The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1907-03-28

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of items regarding horses in North
Dakota, some of which are the follow
ing:
Chas. T.. Wilson, the local secretary
at Fargo, states that the state fair
will be held there again this year.
Many improvements have been made
on the grounds, 1000 trees having
been planted, 10000 feet of sidewalk
and tile put down, and all the low
places on the grounds having been
drained. Mr.. Wilson owns the L
year-old bay pacing gelding Billy K.
This is California horse and will be
entered in the circuit here this sum-
mer. Mr.. Wilson also has another
California horse in the 3-year- old bay
PAGER by Delta, 2:12h, dam Molly o,
2:14A. F
Horse business has been rather quiet
here this winter on account of the
extreme cold weather
w. r, Smith recently purchased
from Estelline, S. D., two good ones.
One is the 4-year- old bay stallion
Jesse Idolf, sire Idolf, 2:13%; dam
Jessie Hatch by Gen. Hatch 1879; Sec
ond dam Belle Green. The other is
the brown stallion Ideal. foaled in
1902, sire Idolf, dam Maletta, 2:29A
by Gamaleon, 2:25A; dam Mellie
Jackson. These are both trotters and
Ideal will start in the international
circuit this year. Mr.. Smith also owns
the bay pacing mare Ethel Patch,
foaled in 1902, sire Patchen Boy,
2:10%; dam Ethel by Arrowood 1929.
Burgess & Lukyn have a string Of
twenty-one imported stations here.
also the 2-year-old Percheron Sultan
that took first, prize at the Minnesota
state fair.
S. Warner of Mapleton owns a
string of good running horses in
Kingscourt, Dixie, Missouri, Bill, La
dovy, Soloist, Lapinkie and Little
Club, all of which will be started in
the International circuit. He also
Ebreeds a few Norman horses. s
j. F. Collins Of Page will start his
horses again this season and will
drive himself, as his trainer, T. l..
Murphy, has charge of the track at
Fargo. Mr.. Collins is wintering six
horses at Page, viz: Sylviaone, gray
mare, 2:09A; Josephine Tower by
Nowood, 2:12h, bred to Adrian Ha
Ha, 2:11%; Grace Red, a 3-year-old
chestnut mare by Red Heart, that is
entered in the Horse Review futurity
stake: stallion Daniel Webster, 2:14A,
that had everything his own way out
here last year, and Idle Times, A.
year old bay mare by Bobby Burns,
that has shown an Is clip with sixty
days handling.
There will be race meeting at
Page some time in June.
j. T. Flack, half owner of Daniel
Webster, is east now buying more
horses. He has a nice bunch of Short
horn cattle at Page.
The great racer American Boy is
now owned by Thompson & Co., AM
eta, ". d, Lee Bros, Aneta, N. d.,
own the horse Dell Athearn. 2:24A.
These two horses are. handled by Dick
Horler the local trainer.
Minot, n. D., will be the scene of
training operations for the former
Iowa reinsman, Dan Alleman, who has
been spending the winter at Williston,
n. ID. He will open a public stable
at Minot in the early spring, and will
campaign through the international
circuit At present he is handling
Nellie NJ, 2:20A, mare that was q
good campaignef last season, and lis
expected to step below 2:15 the COM
ing season. She is owned by John
Moore Of Minot. Mr.. Alleman has
many good horses offered to him, but
he expects to accept and race only a
few of the best prospects.
At Williston, n. D., earl Alieman
has in training seven head. Governor
Sarles. 2:19A, is by Locl1heart, 2:OSs;
dam Ovidia Woodford, the dam also
of Ovidia Lockheart, 2:29A, by Wood
ford Wilkes. His grand dam, Pearl, is
the dam of five in the list; his third
dam is the dam of two, and his fourth
and fifth dams are by Hanabletonian
10 and American Star IA. This horse
has grown big and stout the past
winter and should give good ac-
count of himself in his races this
season.
Mr.. Alleman has also the 4-year-old
Expense, by Major Bell, dam by Nor
val, 2:14% He is trotter and
showed right around 2:20 In his g.
year-old form. Sunnyheart, by Pearl
heart, 2:21A, is promising 2-year-
old that is entered in the Horse Re-
view $4,000 futurity purse. He will
be trained especially for that event
and as he can trot $3.50 exp at the
present time, considerable is expected
of him. The others in Mr. Alleman's
string are green ones.
or Grand Forks horses the paper
had the following:
j. ID. Bacon owns the inbred Wilkes
black pacing horse Atfol, a fine 81
year-old driver that looks as IL he
might make a good race horse. He
has herd of about 40 head Of black
and red poled cattle on his dairy farm
near Grand Forks, about Twenty-Five
of them registered stock; also sixty
head of Shropshire sheep. He raises
lots Of corn and is trying to show
farmers that diversified farming will
pay here. He also has about 200
Rlyndutii,. Rock chickens. He has
dones much for these parts by bringing
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