Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-01-27

- 49, $500 -
evidence that this Ed Winter colt is
account. 1t will be remembered
that Lon was very reticent about the
roan mare Margin last spring and early
summer and when he won't talk about a
horse in his barn it's a pretty good plan
to keep your good eye peeled for that
horse.
Harry Stengel left this city Saturday
for a six-wceks' trip to the West Indies.
Mr.. Stengel has not enjoyed the best of
health for some time past, and it is be-
lieved that the southern climate for the
balance Of the winter will improve his
health.
The Walnut Hall consignment to the
coming midwinter sale consists OF
forty-four head, all foals of 1908. OF
this number fifteen are by Moke. nine
teen by Walnut Hall, 2:0SA, and ten
by Ozono, an S-year-old son of Moko.
This consignment is being heralded as
the very best that ever left the farm.
and will undoubtedly bring record
prices.
The handsome chestnut trotting mare
Kitty c., owned by Sam Dressler, and
in the stable of Clyde MacBride, Is
wintering well, and ought to be a right
good trotter this season. Last year she
was right up second in 2:221H in a race,
with very little work. She has stepped
several miles in her work better than
2:20 for Clyde MacBride, which would
make her look like a good kind Of a
mare in the green classes.
Report has 1t that the Detroit man
agement Is likely to change the class
of its great pacing stake, the $4,000
Chamber of Commerce, to it's, original
form, making 1t a 2:24 class. Should
such action be taken 1t will again make
the event open for strictly green
horses, or more correctly speaking. for
recordless ones, because the PAGERS OF
this period tina are not eligible to the
2:24 class are very few.
For three years this stake has been
raced as a 2:13 class, the change having
beer made in 1907, when in its rams
posed form, it was won by Reproach-
less, 2:041s. after Bonanza, 2:071s, the
pony PAGER, at that time. owned by the
Meyer Brothers, of this city, and driven
by Al Thomas, had taken a heat. 1t Is
an interesting fact that no marked in
crease in speed has followed the reduc-
ton of the class.
In 1908 the ace proved an exception
when Minor Heir and The Eel hooked
Up in as thrilling a contest as grand
circuit followers had seen in years.
The time, 1908, 2:04K. 2:05 and 2:041s.
is the record for the event, the aver
age of the four heats being 2:04%. In
this case, however, the class reduction
made no difference, as both lea win
ners were eligible to any class. What
the change has accomplished in the
way Of entrance fees is HARD to de-
termine, but it is unlikely that there
has been any marked difference in
entrance receipts from what they would
lave been. had the original class been
maintained. 1t is most likely that
other considerations tina sentiment
have caused the contemplation Of the
charge, vet it will be welcome news
to many should this grand pacing
classic resume rs place as a compan-
ion stake to the NJ. and M.
In their great trotting race Detroit's
management has created an attraction
that holds the attention of the trotting
world the year round. for as soon as
| one years event has been decided prep
| arations are Immediately made for
future contests by owners that believe
they have the goods in stock. 1t would
be hard to place a correct estimate
upon the value to the horse market
of the splendid stakes that nave come
to be regular yearly features. The NJ.
and M. the Charter Oak, the Tram
sylvania, the Hoster and other mag
nificent stakes exert a powerful in
fiuence upon values by interesting in
the sport new men of means that are
ready to pay good prices In the simple
hope of adding a turf classic to their
laurels. George II. Estabrook, the mil
lionaire Denver horseman, is probably
the foremost in this respect, his latest
purchase of racing prospects being the
4-year-old filly Lilly W.. that showed a
mile at Lexington in 2.071a. This filly
is by Simmoneer, a son of Simmons,
and looks like a future stake winner.
For her Mr.. Estabrook paid $500, and
should Lilly w. win even one of the
great turf stakes, the owner will UNI
doubtedly consider his investment a
good one