Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-03-03
HORTON RETURNS
TO HARNESS GAME
AFTER TWO YEARS
BY WALTER E. ERLER.
rTORSEMEN generally will be GLAD
to learn that AL Horton, whc

to learn tina Al Horton, who
some years ago raced the pac-
ing gelding Waverly Chief, 2:23A, will
be back in the game this season, Mr..
Horton was always one of the dead
| game, dyed -in-the-wool kind of horse
men, and his genial smile around the
race tracks again as an owner will, in
deed, be a welcome addition to the
local contingent. At the recent mid
winter sale Mr.. Horton purchased the
good bay trotting gelding Pot Roast,
2:24A, who is now in the stable of
Ike Holly, to be put in shape for the
seasons racing. He will be used some
in the matinee events early in the sea
son, and in the late summer and fall
| will be turned loose for the legal tender
atGthe pumpkin exhibitions. Pot Roast
has been used on the New York speed
way for some time, and with no train
ing whatever leaned up many of the
crackajack t~rotters on that famous
course. He Is an extremely good
gated horse and fast. and is looked
upon as one of the very best horses
eligible to the 2:24 trots in sight, and
was considered one of the fastest trot-
ters in New York city when owned
there. Without any special prepara-
ton he stepped a mile over a half-mile
track during the past season in 2:1s,
and those who witnessed the perform
ance We're of the opinion that with
six weeks. training he could march a
mile right at 2:15. He has repeatedly
stepped miles over the Empire City
mile track in 2:14. this. too, without any
preparation. He has been in a trainers
hands ever since he came to this city,
is big and strong, and there would ap-
pear to b. no good reason why he
should not fulfill his promises when
given a chance, and Al Horton, his
owner, is one of the kind to give a
good horse all the chance in the world.
Pot Roast was bred by Marcus DAILY
at the Bitter Root Farm in Montana.
foaled in 1901, and sired by Bow Bells,
2:1s1a (sire of Billy Andrews, 2:o61a;
Beauseant, e:O61b; Matin Bells, 2:061s;
Bellewood A. 2:O71a, ete.), a son of
Eleetioneer, rs, and Beautiful Bells,
dam of eleven. dam Pot Boiler, 2:2414,
a daughter of Prodigal, 2:1s, by Pan
coast, 2:21%. 1t will be seen hat this
fellow is bred to race. and race well.
and for the SAKE of the game, and a
good game owner, horseman generally
will hope to see the son of Bow Bells
make good.
Ed Geers recently told a friend in
Chicago, in speaking of the converted
PAGER High Ball, 2:OS%, tina this noted
son of. DR.. Hooker had become speed
crazy and went so fast in his work
that it was difficult for pop to rate
him. He would dash away and step
the fret nII1rfor in fhiPt-- caronnc if
he didn't take a stout hold of the
reins. This would indicate that High
Ball may be expected to go very fast
this season on the pace if his front
foot does not get to troubling him
again.
Lou Dillon, 1:5Sk, the t~rotting queen,
is to pc bred to Bingen, 2:06i4. this
spring, and is expected TO arrive at
Ardmaer Farm, R~aritan, most any
day. Lou Dillon is now the dam of
two FLIES by John A. McKerron, 2:04l:,
Lou Billings, 10Y a 3-year-old, and
Gretchen b., a 2-year-old. Both are
trotters nj are nov in the train
ing stable of John Diekerson, Macon,
Ga. Local horsemen who have never
seen the little chestnut mare are now
offered a rare opportunity while. she is
at Ardmaer.
The bay pacing gelding Little Andy,
PISA, by Great Heart, and the bay
mare .Freda, by Austrae, are
both in The stable of Billy Coville, and
it is rumored that both are now the
property of a Newark man. Both of
these horses were raced for c.. E. Wells.
of Jersey City, last season
Just now in the flood of dates that
are coming in from many secretaries
Offices, most prominent are the fall
weeks wherever the State and county
fairs hold forth. Undoubtedly the fairs
are the real bulwalk of horse racing on
continent; no one car conceive of |.
d fair without horse racing. and it Is
not recorded that there is m of these
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