Omaha daily bee., 1921-08-22
Fast Horses on
Entry List For
Iowa Fair Races
Checkers, Nellie Lightfoot,
Shady 6, Expression and
Supervisor Among High
Class Performers.

Des Moines, Ia, Aug. 2l.-Among
the horses entered in the late closing
events at the Iowa state fair this
year there are many first-class per-
formers, according to an anniunce7
ment made here today by A. r.
Corey, secretary of the fair.
The racing program begins Au-
gust q and closes September |. In
the late closing events there are the
2:l5 trot, the 2:0o pace, the 2::25
.rot, the 2:l6 pace, the 2:l6 trot,
the 2:l0 trot, the 2:20 pace, the
Western Breeders futurity, the 2:20
trot and the 2:ll pace. The Western
Breeders futurity is divided into the
trotting and pacing divisions.
In the 2:l3 trot there are entered,
Nellie Lightfoot, who placed Sec
ond in the 2:l2 IA at Knoxville;
Checkers, who won the race in. 200
IL at Cleveland this month; Elsie
Baerd, who won the 2:20 trot last
year in 2:12 IA, and The Triumph,
who made the distance in 2:l0 Id at
Oskaloosa this spring.
Shady u, entered i'll the 2:l6 pace,
has mark of 2:l5 Ia and was the
winner this year at Rockwell City.
Cupid's Albingen Won the 2;l6
trot here this year in .2:l31-2. This
was in June during the Shrine con-
clave. This horse is entered in the
2:l6 trot at the state fair. Rex Trev-
erbyn, entered in the same race,
won the 2:20 trot here in June and
placed fourth at Davenport. Pearl
Benboe, bay mare owned by An
drew Johnson of Waverly, was the
winner of this event in the northern
Iowa circuit.
In the 2:10 trot The Expression.
cne of the entries. took first in the
illinois valley races this year.
Shawnee, son OF Azoff, set mark
OF 2:05 IA in winning at North Ran
dali and at Toledo.
The Supervisor Entered.
Handsome Bingen, bay geiding
out of Albirgen, owned by Hardie
and Trotter of Des Moines, won
this event at Carroll last week. One
of the horses entered in the 2:20
pace is grand circuit performer.
This is Johnny Brown, a brown gel
ding sired by Dan Shelton, owned
by Fl. M. Whitmer OF Lincoln, Neb.
Johnny Brown Won the event in 2:l4
Ia at Knoxville last week.
The Supervisor, a brown gelding
out of Iowa Todd, has a mark of
2:2l "a, and was one of the fast trot-
ters of last year here. L. L. Cassidy,
the owner, declares that The Super
visor, is out to win the 2:20 trot at |
the state fair. Prince Bondsman,
another OF the entries, won second
here last year in the S-year-old trot.
Prince Bondsman was sired by The |
Bondsman and is owned by Joe !
OF Malvern. Iowa.
Veteran PAGER Back.
McCollister, bay gelding by Mo-
tell, with a mark OF 2:ll IA, is en-
tered i'll the 2:1l pace this year.
won this event during
the summer at Spencer, Ogden and
several other tracks. He is owned |
by T. Jeff McColister OF Lone
Tree, la.
Onward Sam, veteran OF the
track, is also entered in the 2:l1
pace this year. Last year Onward
Sam was undefeated in eleven
starts. He is black gelding sired
by Redwood jr., and is owned by
Ben Morgan of Toledo, Ia. On
ward Sam, despite his age. which is
nine years, is considered by horse
men to be one of the toughest PAGERS
on the track.
Mabel Gentry is another OF the
entries in the 2:ll pace which is
mentioned by horsemen as being a
consistent performer. She is a
brown mare by Cotton Patch, and
is owned by Ed Patty of Searsboro,
la. Her mark is 2:08 IA.