The Goldfield news and weekly tribune. [volume] (Goldfield, Nev.) 1911-1947, 1916-07-01
SUMMER RACES
OPEN SATURDAY
RENO MEETING PRESENTS BIG
PROGRAM WITH MANY
NOTED STABLES


Reno, under the direction of the
Reno Fair and Racing association,
will open next Saturday and {
tinue until July %, Sundays ex-
cepted. The actual racing program
will cover 10 days. There are a lot
of good entries and a number of
highly attractive purses and the sue
cess of the meeting seems to be as
sured.
Among the stables that arrived
from Tijuana last week were the
following:
William Rawson stable-Including
Mary and Mug.
AL Neil's stable.
Sam, Veile Forty and Lady Pender.
Cushman stable-Mollie Cad. Jack
Kessinger stable, Canto. Swede
Shields, Earlymorn, Sonada and SUI
peri.
Daniels & Hodges stable, LOTUS,
John Graham and Frank R%hinehart,
with a stable of eight.
Other strings of horses that will
participate are the Stillman sta
bles of Denver, Galbreath, Short,
Hatfield, Frisco" Hoag, Valentine,
Vellerman and Ford.
The following list of horses. with
some INFORMATION regarding their
performances, will be of interest to
those who watch the racing game.
Donn,r a, - H.
Oaks, Kentucky. Beat by less than
a length.
Treowen-A shifty ~2-year-old,
Kentucky.
Sonada = Won many handicaps
in Kentucky as a 2, 3 and Agar
old.
David Craig, at one time star of
j. w. Schorrs string. Hard to beat.
Orange Blossom - Speed burner,
Reno last year.
Aunt Liz-2-year-old track record
at New Orleans, AT 2-5.
Verdi-Very good 2-year-oldd.
Pleasureville From j.. w.
Schorr's grand collection.
Florence Roberts - Raised Nv
Van Gordon, and a s%printer OF en-
ceptional speed.
ROSIRIS - Daughte" of Bonnie
Joe; can run m
Sangallo-Very fast. Will be a
Reno favorite.
LOTUS - A game, consistent
animal; very fast.
Marion Rose - Daughter of Gen
eral Roberts; lots of class.
Ed Cudhee - Holder of two track
records in Tia Juana.
Ataboy-A good horse at New Or
leans and Hot Springs.
Slippery Elm - Hatfield's I'M
quantity; does everything he asks.
Minstrel - Raced at Havana last
che Cuban Isle.
Vesta - Queen of the jungles;
has the distinction of graduating
from the busher class to a shifty
handicap mare.
Seneca - A sprinter of Juarez
foot. This horse was second choice
in the English Derby, sent across
the pond by James Keene and never
started.
The Nevada stock farm stables
arrived last week and will partici-
pate. This string includes Minnow,
the imported t~wo-year-old filly; Mt.
Blank, another two-year-old, Ce-
leste, Scarlet Oaks, ~POlystena, who
has been characterized as M of
the finest racing animals imported
in recent years; Star Shooter, the
Derby winner of last year, May Jay,
Washoe Bell, Bank and others.
Here are some of the features of
the meeting:
The opening handicap - Purse
$1,000; six furlongs; to be run Sat
urday, July l.
Independence handicap Mile;
purse $1,000; for 2-year-Olds; tO
be run Saturday. July 8.
Overland handicap Six fur
longs; purse $500; to be run Tues
day, July II.
The Nevada Derby - One and
one-eighth miles; purse $500, for
3-year-olds; to be run Saturday,
July Is.
The Juvenile stakes - Five fur
longs; purse $1,000: to be run Tues
day. July IS.
Riverside handicap - Six fur
longs; purse $500; for 3-year-olds
and upward; - be run Wednesday,
July 10.
Business Mems handicap - One
mile; purse $4,000; for 2-year-olds
and upward; to be run Saturday,
July 22.
In addition to the stakes there
will be about II handicaps of the
semi-stake type, and the overnight
purses will be richer in added values
this season than yer before.
Prominent horsemen from all
quarters will be in attendance.