The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-10-16
IMPORTANT WEEK
IN HORSE WORLD v
Major Delmar, Sweet Marie and
George G. Are to Figure at
Allentown.
GREAT TRIO THERE TODAY
Coins Last Race To-Day-Mrs.
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GREAT TRIO THERE TO-DAY
Coins Last Race To-Day-Mrs.
John Gerken Sells Horses.
Other Changes.

This week In the world OF norses
promises to be an eventful one, both
on the running tracks and among the
great trotters and PAGERS, many OF
which have been developed in the
grand circuit round OF 1907. or espe-
cial and peculiar interest to Rich
monders by reason of the recent eX.
hibition here of Major Delmar. IS the
,ro otts and sw ts Marie, one Of his
chief rivals for tie honors Of the year.
Alta Mcdonald will pilot the grea.
Delmar, 1859 "a. against Sweet Marie re.
2:o212, at Allentown, Pa. for 5000
stake. Both are great horses. but in
the Judgment OF many good horsemen.
Georgia G., who will also start at Al
1entown to-day in an effort to lower
the record for a mile on half mile
track. Is a faster trotter than either
of the contestants in the match. George
G.. In the second heat of race. lower
mile here. and finished far ahead Of his
field. With Delmar. Sweet Marie. Will
liam o., or some other Of the great
trotters to force him to his limit. there
geiding can give any Of the cracks the
G., being in the same stable and un-
der the management OF Nc
race. The work OF William Q. in going
q race mile In 2:04 Ia at Lexington,
KY. yesterday classes him along with
the best; Delmar Sweet Marie, George
est ltrottinG quartet that ever cam
paigned in single year.
The meeting at Belmont Park will
Esat raes eF be is one bsr
That is the Champagne stakes in which
Keene's great three-year- old Colin will
start to-day. This will be Collins last
. consecutive victory and he yt-i11 a.
tire with the prestige Of being un-
beaten, having finished first in every
race In which he has started. If Colin
will foot up $4,000. fremont. horse
owned by the Dwyer brothers. some
years ago. won thirteen straight vic
tories. but he was not fast as Colin.
long dash. and the unbeaten colt is Il
liable to be outsprinted in this event.
Mrs. Gerken tn Sell Out.
According to the New York Herald
Mrs. John Gerken. who several years
bons at the Richmond Horse Show, as
she had done at all the big shows of |
The North and East will, soon after
the National Horse Show at Madison
Square Garden sell at auction all her
great show ring horses. She will prob
among the horses to be auctioned are
her well-matched pair, Newsboy and |
both of whom have also won |
many ribbons in single harness: Bran
con and Belmar. wneelers in her four:
her brilliant saddle horses, Mayo. Sur
prise. Redwood and La Contributor,
and her ponies. Doncaster Model. Cock
sparrow and Torchlight.
: Reginald Vanderbilt has sold his I'M
ported English hackney cobs, Gay Ma
thias and Merry Matthias He paid |
$4,000 for them. but they were not
a success in the show ring and will
go back to England as result of the
sale.
Z Frank JAY Gould has sold his show
ring horse Sandringham to Samuel
Kramer. of New York who has fine
match horse and will exhibit the pair
In the garden.
y Other Noteworthy Sales.
John r. Valentine. master of the
Aadnor Hunt, will to-day sell his en-
tire string of hunters at auction in
New York.
i. On Thursday, in New York. j. wv.
Hartman Will sell his string OF great
show ring performers. The list in
cludes Petroleum and Corinne, for
n,erly owned BY Mrs. John Gerken, and
Which have won ribbons in Richmond;|
his great harness horses Nala, Lord
Brook, Lord Burleigh, Flashlight,
Laughing Water. Leader. of Fashion;I
his hunter. Chieftain. and others hard
~ less famous. AS entries for the
National Horse Show do not close until
October 26th. the purchasers of these
great performers will probably show
them at the Garden.
Altogether. thios promises to be a
busy week In the s@1erse mart of the
country and some OF the most widely
known horses in the country viii
change hands ere the week closes.