The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-10-29
Season Briefly
Reviewed by One Expert

this eason AS a three years old the
stallion was up to a mile in about
$3.50. but last year won 81 lot of races
over the eastern half mile tracks, talk
Ing a record of 2:13 3.4.
This year he was Il star. Baden was
bred at the Allen farm in Pittsfield.
Mass. where his sire and dam are
owned. He was sold. as were many
OF the famous trotters hat have come
from the Allen estate. for less than
S5O0 when a yearling. His sister.
now four years old. was bought as a
yearling by a resident of BAL Harbor.
Me-, who uses her on the Dad and
says her like in that respect seldom
Is e She never has been trained
for speed.
Esther W. Second in List.
If Esther W., second on the list of
money winners. was not inclined to
overtrot herself and Jump in tn .
p1nches h would have made even a
better showing. for her turn of speed
Is a rare one. But in spite of the
efforts Of Walter Cox. who Wintered
the mare. learned all he could about
ner history previous to Joining his
every angle. Esther was just rs much
OF an uncertain quantity in her last
race this year as she was in her first.
A break In the home stretch in the
deciding heat of her race with Baden
at the Kentucky town lost her that
battle.
She was in the lead. going easy, and
looked to have Baden beaten, when
she jumped. The mare does not get
this habit of jumping from the male
side of her pedigree. as that runs to
Director. one of the %steadiest going
trotters ever seen. a little black horse
Of the bulldog trotter type. winner
of the first Charter Oak stake and
other important trotting fixtures of his
the tight spots he sticks to the trot.
just as did his grandsire, Bingen, a
stallion to be depended upon in the
home stretch.
Manrico gets into the select list by
virtue Of his victory in the Kentucky
futurity. in which first money was
$4,000. His sixth heat in 2:07 IA
put him on a pedestal among three
year old trotters. and 1t is apt to be
many a year before that particular
honor is taken from him.
Manrico Speedy as Colt.
AS a colt trotter he was. when at
that age in 1912. and the stamina
and recuperative powers which en-.
abled him to step a sixth mile (all
trotted the same afternoon) in
2:O7 Ia. coming from behind and
winning the heat. so impressed Mr..
Hardness. owner of Moko. the sire
of Manrico, that he bought the colt
for $4,000 and will place him in the
stud with his sire.
Barring the fact that he stands a
little too straight on his hind legs to
suit some of the critics. Manrico is a
we'll made. good looking colt, and if
heredity counts for ANYTHING should
get a lot of speed, as his new owner
has a band of wonderfully good brood
mares. Manrico goes in the male line
to Baron Wilkes. son of George
Wilkes.
Cheney is a little mare. bred by
Lu Green of %Indianola, ILL.,. who like
wise bred Dorsch Medium, another
member Of the above list. the first
named being Medium Line. 2:10.
Dorsch Medium is by Red Medium.
sire of Medium Line. Cheney now
halls from Texas. having been sold at
auction as a yearling for less than
800. Cheney was bought by d
Spectator who was shipping a few
other horses from Chicago to Texas
and thought he might as we'll make
up Il carload, as the freight charges
would be no greater.