. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN. [Saturday, December 28, 1912. The Twenty-four year old It seems like a long time since the horsemen who used to take an interest in our fastest California trotters and pacers heard about W. Wood and the remarkably successful racing which marked his ca- reer on our California tracks; and yet how quickly the mention of his name and the fact that he is still alive and ready to race recalls those battles on the turf with the best pacers of his day, in which he was always considered a most formidable and dangerous rival? J. F. Colburn III,
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN. [Saturday, December 28, 1912. The Twenty-four year old It seems like a long time since the horsemen who used to take an interest in our fastest California trotters and pacers heard about W. Wood and the remarkably successful racing which marked his ca- reer on our California tracks; and yet how quickly the mention of his name and the fact that he is still alive and ready to race recalls those battles on the turf with the best pacers of his day, in which he was always considered a most formidable and dangerous rival? J. F. Colburn III, a leading horseman of Hon- olulu, sent us the photograph shown herewith. It was taken after the last Fourth of July (1912) race meeting, and with it was the accompanying descrip- tion of the race: Honolulu, T. H„ July 12, 1912. Editor Breeder and Sportsman. On the 4th of July, 1912, past, a race meet was held in this city, in which a half-mile free-for-all pacing event, best two out of three, was on the pro- gram. The following horses competed: Harold D., W. Wood, Chappo and Syd Abbott. The race was paced in grand style, the finishes being very close and the time excellent, considering the condition of the track. In the first heat all four horses broke away even, and at the first eighth W. Wood began drawing away from the field until the last eighth was leached, being about four lengths to the good when, in some manner, he stepped on a stone and broke badly, and the heat was won by Harold D. In the second heat the f:ur horses got away to a good start, but after the first eighth W. Wood began to draw away from his field again, and kept the lead to the finishing line, winning by a length and a half in 1:08. V. Wood, you may know, is the pacing gelding foaled at the Oakwood Park Stcck Farm, Danville, Cal., in 1888, sired by Steinway, dam Ramona, by Anteeo. This great son of Steinway pacing the sec- ond heat in such phenomenal fast time as 1: 08 on a poor track, and at the age o
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