Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-12-01
VALLEY sweep
STAKES TO BE
RUNOFFT TODAY
Sharp Swede Fa / rite
To Win; King Jack
And Brazos Take
Prizes Friday

RLINGEN. Dec. I.-Some OF the
81 milers az the Valley Fair
this year tuned up in their
Is Friday before a crowd of more
n three thousand for the Valley
Mcep Stakes race Saturday after
boon. the big prize Of the races. with
n purse Of s45o TO be divided among
the winners.
J King Jack, Noble Tiller's big black
horse. which lost in the races We'd
nesday, STEPPED ahead Of the field
on the last lap OF his mile run Fri
DAY. 70 beat Penrod Cornell. Lapham
x Nagley horse, and Mount Eagle,
owned by N. Nuke, in the feature
race Of the day, ~Liiiiputian, owned
bv j. &. Russell, the winner in the
Wednesday races. and picked By
many TO win again in the mile Fri
day, stepped ahead of the field on
the first lap. after a bad start. only
TO slow down and come in last. the
pace being too much for him TO hold.
sharpe Swede, the horse which has
won every race that he has entered
during the Fair so far. Is picked as
one of the closest c~ontenders, and
sure TO run in the Sweep Stakes. This
horse has been running in the five
elghts and seven-eights races, but can
mold up IN n mile. and will probably
he n favorite. In his race Friday
SHARP Swede stepped ahead Of a
field. handicapped by eight pounds
over Sasha. and by ten pounds over
the other horses in the race. took the
lead early, and held it 10 win In
spite Of a desperate burst OF speed
a. the end bv Winnie May. which
came in second.
Sharp Swede Is owned by l.. r.
Rerring. The horse is a sorrel. and
importance is much like Lillipu-
tian. Winnie May and Sasha both
ran \ good race. but could not over
take the fast stepping Sharp Swede
in spite of his handicap. Miser. John
Claw horse which showed up good
the first day. was left at the pole.
In the third race Of the day. five
Fights mile between two-year olds.
Brazos was the class Of the field.
This horse. owned By Ed White.
easily outdiStanced the other. most
of them Valley ponies. and in spite
of flying the track on the last curve.
regained the lead. and came in a
length and n half ahead Of Polo.
Juan Renas' horse.
The first two races Of the after
noon were the closest. with LUCE. Jr.,
appearing for the first time in Fair
races, proving n surprise in the see
end race. beating Isoeeles and Lana
Kale. while Jack Frost. the Cooper
horse which was a favorite. and
Harry NJ. another favorite. owned by
Cecil Locklear, did not place. Harry
VI. took the lead early, but could not
hold IL.
Black Streak. owned ~ r. G..
Senne. won the first race in a close
battle with Midnight. owned by
Biesse It HySaw. Jeff Read. Cooper
horse. came in third in this race.
The thousands Of visitors who
packed the huge erandStand TO ca
pacitv were furnished with ~plyenty
of amusement in addition 70 the
races. ard a Shetland pony race.
Several dogs from the Santa Cruz
Kennels were brought over. and
raced 3-fe OF a mile 10 give Valley
fans an idea Of dog races. They will
appear again Saturday afternoon. be-
tween the horse races.
The Shetland pony race proved a
thriller after il was over.
Leslie Stuart. riding Dixie, and
bobby Briggs. riding Rex. were the
two entries. They came blaring down
the straightway. afer considerable
jockeying for the jump. and finished
che scheduled 3-i6 mile with Dixie
the winner. Then they went on
around the curve. and decided that the
race was not long enough. 80 started
a real nip and tuck affair on around
7Ae half mile track. on the back
streNNh the two shetland ponies gave
the faxS a real race. aud they got
more cheering than most Of the main
races. &Thev came on around the
curves ND onto the straight away
neck antRneck. but were TAGGED down
by the jtdges. who were afraid they
would ketp going for another round.
y The Valley Fair Queen. Oline Pitt
man Of Donna. and her court were
guests AZ tho races. entering the
rrandStand In the costumes Of the
coronation. occupying n box especial
~ built for the queen in the center
Of the grandstand.