The sun., 1919-09-21
w. ANDREWS

az that of his brother. Heir at Law.
robbed the Mambrino family of two sires
which. judging by their few foals, would
have again made II formidable rival
Of the Hambletonians.
From the start all the horses that An
drews raced brought home the coin. He
made Mascot a champion and defeated
Hal Pointer with him at Buffalo, much
to the chagrin of the Hamlin family. He
prompted William Simpson in 1895 to
purchase John r. Gentry for $1,000,
when everybody supposed that the beau
tiful son OF Ashland Wilkes had seen
his best days, In 1896 Andrews re-
duced his record TO 2:02k. The horse
was then sent back to the auctions and
brought $19,9S0. a gain of $4,000 in
ono year.
John L. Madden was the next owner
that benefited by Andrews's skill His
first pupil was Sally Simmons II. Mad
den paid SIS, 900 for her. He changed her
name to Hamburg Belle and turned her
over to Andrews. trip down the limo
in 1908 resulted in a series of victories.
One was in the Charter Oak Purse In
which Hamburg Belle trotted the three
fastest heats on record UP to that date.
In 1909 Andrews won with her from
Uhlan in 2 :01A 2:01%, the two fastest
contested heats ever made by trotter,
although since that date both st. Frisco
and Mabel Trask equalled the time in
the second heat.
Andrews's last triumph was the devel-
opment of Lee Axworthy. When he took
him the colt had no particular value as
a racehorse. When he was Frustrated
with sunstroke at Syracuse in 1915 Lee
Axworthy was headed for the two min
ute goal, which he finally crossed and
placed the stallion record at 1 :6Sk.
W. ]. Andrews has never had a su-
perior as a developer Of extreme racing
speed. In his day he won with Tiverton,
Tenara, Soprano. Grace Bond, Bouncer
and EtheTs Pride. This year he is rae
ing Abbie Putney, 2:06h, and Mary
Coburn, with which he finished second
to Mariondale in the first heat Of the
Charter Oak Purse at Hartford
Like Budd Doble, Andrews has always
been a quiet. retiring man on the track
and in his home life. He is just the
opposite of red blooded Alonzo McDon-
aid, who was with him on the training
stan of the Village Farm thirty years
ago. The latter has still the verve of
| boy and a laugh that can be heard
at the half-mile pole. Back OF II, how
ever. is the caution of the Scott blended
with the alertness Of northern New
York Yankee to take a chance on any
thing that looks good TO him. 1t was
| this that prompted him to purchase with
Rowland Russell the filly Sadie Mac.
which he named after his daughter. and
| won the futurities at Hartford and Lex
| ington. as we'll as Early Dreams, the
| leading money winner in 1917.
The little man inside which twists so
many of us toward good or bad fortune
| also gave Mcdonald a jab and made him
| buy Miss Harris M. as a two-year-old.
She was then a trotter. but the follow
ing year, upon his return from Cali
fornia, she was pacing. General Todd
| trimmed her that season, but after that
year 1t took a champion to catch her.
Mcdonald sold Miss Harris M to s. A.
Fletcher with the understanding that
she was to remain in his stable until
her new owner saw him driving her
through Market street In Indianapolis
hitched to a Concord wagon with a
red headed girl on the seat. This was
a safe proposition for Alonzo, as his
! wife's hair is black and Mac Is a home
body who takes his family to the races
Finally Lon gave Miss Harris M a
record OF two minutes. She was then
sent to tina auctions and last year MUIR
ply cut her record to :5sk.
Murphy and Cox. che two leaders OF
tho Grand Circuit this year, are a pair