The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-13
AL STANLEY IS HERE
FAMOUS TRACK HORSE IS BROUGHT
 IN
Other Star Performers Are Coming In. Fine Races for Fair Are Assured-C0mmittee to
 Go to Birmingham.

When a Louisville and Nashville horse car was backed on the switch nearest the stables at Yandiver Park early Monday morning the most valu-' able colt and famous race horse in the South was carefully unloaded. It was Al Stanley. the phenomnal two-year- old son of Todd who has literally set these southern tracks on fire for the past few weeks. winning race after race and trotting a mile in 2:15. up in Nashville
 His greatest achievement however was at the big Lexington meeting when he trotted third in two heats in 2:l2 1-2 2:13 1-2.
 Ed Moten who brought the colt back to Montgomery (Ben Whitehead talk ing charge of his string in Birming- ham) says that Al Stanley had the speed of the bunch In that two-year- old futurity but was a little short of work. In the first heat Whitehead took him to the half in 1905 and was leading the field at the 7-S, Czarevina winning and Gus Macey just beating Whitehead out for the place with the Esterbrook Ally, Fanny Lawson.
 Al Stanleys official time in the first heat was 2:13 flat and in the second heat 2:14 1-4. Possibly the only req son in the world why the colt did not win that classic was Whiteheads mis- take in taking him from Nashville to Memphis instead of shipping him di- rect from Nashville to Lexington.
 The track at Memphis was in wretched condition. It Was the old Montgomery Park track that has been used for years for runners. While Al Stanley won his race in Memphis in straight heats still the track was so cut up that Whitehead was afraid to drive him better than 2:3O the two heats being 2:3S 1-2 2:31.
 It's pretty near an even bet that if things break right Al Stanley will lower the time made by Ed Geers with The Harvester in the three -year-old Futurity when that colt trotted the third heat in 2:OS 3-4. Keep your eyes on Whitehead and this colt at Lexington next October.
 About the time that Al Stanley got in Dab" Thomas was taking letter with a Courtland postmark out of his mail. It was from Jack Schackleford owner of Vic McEwen, the speedy pac- ing lilly by Fred s. McEwen, dam Vic toria by Hal Brown. This Ally was being campaigned last fall in the Garth string. Gus Macey winning the two year -old pace at Vandiver Park in 2:23, 2:20 1-2. Senator B. and Cur zandia finishing second and third re- spectively.
 In Nashville a few weeks ago Ben Whitehead drove the Ally in the three year old pace, winning in straight heats in 2:13 1-2, 2;14 1-4. landing the three-year -old pace in Memphis in 2:15 1-2 2:I7 1-4. MT. Shackleford wrote MT. Thomas yesterday that he would send the Ally to him in Montgomery in the next few days together with her full sister, two-year-old. This shows how the fame of the Thomas Whitehead stable and the great track at Vandiver Park is becoming known. and next winter there will be several hundred horses at the focal track.
 Monday morning W. S. Webber. one of the members of the racing commit tee of the fair next week. left for Birmingham to arrange about some of the entries at Vapdiver Park. This morning Secretary Chaffee and MT. McCurdy of Lowndesboro, the other members of the racing committee will go up to Birmingham, and the entries will all be finally straightened out.