Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-10-11
HAL M'KINNEY SOLD
TO TOM DENNISON
Famous California Pacing Horse
Which Raced in Nebraska This
Year Stays in State.
BEN EARL HAS FAST WORKOUT
Nv G. X. MURRAY.


Mckinney 2:O6h, the sensational Cali
fornia pacing stallion which has been
making turf history in Nebraska this
year. from Clark & Sebastian Of
Hemet, Cal
ED Peterson's new bear cat PAGER, Ben
Earl. reeled off three miles In 2:l2h
2:lS1s and 2:1S over the East Omaha track
stepping a last quarter in 3lh seconds
and last eighth in 1914 seconds and doing
1t with the enthusiasm of a small boy
just released from school
A goodly crowd of horse enthusiasts
who gathered at the Fast Omaha track
yesterday afternoon had the pleasure
of seeing Marvin Childs, the clever
reinsman who recently returned to
Omaha from a campaign down the Grand
circuit. team Ben Earl in a nice contest
| with Hal Mckinney.
| The same crowd of devoted victims of
the horse germ inspected the Omaha
| Driving clubs track which has been re-
surfaced with clay and its huge new
barn where the horses will have winter
quarters and they found that Omaha
now has the best facilities for the winter
care of race horses in the state.
All these events made yesterday rather
a notable day in the history of the re-
vival of the harness game in Omaha.
Hal a Real Race Horse.
Omaha is to be congratulated on be-
coming the home of such a racehorse
as Hal Mckinney and Mr. Denpison, on
owning him. He has been in the front
rank of race horse PAGERS on half-mile
tracks for several seasons and this year
has been the object of admiration of all
the horsemen of the middle west by rea-
son of his accomplishments on Nebraska
tracks.
He is bay stallion by Hal b., of ele-
CANT conformation and finish. He is
not a large horse but has such a stTik-
Ing carriage and such n pleasing, fric-
!, tioniess gait that he is usually the favor
lite of the grandstand, even the veriest
tyro being able to pick him out as a
horse above the ordinary"
Hal races best from behind" and
Bob" Sebastian his driver always
has humored him in this respect, utiliz-
ing his phenomenal speed to smother his
opponents in the home stretch. Con-
sequently scores of thousands of folks
in the grandstands of many cities have
been thrilled by the sight of the pretty
little horse coming from out of the
ruck around the last turn and nosing
out the leaders in a sprint TO the wire.
He can brush considerably better than a
two-minute gait, in fact has been timed
quarters in 29l seconds and he makes
nothing of quarter in O;3O.
At Benson Hal Mckinney stepped q
mile i'm 2;O9% over a slow track and
against a gale of wind and clouds OF
dust. In a period of ten days this year
he won three races in each of which
I fhan OIL
one OF the races was at Lincoln where
every heat was in 2;O9H or better and
the third was in 2:O7A Late in July
he turned the Wahoo track three heats
in practically the same time as at Lin
coin.
Peterson Shows a Dear Cat!s
The horsemen were all pleased when
Ed Peterson, former owner of Hal Boy
2:O2A, and Marvin Childs, his trainer
who developed Hal Boy. showed up with
a new PAGER which looks as though he
is of Grand circuit caliber. Ben Ear
is the steed's name and he is sired by The
Earl 2:l7 (p. 2I41k) He is a stoutly
made bay gelding and he seems to have
no idea but that of attending strictly "a
business. Mr. Peterson acquired him
from Elmer Jefferson of Clarion. la.
Ben Earl had it on Hal Mckinney II
the workout yesterday although II mus
be said that Hal was by no means In hi
best form. while Ben seemed to be boil
ing over with speed and capability. Bel
started as a green horse this year anC
won as regularly as a clock works.
Childs was greatly pleased with Benz
showing yesterday. In fact, everybody
was somewhat surprised to find tina
/ he hnt
in the mile as Hal Mckinney. He worked
, well in front or behind. on the turn,
r and In the stretches and had his eal
4 open all the while for the word to go on
He finished ahead OF Hal Mckinney In
] all three heats.
r II extreme speed. the best OF manners
s good legs and good feet and freedom
$ from Objectionable faults OF gait will
: make a first-class race horse, this fellow
5 surely can lay claim to that title.
e Ben has an eye and facial expression
b az that term Is permitted In speaking
q OF a horse) which seems to say. Com.
a and step along by my side while we iool
+ you over little" He is rather a plair
q horse all over. but capability seems to b.
his middle name.
BY the way, the story that goes with
Ben Earl is that he was not broken q
, harness until last year and that he hai
: done time" not only as a saddle horse
but as pillow slave and a buggy horse
/ He has the harness and saddle marks L
show. too. in the form OF certain tell
tale white hairs. II Is said that he is
very nice saddle horse
Fred Myers had Jim Oshea brought
out with Nick Ronin, ~riving him to