Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1912-08-29
HARNESS RACING
TO BEGIN SOON
Grand Circuit Early Stakes Are
Now Closed.
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TRAINERS HARD At WORK.
Milo In 2:o7A Is Reported to Have
Been Made In caIifornia-Southern
Stables Have Advantage Over North
ern Because of Weather Conditions.

The early closing stakes on the
grand circuit are no longer open. the
trainers are down to real work. and
within a short time some of the real
sport-harness horse racing-will be
at its height. At this time OF year
there are interesting developments. for
the training aso is on, and already
a mile in 2:07A IL reported to have
been made In California, where the
weather conditions are such. of course
that training can be continued through
out the winter.
Northern trainers are very far from
miles in 2:07A. however, and three
minutes will about catch all OF them.
1t will be a month before any Of the
northern trained horses will be cut
loose. In the south the trainers have
been getting a better brand Of weather,
and some of them have been able to
step their horses along. although so
far there has been nothing Of the sen
sational order. 1t will be a few weeks
yet before the southern trained stables
go north, and between now and then
the horses will be given a grilling,
and the ones that fail to come IN to
expectations will 'go back to the
minors"
Once more that shrewa horseman,
John e. Madden. has demonstrated
his unusual ability us a salesman and
has shown that he stands almost alone
when it comes to picking out a horse
that will sell we'll after he has been
got ready" His latest big sale is
the disposal of the two year old trot-
ting colt Relwin. formerly called Bel.
win Mckinney, for $4,000. the pur-
chaser being Henry SchIessinger. a
Milwaukee gentleman Who recently es-
tablished a stock farm, near his home
city.
ReIwin Mckinney was the fastest
yearling trotter of 1911. taking a rec.
ord OF 2:21 at Lexington. and when he
Went before the auction block in Madi-
son Square Garden last fall Madden
purchased him for $500. then thought
to be a very good price. out Madden's
shrewdness in buying is fully proved
by the transaction Of last month. Bel
win Is by Mckinney. 2:11A. long
thought to be a sire of speed at ma
tured ages only. but in the last few
years n Of our most successful sires
Of colt speed. His dam is Belle Win
ME, 2::22%. by Adbell L.. 2:33. Adbell
held the yearling record for many
years, and it will be seen that Belwin
had a natural inheritance to trot fast
at an early age. The colt vas bred at
the Empire City farm. Cuba. N. Y,
the home of Mckinney, 2:11A, and was
purchased by j.. D. Grover Of George.
town, KY. who has owned many good
trotters.
Madden applies the rules of business
to his horse operations, and the fact
that he started without a cent and is
now worth more than 81, 100000 shows
that success will come to the man who
has business ability. A record Of his
operations in the trotting horse world
shows the secret OF his success. the
ability to sell for high prices n
shrewd buying.
His thoroughbred operations are mat
tiers of separate history. Here he also
made fortunes where others dropped
their all. He sold Hamburg Belle.
2:01A. for $4,000 to Fl. b. Hanna Of
Cleveland. and Silico. 2:0SA, to Louis
Winans Of Brighton. England, for $685.
600.