. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. RAY MEAD. Breeder of Ray O'Light 3 2:09. colt's sire, and making a word that means something. When Ray O'Light was eighteen months old Mr. Mead sold him to Mr. E. McHenry Train of Soquel with the agreement that the colt would be turned over to a good trainer and given every opportunity of starting in the futurity. Ray O'Light went into the stable of Charles Whitehead at. Salinas and has been in that popular trainer's hands ever since. The colt learned the game readily and in 1907 won the two-year old pacing division of the futurity and took a race record of 2:1
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. RAY MEAD. Breeder of Ray O'Light 3 2:09. colt's sire, and making a word that means something. When Ray O'Light was eighteen months old Mr. Mead sold him to Mr. E. McHenry Train of Soquel with the agreement that the colt would be turned over to a good trainer and given every opportunity of starting in the futurity. Ray O'Light went into the stable of Charles Whitehead at. Salinas and has been in that popular trainer's hands ever since. The colt learned the game readily and in 1907 won the two-year old pacing division of the futurity and took a race record of 2:13%, the fastest mile made by a two-year-old pacer during the year. When the race was over Mr. Mead as breeder and nominator of the winner was given a check for $200 from the amount of the stake. This year Ray O'Light won the three-year-old divi- sion of the stake. Taking a record of 2:09 in the second and third heats, and Mr. Mead was given an- other check of $200. Mr. Mead is the first breeder who has been so for- tunate as to have a colt of his breeding win both divisions of the Breeders' Futurity since this stake was opened. Mr. Mead owns a two-year-old filly out of Carrie B. that is by Monbello, son of Monbells, also a yearling filly by Zolock 2:05%, and the mare is now safely in foal to Bon Voyage 2:12%, she having been shipped to Los Angeles last spring to be bred to Mr. Clark's horse. Carrie B. has certainly been a profitable in- vestment for Mr. Mead and he anticipates having a lot of sport with her produce before he gets through With three such bred ones he should be able to turn out another futurity winner, and they say the Zoloc!; yearling has a futurity look about him already. o Allen Winter 2:08 will remain the leading money winning horse of the year on the trotting tracks, that $30,000 he won at Readville being more than any other trotter or pacer can hope to earn during one Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may hav
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