The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1907-04-23

this summer to show what they can
do. The trainer has confidence III each
Of these eight and is certain that all
OF the two in the Turner stable
that has records. probably the stallion
Srattan McGregor by Grattan, IL .ne
pest. This record of MS is 2:1s. He
has been a campaigner In the Grand
Circuit for few seasons and in that
time has won some good purses. In
age Grattan McGregor is compare
lively young and may make a record
$40, 900.
The second one in the stable with a
mark Is Victoria Phallas and her
mark Is 2:15 IL. She is well known
can not be rredicted. Victoria Phale
las Is valued at about $4,000.
The others in the Turner stable are
young ones. The eight which will
probably Pro ,bs be given a chance to 80 dur
John r. Grattan, Carson by AlIerton.
Phyllis Mckinney by Mckinney, Mo,
kito by Moko. Mary Newton by High
The Mccur aS VI Of 1 yoE EsSsst ,,v.
aei herutati.n throughout the South OF
t horses sa,,ad wonder Of the harness turf
the the time when Ed Geers wintered here
with such harness celebrities as Rober.
~ 4. Fantasy. The Monk. The Abbott,
Ranln str.ne Ta hiss 0 Wonder Of w sas
RED Oak who was born and reared
on the McCurdy stock farm. Red Oak
was SOLD to Geers and during the first
season ne was out he won n humber
OF races until he net "a tragic death
on on the track at Hartford, and the bril-
liant career of an Alabama horse was
In the McCurdy stable there are sew
enteen They are promising ones and
sneir future are as bright us that OIL
or as bright as that of Red Oak No
figures are given as to the value OF the
McCurdy stable. but it is estimated
that 1t is worth several thousand dol
Ben Rennicke is a horse trainer of
note and one who has a reputation.
He me Is friend Of the Selma track and
bringing the Hamlin string here. Geers
Tor Two or three years was the cause
Of between four and ave hundred head
each year. But for some reason Gee-s
stopped coming to Selma during the
winter and with him other trainers of
In those years Renicke had identi-
ned himself with Selma and each win
ter brought a number Of horses here.
His success has caused other trainers
to look Selmaward and now each year
great number of horses are spend
he the stf rGs W WRsh MT the ReneK ask
handling has no celebrities in it. But
| there Is trotter in his string termed
sensational and who is named Ward.
ing summer he has been entered exten-
| sively throughout the Grand Circuit.
Although young he has this spring
| onds.
Vidal by Arion, is another star in
the Re en- ss4 stable Arion has -
J. B. Ellis of this city and is very
promising horse.
A filly by The Baron and which MI
eTg 81 Ms E Great a'f fhs
expected of this filly within the next
few years: In Mr.. Rennicke's stable
there is also being trained two other
s:os and Bob Jones, 2:27. He is also
which will not be ready for the track
Other local horses at the track and
which will probably make the circuit
are two owned by Will Ward and four
give promise of making good in hi
Mr., Thompson of this city; is also
Each horse in his stable is in the best
of condition and the speed shown in
the training is causing surprise among
Thompson will doubtless take his
string throuhg the circuit this summer
and II he does will likely win a num-
Der of races.
Adding the value of the young ones
at the Selma Driving Park to the es-
timated worth of those which have
raced in seasons past and those which
will race this summer. the value of the
horses will easily reach near the quar-
ter of a million dollar mark. There
is every reason to believe that each
stable will prove successful in the
camping this summer and that will
mean many more harness horses will
be wintered here next year.
Among the new stables which will
be seen at the track next winter will
be that of r. Shockency. Mr.. Shock
ency has spent several winters in Sell
ma but of late during the cold months
he has been training at Memphis
DIR. Conner of this city. received
letter from Mr.. Shockency a few days
ago in which ne stated that the Mem
phis track did not compare with the
Selma track for winter training and
that he would come to Selma next year
instead of going to Memphis.