The New York herald., 1921-12-18
Eta Rico, Costing 1910 as
YearIing, Won 8 Purses of
81 900 or More in 1921.

In these days of eommercialized sport,
when the test of success or failure is too
often the question did it make money!"
amateur horsemen will be pleased to hear
of one of their number who says he can
buy yearling trotters in the auction sales,
employ trainer to develop and cam
paign them and como out better than
ev9a after paying entrance fees. ship
ping bills and all expenses, and this
without betting dollar on their races.
Charles Weiiand, one of the old timers
on the Harlem River Speedway, bought
in the Garden sales last year the bay
FLY Eta Rico. by Manrico, :07A, out
of Etawana, :21 Y, by San Francisco.
2 :07%. for S310: Eliza Maxey (E,lesia
Maxey), by Judge Maxey, IA y. out of
Elesia. ;27A, by Bingen. 2:06M, for
S525, and Todd Maxey, by the same
sire. out OF Fancy Todd, . :29N, by Sor-
rento Todd. . II, for SS25. Then he
employed State s. Post, well known
trainer of Mineola, l.. J., to give his en-
tire time to these and other horses in the
Weiland stable, and entered them in
early closing races through New York
and New England.
AS it often happens in buying year
ling trotters and runners the one that
cost the least won the most and made
the fastest record Starting for purses
of 1000 and $4,000 each Eta Rico
won eight races, was twice second and
once third. At the Mineola Fair in Sep
tember she trotted in 2:16H, which
equaled the best record of the season
for a two-year-old on a half-mile track.
Eliza MaXey earned a record of go
and was six times second, three times
third and once fourth in her races.
Todd Maxey started for money only
twice and took a record of 2 :22 in a
winning race at Riverhead. l.. I. He
' as used principally for matinee pur-
poses at the Nassau Driving Clubs
meetings in Mineola, where he won more
races and points than any other two
year-old. Mr.. Weiland says all his two
year-olds went through the season with
out injury and will be campaigned
again next year.
Besides these two-year-olds Post cam
paigned for his employer the pacing
mare Queen Abbess. 1854, starting
her in eleven early closing races. of
which she won five and was three times
second; Scamp Spratt. :15Ia, a three
year-old trotter that started five times
and was always in the money. and
Gladys Unger, trotting mare that
started six times and was twice first
and twice second.
BY way of preparation for next season
Mr. Weiland purchased the following
trotters and PAGERS at the recent auction
| sale in the Armory of Squadron A:
| Trumpet. b. C. %, by Etawah, 2:03-
Mary Upton. 2:i7h, by Walnut Hall,
2:osA. ............. ................. 1885
! King Rico. br. G. %, by Manrico,
| 2:0TH-Lady Julia. by Walnut Hall. 500
Miss Ingomar, 2;l0. pacing. b. m. "a,
| by Prince Ingomar. 2:12M-Queen's
| Daughter, :20A. by Chimes. ...... $50
| Peter Pfaff, 2:1514, br. &. (D. by Peter
2:25si. by The Director General ~ 1900
! Peter Redlac, b. c. ID, by Peter the
| Great-Aliee Redlac. 2:t0. by Redlac,
Brown colt CD, by j. Malcolm Forbes.
| 2:0s-Helen Mack. Piggy. by Jay
McGregor, - ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. $50
| Kokomo George. 2:03h. pacing. CHI. s.
| %, by Hedgewood Boy, 2:0f-
Labinka, by Red wilkes. ............ 1,t7J
| Country Maid, b. m. 80, by The Clans
man, 2:f2k-Clara NJ. by Anteros.. LES