The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1908-01-20
More Horses to Come Fame
or Fair Ground Track Spreads

OF the wet weather we have bean able
to work our horses every day. The
soil Is so that within two hours after
. hard rain the track fs In condition
track Is bit heavy we can use the
magnificent system OF paved roads
which extend six miles In one direction
and over three miles in the opposite.
II think Montgomery has q great
future as winterfng point for harness
horses. and that In a year or so this
track viii be the logical center for that.
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Fair last October. Messrs. @. G. Thomas
and Ben Whitehead. two OF the most
prominent horsemen and drivers on the
q deal to move their stables from UP
in Tennessee to Vandiver Park In
Montgomery, The two stables were
among the best known In Tennessee.
Pulaski and Mr.. Thomas being the head
of the famous Glover Bottom farm.
For some years they have campaigned
strings at all Of the race meets In both
the. Tennessee and Southern circuits
and not only have some of the horses
of both stables gained wide regulations
but the list OF winnings every year
Ter o two w wears ae pss a sye scsS
Vandiver Park and the manifest adyan-
tages of the pIant--which il one OF the
most most complete in the South, to-
60thGA WIN tlAC are utl4DMt6 OI w. ..
Weber and other loyal Montgomerians
so impressed them that last October
they formed O partnership under the
firm name OF Thomas and whitehead
and decided to move their stables from
Tennessee to Vandfyer PARK.
During the last Of December, Mr.
whitehead reached the city with the
horses and soon afterwards Mr.. Thomas
with his wife and children came to
Montgomery. He has secured a home
on the Lower Wetumpka pike near the
track. MIR. Whitehead--who IS unmar-
ried-boarding with him. His state
with the change from the cold climate
OF Tennessee. MI. Whitehead endors-
Ing his every word
Since they have been In Montgomery
they have received number OF horses
from different sections Of the country
--Birmingham, Florida and other
points-whfle letters have been re-
ceiyed BY them from DR.. Long OF ABB
Wells Of Pensacola, G. e. Thomas of
Prattville. DIR. Smith of the same place,
Thomas Of opelika and other places
Each Of these gentlemen win send
stable at Vandiver Park. and by this
time next year the Indications are that
the Thomas Whitehead training stable
u MoI,sonsry win s b. one q the most
over the prospects OF Montgomery as a
winterIng place for harness horses, Mr..
Louis II. McCurdy OF Lowndesboro said
Just before leaving for his home yes
send his entire string Of horses to the
Park. ~ NJ
Mr.. Mccurdy ana his brother ave
one OF the most extensive breeding
farms in the South near Lowndesboro.
They are now in charge Of Ben Renick
and 1t ts probable that he win bring
them to Montgomery at an early date.
Among the hnreaS that haVA
made populations on the Grand Circuit.
At the head OF the stud at the McCurdy
farm is the celebrated stallion, The
the United States among them Tramp
fast, who smashed the a-Year-old rec
ord at Lexington IN october. Messrs.
Thomas and Whitehead have written
ing out the difference between the mag
nificent climate in Montgomery and the
snow and billiards of that country
where they are lucky to be able to
work their horses once month during
the winter season and not much often
er In the spring, which Is colder there
than the coolest winter In Montgomery.
II any Of these Eastern and Western
horsemen decide to winter their
horses in Montgomery the chances are
that they will move here with their
families. The control Of the plant at
Vandiver Park win be turned over en-
tirely to Messrs. Thomas and White
head and within q year or so Montgom-
cry will be the biggest winterinE point
for harness horses In all this land of
Dixie. The track compares favorably
with anything OF the kind on the Grand
Circuit. the stretch being almost as
wide as the widest OF them while there
are nine of the largest, most modern
harms aver built, each barn having
eighteen comfortable boxes with room
for 162 horses and comfortable places
TOR their attendants.
Among the horses in the Thomas
whitehead stable at the track are
boxes IL Creighton Girl, the brown
trotting mare BY Ashland Wilkes. 2:17.
dam by Bayard The mare has a mark
Of 2:16 1-2 herself and last October
trotted second to Pulsus IN 2;15 Ia and
a close second to True Tucker in 2;l5
Mr.. whitehead intended to make a
PAGER out OF the mare but she didn't
take well to the change OF gait and he
Is going to leave her at the trot. Then
there Is Blue Joe the PAGER that has
raced over the Vandiver Park track to
years. Mr Thomas has sold Annie Lee
liza, the game pacing mare that won
the first heat of the 2:l2 pace last Oc-
tober in 2:12 fat Addle C winning the
next two and the race being carried
over until the next day. Annie Leila
landing the first two heats IN 2:1s az
2:14. Mr.. Thomas has half sister to
Annie Leila In his barn now that looks
good. ami he says that IL she makes
half as good q race mare as Annie Le-
liza he viii ne satisfied.
The star Of the bunch. though, is q
2-year-old colt belonging to Ben White
i hsdG roam ~ Fndd out Of mars by
jay Hawker. While the writer was at
the track Whitehead gave him q work