Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-27

Walker will do the "teaming" in the
early part of the season till Durfee is
able to take the reins himself, which
will probably be by the time he strikes
the grand circuit at Detroit, Mich.
1t was a great pity that the 2:25 trot
for 3-year-olds did not fill, as 1t would
have given Ell Volante, by Zombro,
chance to show what he could do He
belongs to c. A. Garfield, the pres
ident of the Los Angeles Harness
Horse association, and is as handsome
an animal as there is in the state to-
day, and, | believe, as good as he
looks. Walter Maben, his trainer,
stepped him mile the other day in
2:13A too easy to talk about, and with
as little effort to him. apparently, as
mile in 2:20 would have been. He Is
perfectly gated, good headed, and bred
on both sides to race Mr.. Cantleld
has a couple of 2-year-olds at Agricul-
tural park that are as good, consider
ing their age, as Ell Volante One at
tracts attention any. time ne appears
His name is DonashaW and he WelghS
over 100 pounds. He looks like fully
developed 5-year-old instead OF a z
year-old and has been a mile this year
in 2:16% and quarters in 81 seconds,
and has only made one break TINS sea-
son, and that was going slow and from
carelessness He is in S. c. Walton's
stable and will be campaigned through
his stake engagements this year. He
will be seen in the trotting division of
the Garfield stake on July 10. Ihe
other 2-year-old is a black colt by
Walter Barker, a son of Heir-at-laW,
out of a mare by Zolock. He also is
entered in a number of stakes on the
coast and will get his share OF the
money this year, as nothing bothers
him. 1t is all one to him whether he
is alone on the track or in field of
horses; he just keeps on trotting, and
those gentlemen are very hard to beat
when it comes to a race.
Zambretta surprised her many friends
and delighted her owner, l.. J. Chris
topher, last Friday by stepping mile
in 2:1Oh. Chas. Saddler, who has al
ways driven her in her matinee races,
accounts for her knocking four seconds
off her record by the fact that he had
williams put pair of Red Gafrety
patent spreaders on her to keep her
away from her knees, and now says she
can beat anything in her class unless
the other horses are rugged in the Car
rety boot which, of course, would make
them go four seconds better, too, and
he is prepared to enter protest, or
get out am llJu0CllOlli VI IL IOSS9'e'iS ,
stop him with club from doing so. In
the meantime the Garrety patent is in
great demand and selling like hot cakes.
They certainly are a great Improvement
over the old-fashioned spreaders that
fastened to the shafts.
e. j. Delorey is working the gray
PAGER, Silver Dick, regularly and he Is
rounding to and getting good. He al
ways had world of speed but was
hard to control. He always wanted to
rush away from the wire at two
minute clip. and by the time he had
got to the fve-eighths or three-quarter
pole he was about all in. Since De
lorey has had him he has been going
only slow miles with him and has got
him to go away slow, even in com
pany with other horses The fastest he
has asked him to step was a mile in
2:15, with a half in 1903 and quarter
in 80 seconds By the time he is ready
to race it will take quite horse to
head him in the 2:10 class.