Omaha daily bee., 1920-03-14
OMAHA TRAINER
CETSFILLY FROM
MURPHY STABLE
Fast Four-Year-0ld Joins Roy
Owen string-Prepare to
Start Work On Grand
stand.
BY HARRY X. WHITTED.

Several new arrivals joined the
ranks of the light harness horses
at the Ak-Sar-Ben track this week,
most notable among them being the
sorrel flly Dorothy Day f2), 2:l4I
formerly trained and raced by the
Grand circuit wizard, Tommy
Murphy OF .Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
This fifty, now a 4.year-old, is by
Peter the, Great, dam by y>Axworthy.
She won number of rich stakes
in her 2-year-old form, but was not
raced last ytar asa 3-year-old. She
IS owned by f. d. Gould, proprietor
of the Midway Stock farm at Kear-
rey, Neb., and will be trained and
raced by Roy Owen the coming
season. II
Fred Woodcock, formerly of Be-
atriee, Neb., arrived last week from
Salem, Ore, with eight head, mostly
young stuff. He has Hal Paxton,
2:0714, in his stable, and most of
the colts are sired by this stallion.
Mr.. Woodcock is the man who
bred and raced Captain Mack,
2:05A to his record, several years
ago.
William Forrest of Omaha has
two at the track-Todd Maid (O,
2:20, now a 4-year-old, by Bluegrass
Prince, dam by Spokane, and a D
year-old fil1y by Albingen, 2:18,
dandy Mckinney.
Nice Archdale Mare.
F. F. Wellman of South Omaha
is the owner of an exceptionally
nice sort of a mare in Sadie Arch
dale, 2:12A, by Archdale, dam by
Sadie n, 2:22. This mare is in the
Ronin stable. Jimmie" also has one
thoroughbred. Desert Rose, a 8
year-old mare that raced very sue
cessfully last year, owned by DR..
Walker of Omaha.
Several other trainers are expect
ed this month, including Sam Busch
of Seattle, who is due about the 18th
of the month with seven head; ]. w.
Walston of Lexington, Neb., with a
couple, ard John Manbeck of Des
Moines with seven or eight head.
The Matinee Racing club, which
was formed in Omaha some weeks
ago, IS growing by leaps and bounds.
1t started with about 40 members,
but already has grown to, over 200,
and it is expected to have at least
400 members by the time weather is
fit for racing this summer. The
club plans to hold series of matt
nee races at the track each Sunday
afternoon during the spring and
summer. George Brandeis is presi-
dent of the organization,C. M. Buck
is vice president and DR.. c. c. Hall
is secretary and treasurer.
Working on Grandstand.
The Vaughn Construction COM
pany of Omaha is erecting buildings
anil getting material on the ground
preparatory to starting work on the
new grandstand within a few days.
The stand and b1eachers will have a
seating capacity of about 10000 and
will be patterned after the one at
the Iowa state fair grounds at Des
Mo;nes. 1t is expected that the
Northwestern railroad will build a
spur track to the grounds, to handle
material for, the new stand and
barns which will be erected this
spring.
Work on the track, which was
checked by the recent cold spell, is
again going forward and horsemen
are promised that it will be in shape
to jog over by next Saturday. Tile
are also in place for draining the
center field and work will begin on
that as soon as the weather permits.
Classes and purses for the Great
Western circuit meeting, September
13 to II, will be announced probably
within a week. There are nine
points in the circuit. this year La
Harpe. Ill.,, will open the ring Au-
gust 9 to II with $1,000 in purses,
followed by Sedalia, Mo-, August II
to TO-, with 81 500; Davenport, Ia,
August l6 to Il, with $4,000; Kan
kakee, Ill., August II to Fl. with
$1,000; Springfield, ILL.,, August %
to n, with $4,000; Des Moines, Ia,
August q to September 8, with $l7,-
0GG; Milwaukee, Wis, August 20.ko
September 3, with $4,000; st. Paul,
Mimi, September 4 to II, with $22,-
600, and Omaha, September IS to II,
with $4,000.
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