The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-29
BROWN RETURNS
WITH LAURELS
Local Harness Horse Owner
Completes Successful
Season.
HIS STRING NEARLY ALWAYS
CLOSE UP AT FINISH
Don and Ginger Will Probably
Race Through the East
Next Year.

Hal w. Brown of Salt Lake, the welt
known harness horse owner arrived in
Salt Lake. Monday afternoon. following
n successful season with his string OF
harness horses on the Nebraska, Kansas,
oklahoma and Missouri circuits Mr..
Browns string of horses. including tho
famous Ginger and Don. are in winter
quarters at WICHITA
Mr.. Brown has just completed The
most successful season OF racing he has
ever experienced His string has won for
him more than $4,000 during tlIc season,
which is the largest amount won by any
Don and Ginger, the two speedy littlc
beauties. the local performances .of
which arc familiar To Salt Lake people.
have won almost every time they have
plans 10 take them over the Grand Cir
cult. where they will be pittcd against
the best harness horses In the world for
big purses. lie says that he believes
they can hold their own with any of the
fast PAGERS on The circuit.
Fearless. ono of the fast lrotters in
Mr. Browns string, was Sufiocatcd In u
nrc in the stables ut the Kansas state
tair. There were iifty-oDc horses in the
stables at the time of the fire and only
seven were rescued. Mr.. Brown sue
cccded In saving Don and Ginger and
two colts belonging TO III. e. Henderson.
Always In TIC money.
Mr.. Browns horses started in seventy
eight races and secured thirty-eight llrsts,
twcDty-sevcn seconds. five thirds, four
fourths and were unplaced four times.
This record eScclS that of any stable at
the half-mic tracks. Mr. Brown started
the season on June II at Beatrice, Ncb,,
and closed week ago AT Wichita. Dur
ing the iirst six weeks Inc raced over the
Nebraska circuit. then divided his string
and raced BALI Of his horses in Kansas
.ttt. h-,If l-, L V.Ito l,.. .n1I lie
horses to Oklahoma. and he also raced
al the I'll Paso harness meeting. lie
always raced only OH half mile tracks.
In the string owned by Mr. Brown arc
Il green PAGER .and finished with n mark
Of 2I1t; l.. :. Crum. ii trotter which
started tho season with mark OF 2:l9
and finished with 9:16a. Dandy Wood.
which started "A green trottcr and closed
with mark Of 2:19i; Fearless, a trottcr
which started the season with mark of
9:IS and had mark OF 2.l5a at tho
time of its death Al Wichita week ago;
huntie Russell, a trotter which had 81
mark of 2.21a when the season opened
and finished with 2:l41: Don and Ginger,
cduaIed their previous marks OF 2:oSa and
2:07a and made some unofficial miles Il
little faster.
New Records Made
Several track records were lowered by
both Don and Ginger. while Ginger holds
the kans5s state record FOR tho fastest
heat by stallion. the Kansas slate race
record for the three fastest heats, The
Kansas state record for the four fastest
heats and the Oklahoma state race rec
ord for the three fastest heats.
Mr.. Brown expects that on mile tracks
Don and Ginger Will go as fasl AS 2:o4
or 2:05, which will put them in "A class
with the PAGERS on the Grand Circuit
The best race won by Mr.. 3roWD dur
ing the season was the frec-for-al1 at
CcneyvilIe In which Ginger finished first
and Don second. The hardest race WAS
the $500 trot at Topeka. which WAS
Won by Auntie Russell i'm 21ds. Each heat
won by q scaDt nose.