Arizona republican., 1910-12-04

of the place justly her due upon the
 roster of eXtreme-record trotters. It is difficult to commend the policy which | those who own, or manage, her have ] pursued during the past two years l From the inception of her turf career ! that memorable season of 1907 when ] she and Highball were the two super | sensational performers of the year and afforded the public a series of thrills such as few trotters have ever given it. the daughter of Lynwood w. 2:O21k
 and Maud Fowler 2:2I4. by Anteeo 2:16ls. has been a confirmed cripple. whose break down, at any moment,
 could not havt caused surprise. At
 the close of that campaign she retired
 with record so low: O5A that it
 made her future earning capacity com
 paratiVely slight, for valuable engage
 ments which could be secured for her
 were few and far between. The early
 part of 1908 she was unable to appear.
 and it was not until she had passed
 through the hands of several different
 reinsmen, who did not care to retain
 her. believing that she was. as the
 phrase goes. "all in that she was
 turned over to McMahan. who. by a
 masterly exposition of ability as a
 trainer. succeeded in returning her to
 her best form and kept her up
 through the rest of that year. through
 all of 1909 and through the present
 campaign until the inevitable finally
 occurred at Dallas. as above described
 During this period she trottel to her
 record when placed in his hands
 C2:O5A) repeatedly. beat it again and
 again in her work. and finally. at the
 Kalamazoo meeting. held last July. re-
 duced it to 2:04A in a race in which,
 owing to the impossibilty of adequate
 ly preparing her for it. on account of
 the condition of her limbs. she was
 beaten by that 14-year-old marvel. Country Jay 2:05A, but not until the worlds record for a three heat race of divided heats had been lowered.
 Subsequent to this race she won at Detroit. without having to beat 2:05A. but thereafter was unable to win even heat. as she was forced to race against The Harvester (2:OD and Bob Douglas (2:O4A). the first of which stallions she could not beat, while the second. nearly her equal in speed, outraced her because of the impossibility of getting her away well, long experience upon the turf and the pain which her ailing limbs caused her making her behavior at the score unreliable.
 For two years McMahan had been Miss Lotta Crabtree. who owned, and her brother. who man. aged, SonOma Girl, to allow him to mark her where he felt sure he could. under favorable circumstances-in 2:02 or better-and retire her This permission was steadily refused until il was too late. It was finally de cided that she should be marked at her limit during the Phoenix meet ing, and then bred to The Harvester next spring. But she never got to | will now go down in | history as 2:04A and not at 2:O2 l -rotter. e.
 Mad the owner of Sonoma Girl been I in need of what little money the | mare has picked up above her cam | expenses during the two | past seasons, the attitude assumed | could have been excused. But she is | one of the wealthiest women in i America. her riches ranking her in ] the multi millionaire class. Hence | the few stray hundreds. or even thou sands. which the mare won or might | nave won. meant nothing whatever O her from a financial standpoint Every owner of a race-horse, by -irtue of such ownership. is. we admit entitled to manage it as they see fit. so long as the rules of racing are not transgressed. But the owner ,f a record breaker and d turf cham