Retired Army Officer Makes Success of Racing, Daily Racing Form, 1911-12-30

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RETIRED ARMY OFFICER MAKES SUCCESS OF RACING : M " With a small, but well selected, band of horses Capt. 1. M. Walker cut quite a figure in the racing of Vill re-iping the due reward in success and popular esteem attendant on a course of straightforward integ-ritvln racing affairs. As a matter of course his horses could not always win, but in the estimation of the r-iciii" public thev were always trying to the utmost to do so and that is a very satisfactory reputation to be li roud of The ex-jumper, Oakhurst, proved himself an exceedingly useful horse on the Hat and was the sablos chief money earner, with Aspirin a close second. In the Sanford-bred Isidora Captain Walker iiwns -i two-voar-o!d lilly that any man might take pleasure in owning and one that will rank with the best " lior sex in the racing of 1012, if all goes well with her. The old gelding. Baby Wolf, which In his youthful d-iv wa one of the stars of the Whitney stable, showed quite a measure of bis old-time speed carlv in the vear and made a creditable record of seven races won, but trained off and could do little in the autumn racing. In all, the record of the stable was as follows: Horse Age. Sex, Color and Pedigree. 1st. 2d. 3d. Won. nV ,rVt r, Chestnut gelding, by Ogden Helen Thomas.. 10 S 1 4,CSr. riii T. Brown gelding, by Masetto Frogmore 10 4 :: 4,105 i, ;Vj " l .. 2 Chestnut lilly. by Isidor Auriesville 3 :: 0 3.4S5 i.i.v WolV ..." Brown gelding, by Hamburg Geisha 7 5 3 2,SiO uiVmo,, .. 4 Chestnut gelding, by Fatherless Mermaid. . .. :: 4 4 1,010 i. 4 Bay gelding, by Boanerges Bettio 1 tarry 7 4 3,410 M ri- i-.n ISiown colt, by Armeath II. Madelalne .... 3 O 2 1,280 Unv.V.rMiw .. 2 Chestnut gelding, by Plaudit Maxine Elliott.. 2 1 C, ST,:, IMn of Hone 1 I-ay colt, by Armeath II. Bloomer 1 1 0 235 Bush ......... ".!.!...... - I!a coU. b" Chnctanunda Barbarlna 1 0 0 200 g 05 Total


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