. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. When the old hero of many a hard fought pacing race, Anaconda 2:01}, was purchased by an Eastern manufacturer, who changed the snake horse's name so that its appearance in the summaries would give the owner that much free advertising, every news- paper writer in the country hoped the Knight gelding would refuse to carry the name to victory and thus avoid the "top-o'-column" place so much desired by the advertisers who want more than their money's worth. Anaconda did refuse to pace to his record with the advertising handicap, so they shifted him to the
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. When the old hero of many a hard fought pacing race, Anaconda 2:01}, was purchased by an Eastern manufacturer, who changed the snake horse's name so that its appearance in the summaries would give the owner that much free advertising, every news- paper writer in the country hoped the Knight gelding would refuse to carry the name to victory and thus avoid the "top-o'-column" place so much desired by the advertisers who want more than their money's worth. Anaconda did refuse to pace to his record with the advertising handicap, so they shifted him to the trotting gait this spring and he has been gettiDg the money right along â ever since. He struck the Grand Circuit at I Readville, and trotted into the 2:10 class in a jpad winning race on the last day of the meeting. Anaconda is eleven years old now and has been racing continuously since he was a four year-old, when he took a record of 2:08}. It is due the old horse that every turf writer who mentions his achievements in the future call bim by the name he carried to fame, and with which he earned his pacing record of 2:01}. He should never be put in the sandwich men's class. J. R Albertson, who discov- ered, trained and drove George G. 2:07} in all his California races, and who profited by the sale of the son of Homeward to Mr. Anthony Brady of Albany, New York, returned from his Eastern trip last Monday. He took in a portion of the Grand Circuit races and is highly pleased with the way racing is managed there. The dash sys- tem tried at Empire and Brigh- ton Beach was not the success its advocates had predicted, how- ever, and President Butler, who put dash races on the programs there in response to a demand for them, stated that he was through with that Bystem and would not give it another trial. Albertson told the Easterners how the Pacific Coast Trotting Horse Breeders Association had given a three-weeks' meeting with dash races in 1898 and what a failure it was. He found
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