Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-07-20
SCHRIEBER HAS
BIRTHDAY PARTY
CELEBRATES F0RTY-SEC0ND
ANNIVERSARY
CHAMPAGNE LoosENs TONGUE
AND HE TELLS AGE
Missouri Baron Entertalns Friends In
Detroit--Fort Erie Arranging to
Stable 1900 Horses-other
Turf News

The secret which Barney Schrieber
has sought to keep sacred for so many
years, that relating to his age, has been,
uncovered and barred to the world, and
all now may know that the Missouri
baron is AZ years and 6 days old this
morning. II leaked out the night of
July Ia. when Barney gave party"
to a small bunch of friends at Detroit
in celebration of his birthday. During
the evening innumerable bottles of fizz
water were uncorked and rendered OF
no value, and Barney, who prefers the
yellow suds with foam on top, became
careless enough to make reply to a
direct question without using his or
binary caution. He was asked what
anniversary was being celebrated, and
without stopping to think he said it
was his forty-second.
Barney has experienced quite
stormy career in forty-two years, but
today is recognized as one of the great
est breeders in the world. His farm,
the famous Woodlands stud in Mis-
souri,, Is known all over the world as
the home of several of the greatest
stations now living. The get of the
famous sires at Woodlands in the last
dozen years has made turf history, and
the names of Bannockburn, Sain and
Balgowan are household words every
where race horses are known and dis
cussed. Barney has had the pleasure
of leading all American horsemen III
number of races won in several years,
and his purse and stake winnings have
run into the thousands every year. He
is the man of all men who made Santa
Anita possible, as he put the necessary
push and enterprise into the scheme at
a time when energetic action was re-
uuired to make it a go, and when he
took hold the others had sufficient con-
f1dence in him to join with him In
building the plant that today is the
finest and fastest race course in the
world.
one effect of the anti-bettlng legis-
lation In New York Is found in the
number of stables from the Metropon-
tan circuit that are being raced on the
Canadian circuit for the first time.
Canadian followers of the ponies are
ENJOYING the best class of racing, with
fine hest class of horses participating
that thew ever have known. In former
wears horses were being sought Tor the
Windsor and Fort Erie meetings, put
now II all Is different With close 10
in0O horses at Windsor, and the an
nouncerrent from the Fort Erie man
agement that 1t has leased KeniiWortn
park at Buffalo to accommodate tne
overflow of horses, owing to the re-
CENT of applications for room for loOO
racers. Indicates that big fields viii be
the rule all season in Canada.
One OF the strangs things that occa-
sionallv occur in every line OF sport
especially in racing, is developer ~.
Az announcement that a syndicate has
haen formed in Detroit to build win
fer race track at Windsor, and that IL
;s nronosed to have a winter race meet
mo there. beginning at the close OF
me Fort Erie fall meeting. rms VIII
sc the first winter race meeting ever
held in Canada, and 1t seems like
hazardous undertaking, IN view OF tne
fact that snow falls around Winosor
IN October. and sometimes gets 10 De
at+sen feet deep on the level. The
ssslrates,' will deserve their name along
about November and later, and 1t VIII
he necessary to put snow SHOES Oh
skates on the feet of the horses' IN
stead of racing plates.
Tom Williams. boss of racing on the
coast. has resold his half interest in
NFonteouerv to Sam Hildreth for con-
siderably less than he paid for 1t. He
gave Hildreth $4,000 for the half inter-
est and when Montgomery refused to
rim kindly in the Williams colors ha
was resold. Williams picked up stake
event Saturday at Brighton Beach with
Big Chief, for which he paid $4,000 a
few days ago.
Sam Hildreth has announced that ne
will bring the pick OF his big and classy
string to Santa Anita next winter but
he will race a division at Emeryville,
and, of course, will be in the running
for all the big stakes. He Will not
have the walkover next winter that ne
had last season, as indications are good
for the best and classiest horses now
racing at New York to be shipped to
the coast. 1t sounds like a dream to
think of such horses as Charles Ed
ward, Crank Gill, Ballot, Celt and Fair
PLAY racing at Santa Anita, but 1t looks
very much as If that is what will
happen.
The Seattle Derby will be run next
Saturday afternoon, and the classiest
bunch of 3-year-olds that ever met In a
stake at The Meadows will go to the
most. Among the probable starters are
Rrookleaf, Adena, GlorioA Gene Rus
sell Early Tide, Carmeiina, College
widow, Boggs Darlington. Hasty Az !,
mes and Stanley Fay. 1t viii be a $4,000
event.