Evening star., 1907-10-13

taking a chance on him; for he was third
in the first heat in o4, third in the sec
ond heat in 2.o9h, and then drove the
WI son MAZE out in the phenomenaIly tast
time of 2,U6 In the third heat no win the
first heat Aileen Wilson was compelled
to lower her record a quarter OF a sec
ond. Aileen Wilson Is fresh from Co
lumbus. where she battled with some OF
the fastest PAGERS on the grand circuit,
and when it is raken into considerat on
that the Columbus track is one or the
fastest, If not the fastest, mile track IN
the world and that the Richmond track
has never been rated extra fast. one can
determine with some accuracy how great
a mare this Indiana product Is.
L. F. Hail OF this city raced Monday
al Richmond his fast three-year-old tiIly
Manella. Lady May won the race in
three straight heats. ploted by the young
er Tyson of Wilmington Del Manella
finished fourth in the first heat, which
was in 16l.. finished second in the sec
ond heat in 2.f5Ia and third in the con-
Guiding heat in 2.11i4. When it is taken
into consideration that this three-year-
old flly has only been in training about
two months; that she has only started in
a race three times, and each time against
aged horses, ii is safe to rate her among
the best three-year old FLIES of the pres
ent season, no matter by whom bred or
by whom owned, in what section of the
country they have been racing or over
what tracks.
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If the mile of the Indiana mare Aileen
Wilson was sensational at the pace, that
of the veteran trotter George G.. was
equally so. Wednesday Maj. Delmar,
1.59a.. the fastest of the Electioneer tribe.
circled the track in 206a4, and the vast
crowd present went wild. Thursday old
George G., fresh from the grand circuit
upon which he has been doing his stunt
during the season of 1907, went out and
stepped a second mile in 2.G61z. His pres
ent mark is 2.05l4. so the old counter
felt as he has been called by followers
of the grand circuit for two seasons past,
must have been feeling pretty good.
George G. has crowded a good deal Of
turf history into the brief time he has
been before the public Bred in Call
fornia, where extreme speed seems to be
indigenous, he is the same identical bay
gelding that Lou Dillon Billings bought
for $4,000 three years ago and pre-
sented to his friend Anthony Brady. With
a record of 2.12hz at the time mentioned,
he has shown a mile in 2.0Ts4 and a quar-
ter in 2914 seconds.
Placed in Greers' hands he pronounced
him the fastest trotter he ever pulled a
rein over, with the poss BILE exception OF
the Abbot, 2.03N. At Brighton Beach, his
first race, he was second the first heat, in
209A, and danced on the money in the
next, which was In 2.0Sa4. At Readville
he lowered his colors to Consuella S. and
DR.. Strong. after winning the first heat in
207A. Then he took trip to Columbus,
where he met another Californian by the
name of Sweet Marie He won the first
heat in 2O6A. after which the best he
could do was 7 in the summary. He fin
ished the season by trying to grab the
$40 GOO Charter tal n rt ford hjlt
DR. Strong looked MIN in the eye when he
curled up and was distanced in the first
heat At Cincinnati. the next week. Tiver-
ton beat him easily in 2.0S4 The next
season. 1905 he repeated his history of
the preceding season and Geers finally
threw MIN overheard with disgust.
Early this season Alta P. Mcdonald took
him in hand and by SOM mythical pro-
cess not down in the books has made a
pretty fair race horse of the erratic geld
ing. The limit of his speed is really prob
lematical tsome say two minutes for the
mtle), and that when he chooses to put
his right foot forward, his head down in
his check rein and race he can make
Highball and Sonoma Girl look like mutt
lated bills of Chinese currency. But what
profit it to A man to own a two-minute
trotter If he be not reliab when the
purse money IS hung up, and will not race
when his owners money is locked up tight
in the pool baX?
John H. Gheen of Mount Pleasant is
back from the Trenton, IN. j. fair where
he says he saw some good racing and
about the best exhibition OF live stock and
farm products in the seventy-three years
of his existence.
Secretary J. D. Robinson of the Bright
wood Driving Club IS receiving great en-
couragement from horsemen who have
been racing in this vicinity, and who will
race hereabouts for the next two weeks
He looks forward to large entry list
and hopes to present to Brightwood
patrons the fastest horses that have ever
performed at the track.