Los Angeles herald., 1908-09-20

call attention to the fact that penalty
| of so feet a second is not obligatory.
| Why 1t ever was decided~upon Is a mys-
| terry. It presupposes that a horse can
| trot as fast, almost, as thoroughbred
can run, for horse covering fifty feet
second is going at the rate of a mile
In 1:45 and so far as the writer knows
no trotter has accomplished this, ex-
cept on a train of cars. Would 1t not
be better to take Allen Winters per-
Torrance in the Readville handicap as
basis, where he went the mile and
quarter, plus $50 feet, at 2:0S gait,
and make the penalty forty-one feet a
second, which is at that rate of speed.
Sam Watkins bought the bay pacing
gelding, Billy W., back from Joshua
Snowden, to whom he sold him a week
or two ago, for the same price he re-
ceived, so no damage was done, and
Snowden had the fun Of driving him in
the last matinee.
In letter to a friend here Geo. e.
Estabrook, owner OF the great mare
Spanish Queen, says he has just bought
might duplicate Spanish Queens vic
tories In the green class next year. He
is the gray gelding DR.. Harvey, sired
by son of Red Heart, dam by son
of Pilot Medium. He showed a mile at
Hartford in 300. last half in 1:02h, and
the last quarter in 30 seconds. Before
the deal was closed Charles e. Curtis
of Simsburg, Conn.,, his owner, let him
step a quarter in 20 seconds, the final
eighth in IA seconds. The price was
something less than he paid for the
Queen. Estabrook says he hopes and
expects to win both the and 3-year-
old Futurities at Lexington, KY, with
Fanny Lawson and Dorothy Axwor-
thy respectively. The former has been.
stepping last quarters of workout miles
in better than 80 seconds, and Dorothy
was timed separately in a race last
fall in 2:12M.
J. C. Adams of the Adams house,
Phoenix, owner of the great colt Justo,
has been offered $4,000 for him, but
refused to part with him at that figure.
Walter Maben demonstrated last
Thursday how level-headed and well
broken Bohan's 2-year-old colt by
Zombro is. Thirty days ago he had
never had a strap of harness on him.
Since then he has been driven around
Los Angeles and has tramped a quar-
ter in 43 seconds, but the browning ex-
hibition took place on the track when
the bolt holding the braces that run
from the hub of the wheel to the shaft
broke, letting the forward end of the
iron rod drop to the ground, with the
result of turning the cart upside down
and throwing Maben out on the back
of his neck. The colt, instead of rum
ing away or kicking everything to
pieces, stood perfectly still, looking
around with apparent interest while his
driver picked himself up and righted
the cart, as much as to say, well,
that's a new stunt, but I suppose it Is
part Of the game the boss is teaching
me-" Bohan, who was present. imme-
diately added 5000 to the price, he had
been asking, on account of manners"
and complimented his trainer on his
thorough system of colt breaking.
w. A. Clark, jr.. will turn over his
three yearling colts by Bon Voyage to
shaping up for their engagements |
east next summer, and they certainly |
are a promising lot. Hank Norton, who |
has had them all summer has got |
them in the pink of condition to go to
work on.
George A. Founder worked Mac O'D.
a mile in oil last Friday. and Maben |
worked Josh s. some slow miles.
All the campaigners that have been |
up north, except Emily W. and Ted |
Hays string, have returned and are in |
their old quarters at Agricultural park.
Miller and Levy shipped Button de
Orc yesterday to Tulare, where he is
entered in the 2:20 and 2:25 classes.
From there they go to Fresno, Bakers
field, Albuquerque and Ell Paso. The
classes for Gold Nut did not fill and |
the gray mare still is too sick to work.
so the black PAGER is the only one they
will race, unless they see something |
they like and try for the slow trots.