Daily globe., 1883-06-04
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MI. Dan Woodmansee, mana ger of the
Midway mpaigning string of trotters
ana PAGERS, arrived home from Cleveland
FRIDAY last, and returned to that point last
evening, where four of the stable are en-
gagged the present week as follows: Pill
grim IN the 300 class and Minnie R in the
2:l9 class, to be trotted Wednes-
day; Fanny Witherspoon in a
special with st. Julien to be
trotted Thursday, and Gem in the free-for-
all pacing class to come off Friday. Mr..
Woodmansee had not seen the entries in
the 800 or 2:19 class, but understood they
numbered but four in each. He reports
all the horses in good shape, excepting
Lady Rolf, who has been let up in her
WORK, and coming to their speed
rapidly, and expects they will
show up we'll during the season. Owing
to the backwardness of the season, pre-
venting the horses getting the necessary
preparation, their early eastern engage
ments will be Cancelled, and the stables
Kept IN Ohio and Michigan until the
Chicago July meeting, from which point
1t Will go on through the grand circuit.
A correspondent writing of the stable from
cincinnati says: "The Kittson stable is
doing we'll in SpIan's hands. Whatever
may be said of John in other respects: it
cannot be denied that he is Intelligent
and careful in his methods of training.
and possesses the qualities of nerve and
dash that are essential in a successful
driver of trotters. At present all the
horses in his charge are in good fettIe. Of
the trotters, Fanny Witherspoon of course
stands conspicuous. Always a very fast
mare, she has, under Splan's tutelage. lost
all OF the crazy-headed ways that made
her so unreliable last season, and thus far
has never offered to make a break with
him, although driven mile two weeks ago
over the half-mile track in 2:2115. Horse
men consider her a certain winner
of the $4,000 purse for 2:19
horses, to be trotted at Hartford in Aug
ust, unless some misfortune befalls her.
FIlgrlm, the young son Of Smuggler, from
whom SO much is expected, looks the race
horse all over, and is built in every way on
a different model from his illustrious sire.
whose record of 2:154 the stations have
SO long and so unsuccessfully been trying
to equal or surpass. Pilgrim Will be nom
mated IN the free-for- all stallion race to
be trotted at the Chicago meeting, and the
entries to which close June l, and fro m
the talk among those who should know the
race will fill we'll, as Peter johnson will
name Black Cloud, John Goldsmith Ro-
nero, Budd Doble Monroe Chief and John
Turner Santa Claus, with all the other
stables to be heard from. The Kittson
stable will have to depend on Pilgrim
alone in this race, Won Armin, who won a
like event at Chicago last summer, not be.
ing available. Towards the close of
last season the son of Sentinel
developed weak leg, and for fear of the
menber going wrong again Won Arnim
has been nursed along very carefully, a
mile in 2:32 being his best performance
thus far, and between now and the Chica-
go meeting it would hardly be possible to
shape him up for bruising race such as
the one under consideration is certain to
be. When the PAGERS are considered Gem
may as we'll be left out, at least for the
present, as thus far she has not shown any
thing remarkable in the way of speed,
while the uncertainty which always attend
ed her movements last season seems to
have been intensified. Little Brown jug
bids fair to be himself again. The lame
ness which made him useless in 1882 has
entirely disappeared, and thus far he has
not shown the slightest sign of weakness
anywhere. At MaysvlHe last week he was
driven mile at speed for the first time
and did the distance i'll 2:1715 with such
ease that Woodmansee cannot repress a
satisfied smile when speaking of the little
horse.''