, was entirely
against the rules is the opinion Of well
posted horsemen. The decision was
protested, which will mean that the
purse money will be hung up pending
the decision of the Board of Review.
The mare acted badly in scoring for the
race, which fact has caused the wise
people to mark up the Highball stock
for the Massachusetts, stake.
Senator Whitney's crack PAGER Angus
Pointer, POP 3 1, now that he has struck
MS gait, appears to have the side wheel
ers in his class at his mercy. However,
he is about due to run up against some
thing that will put the question to him
harder than it has been done this year.
The trotting mare Lillian r., FOG -,
that has been doing such good work on
the Grand Circuit this season, is anoth-
er high class racing trotter to the credit
of the Dictator family.
One of the surprises of the Buffalo
meeting was the performance of the
trotter Wilkes Heart, that right from
the half-mile tracks defeated big field
of trotters in the PIP class in straight
heats, all of them faster than 2.1O.
The tremendous clip that some of the
stake horses had set from the start it
was thought might hurt the late closing
classes for the Readville Grand Circuit
meeting, but Secretary Jewett reports
shat all the classes for the ''king PIN
meeting have filled we'll and also that
the fields that will start in the stake
races will be the best that have taken
the word this season, and he also says
that all records for weeks racing will
go by the board. 1t is reasonable that
this should be SO as the horses will be
better classified at the meeting than
at any of the ones that have preceded it.
This will insure great contests in all
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