The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-05
AL STANLEY IS A WONDER Youngster Seemingly
 Everything. TRAINED BY BEN WHITEHEAD Has Been Making Fame at Nash
 vile and Other Places. VIII Probably Be an Entry at Birm- iugham and VIII Certainly Enter- tain Visitors to Montgomery
 On yandlyer Park.
TRAINED BY BEN WHITEHEAD

worlds record breaker in Al Stanley? Not for minute can this statement be ranked with the improba bilities In breeding. action, temper. gameness and in, fact everything that it takes to make great race horse. this youngsteT has to a most marked de- gree.
 To begin with his lineage. he was sired by Todd, whose colts have, for years and years been in the spotlight as regards American standard bred horses and American racing. His dam was sired by Jayhawker. another grand horse and full brother to the great McCurdy stallion. The Tramp. both Jayhawker and The Tramp being sired by Jaybird out of a mare by Red Wilkes.
 As Todd had record of 2:14 1-2. while Jayha wker had a record as a B. year-old of 2:14 3-4. and Al Stanley's dam. Moonrise, was a very fast and celebrated brood mare 1t can easily be seen where the youngster gets his wonderful speed. Up on the Winches- ter. Tenn, half-mile track he broke the worlds record for a two-year-cld over a half Nmile track, simply losing his Held in 2i20 fiat. the previous best time being 2:23 1-4. Since then he has done lots of miles in 2:20 and up
 
 was not at all fast. he lowered his record f 1-2 seconds trottlng the mile in 2:15 1-2.
 He is the property of John Bogen- shott. hotel man of Chattanooga, and 1t looks as if he will have as sensa- tional a two-year-old as the Ally Trampfast that broke the worlds rec ord over a mile track. trotting the mile in Lexington last October in 2:12 1-2. The youngster has received ev- cry second of the work that he ever had in this life on the course at Van diver Park, one of the acknowledged fastest tracks in the South. What an advertisement it would be not only for Messrs. Thomas and whitehead, but for the Vandlyer aPrk track if he can only equal Trampfast's record.
 Both of these youngsters belong to the same family of standard bred horses, Trampfast being sired by the McCurdy stallion, The Tramp, that horse being a fuii brother to Jay hawker. the sire of Moonrise. the dam of Al Stanley. Ben Whitehead has en- tered Al Stanley in the two-year-old Futurtty at Lexington, the greatest juvenile turf classic in the world. and with only one exception he has any thing Nthat will start in that race beat to start, on.
 Cxarevna an Exception.
 That one exception is Czarevna, the Peter The Great hlIy that has been burning up the Grand Circuit tracks. She took her first mark in the Horse Breeders Futurity at Boston a month or so ago. trotting the mile in 2:l5 ,s-4, taking the last heat Of the Horse Re- view Futurity at Columbus, Ohio, last Thursday in 2:15 1-4, just a quarter of second better than Al Stanley's mark in Nashville. But the big differ ence in the going of the Columbus track and the one In Nashville must be taken Into consideration, the Co., lumbus track being used exclusively for harness horses and the Nashville track used exclusively for the past few years for thoroughbreds, and it was heavy and slow on the day that White- head drove the colt at that.
 There are twenty-seven youngsters eligible to the tWo-year-old futurity In Lexington, and outside of Czarevna and Al Stanley none of them have race marks to amount to much. Sister Francis. a Ally recently bought by J.. E. Madden, is said to have trotted a mile over the Lexington track a- few days ago in 2:15 flat. That was trial mile however and when the Ally gets in bunch of fighting colts there is liable to be a big difference. Springer Todd, Mike Bowerman's entry, trotted a mile in 2:16 IA. Robert C., another Peter The Great colt, trotted mile in 2:17 1-4. and Fanny Lawson, George c. Es- terbrook's entry. trotted a mile in 2:l5 1-2. last half in 1:05. This mark however. It not official
 It all shows. however. that Al stan ley will have to step some, and if there is a reinsman in the South that can rate the colt as he should be Ben Whitehea Is that man. That he is not only a great driver but a great train CT is shown by the wonderful devel- opment of the string of horses that he and MT. Thomas have been handling at Vandiver Park. He left Memphis with the colt Sunday night for Lexington, that big meeting opening Tuesday. and MT. Thomas went to Memphis Sunday to take charge of the horses. The Lexington meeting lasts ten days, clos ing one day before the opening of the Birmingham meeting. The Memphis meeting lasts until next Thursday, Birmingham opening Friday.
 It Is possible that Whitehead may take Al Stanley to Birmingham as he 10 entered there, but the wonderful colt will certainly race at the Fair at Van diver Park. the meeting here opening an the 18th.
 Something of Lexington Meet.
 The Lexington meeting this year looks like 1t will be the best they ever had up there S28 horses being eligible to the vapous stakes which while they have not the intrinsic value that some of the Grand Circuit stakes have been for years and years considered by horsemen as turf classics and ones that settle disputed championships.
 The three-yeaT-old division of the Kentucky Futurlty are Justo. The liar Vester. Helen Hale. The Leading Lady. Orc Lambert. Henry Setzer, Dorothy Fair Margaret. Binvola. The Laird. Little Sweetheart, Subrosa, Sadie Worthy St. Ambrose, Silver Baron. Zalem. Nancy Brown. Thistle Doune and Electric Todd This is one of the classiest lot of youngsters that have ever faced the starter in this great race and some sensational finishes are to be expected. Justo. 2:i0 1-4, and The Harvester. 2:09 1-4. are the most prominent at present because Of their good racing during the past ten days Most of the others have not started this year. but have been carefully trained and prepared for a try at this Ken lucky classic.
 In the Pennsylvania. stake which is tho desire Of all owners and trainers, not SO much for It's money value but because 1t is generally ragarded as son. fifteen entries have been made Mamma. 2:O7 l-4; Spanish Queen, 2:07 l-4 Fleming Boy. 2:07 1-4; Lady Maud. c:07 1-4: Aquin 2:Os 3-4 The Hunts man. Fl Victress, Prince C.. Carlokln, Teasel. Judge Ice, Directum Penn, Genteen TJ nAwitt 9.O7 14. ord An,