Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-02-13
Ne,c Candidates for Double Team HOnOrs.
On the 18th telegram from Hartford, Con-,


On the 18th telegram from Hartford, Con-,
announced the sale of the trotting gelding
Clingstone, to William j. Gordon, of Cleve
land, O., for the reported price of $4,000.
Clingstone was one of the sensational trotters
of last year. He made his first appearance in
public at Rochester, N. Y, in the Grand Cir
cuit meeting, in the 2:S4 class
winning with ease in three straight
heats in 2:24, 2:22X, 2:24. Next
week at Utica he lost the first heat, but won
the next three and lowered his record to
2:2l1S. At Hartford (his home) he was not
called upon to beat his Utica performance,
winning In three heats. His next appearance
and his last for the season was at the Gentle
mems Driving park, New York, Sept. %,
where he encountered the veteran campaign
ers, Lucy, Buzz Medium, Voltaire. Steve Max
we'll, Tariff, Emma B. and Pickard, most of
them with better records than himself, and
driven for all there was in them for the rich
purse in sight, and when, Notwithstanding
pocket and two bad starts, Clingstone won in
three straight meats, in 2:194, 2:212, 2:211.
AS is we'll known this track is considered at
least two seconds slow as compared to that at
Rochester, Buffalo and Others of the grand
circuit, and Clingstone's brilliant victory, In
his fourth public race, with a record of 2:194,
made him eagerly sought after by capitalists.
Mr.. Frank Work then and there offering his
owner and breeder, Hon. G. M. Pond $23 600
for him, which offer was refused. Clingstone
is a strongly inbred Hambletonian, his sire
being Rysdyk, son Of the old Hero of Chester,
dam Gretchen by ChOsrOes, also a son of
Hambletonian. He is a bay, 15L hands high
and foaled in 1873, making him seven years
old.
1t is understood that Mr.. Gordon bought
Clingstone with the view, principally, of
driving him double with William H., recently
purchased by him for $4,000, to con-
test for the rich double team purse
offered by Mr.. Balch, of Boston. William
E.; is by Young Wilkes, son of George
Wilkes, and he by Hambletonian, dam by
Daniel Webster, son of Henry Clay. Like
Clingstone. he is a bay, 154 hands and foa,ed
in 1875. His performances last year, while not
so brilliant as Clingstone, were very credita-
BILE and much more trying, starting in sixteen
races, all but three Of which he won, defeating
such good ones as Argonaut, Driver, Deck
Wright, Hambletonian Mambrino, So So,
Fanny Witherspoon, Scott's Thomas, Lucy,
upon the season with record of 24, and
closed it with 2:20A to his credit, made at
Cleveland, o., Sept Z, when he won in three
straight heats in 2:2O4, 2:20T, 2:22, beating
Calamar, Deck Wright and Scott's Thomas
Should the team drive we'll together, and
there would appear to be no reason why they
should not, they will undoubtedly prove
formidable competitors for the Balch purse,
but it is not at all certain they would
carry off the honors. Indeed, unless
William H. has considerable more speed than
he has yet shown (Clingstone has it), it is
very doubtful if the team could win first place
from several that have been mentioned as
likely to contend IN that race; for instance,
Commodore Klttson's So So and Lady Rolf,
or So So and Fanny Witherspoon.