Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-02-03

candidates not up to their midsummer
form. To be sure, much depends upon
the spring training season, n when
trainers have to work in a season such
as the one just passed horses are sure
10 round TO slowly, but with that point
conceded it seems as if the horses
should be able TO race before August,
q month which rings in so many first
performances Of the year.
However. racing associations that
attempted the Idea of early racing were
in most instances during 1909 doomed
To a disappointing results for their ae-
ton. In many cases IN entire weeks
program was called off because OF Il
lack of entries, a d~eplorab.e result I'M
~questionably. Associations that have
braved To financial shortage, foretold
by slim entry lists, gamely went down
into their pockets and paid their obli-
cations, unless some unusually attrac-
tive feature OF their program caused
a paying gate and consequent credit
balance. In ordinary seasons it is In
applicable why fairly large fields can
not be obtained FOR June meetings.
Athletes who specialize in most strenu-
GUS SIOftS are III pIlnis tbitullloh loiiH
before that month arrives, the season
for the greatest leagues in baseball
opens in April and players work two
or three hours each day in this most
rigorous exercise. despite the change
able weather Of early s%pringtime.f To
be sure. the conditions are not parallel
in human and equine training. There
are often weeks in April and May that
trainers arc scarcely able to use the
rack at all through the effects of
storms and bleak, threatening weather.
But with al these curtailments of
training and consequent slow speed de-
velopment It seems hardly unreason-
able to expect fair fields and good rac-.
ing by June - in any event, and the
earning capacity of t~rotters and PAGERS
would be planifestly increased and
many clashes of dates would be
avoided.
The trotting colt. Peter Pan, by On
ward Silver, 2:05A, who was one of
the speed sensations at the Lexington
track when a 2-year-old in 1907. is to
be raced on the Grand Circuit this
season
Nancy Hanks, 2:0f, together with four
of her daughters, is taking things easy
at Hamburg Place, the breeding estab-
lishment of Edward and Joseph Mad
den. Nancy is now "a years old, and
her four daughters are Markala, a
PAGER, by Peter the Great; Nancy Nc
herron. a 4-year-old trotter, BY John
A.. McKerron; Nancy Todd a 2-year-
old %trotter, by Todd, and a yearling by
Brighton, an own brother to the futur-
ity winner, Siliko (3), 2:1114. All but
the latter will be prepared for the races
the coming season.
1t is reported that Lexington is en-
joying the unusual pleasure of sleigh
ing, and the trainers are all driving
their horses on the snow path. Mike
Bowerman, Glen Beachy, Brook Curry,
George Bouerman and other leading
trainers arc exercising their horses TO
sleighs.
Rumor has it that II. b. Kline, of
Hilton, has recently purchased an own
brother to the bay pacing gelding Will
lie Walters, 2:12h, nee owned by John
j.. Radel, Of this city. This fellow is
said 10 be the goods and IS expected
to do a lot of racing the coming sea-
son.
There is$ no truth in the rumor that
the bay pacing gelding Little Andy,
2:1SA, by Great Heart, was purchased
by Abe Case, of Three Bridges, owner
of the chestnut pacing gelding Baron
Whips, 2;05A. Little Andy is still
owned by G.. S. Wells, of Jersey City,
who in a recent letter to the writer
reported the horse in excellent shape.
Mr.. Wells viii race the horse along
with Sid Direct this season. lie will
be in the Coville outfit.
William Bradley. proprietor of Ard
maer Farm. Raritan, n. j., sent to the
stable of Alta Mcdonald the following
horses: George G., 2:05A; silk Cord, by
Prodigal, ZIG. and Rio Mckinney, an
own brother TO Sweet Marie. 2:02.
These horses will be trained and raced
by the driver Of Major Delmar, 1871,
the coming season. and are surely a
high-c.ass outfit.
Secretary Rensselaer, Weston has just
Ten early tlOSLl5 tNtilS, edCi
with a value of $1,000, for the meeting
at Goshen his year. The classes will
be for rioters and PAGERS alike, and
are as follows: 2:l0, 2:15, 2:20, 2:25 and
$3.50. Entries for these events close
June /. and ali viii be decided under
the good old three in five system. and
each driver winning a race in three
straight heats will be awarded $50 by
the association. Local horsemen should
not neglect these events, as Goshen is
close to home. has an excellent track,
the very best management on earth,
and everybody is assured a square deal
from start to finish. Nothing phoney.'
IN THE WAV