The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-04
SARAH SMITH GOES FAST MILE. Mares Showing Is a Surprise. WORKOUTS AT vANDIvER Horses Ready for Trip to the
 North. Some Great sport h Promised When the Local speeders Gather
 Here for Fair
 Trsts.

The fastest mile was stepped over tht vandiver Park track yesterday morn ing that has been driven since the races last October.
 u was work out day for the bunch being Slipped to Nashville next week Heading the bunch is Sarah smith the chestnut mare by Sellers, Alice Smith by MeEwen; This mare made a great record last fall but she looks even bet. ter now than she did then, and her work yesterday proved that she Is . better trotter. Then there IS Hard wac waaoe Is the asoyg 5ay gssns ssis Sy Ms rect; the brown pacing mare by Di- rectl. completes the list of aged horses In the McCurdy string.
 eluding a couple of two-year-oid trot- three-year-oId trotters by the same fRsse; Rsewaod a dtwo.year,Sid pacing ally by eolt. These horses are the property of them is the string of W. s. Teague, the ss Paeny Gsy maae ?, ps @ pon lima Ashley, fwho won race in Bir- imingham last fall in 2:os l-4; rom T, the bay gelding by Rexwood-Lilliau
 In the same stable is Gibson Boy, the speedy pacer belonging to ". s. Web In charge of Alex Wishard, who is training for the McCurdys. Mr. Wish ard came to Vandiver Park from Terfe Hante, Ind, last October, bringing with
 Yesterday morning Messrs. Louis Mo- Curdy. Webber and Teague made an early morning visit to the track to fns fsh rspsd as for 9S and they tional work. After q couple of slow warming up miles. Wishard started ou, to speed Sarah Smith. MT. Teague and while he did not urge the pacing mare at any stage of the Journey hs had his hands full to stay in froit of hi sp tdDf %aFs ssa5 l ou %as bs bf hs ing passed in something less than 1:0s and the full mile in 2:10 Ia.
 By somexseconds 1t was the fastest and her work yesterday proved that she Is fully equal to starting in the free tor @ all trot over the. Southern circuit ysry aSg & f o the soaSs %srs Of sa fact--and under his handling this sea son the chances, are bright for the Me Curdys to have 2:0s trotter.
 Wishard will ship his string to Nash ville,. the races at Cumberland Park opening two weeks frams today. With tSs sSssRtiGM1 s MgSs ef gtesoS Boy and Gps or t horses mentioned above Will be sent to
 Harry smith of Selma. has at vandi- John R. Gentry, dam Letta C.. by Wal kill Prince. Paul Gentry is his name and he is certainly, good locker. He is staked Tn the 2;l5 trot at Nashville. Memphis, Birmingham and Montgom.
 A proposition was made yesterday morning for Messrs. Mccurdy, Teague and ship to Nashville together. Mr, MT smith. however, wants to get hls horse to Nashville early next week when Ren Rennick will take charge of him until self.
 Hardware is also entered in the 2:1s and Lillie Pointer in the 2:l0 pace but the Webber pacer has been scratched at Nashville and Memphis. He may stsrt start at vanGIIsg vsIFGmInghaT but wil surely Direct are staktd in the 2:25 pace all over the circuit and two of the Me- Curdy two-year-olds in the two-year- olds in the -year-old trot. Elk abeth G., gray Ally by Rexwood. be- longing to the McCurdys. is staked in cult and Tramp McEwen. a colt by The Tramp out of McEwen mare, in the three-year-old pace.
 Thls latter colt is about the classiest
 
 tn a long time. Yesterday morning ne worked half shade better than l:0S. He is half brother to the celebrated Trampfast who. broke the worlds two year-old record at Lexington, and in Individuality, speed and es neness IS upholding his grand breeding.
 c. c. Foley reached the Jack yes- terday morning with three paeers owned by Bob Schwartz. of Mobile, among the number Leslie Waterman, the pacer that broke the track record at Yandiver Park in 1907 when Mr. Schwartz drove him mile in 2:07 flat The others are Senator C.. with a mark of 2:O7 1-4. and King Onward with a mark of 2:I5 1-2. MT. Foley Is en route to Nashville with them where they will be entered in some of the the track here for about ten days to get over the hot trip from Mobile to
 Lawrence Lightfoot has a green pacer that promises to go fast in the near future. He was not driven much until last January and yesterday morn-