The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-25
INA JAY, 2:WA.
BY W. II. GOCHER.

/ The four campaigns made by I'm:
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I planned by careful manager ans
also that she as well driven In eacf
! of the ihirty-six events in which sh,
started. The routing brought tn,
meeting close together and at a time
when she had had an opportunity Il
be properly fitted before being asked
to appear in public. In 1915. this die
not make SO much difference, as this
only point at which she was called
on to step to her limit was at Ttffjn
where she met Celia Dillon and was
forced TO race five hearts and tro'
in 2!t1 Ia to win. At all OF the other
meetings In Ohio and West Virginia
Ina jay won in straight beats. hei
: card for the season showing ten firs
moneys for ten starts with but thirty
two contested hearts in all of them
The sky line was not clear in 1915
when Ina Jay pulled mp lame in the
Charter Oak purse at Hartford and
was retired for the balance Of ths
season. Before reaching that point
however, she made st. Frisco trot a
third heat in 2:os at Poughkcepste
where she made her first start on a
mile track. while earlier in the season
wilkes Brewer was forced to make
several new worlds half-miie TRACK
records before she defeated her in 9
five heat contest at Lima. Her only
victories that year were recorded al
Jackson. Mich. and over the Rock
port track near Cleveland. while Bin
vile dr~A~ated her at Cranvood jus
as his brother Biniand did IN ths
Pennsylvania at Lexington tast Ocso.
Der,
] During the past two years inns
Jays racing operations have been con
fined to the mile tracks In 1917 she
( began winning nj Poughkeeprie, af-
I tor trotung second to Early Dreams
at the Columbus summer meeting
where she wen a heat In 2:0S IA
North Randall, and Philadelphia The
/ next stop was at Hartford. where lima
Jay landed the thirty second renewal
OF the Charter Oak Purse, while she
close the season at Lexington, by
winning the Pennsylvania, the fasteal
seven heat race on record. after pick
ing up first and second at SYRIA.
cuse and Columbus.
In 1918 Ina Jay was returned al
n winner at Toledo, where she reduced
her record to 1904 ID, Philadelphia
Hartford. ard syria use. At the las
town. she again met wilkes Brewer
and won after four heats. the Nut.
wood Wilkes mare finishing second
and Busy's Lassie third.
| During her four campaigns. Ina
Jay WAS started in ulirty~a races 0;
which she won twenty-one. was sec.
ond in nine, third in two, and un-
I placed in four. Her career also show
that she is the finished product Of
an experienced trainer and sktllru
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nered before she took the word II
public The knowledge which Harve,
Ernest acquired in racing Be<ur egard
Daniel and the Penn Valley Farm
horses. we'll as Baron Alcyone with
which he won the $4,000 handicap
at Readvtlie In 1903, was displayed II
the development of lima Jay with
satisfactory resuIts
Also that he had good foundation
to build on is evidenced by the inner
itance % this splendid trotter. Sh,
was got by the handsome big hors,
Jay McGregor, that was sold for ex
mort to Russia after Scott Hudson
lSave him record OF 2:07 Ia, Will,
her dam Minnie the Heiress WAS go
by rhythmic. another OF Hudson
pupils that won for him In zoos
Back of these top croses. thu dam o
lima Jay also carries the old relis BIZ
HamJletoniau and Clay strains, he
grandma being Millionaire by Nor
wood, a brother of Kisber, 3:27 "a
Pickering. 2:3o. and the four year oil,
stake winner Socrates, 3:34 IA all o
them being by Hambletonian out o
Lady Falls. the grandma of Cling
stone .2:i4, while her third dam Sus
ma is by CounterHtgn. a son of Amer
lean Clay and Hagar by Alexander
AhdaIlah. the sire Of & oldsrnith Maid
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