Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-12-21 | Page 12 | Trotting Horses Invade West for New Gold Rush

ii Trotting Horses Invade West West-f for New Gold Rush p. p NEW V YORK Dec 21 The 21 Thc sons and daughters of old Hamble- Hamble tonian the Tenth the Abraham of the trotting horse tribe will pull their little buggies over the and into Cal California ornia next summer summer sum um- ummer mer for the first Grand Circuit m meeting eting ever held west vest of the Mis Mis- Its It's very fitting that Hamble- Hamble tonian's tonIan descend descendants will be the leaders in this latest gold rush for forthe forthe forthe the old man was foaled in May 1849 just when the citizens of the country were lighting out for California Cali CalL fornia and the real gold rush The trotters will ill make their California California California Cali Cali- fornia debut at Pomona about September September Sep Sep- September 20 then to San Francisco and nd finally to San Diego where a dollar million plant plan is is under con con- The far western Invasion Inva Inva- s sion on n will vill end with a week six meeting meet meet- ing at Phoenix Ariz lIa IIa c C Stamina The long choo-choo choo ride should not bother the trotters much be because because because be- be cause they are bred and trained to stand Mand up under hardships The h harness har har- r- r ness horse can trot 14 piles mils in an an afternoon and then come com back a couple of days later and arid do the same thing again 1 r ZNo rNo No No other sport has made as great greata I a comeback in the past few years i Jas harness racing For three years the at G Goshen shen N. N Y the the Kentucky derby of trotting trotting- has attracted a crowd of It wasn't long ago when only the Go Go- shen populace and a h handful of out- out formed the trotting horse crowd crowd for the With the trotters invading the far west it wont won't be long until movie stars will be getting their pictures In in the papers sitting in a sulky with ith reins and whip In tn their hands They've been photographed In every other conceivable pose but I 1 cant can't i ever recall seeing Myrna Loy or f Marlene Dietrich sitting in a sulky 1 That will bo be a shot I r Prominent Names Many Mahy prominent names have been identified with tr trotting racing Jin in the west including Leland Stant Stan- Stan t ford John P. P Scripps recently bought six colts at the Old Glory t sale sae in New York and has them in training for the eastern Invasion California has sent many great grea f horses east cast most notable of which was Sonoma Girl always known a acu as as cu the g girl garl rl from the thc S golden west 4 She ran up a remarkable string o ol oC victories and had a mark of oC i