The Indiana State sentinel., 1878-11-06
HORSE GOSSIP.
Mr. Vanderbilt and His Rival Buying
Fast TrOtters-TRe MiIIionaire's Prize.
New York SUM-

Fast TrOtters-Tse MiIIionaire's Prize.
New York SUM-
Jerome avenue is the favonte resort OF
horsemen with fine turnouts every fine af-
ternoon, and when they pull up at the road
side hotels, horse gossip is Immediately be-
gun. The topic on Saturday was the rivalry
between William II Vanderbilt and Frank
Work as to which shall have the fastest trot-
ters on the road. Mr.. Vanderbilt has not at
| present a speedy horse fit to drive, except the
chestnut gelding Lysander Boy, which he
/ purchased last week for SO GOO, and the bay
/ gelding Captain Jack. Small Hopes and
! Lady Mack are in no'condition for fast work.
His son drives the bay geldng Arthur Boy
and the brown gelding Mack. Mr.. Wander
/ bilt made q present or the bay geld
/ ing Rutledge 10 Dan Mace. He says
! that he wishes TO buy four or five first class
| trotters. He has sant for the western trotter,
| Doc Davis, and other fast trotters. Frank
! Work is in the same plight having only two
/ horses in order. The famous chestnut geld
! ing, Edward and the bay gelding Bill Tnun-
/ der make his span on the road. The other
/ horses in his stable are the chestnut gelding
! John W. Hail. Frank Reeves, Frank Davis,
! the Virginia mare, and the white faced
| horses, Modoc and mate. They are not fast
enough. Mr.. Work has sent his agent into
the country to buy one or two fast trotters.
! He will give the celebrated chestnut geld
| ing George b. Daniels q trial on the road
alongside Of his chestnut geldlng Edward,
and ii the horse suits he will purchase him.
| IL Mr. Bonner, Mr.. Vanderbilt, Mr.. Work,
! Mr. Wallace and others continue buying hrst
class trotting horses and retiring them for
| only private driving, Jerome avenue will
soon be more attractive than the trotting
| tIa ks
| In Fleetwood Park Mr.. Vanderbilt speeded
! Small Hopes and Captain Jack on Saturday.
| They trotted rapidly t. the turn. Then
! rhni fhar, off
the track. Soon afterward Murphy. behind
the brown gelding Breeze, and William Har
| back, with the gray mare Fanny Atwood, to
road wagons, soon appeared for Trial OF
! speed for half mile. On the second at
/ tempt the horses made good start together
j Breeze took the head, closely followed by
! Fanny Atwood. At the quarter she went
I into the air, ana Breeze won easily by three
I lengths, making the half mile in lilo. Mr.
! T. c. Eastman appeared for the first time
with his new purchase, Red Jim, from Ken
lucky.
Mr. ]. d. Watson received telegram from
| Lexington Park yesterday that Captain
George n Stones wonderful fouryear- old
illy, Maud s., trotted in trial OF speed the
other day, without a skip or break, a mile in
| harness in the unprecedented time Of 2:l713
| This is by far the fastest mile ever trotted by
| a four-year-old by six and three quarter sec
onds. 1t is said that ]. Harker of New York,
has bought Maud s. for William Vanderbilt
for $40 900
Dan Mace, in Fleetwood Park, will give a
closing trotting meeting on Wednesday
next The trots are to be for the 2:26 class,
for purse of $500 and the 2:33 class for 5000;
on Thursday for the 2:23 class for $iO0 and
the $3.50 class for $400. For a special purse
of $1,000, Hopeful will trot three heats
against time. Among the horses entered
are Steve Maxwell, Darby, Henry, Hopeful
aud Modesty. Some of the horses entered
for this meeting were speeded yesterday in
Fleetwood Park before many horsemen.
John Murphy, the trainer and driver, drove
tbe gray gliding Sieve Maxwell a mile In
2:3l William Mccarthy drove the gray
geldiDg Royal George quarter of a mile in
81 seconds Dan Mace joZged the bay geld
ing Henry a mile in 2:3l, and exercised
the brown six-year old gelding Darby a
mile in 1:12H. making the mile in 2:2o
Johnny Driscoll drove Backwood Queen a
mile in 2:29 Mr.. A. de Cordora drove
his bay mare Minnie q mile to a
road wagon in 2:44H As a conclusion,
and for the anus ment of the spec
tators Dan Mace brought the gray gelding
Hopeful on the track and drove him a mile
at his ease in 2:23, repeating a half mile in
the fast time of l:O7H
In Huntington Park, on Saturday, the sor-
rel mare Lily won the first, second and NTH
heats in 2:33k, 2:3l14 and 2:37. Nellie
Webster got second money, Teaser third, and
Modesty fourth. In the trot for 2:42 class
Charley Nolan was victorious, taking the
first, third and fourth heats at his leisure in
2:4 2;39A and 1854. Fred took second
money and Tip third.
John Splan started for San Francisco last
week with Rarus, Adelaide and the PAGER
Sweetse-, and several other noted horses, in
tending to winter them o. the Pacific coast.