The Washington herald., 1910-01-16
NOTES OF THE HORSES.

Harold Childs has signed 70 train for
Danforth Farm, Washington, IL.
The Eel. 2.O2la, VIII likely not race on
the ice this winter. as they are barring
him in the free-for-alls.
II is now the intention not 20 race Al
Stanley CD. 2Ill4, next season, but he
viii stand for service instead.
Rena Patch 90, 23ps. by Dan Patch, is
said TO have paced a mile In 205. She is
but four years old this season. and is
from daughter Of Online CD, 29
Win strattou. 21r.. one Of the good
racing stations Of the Southwest the past
season. is reported to have died recently.
lie vas six years old, and by Wainscot
a., 21oi.,
Gordon Prince. jr., 2C7l., viii take the
trip down the line next season. according
TO present calculations. As he was timed
In 2.0224 last year, he should be dangerous
in his class.
Harvey Tobias. of Urbana. H.. who
raced this season Frank Be Sure. 2094.
has a good prospect for next season I'm
Nate Audubon. a half brother of Frank
Be Sure, and sired by J. J. Audubon. 2l9,
that worked a comfortable mile last fall
in AHA
Star Pointer. 1874, has been purchased
by his former owner, James A. Murphy,
according to report from New York. and
is TO have ashOme as belts a champion.
The horse is at present in California. but
will be shipped across the continent.
Escobado, 213l4. that was second to
Margin in 2O6l4 at Phoenix, Ariz., should
be some trotter another year He IS
California-owned, but Kansas-bred, and
by Escobar. 21324. from Leah, the dam Of
Kirkwood, jr., 21O, and silversign, 2.lOA,
by Ensign, 22Sl4.
L. G. Smith. Glens Falls, y. Y, lately
sold the young stallion Elmont. 222l4, by
Armont, to II. d. Huntley, Mexico, n Y
Elmont has started in but three races,
all OF which he Won and Mr.. Smith says
that the morse can step in 2:1O any time,
It is some years since the high wheels
have been seen IN a race, and horse
pulling a high-wheel cart in a race must
have been a curious sight when almost
everything now used has the low wheels
This was the rig TO which It is said the
mare Nellie B., 225, by Dandy Chimes
2O71s, got her record, and that, too. with
but very little training.
The resultant progeny of the mating Of
Minor Heir, 1.5914, and Hal Raven. 2032.
viii have no less than six ancestors with
records OF 210 or better. and five with
records faster than 2.06. Minor Heir is by
Heir-st-Law. 2.O524. Hal Raven is by Hal
b.. 20Fs, son Of Hal billiard, 204a4. and
her dam is Raven, 30. The foal will
also have a double cross of old Alma
Mater.
Lon Mcdonald will winter at Macon
Ca, instead of Memphis. and has engaged
thirty stalls there. Thomas W. Murphy
and John Dickerson will also locate at the
same place. the former engaging thirty
five stalls for his string and the latter
thirty. The track is on the former Idle
Hour Farm. and it's manager is also
mayor Of the city and goes out of his
way TO do faYors for the visiting horse
men.
Lena ~, that in 1898 placed the worlds
record for pacing mares TO 205l4. was
recently sold at auction in Michigan for
sl06. She is nineteen years old, and the
only one Of her produce TO take record
is Lena Directly "a, 2lsA She produced
several foals previous to her record
daughter by such sires as Star Pointer.
1884, and The Earl 90, I'll. that. how
ever did not reach maturity.