Omaha daily bee., 1916-06-25
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FAST RACES ALL
OYER NEBRASKA
Cornhuskers Are Being Treated to
Some of the Classiest Events
in the Country.
LOCAL INTEREST IN RACES
By RUSSELL PHELPS.

By RUSSELL PHELPS.
These are fairly busy days for the
harness horse racing fraternity, but
before long the followers of the turf
will be buster than ever, with meet
ings on the right of them and meet
iigs on the left of them-and they'll
try and make them all.
Local interest the latter part of the
week centered upon the meeting at
Auburn, where any number of
Omaha-owned horses started, those
not being owned here at least being
we'll known. From all reports the
meeting was we'll patronized, fact
which augurs well for the impor-
tance of the sport in the smaller
towns and cities.
The followers of the Nebraska
Midway Racing circuit will trek over
to Aurora this week for the three
days meeting to be on tap there.
Numbered among the entries are the
majority of the harness horses per-
forming at the Auburn meeting the
last three days of last week.
Rivals to Meet Again.
As usual, the feature event of the
meeting Is to be the free-for-all pace,
in which the two dashing rivals, Hal
Mckinney and Columbia, are sched-
uled to fight out their differences
again. Undoubtedly the famous Hal
Mckinney and his worthy competitor
form the brightest and best drawing
attraction on the Nebraska turf to-
day, and it goes without saying that
horse fans will come to the meetings
from miles and miles around to see
the two star PAGERS in action. And
there's no fooling or tWiddle-twaddls
in race between these two real rec
ord-smashers-the owners of both
! horses wouldn't lose heat for a
81 900 bill, as those who have fol-
lowed the fortunes of the two PAGERS
will testify.
The plant of the Fair association
at Wahoo, Neb., has been leased by
Joe Iseman of Lincoln, and the
grounds and track are being put i'll
readiness for the summer race meet
ing. Hal Mckinney and Columbia
Fire will be seen on this track, as will
a large delegation of other PAGERS and
trotters that have marked themselves
up good performances already this
season.
Mr.. Iseman is a we'll known Ne
braska horseman. He has had good
luck with his horses, as past turf rec
ords show. Mr. Iseman raced the
PAGER, Royal Blue, 2:20A, as well as
other good horses, including the pac-
er Joe Joe. 2:l4A, by Ash Rose. On
his present string are Seal Allerton,
by Allerton, and green PAGER by
Ashland Mckinney.
d. Peterson Horses Start.
The stable of trotters and PAGERS
owned by Peterson Bros. of Omaha,
which has been quartered at the In
dianapolis track during the spring
training :. .on, has been shipped to
Marion, O., and will be started in the
Ohio meeting this week, according to
advices received in local horse circles.
The steppers are in charge OF the
Marvin Childs of Hal Boy (2:0lH)
fame. Some of the members of the
string showing unusually fast quail
ties this year are Sad Thoughts.
2:O6A, by Bingen, 2:06A; Ben Earl,
2:l2A; R. c. H., 2:l3H. Tom Den
nison, by the way, owns half inter
est in R. C. H.
Major By By, 2:l9A, trotter en-
countering a streak of bad luck last
year, when he went lame and had to
be retired for the season, will be
started if Childs continues to have
such success in getting the unfortu-
nate stiffness out Of his worthy legs.