. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, December 29. 1906 CHAMPION FOUR-YEAR-OLD PACER. At the Breeders' meeting held at Woodland last August, a four-year-old pacing stallion of grand pro- portions made his appearance in a field of aged horses in the 2:16 pace, which was the last race opening day. There were but four starters in this event, and the mare Lady Shamrock, driven by the veteran Dennis Gannon, was conceded by the wise ones to be the best of the quartette. In the first heat she looked to be able to fulfill all the pre- dictions that had been made
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN [Saturday, December 29. 1906 CHAMPION FOUR-YEAR-OLD PACER. At the Breeders' meeting held at Woodland last August, a four-year-old pacing stallion of grand pro- portions made his appearance in a field of aged horses in the 2:16 pace, which was the last race opening day. There were but four starters in this event, and the mare Lady Shamrock, driven by the veteran Dennis Gannon, was conceded by the wise ones to be the best of the quartette. In the first heat she looked to be able to fulfill all the pre- dictions that had been made about her speed, but as she neared the wire W. L. Vance, who was driving the four-year-old. asked him to step up a little and lie began eating up the in- tervening space at a won- derful rate. Vance had made his drive a little too late, however, and the stallion and the mare could not be separated by the judges when they crossed the goal and a dead heat was announced. Vance took no chances thereafter and his fine horse, Sir John S. by Di- ablo, took the next three heats handily, the last in 2:10%, which remained the year's faste'st mile by a four-year-old pacing stallion until it was beat- en on an Eastern track late in the season. At the State Fair, Sir John S. again spreadeagled his field in straight heats, in 2:13%, 2:12% and 2:13, the track being very slow and the winner not being strung out at any time. It was the unanimous opinion among all the horse- men who saw Sir John S. in these two races that he is a 2:05 pacer and one of the best seen on the California tracks in years. Sir John S. is a beautiful bay, stands and weighs 1200 pounds. His breeding is superb. He was sired by the great sire of early and extreme speed, Diablo 2:09%, sire of Sir Albert S. 2:03%, etc. The dam of Sir John S. is Elisa S. 2:16% by Sir Alcantara, a son of Alcan- tara, own brother to Alcyone, the sire of McKinney. Elisa S. was a very fast mare and since being put to breeding is making a gr
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