. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. Vol. XXXVI. No. 25. No. 36 GEARY STREET. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, JUNE 23,1900, SUBSCRIPTION THREE DOLLARS A YEAR GETTING READY AT SANTA ROSA, There is life at the Santa Rosa track, and at least a hundred trotters and pacers are daily being driven over it to prepare them for the races which will be given there during the Fourth of July week by the Breeders Association. A hundred more horses are either on their way to the track or will start within the next few days On Mon- day two car loads will leave Los Angeles, containing some of the champion trotters of â¢
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. Vol. XXXVI. No. 25. No. 36 GEARY STREET. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, JUNE 23,1900, SUBSCRIPTION THREE DOLLARS A YEAR GETTING READY AT SANTA ROSA, There is life at the Santa Rosa track, and at least a hundred trotters and pacers are daily being driven over it to prepare them for the races which will be given there during the Fourth of July week by the Breeders Association. A hundred more horses are either on their way to the track or will start within the next few days On Mon- day two car loads will leave Los Angeles, containing some of the champion trotters of ⢠» 4Mhli s^ âfUlwiiiii â ! n 1 DR. FRASSE 2:12}^. the State, and the same day at least four carloads will pull out from Oakland headed for the track where the harness horse has held full sway during the past two years That the meeting will be the best attended of any that has been held for many years is certain. All over the Coast from Oregon to Arizona the horsemen are talk- ing of it, and the people of Sonoma are already purchasing tickets to attend. Every- one seems to be enthusiastic and feel that this meeting, above a 1 others, will be one of close races and the hottest sort of contests. The 2:11 trot is the race that is attracting the most interest as seldom has such a field come together at any but the big meetings on the grand circuit in the East. There are six horses with records better than 2:13 and not one in the lot but stands a good chance to lower the record of the race. Zombro 2:11 is the fastest horse by the records in the event, and though he has been off the turf for a year, has been working in his old time form and is confidently expected by his owner, Mr. Beckers of Los Angeles, to be a better horse than ever in his life, and he was a pretty good colt when he took a record of 2:12 as a three year old and was only beaten a head by the aged horse Iago in 2:11 at Sacramento. Zom- bro is by McKinney , out of Whisper by Almont Lightning and is not on
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