Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-05-04
MARES MADE FINE RECORD
JOHN TREDWELL'S TEAM
FAMOUS TR0TTING PAIR
Young MintinE Expected to Gnin
I4aurels In Philadelphia Grand
Circuit RRccs.


appeared in double harness. there has
been but four pairs that were assigned
as prominent place in the brood mare
ranks as they earned on the turf or
ishia They are Amazonia and sophon-
lSpia which John Tredwell drove on
the Long Island roads prior TO 1885,
when he bred both OF them to Nam
6 T;,ns; Belle liamlin and Justina, the
worlds record at 2:13 in 1880 and with
Globe placed tho three horse team
record at 2:il the following year: Sally
record of 2:l5M. made at Columbus
IN 1884, remained unbeaten until last
year; when Lucy Van and Roy Miller
both of which produced number Of
successful performers.
par OF trottcrs in their day, Anlazonia
being credited with mile in 1854 to
Saddle pfior to 1920: In 1873 she pro.
p non ian, 70 whom practically all the
ga ,H year her mate; sophonisba. foal-
FAMILY, the first of which in 1915 trotted
IN sos as three-year-
Sally Simmons Lead. All.
produe ees the gsce Farm DsiI JuFsina
became the dam OF Lorenzo Hamiin.
ma nH,n z: as well as the .granddam Of a
simmons, however leads them all Iai as
she produced Hamburg Belle. the
trotter that reduced the worlds race
10000 Rose Leaf also became the
dam of number of useful performers
or NJ s, Rose: e:l?H; being the fasteet.
successful. She won six events in her
two-year-old form. her last appear
a Mhor that season being at Nashville.
IN 2:l5L. AS four-year- shc aIeo
won $4,000 purse at Terre Haute IN
, ~ Hickok drove her and after
manager, of the meeting. when the lat
Yer decided to retain the excess over
S sne FL 900 guaranteed for the event.
Eear-oid when she won in 2:ISh. She
Tas also IN the money in the futu-
DhFoN' boreal and 1mpetuous.
Pair Sold for $4,000.
John Z. Madden hitched her With
silicon and sold the pair to Ed de
Gernea for Charles NJ Reed. Of Erie
rem. for $4,000 for a road team.
Kentucky where they we're bred.
siii in was silicon's first foal. He
The III Kentucky Futurity. in 1906. The
following year he was sold for. en-
port, and in 1903 over the fvc-cighth-
mile mile track at Vienna. Al Pennock won
mo sumner nHw Prize Pdsens with him in 2;os
remained unbeaten until 1910. when
FROSTY defeated Trcpish in a:os = at
s M9Seow; ,ro,, s55sIh h a brother to
Brighton b. 2:o6 IL, who with Lettie
Lee trotted in 2:O7 "a TO pole. Silicon
also produced Sister Francis. 2:ll l-2.
and the PAGER Winans, 2:10 Ia Four
OF Scourines. foals made records. the
fastest being Roma, 2:ls I-2
This MintinE Looks Good.
Inirty-fve years ago tho name OF
Minting was flashed around the world
when he won the English Derby. His
victory. however. will not be marker
TO what is expected of another colt
n mny bearing the same name. which
for two-ycar-old trotters at Philadel-
mas Grand Circuit meeting next
August, This Minting was bred at
Dillon out OF The Leading Lady (2:o7).
by RinSen. His ownership was trans
:erred for dollar It was brought
siving - Red cross Tnen neet dunde e., E %as
mont Park. In order to boost the
gate receipts \. B. Coke presented the
colt. and each one who contributed a
dollar was given numbered ticket. a
duplicate of which was dropped in a
bag.
Auth Will Develop Colt.
the see ssne one st OF sne
at random, and the holder OF the cor
responding number became the owner
of Minting. 1t proved to be Gus Will
son, of Frankfort, Penn. He was Of
fered $500 for the youngster, but re-
fused it. Later on he formed a part
nership with Herman Auth. who will
inS Of Mint tin oet That the colt colt has
not been idle during the winter
months is evidenced by the fact that
ne worked a mile to a high wheel
cart, on March "a. in 2:43 IA. During
the next four months MintinG will
be trained to meet the fastest young
stcrs in the country. and as he comes
habit" in colt stakes. he has chance
TO thrill the racegoers, just as the
Santa Claus colt. William Penn, did at
Lexington in 1892. when he won two
races inside Of five days from the
best two-y car-olds in training.