The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-04-20
HALF MIXERS
In Big SHOW
EsTrER ". AND OTHERS TO co
DOWN GRAND CIRCUIT.
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and Others -orses That stsrted
In wheeling viii seers.

Half-mile tracks never have grzdu
ated such an exceptional bunch Of
trotters TO the mile tracks as this
I season. and more interest centers In
the grand circuit appearance OF these
steeds than in any c.ass for which ear.
ly closing purses were offered TAX
ing the 2:l2 class as n basis. there
are fifteen In the hands OF high-class
reinsmen. OF which thirteen are from
small ovals. The Geers pair. Fuzz
2:22h. did not visit the twice-arounds
last year. each of them working
around 2:07 on the mile tracks.
Great things have been forecasted
for Jack London. which masqueraded
as Professor Sphinx and took a mark
OF 2:15k at Allentown. Murphy has
him and that helps. but the fact re-
mains that Jack London was not a
high class racehorse when on the big
line before. and whether he does bet.
ter this year than his stable mate,
Marigold, 2:12A. is a question on
which the west differs from the east.
However. they make a pretty fair pair
10 draw to. Billy Andrews has Sir
Thomas Upton. 2:15Iz. that made
Jack London take his record, and
King Rec, 2:15A, another one that
showed a lot of class.
Cox Has Esther w.
OF Esther w, 2:13h, that Cox will
pilot In these events, much has been
said and she is known to be as fast as
she is stubborn. Lon Mcdonald has
Ruth McGregor. 2:14A. a mare that
has not been found wanting. Bert
Shank relies on Mike Agan, 2:14L
Oddly enough all OF these half-milers
excepting Marigold. did most OF their
racing on Ohio and Pennsylvania
tracks.
The East is contributing two to the
particular set and both of them are by
Bingars. One is Raden, 2:13A. and
with him will come A. S. Rodney, who
is new teamster for the grand cir
! cult. The other is Ristan. 2.15k, and
Peter Goode probably will have the
mount behind him. Each OF these trot.
tiers has shown EOS ability and has
I raced well on the half-mile tracks.
| West Sends Good Ones.
From the west are coming a pair
OF which great things have been said
j. c. Simpson, that took a three-year
old record, of 2:1Sk. is a star OF the
Mackenzie stable and recently worked
a half for Havis James in about ] %;
at Pleasanton. Cal. Gus Macy tool
Redlock. PITY. from Indiana to Den
yer last fall and is bringing him back
They tell great tales of this fellow.
Michigan is contributing one In
Peggy from Paris. PIP. the little
mare that is by a pacing stallion and
out of a mare by Alcryon, 2:15. Peggy
raced on the half mile tracks until the
fall meeting at Kalamazoo, where she
won on the first day and agar
on the last. In the second race she
met Bierne Holt, and in the heat IN
which she took her record Driver Tai
bot trailed to the top of the stretch
and then, calling 10 Clarity, said
Red. did you honestly pay $4,000 TO
that one? Gitup." and Peggy brushed
by Bierne Holt. broke, and Red
Garrity said something.
Most OF these horses have been rae
ing for a couple OF seasons and know
the game pretty well. What they will
do when they strike the regulars that
have college Quotations. as II were Is
n question that will furnish sport fol
the race fans this summer at Detroit
and other big line stopping places.