Arizona republican., 1914-10-22
SOME GOOD
 GALL0PERS
Hon. Jo Richards Takes a Bright Slant at Thorough bred Stock. and Pro- nounces It GOod-He Re views Some Runners
BY ART RICK

: One of the old rail brds,' who has been looking them over for these many moons in many climes, tipped me off to the fact that they were going to work out a lot of the iron shod birds at the state fair track yesterday, and l took on the run for the big oval about the time the milkman is starting
 i It was the first time I had been crowbarred from the hay at that hour, and after slowing away brace i of slnkers and coffee. l made the bob tailed Grand avenue car to the course.
 | By the way when you get off that Jitney auto the first thing that hits you is the dolled up appearance of the grounds. Everywhere the paint CTS and decorators are at work put ! ting the final touches to the prep arations for the big annual show. ! At the barns l found the horse men engaged in various occupations incidental to their charges
 l Ike Sachs and a party of northern men were just fixing up stalls for a | Netl ICetu bL SetlioptiS WHICH udu ar rived the night previous, and the Arizona August Belmont paused long enough to pat the flank of his bread winner, the good mare Split Second, and remark The old lady has been coming home right frequently with the bacon this fall. On the Santa Fe circuit she started nine times, won five, was placed twice. and showed once. Only once out of the money. She was never in better condition, and when they send them away from the gate at this meeting she will take lot of beating from 1.-the best over the sprint routes" Sachs has another nice looking racing tool in his colt Mack. He is to start him here and thinks he will give good account of himself
 L. B. Maxwell of Winslow has q nice lilly in Vanity Fair which Bert Moots is grooming for the opening day. She is a nice turned trick and has been performing consistently up in the mountain country where they have just finished racing.
 Clark and Bardman of Winslow who are of the party. shipped a mighty good looking yOungster in their string and while they were not i inclined to talk, admitted that Blue Jay, d big clean limbed colt, will face the flag in the Arizona classic. the Derby, that is if he trains well in this climate
 Fred McCollum of Yuma, sent his cb oa1Hirlar on the oval while we were there. The boy up had orders to give him an easy jog and when he did drop him down in the final eight he show ed q nice bit of speed He is a good looking bird and should give an ac count of himself when the real rac- ing begins.
 Henry Gray came in this week with that old stand by, Red Huzzar. The old campaigner has been rest ing this summer and his owner thinks when he is asked to show
 him something he will be in at the division owner Gray was a bit out of the running himself yesterday, but thinks he will respond to the treat ment the bone doctor slipped him.
 sam Passey has the biggest string of thoroughbreds at the track in cluding several belonging to Judge Shute of Globe. Miites is the best
 looking animal in the barns and should carry plenty of the wise mon
 ey when he starts, if for no other reason than he is a full brother to Johnnie Ferris great racing tool, Dalston- Dalston, the most sensa-
 tional performer at the winter meet ing at JuareZ last season, won the
 rich Colorado derby at Denver in June and has made history at Van cOuver where his owner has been campaigning his big string. Miites
 is a rangy bay gelding, and shows many of the speed marks of his great sire the wonderful Sir Huron,
 He will be the logical favorite in the derby if he starts.
 san Benito and Myrtle Queen, both
 belonging to Judge Shute, and Apache
 Kid and Lulu G. are in training for
 the several events. The best looking ltwo-year old to arrive is also quar-
 tered in the Passey barns. He has
 been called Gila and is by Red
 Knight, himself sterling performer
 in the days of racing in California.
 The one thing that every horse man at the track tried to impress on
 me was the condition of the two ovals. One old campaigner who has
 raced on the best tracks in the United States said that he had not seen a track that promised so much
 this far from the opening date. Sec retary Shaughnessy has a valuable
 man in Herbert Raby, who is look ing after the courses. Raby has a
 nice cushion on the thoroughbred track that will respond to the roller and make the seven -eights oval light
 ming fast when the opening day ar rives.
 | Tn fact he has both tracks to the