The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-09-27
Nashville Meeting Is a
 Hummer. GREAT SPEED TRIALS DESPITE THE BAD WEATHER McGraths Horses Show In Good
 Form. Great Interest Races Expected When the Strings Meet in Mont somery at vandiver Park
 --some Results.

Tuesday the races on the Dixie Cir cult shift over to Memphis where elev- en days have been given, the rest of this week and all of next week, clos
 In spite of some wet days the rac- ing in Nashville during the week end- ing last Saturday was not only rev elation to horsemen all over the coun. try but 1t proves the statement that the people of this section will watch in the next few weeks higher class of speed centests than have been shown free-for-al pace at Vandiver Park in 1906 in 2:07 1-4 in the third heat.
 Friday in Nashville Leslie Waterman. landed the free-for-all pace in straight heats in 2:0S 1-4, 2:07 I-2 2:0s. Walter Hal, the Garth crack that has been holding his own with George Gano and during the past few weeks meeting his first decisive defeat. Bonner, the pacer being campaigned by Doc Whitney of Macon. was entered in this race but has a mark of 2:05 IA and ths chances race either at Memphis, Birmingham or Montgomery in the free-for-an pace. Waterman. Walter Hal, Bland S., Fam tine. Lillie Pointer and Geers' Direct: Geers Direct has mark of 2:1o 1.4 and MntsrnaR is PSlntsr irt of Ws,er SGs Ieiai nsi 2:os S-4; Bland s. and Bonner each with 2:05 1-l. Some class to a race like that, and oyer fast track like the the result would be interesting.
 Mir. Garth's horses are showing well and Ben Rennick seems to be making a great success in handling them. Fair Margaret as a 4-year-old seems to have as easy a thing staying in tront Of her fields this year as she dite iastzssea- son as a s-year-oid. This Rs- s-Election. mar mare started twice in .s..,n Nashyiiie I and d both times. Rennlck took down the winners end of M $1.ooo stake last Mon day in 2:is. 2.1l and last Saturday fSGk shs trot SinnSs n fna q thf 'so The surprise of the week. however. was the wonderful showing made by Lady Henderson. the 3-year-old Fred S son of this city. Last Monday she was second in the first heat of the 2:14 pace in 2:09 l-2. finishing a close third is the next two heats and beating such Onward. Ben whitehead's Mary Direct ly and others. Thursday Lady Hem derson was third in the first heat and second in the second heat of the Sl.ooo Jack .shackelford's crack, took this race in straight heats of 2:0e and 2:10 and the showing of the 3-year-old looks like Mir, Henderson has a race horse
 
 in the money every time. Slick John son, her half brother. started in the 3-year-old pace on the same day and was a good second in 2:l5 l-4 2:is "a. of Notasulga ande seems to have the making of great race horse. Both of them were developed at Vandiver their careers with interest.
 Yesterday morning a car of horses reached Vandiyer Park from Nashville, having been shipped straight to Mont bunch was Thomas W. Lawson, the pacer belonging to Mcqueen Smith of Prattvile. The race had been cam paigned over the half-mlle tracks of Nashville and the sharp turns of the ship for him that he was almost out of condition. Mir. Smith let him start in Pointer and others, but his showing decided his owner to have him sent back to Montgomery for a rest and sibly be started in Birmingham after the Memphis meeting but the chances are that he will not start again until the meeting opens at VandiveF Park. ed the track yesterday were some of the McCurdy youngsters that Mir. Wishard thought would be better of h their barns at home than going to hcHlpnAS
 Al Stanley Is evidently as good now as he was In his 2-year-oid form. and took the Swear -old trot with ridicu- lous ease in 2:2S 1-4. 2:26 but if thia good weather holds out and they have anything like a fast track in Memphis. the Todd colt will have to do lots bet- ter than that to stay in front in Mem phls Creighton Girl. Sarah smith, Lillie Pointer. Tom T. and several oth- CTS of thef string that went to Nash vile from vandiver Park will wake things up with a good track though
 There was some great classy racing in Nashville but wet weather and heavy going caused the scratching of lots Of the best horses In this part of the country and especially some of the horses that MontEomerians are inter. ested in. With good weather in Mem phis it Is hoped that all of the Mont Romery horses will be able to show and after Memphis, Birmingham and then VandiVer Park