The Alaska citizen. (Fairbanks, Alaska) 1910-1917, 1911-09-11

NEW 1ORh, Aug. 1. - II looks
as if the trotting sensation of the
Grand Circuit this year is going to
prove to be a former pillow horse
When X. T. c.. driven by Tommy
Murphy Of Glen Cove. l.. l.. took the
10000 stake pace at Kalamazoo,
Mich, it was brought forcibly to the
minds of followers of the big line
racing that two years ago he had
been hauling pillow down in Viii
mingtOn.
In that state they breed all their
mares to Prince March, but most of
the off-springs have been PAGERS, and
when r. T. c., who is a son of
Prince March. couldn't show any
sending him to the pumpkin races.
d. NJ. Cochrane in disgust put the
horse to pillow.
I'm get some use out of him"
said Cochrane, as he saw visions of
a 2:10 PAGER going by the way.
A year ago last fall COchrane had
r. r. c. out on the avenue in Viii
mington hitched to the family buggy
enjoying a Sunday outing. There
were other nags out, too. The fall
blowing had been finished and r. T.
c. was looking forward to life Of
ease in his stall munching oats and
hay until the spring. Whether or
not it was this that caused him so
much joy none knew, but when Del
Biggs, trainer of racing horses,
started to step prospect down the
street at 210 clip r. T. c. just
put his ears behind him and before
the astonished COchrane knew what
like racer.
Some speed there" observed
Biggs.
yes, and by gum he's trotter,"
was the astonished reply.
Last year r. T. c. did some trot-
ting between blowing times and took
mark of 2:14A This year Tommy
Murphy took him in charge, and in
all the races he was started in in
the Grand Circuit he has defeated
the high-bred products of famous
sires, and now has mark of 2:OSA
to his credit, with great speed still
in reserve, and Murphy says he will
beat 2:05.
Harness racing is full of just such
surprises. There were the two Won
derful PAGERS Lady Maude c., 2:03A
and Hedgewood Boy, 2:0212, who
went from pillow to the Western
circuit and cleaned up such a tidy
sum of money for their owner, an
Illinois farmer, that he decided that
they had earned respite from the
turn in the fields.
George G.. the sensation of the
Grand Circuit three years ago, and
for whom A. N Brady paid $4,000,
used to do duty hauling a laundry
wagon around the streets of Los
Angeles. He finally became the
property of an Italian barber, who
wanted a race horse and the dealer
laughed when he worked George G..
on the tonsorial artist The latter a
couple of months later sold him
back to the dealer for $3.50, saying:
He too fast l try to holda him
in so | fix da bookmaker, but he
run away with me-"
That season George G. took a
mark of 2:1212 on half-mile track
in California.
Lolita Crabtree, the once renowned
actress, paid $26,5O0 for Sonoma
Girl 2:04A, and this mare, bred in
the Sonoma valley Of California, had
been used as carriage horse to
take her owner, a miner, to and from
his work This same miner, though,
is now living in affluence in Cali
fornia. for one night as he was driv-
ing home Sonoma Girl showed she
could trot, and when Sonoma Girl
won the Chamber of Commerce trot-
ting stakes at Detroit, Mich, the
winter bookmaker was put out Of
business.
Sweet Marie also had humble be-
ginning +. r. CARING, who bought
her, did so because he was moved to
pity at her condition. Being low
er of horses and humanitarian, Mr..
CARING was moved to kind act
when he saw Sweet Marie dragging
an ash wagon in Los Angeles, a
Mexican being her owner. He in
vestigated and found she had such
quarters that even a pig would have
spurned them. Mr.. CARING bought
her for 500, and the mare respond
ed to kind treatment so readily that
in the following year she was voted
the trotting sensation of the Los An.