Evening journal., 1911-11-27
FREE MASON
PROMISESWELL
seat ''R. I. c." and "CharIle
Mitchell" TIVE Of Sea-
SOR'S Best Winners
EXPECT LOWER TIME
BY HIM NEXT YEAR

There is a trotter of unusual prom
ise here. owned by Howard T. Wall
lace president Of the Delaware Horse
show Association. and a widely
known breeder The horse Is Free
Mason, 2.19 IA. formerly owned IN
Philadelphia. The day Mr.. Wallace
secured his present record he dis
tanced the famous Grand Circuit
trotter r. T. c., 2.O6 "a. the largest
money winning trotter Of the year,
and in the same race defeated Char
ley Mitchell, 2.04 IA. another sensa-
tional trotter of 1911.
At Prospect Park, Baltimore. on
September 10. 1909. Free Mason and
Charley Mitchell started together in
field Of seven horses. Charley
Mitchell won the race and took a
. n heat and took second money. On
I FRIDAY Of the same week they started
again in a field Of ten horses. Free
Mason won the race in straight heats,
taking his present record of 2.19 Ia,
beating Charley Mitchell. Sir Thomas
Upton, 2.15 IA. and r. T. C., 2.06 3-4
--R. T. c. being distanced in the
second heat.
Gets New Trainer.
The early part OF that season Free
Mason had been in the hands Of n
trainer. who did not seem to get
along with him very well. and he
Went several races with rather IN
different results. after which A. II.
Tyson started him in few races and
gave him standard record, and he
was i'm Mr.. Tyson's charge at the
time the race was trotted with r.
n. c.
Since that time In 1909 Free Mason
has had no professional training.
simply used on the road and for
matinee purposes, so he has had no
opportunity to develop. to the fullest.
his speed. but just prior TO his race
in 1909, he did win his class at the
intercity races between Philadelphia
and Wilmington. both at Wilmington
and Philadelphia.
In 1910 he won the gold medal here
for having won more races than any
other horse and a silver medal for
having started in more races than
any other horse In the club. and this
year. 1911. he won three prizes of the
matinee club for the seasons work.
one being the silver cup awarded to
the horse winning the heat in the
fastest time; the second. a gold
medal awarded to the horse. the win
ner of seven heats trotted. which
averaged the fastest time, and the
third. a gold medal awarded to the
horse winning the greatest number
Of races, and In his matinees he has
'rotted the half-mile track IN 2.17.
Breeders of Hackneys.
Mr.. Wallace is also Interested IN
the breeding Of hackneys. About
three years ago he and Daniel J.
Driscoll. of Reading. started the
breeding Of hackney horses az Au-
burn Hackney Horse Farm, Auburn,
Pa
Their first exhibit was made at the
Bryn Mawr Horse Show. where the
hackney stallion Acquinus won the
first prize. AT the New York Horse
Show the past week this same horse.
Acquinus. and three colts won, and
on Monday the chestnut flly Inez
won first in her class. The same
day their chestnut nlly Irma won
second in the three-year-old filly
class, and on Tuesday Acquinus won
first prize IN the class for hackney
stations four-year-old and older and
l5l high and larger. and shortly
after, in competition with the other
winners in the hackney stallion
classes. and at this show. and also
in competition with Oxford, the win
ner Of the championship in New York
IN 1910. the class consisting OF eight
prize-winners. Aquinus won the
Championship for 1911.