The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-02-05
JAIL SENTENCE
FOR SCORCHERS
MINNESOTA AUTO ASSOCIATION
TAKES SANE VEW-5UD WEIs-
Err CHARTERED IN FARGo-FoR-
TUNE REFUSED FOR sAYARDo,
ENGLISH s-YEAR.oLp.
& Ry 7. j. IL

CBy J.J. -
Winnipeg sportsmen are having rare
sport on the ice this winter, with mat
Inees every week splitheat contests
and half-mile heats as fast as 1.02A.
The well-known race horse Bud
Weiser 2:12A, is in Fargo and is un-
derstood to be for sale. If Bud"
would turn around and do what he is
capable of doing he would be quite a
proposition in his class.
The Minnesota auto association is
~sn record as favoring a Jail sentence
Cor auto scorchers. There is nothing
which handicaps the auto in the public
we quite SO much as the abuse of the
use OF the popular machine by some few
ir-brained drivers of the same
Frederic Remington the artist, who
lied Sunday. once said he desired only
sne. sentence, upon his tombstone:
This man knew the horse"
Mr.. Savage writes that his 4-year old
mare Read Patch, by Dan Patch, dam
Reuline, by Online, promises to be very
good, and that at Phoenix she paced
a trisI.in 2:06, last half in 1:01.
Statistics recently compiled show
that the fifty largest money winning
thoroughbreds on the American turf
have combined won total of 81, 35s,SSO
an average of S1O7,199 head.
Prodigal leads the list of sires whose
get got standard records during the
season Of 1909, being given credit for
IL: Todd ts next with IS: Mckinney
and Zombro, with ] a each; Silent Brook
~, Peter the Great and Moko, IL each;
Abdel and Dan Patch, 10 EACH
The enormous figure of $2SO,OO0 has
been refused for Bayardo, the champion
English 3-year-o old, and as far as turf
history goes this is the record offer for
a race horse. 1t has been stated that
the animal was wanted for stud pur-
poses. but as Mr.. Fairie, his owner, is
a wealthy man. he cares more for
Eayardo than for the money, big as the
offer was. In another way, the price
Is q record one, especially when 1t is
considered that he only won the st.
LeEer-one Of the big races. He was
unplaced i'm the Two Thousand Guineas
and Derby. but his failure was attrib-
uted to his softness of hoof, as he could
not be galloped in the hard ground OF
the early English season. When, how
ever. the ground softened and he round
ed into form, not a Swear old or horse
of any age i'm England could be found
to extend him.
The Baden Trotting association, Aus
tria, pays glowing tribute to G. K. G.
Billings for the exhibition of Lou Dillon
In that country and it is proposed to
make him an honorary member Of the
association.
Three new bills have been introduced
in the New York assembly having in
view the passage Of still more stringent
anti-race track gambling.
"A string Of Canadian bred trotters
are to be sent TO the Lexington track
to be PREPARED for the coming cam
paign. Glenn Beachy, jr, will handle
them.
The Northwest Iowa Fair circuit has
organized and fixed dates for the fol-
lowing places: Carroll. July 1915:
Jefferson, July 20-22; Rockwell City,
July 1929; Fonda, Aug. 3-5; Sac City,
Aug. 1912; Alta. Aug. 17-19; Sheldon,
Aug. 22-2s; Rock Rapids, Aug. 31-Sept.
q; Sutherland, Sept. 10; Onawa, Sept.
1915; Sioux City Sept. 1924; Manson,
Sept, To, and Orange City, Sept. 80.
The Corn Belt Racing association has
arranged the following classes: Pac-
ing, 1925, 2:20, 2;15 and 2:10 classes;
trotting 1900 1925 and 2:2O classes.
The minimum purse is $500. Some of
the towns have made arrangements for
two $500 stakes, 2:25 pace and a $3.50
trot. The circuit is composed OF the
following towns. and their dates are:
Flandreau. s. D.. June 14-16; Clark, s.
D., June 21-23: Huron, s. D., June 2S-
30; Miller, s. D., July As; Mitchell, s
D., July 1914; PTpestone, Mimi, July
1921; Canton, S. D., July 1928.
Hummer Sheldon, p. 2:14A, who will
be remembered as among the starters
at the Fargo race meeting last year
(and aby the way showed more speed
than any horse in his CLASSY has beer
sold to j. W. Ruzicka, Wishek, N. d.
There is no racetrack in the north.
west more favorably equipped than the
Fargo track, for those who wish tt
prepare their horses for this season
The track is admittedly one of the best
half-mile rings in the country 1.-THE
turns being exceptionally easy) with 9
fine track to jog on inside the fail
grounds when the track may be closed
temporarily after heavy rainfalls. A
hundred fine stalls, free of charge, ant
street cars running to the grounds
from the city
Gus Macy who trains George Fl. Els.
tabrook's private stable of racers, II
authority for the statement that he be.
lieves that the old war horse, Country
Jay. still has more surprises under hii
girth for the racing public. Last year
at the age of IL years. Country ia!
startled the world at Detroit by defeat
ing a star field of horses in cleve
manner and later by lowering tn
worlds record fosaddle at North Ran
dali track to 2:a01a Not being con
tented with that, Reamy Macy, son 0
the veteran trainer, a few weeks late
rode the old horse mile in 2:08& a
Syracuse, and BY so doing broke th'
record OF 2:14A. held by Charley Mac
SO seconds At present Country JaI
is at Cleveland track, Denver with thu
rest Of the Esterbrook horses, ant
Macee thinks that next year he vii