Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-04-12
WITH TROTTER
AND PAGER
BY WALTER E. ERLER

During the past week William
whatton, of Irvington, moved the
horses Ben Dat and Lady Eldon to
the Weequahic Park track, where he
will prepare them for the coming
campaign over the tracks Of the
Metropolitan circuit. Both of these
PAGERS look we'll at this time, and
both should race well this year. Al
the close of the season of 1912 Ben
Dat was very close to a 2:1O PAGER
over a half-mile track, and should
this year be one of the very best
horses in training for the classes to
which he is eligible.
The mare Lady Eldon has in the
past had very little training, yet she
is known to be fast mare, who with
very little handling could pace right
at 2:2O. She was put to breeding
Young. and has raised two handsome
foals for her owner, one of which
may be trained some this year. AS a
3-year-old, Clyde MacBride drove
Lady Eldon quarters over the local
speedway in 33 seconds, and she APP
reared to be the making of a great
PAGER, yet her owner, ]. c. Miller,
was particularly anxious to have her
raise him one or two foals and her
education was stopped.
F, II. B. Murchie has Bon Diablo and
the chestnut filly Annie Kimball at
the track, where they will doubtless
remain until the middle of May, when
he will move them to Readville. The
stallion Bon Diablo is in very nice
shape and can step away like a real
trotter He is, however, a big slash
ing gated horse who does not take
kindly to the short turns over a
| twice-around course and will doubt
| less trot much faster over big
| track. Last year, as three-year-
old. his owner drove him in 2:24
over the Readville track, and / have
been told that he could have trotted
| in 2:20 just as easy had his owner
seen fit to let him move that fast.
Very little has been done with the
| flly Annie Kimball, yet she mas a
chance to become trotter, and 1t is
! possible that she will be bred to Bon
Diablo this spring.
| II is reported that Clyde MacBridt
will again train a public stable at one
of the local tracks during the coming
season. In the past Clyde has han
| died MANY of the best horses tha'
have been owned in the local assocla'
| ton. and horsemen generally woule
| doubtless be glad to see him among
them during the coming season. Las
wear he handled the horses of DR.
Mitchell and H. Stacy Smith, and II
a race at Mineola gave Doctor BIZ
! his present record of 2:l5A.
One of the handsomest little horses
hereabouts at this time is the ba,
trotting stallion Telkworthy, owned
by Doc BodenWeiser, of East Or
! ange. This horse has never beef
| trained a day In his life yet he cal
at this time step away like a trot
ter. and were he trif1e larger h
could qualify as a top notcher on thu
tan bark He has more style ant
beauty of form than any trotter tina
has been seen hereabouts in lonl
while. and in addition to this acts lik
he would learn to step fast. He is {
son of Bow Axworthy, 2:22A, out o
J 'relka by Arion.
During the past week William
Whatton had the old chestnut trot
ting mare Hydrastine destroyed; thu
! inirmities of age had begun to tel
| upon the old mare, and rather thai
/ have her become the property of an
| other who might ask her to earn he
| daily bread. Mr.. Whatton had he
chloroformed. Hydrastine was a.
game a race mare as ever looked
through bride and at one time il
| her career was better than 81
trotter. For some years Mr.. What
ton has bred her in the hope tina
she would raise a colt for him, bu
each time she proved barren.