The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-28
LOCAL HORSES
 SHOW CLASS Performances in Nash
 vile Prove It. BOOST FOR vANDIvER TRACKS Montgomery Stab.e Stars Opened Eyes of the Spertsmen. Such Were Lily Pointer, Gibson Boy, Thomas W. Lawson. Lnxette--
 Phenomenal Showing of Al
 Stanley q New Conner.

The racing end of the game on the Dixie Grand Circuit swings over to Memphis this week and on that famous
 course there promises to be some live stepping between now and Saturday night. The result of the first weeks clean-up in Nashville has proven con- clusively that the string of horses sent from Montgomery are not only holding
 up their end In great shape but are
 making their fields step a bit better
 than they ever did before.
 Lily Pointer the crack Dupointer pacer owned by W s. Teague. of this city. won her race easily up there and
 the fact that she beat Gibson Boy, the pacer owned by Taylor Gibson. in one last June inka whirlwind 2:os finish. makes it look cloudy for somebody over In Memphis this week. Thomas ". Lawson. the roan Fred s. Wilkes colt, won the 2:24 pace in Nashville in straight heats of 2:12. 2:14. 2:15. The chances are that he will go lejs better than that for Ben whitehead drove him a trial over at Vandiver Park a few months ago in better than 2:12.
 Lazette. the Ashland Wilkes mare. being campaigned by Ben Whitehead. finished second to Sarah Smith in a and the track was heavy. The most phenomenal showing that has been made was when Al Stanley last Friday cut 41-4 seconds of his mark. When
 
 their stable to Montgomery last Janu- ary. in the string was a grand looking colt. hardly years old and just be- ginning to get bridle wise. He was beautiful hay. sired by that prince of speed. Todd. out of mare by Jay hawker. During the past summer the youngster has reeled of some pretty rast h, miles over at , vandiyer Park and a mile in 2:15 1-2 gives hints of unde- veloped speed that will make him one of the greatest race horses of this country. and If he don't go away bet guess.
 Last Saturday Creighton Girl. the brown Ashland Wilkes mare in the 2:14 trot in 2:l6. 2:19. 2:20. with True Tucker second and The Doctor third. Last October True Tucker won the free for-all trot at vandiver Park in 2:15 Pulsus. the Egotist stallion. winning | the first fin 2:15 1-4. True Tucker land | ing the next three with Creighton Girl | close up. Whitehead's game mare is one of the most consistent performers | in the South and she Is going better | this year than last.
 Something of Mary Directly.
 Mary Directly. the bay mare in the 2:14 pace in 2:13. Rlue Joe. the Blue | Hal pacer. sold by Thomas and White l head to Mir. chastain being scratched 1 III IHdI race "A TeII1dEkdDlo IGHtuTC or | the Nashville races was the perform l ance of the Alto Leyburn mare. Lady | Sarah. owned by W. c. Ward, Jr.. of | Selma. In the 2:1s trot Sc turday she l ming the last three. heats in 2:i5 1-2. | 2:20. 2:15 flat. beating Nell Parker. the | Chimes mare owned by A. 4. Davis of | Nashville. in every heat. Nell Parker i close second to Sarah Smith in the 2i3o | trot in 2:15 1-4. |
 Pulsus has not raced any yet buA | Mr. Hartley h ta of % this city. snd @ campaiFny s y ed in the Galloway string: Mattie i Glenn. Warren Burton's mare: Karo. | the Armand stallion owned hy 1T. W. | Fancher, and The Outlaw. the Duplex city. are all showing we'll. Every one | of these horses was trained on the | track at Vandiver Park and no higher ! the performances of Thomas w Law son: Lily Pointer Al Stanley and | Creighton Girl at Nashville last week. | Sarah Smith. the Sellers mare owned | by Louis McCurdy of Lowndesboro. has | received most of her training in Mont l though Ben Rennick had the | McCurdy .2tring in Selma during the | winter. She won the 2:3o trot in Nash vile In 2:16. 2:16 1-.4, z:1s. but she can 1 trot some seconds faster than that | Mary Direct. another of the McCurdy | horses. Is going fast. finishing a close | second 10 InOmAS w. Lawson In the | 2:14 pace in Nashville in that first PIP | heat. This Ally has also worked a | great part of her time In Montgomery, | being fin Selma last winter.
 It looks like somebody made an ann ateuriEh iob of chasing the horses in | Nashville. Goetist. the Egotist horse l owned at Gallatin. Tenn. the place | made famous by Huh Perdue, was l started in the 2:30 trot with Sarah l Smith and yet the best he could do | was to clip &1-2 seconds off | his mark Of gao