The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-09-22
ALICE POINTER is
GREATEST PAGER.
Daughter of the Great Star
Pointer Is Turf SEN
sation.
UNKNOWN UNTIL RECENTLY
The Mare Has Beaten Many Of
Fastest PAGERS OF Grand
Circuit.

Since her victory in the 10000 Do
minion OF Canada stake for 2:12 class
PAGERS at Buffalo recently. Alice
Pointer, 2:05 IL, has created quite a
Juror in the horse world. Before her
race at Cleveland, when she won easi-
ly, Alice Pointer had been scarcely
heard OF. but when she defeated such
fast PAGERS at Reproachless, 2:o4 IL,
winner of the Chamber of Commerce
stake at Detroit and the Thistle
Doune stake at Cleveland; Hldalgo.
2:o4 Ia; Dan s.. 2:o5 1-2; whitelock.
LELAND Onward Bonanza and others
in 2:05 L., 2.o7 L. and 2:0s Ia
pulled up, horsemen We're completely
baffled and wondered how they had
let such a streak of creased lightning
slip away from their notice.
In looks Alice Pointer appears
more like candidate for dray
than for the sulky, as she is q big,
roughly formed bay mare. with large
head and feet, about the homeliest fast
mare In the country. Sho was trained
at the Chenille track this spring, but
did not show any signs of racing sood
right off the reel A mile around a.io
was the fastest clip that she had been
asked to show. but there was some
thing about her easy, don't care way
that made the railbird say one morning .a1s
after he had watched her work: II
will be safe to have a bet down on
that mare when she gets to the races
az she Is going to travel right IN her
daddy's footsteps
Thus far this prediction mas CONE
true. Alice Pointer looks and goes i har
Star Pointer, 1853 Ia, ana IN nef
f,r hi q
n wonderful amount of speed AT De-
troit, where she got mixed UP IN
large field of PAGERS. she was us tanceu;
but on the foliowing week "a o otbsrs IN
straight heats taking a record OF
2:o5 IL. In the second heat OF TINS
race She stepped the last quarter OF q
mile in 20 la seconds with nothing
behind her TO really force her to en-
tend herself. This performance was
over lightning fast track, where a
horse could not help but 1,a s.ep' t bat
it made little difference what KIND nd. o. I
track was offered. The Renilworth
course was very heavy and tlrins
but Alice Pointer reeled of the h lha
1 hnd ~. made &c over the Chenille track,
p paeer si, We're groggy. In the remain T.
Ing 6 heats she n ra ESQ fo s and o IA
in the second and third miles.
Tie Mares Lincnge-
Alice Pointer is by Star Pointer
Req Red Seal Seal s a Ballerton, 2l7 a ,a and
Allawood, 2;l7 "a a, ~ yaa Mars nf yer ifa
2:l6 IA, and Vindex, 2;29 - by
/ Advance. Mark Field was BY George
Wilkes, while Advance was as. ey og MINI
teer She was 1 foa1ea az tG ne IN ieos.
M TtI had entire charge of tho
mare mare and gave her all Of l early ca ,l;s
! training, which was over tne iarn !
a three-year-o Alice Pointer showed
a wonderful turn Of speed and was
| timed quarter In thirty-one SECONDS 5
| She developed curbs soon alter any
went wrong In ths h yerv 50 PROMISING .hn nss
fo,,r-vear-old She trained sound, and
last fall Will White drove her IN q
matinee at Chenille, which she e. won 9 :,
In 2l2 ~ al, 5og : gnn; he rheh - s'l'0i
Mike McDevitt, who, is David ShaW,s
trainer, had been exceedlngly Wen IN
| pressed with the performance 81 A,tSe
Pointer in this matinee s ah o. @t.a Tine fine
has shown the mares sired by star
i Pointer have not been OF much ac-
count, so the Plttsburg millionaire was
1 rather loath about purchasing ALICE
tinally consented and went to rwo-
Minute Farm t. look \, a M,h her, Whef H.
bought the mare and brought her TO
IGlenvllle
She Can Go Still better.
BY the showing OF Alice Pointer at It
/ cleveland and Buffalo ~ iooRs as -
she could travel mile in a:oa 1, or bet .e =,
ter In race this year, but ms sre wiz y
/ one thing certain, however. and that
that vii h ,a ks a Hi a wape s''D
Mike NIcDevitt has made quite
Irecord for himself by his falthfulnes s.
TO David Shaw, For twenty one years a.
4 Mike has been in the employ OF the
4 Pittshurg man, during which time he
.|has been foreman over q large num- n
4 Shaw in the Smoky City. and held un-
Propositions, nut he has always been !, :.
took, and he is demonstrating very