The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-11
HITTING THE HIGH SPOTS
BY W. HI. GOLFER.


While Buffalo was. f6r a number OF
years, the leading member OF the grand
circuit very few horses were raced
+ from that city. until G. j. HamIin be-
| gan blending the Mambrino King and
Chimes blood with that of Almont, Jr
and Hamlin Patcheu, both of whom
failed when piuched in split heat races
/ While they we're IN the ascendant
the clever old gentlepan. who made
! tho name Of the Village Farm a house =
/ hold word, advocated mile heats two
N three ana even dashes but when
the Mambrtuo Kings entered the arc
/ ma and were followed by the Chimes
family. he wanted nothing but three in
rvs. Or seven I'm eleven II anyone was
looking for an argument.
During the waiting period, c T.
/ Hamlin was seen almost daily at the
| Buffalo Driving park, especially after
Frank Baldwin put Belle Hamlln in
thes 2:30 list. while there he became
acquainted with young man from
Lockport, who was then in business
in Buffalo. and also devoted few
hours each day To training chestnut
eelding by Mohican He also told the
young man after watching this horse
carefully that in his opinion the geld
ing would DO for trip down the limo.
So the latter shipped his pupil to Bos-
A'Ei fti Il u 'ul ~ t6E{ company TX
he June meeting third to Mil Girl
was what stood to his credit when the
race was finished, hut after he cooled
out Harvey Ernest az that was tho
name of the young man referred to,
decided that he would take a chance
With Beauregard In the deep water
~ the grand circuit This was In $50.
IN the high wheel sulky days the year
after Maud 8 and Jav Eye See started
4 ii
ters We're not very common.
Aiming tor the highest spot in sight.
Harvey Ernest entered BeaureEard ~
Cleveland, Rochester, Buffalo not be-
, ing IN line that year, and in two races
at Albany. The first start was at
Cleveland. and when Colonel Edwards
called the 2.35 class, ten horses came
out for the word All OF the huuch
except Reauregard are now forgotten,
although they were we'll known in
their day; Horace Brown having the
favorite Sir Roger. while John Rost-
wick was up from Tennessee with
Robin Hood. and Geers had the grey
mare Kate tsler. Peter Y. Johnson
was also in line with silver sLeaF.
while j. J. Case thought he had a sec
ond Phallss in Edgehtl.
Brown was confident that Sir Roger
would win and during the early part
w fHC Iatt ne SOU AT ttFtC 10 one over
4 the deld Also when the horses were
sold down. Beaureeard tagged along
| in the fields, which Bride and Arm
strong scattered among the pikers in
/ the betting ring. For the FIRST two
heats Il was SIR Roger All 4he Nay.
Robin Hood and Kate Isler keeping
him busy when they did not max
breaks. In the third heat, on the trip
UP the back stretch, The favorlte waved
. tfut~ = II.
ReaureRard went on and won the heat
That etHchcd FIRST money, but Brown
did not Civ" NJ uuti the nth heat
was decided. while he also forced
Beauregard to his record of 2;21 "a on
tlsat trip.
Harvey Ernest started BeaureFard in
the balance Of hia grand circuit En-
gagements winntuG the next three
races in nine heats. In the last one
Mt Albany he made Jack Feek think
that kitefoot wa "a counterfeit when
she tried to take the pole on one Of
the sharp turns a. Island park
After BeaureearU' was laid away
Harvey Ernest dr'@ Il into other bust
ness. and did mo- ~ much racing until
r. $, Henry secu / him 10 train the
Penn Valley farm horses In 1899. THAT
was at the tail end Of the boom days
when evAry crossroad town or tank
either kite track or offered a bunch
OF early closing. purses that would
have wrecked Il national bank il any
thing went wrong IT. ~ Henry was
also a boomer In the horse business
when he started in he would not pay
thousand dollars for anything that
stood on hoofs, but as soon as he
learned the ropes under s. A. Browne
and few other wise ones, he would
bid ten or twenty thousand dollars
for "a horse at auction, and finally
landed Anteeo Oh Browne for atty
FIVE thousand dollars, He purchased
Young wilkes, when he had one foot
in the grave, and started III TO make
Kim leading sire u hIIe he also
rak ed together % stable Of race horses
and started after the money AS
rule they were not good enough TO
win. but they could get up close enough
to the leader TO let their owner know
what one could win. and that knowl~
edge was source Of profit
With Harvey Ernest as driver the
Penn Valley farm horses were chased
after everything in sight. while he
also made the developers of early
speed sit UP and take notice with two
yearlings all he trained One of~thens
Mill Lady, made pacing record OF