Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-02-19
STANLEY FAY
A CONTENDER
WALKERS CRACK COLT TO GO
IN DERBY
Northerners Look for Him TO BE
There at the Finish of Satur-
days Big Race at
Emeryville

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 1S.-Stan-
1e,, Fav "Red" Walkers good three
,year.old which was accounted py
many the best horse of any age on on
the Canadian circuit last season, WIN
he etarter in the California DERBY
next saturday. provided faVoTapie
track conditions continue. WINNIE
there has thus far been no talk u
walkers crack colt in connection win
the big local fixture for the tnr &c
vear-old division, and in fact put Ut
20 mention of any other eligible for
Soturdav's race outside of Sam HID
,.ath,e nair Uncle and Meelick, owner
Walker has been quietly prepplng tne
eon of Campus and Mamie Il Tor the
race. 5o "a kaan
+ba colt "under cover" but the condi-
tion of the track has been such as 10
preclude anything like sensational M.
work. and that probably accounts Iol
the fact that very few apparently
aware that Stanley Fay Is on the
ground. He has been here, however
ever. since Walker brought his stable
IN from Arcadia, and has been taxing
his work as regularly as the condltlohs
permitted. 10 loft
The colt was ready before he le1C
Arcadia as he won several races 10" II
there. and ran a mile in 1888 anu q
fraction The fact that he mas not ha az
a race in him for some time might po
considered to initiate against ms
chances in the derby, put III s nc
respect he is no worse off than NEE
Iick the colt that is generally picked
to win the big race.
All he now needs, it is said, is race
to tighten him up, and this nc VIII
get if present plans are adhered TO- as
he will be among the starters IN the
Derby Trial at a mile and slxteehlli'
to be run tomorrow. 1t at MS pest;
Stanley Fay will have to be reckoned
with the derby. While the hotioll
seems to obtain that he is nothing
more than a sprinter, there is no good
reason for such notion. He has gone
as far as he has ever been asked 10
go and won. Neither can it be as
sumed that he cannot handle weight
from the fact that he is little horse,
inasmuch as he carried 116 pounds and
ran six furlongs at Toronto last season
in 1:12 AS.
Uncle Not to Start
Sam Hildreth's great colt Uncle VIII
not be a starter in the derby, and the
chances are that he will not be seen
under colors at this meeting, II an
undercurrent of gossip now going the
rounds mas any louuudliOii III AoSe'
The talk is that the 100000 colt is
lame. and therefore not in condition
to race or to be got ready to race In
the near future. This report has
emanated from a party who was re-
Gently at Arcadia.
OF course it may be nothing more
than rumor, and 1t is to be hoped that
it is not correct. Two or three weeks
ago, thou gh, the report came from Los
Angeles that Eildreth was sending
Meelick right along, but was going
very slowly with Uncle. This might
be taken to lend color to the present
rumor that the Starr Shoot colt has
gone lame, but it does not necessarily
signify anything of the kind. While
no advices to that effect have been re-
ceived here. it is quite probable that
Meelick will be here to go In the
derby trial next Wednesday. Maya
zine which will carry R. L. Carman's
colors in the derby, won a mile and a
furlong purse race at Arcadia, and his
showing decided Carman on whether
to send him up here for Saturdays
big race. 1t is pretty nearly sure
thing that he and the Pacific Union
handicap winner. Early Tide, es well
as Meelick, will be on hand for Satur-
days race.