The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-10-29
tBy Henry Ten Eyck white.)

The Grand Circuit trotting meet.
ings and the, meet at Lexington are
over. so a large part of the statistic,
OF harness racing for 1912 may b.
compiled. such as the largest none,
winning trotters and PAGERS. the stand
OF amounts taken down by thei,
stables. and the sires whose get have
accomplished the most.
Roughly speaking. 10000 harnes,
horses each season take part in abou,
1000 meetings at which somethin.
like $4,000, 900 in purses. is offered
This year six trotters won $4,000
or more In purses. Their names, rec.
ords. sires and the amount won b,
Baden. 2:O5 Ia won $35,600; sired
by Bingara.
Esther W.. 2:0S Ia; won $2l,470;
sired by Moore's First.
Manrico (3), 2:07 Ia: won $14,1O0;
sired by Moko.
Cheney 2:077 Ia; won $13,500;
sired by Medium Line.
r. McGregor 2:0S la; won $11. 900.
sired by Jay McGregor.
Dor. Medium 2:0S Ia: won $10,.
$50; sired by Red Medium.
Baden is the real star of the 1917
campaigners. and he shines in NOR
ways than one. The $4,000 credited
to him is the largest sum ever wor
by q class trotter in n eason Along
with a reputation for speed and game.
ness. the o of Bingara and a Krem.
lin mare has made for himself the
name Of an iron horse" so remark
able has been his work in trottins
hard races week after week and beine
la factor in every n of his starts.
Strenuous Season for Baden.
He began the first week in July a,
Lansing. Mich, after having beer
prepared at Poughkeepsie. N. Y. HI
raced all down the line at Grand
Rapids. Kalamazoo. Detroit. Cleve'
park (New H~ampshire). Boston, Hart
ford and Syracuse. and then ives
again to Detroit. Columbus (twc
weeks). and Lexington (two weeks.
During that campaign Baden started
In seventeen races. winning twelve Of
them. He trotted sixty-three heats
which averaged 2:0S Ia. winning
thirty-hv of them. and his record Of
2:05 Ia was made in a winning race
Baden won two races against good
fields with but n day intervening
and before the start for the frst Of
those races was made he was cough.
ing and had such a temperature the
veterinarians did not advise his leav-
ing the barn. He won the first race
in 2:07 Ia. 2:06 IA, 2:07 1-2, tho
third and fourth heats being taker
by Esther W. in 2:07 IA and 2:06 1-2
Baden being second in this mile.
He came back the fifth heat ir
2:07 1-2. Two days later he beat An.
vii. Helen Stiles. Baron May and Ken.
yon W., all good trotters with fas,
records. taking the second and third
heats in 2:07 1-2. 2:07 Ia. Anvil win.
ming the first in 2:0S 1-2.
Wins Three Stakes at Lexington.
During the Lexington meeting Ba.
den won the Pennsylvania, the Cas-.
tleton cup. and the October prize, al,
early closing affairs. in which ths
best aged trotters in the country were
engaged. the quality Of the field hi
defeated at the Kentucky town. a:
we'll as all the way down the Grand
Circuit, was. such that the experts rate
him the best race horse trotting stall.
lion seen since the days of Cresceus.
Baden for three years has been
driven and trained by A. +. Rodney. q
young Jersey man. who learned the
horse game under the sharp eye OF
Walter Cox. It was Cox and Esthe,
W. that Rodney and Baden defeated
for MANY a historic trotting fixture