Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-10-11

magnificent showing for the great colts
brief career. 1. is question whether
De will ever again face the
starter, for hs was considerably
smiss tie lost hesrd trou hin, but he
Was away Of tie best three year old Of
his yesr. fer when he WAS right, he hsd
40 trouble whaieVar in running SWAY
from sl ne met.
| ULqlestiona3ly the most popular
horse If the year WAS The Bsrd, who is
another Of tie uufortuastes. h has hsd
thre9 Seasons Of glory, bus il is very
or"bsole tfst h. must now be retired to
We'll earned rect in the sud. His fret
| achievement was the detest CT the mighty
Hanover and nile other Champions OF the
| tulf in tie BrocslYn handicap
From then on be was ilv,n ible,
and his record shows al unbToken line CT
victories until he became worn and weary
late IN the summer, and a. last he strucd
his colors 10 Inc new star, FirerZ', who
vas compelled even then to cover the
mile sud hslf c0urae in time equal to
TIE record, efFer rGce better than that
in which the record WIGS made. II sll, ne
! VICE SIS, l40.
nos. unfortunate horse, but still one
with Claims to greatness, is Terra Cotts
When the spring campaign began there
wes not e grester tavnrtta With rsce- goers
anywhere Than tee sturdy chestnut colt
Els fixtures IL the opening OF the season
were attributed 10 his unseesoDed condi.
ton, ana lstsr Dc canteTed sway from
some Of ths pest in the west with the
greatest OF ease. The gallant horse,
though badly handled throughout the SIS
/ son, has Won niue times cut Of twenty
tdree starts, .Dd has won in money $l4,
1875. Including stakes and purses.
Kingston Is another horse who ranks
with tie cTslze, bus he IS too unlucky
He is 3 stake wilmer CT note, having
made $40. 100 thls year. His beg. yer
Torrance was his victory over FlrsrZi ST
BrooSiy2, in the mile and q quarter stake
Tee greatest mare of tha Season, ana
s1m3 s5y the greatest racer OF sill, is
Firel 2 who now arg the title Q Isen CT
the Turf. Flesh fiCm Cil!fjTnE, she
opered her campaign by easily winning
her dcst RICE, handicap sw .ep3tskaE,
evsr G very ordinary fela e: jerome Park.
& f or Ibis, her luster was slightly dimms6
f0f time, and che lost estim Ition in ths
eyes Ct her b'cker5 By taking second and
third places in few races, bu. later
Waea set to 60 her own dis'eEca, she re.
asserted her ability, and finally astouished
everybody by defea!iug the great Bsrd at
{ mia aad hslf, running the distalce
IT . 81.
TIE record Of Pfcctor Knott has been
published fteQuecIlY. Pfoc.or Ka0tt has
Woa more money in comparatively few
rsCss than ap7 other horse Of the year,
aud when turned Gu. for the winter Wes
as acuad IS VIXEN be wen. TO the post for
SIS frs. race in tie sp-iug. He Is we'll
engaged next yea-, and il lis preeent
condition snd his psst performances 60
ior anything he will probably make the
crack three -year old Ct 's0.
The most prominent youngster CT the
esrly part OF the season IVES French
Park. He Is toe only unbesten horse Ct
the year, havirg started in seven stake
racer, winning six of them sDd divi1ing
the remaining one on dead heat with
Fides OF Jerome Park. His winnings
during the season amount to Sl4,S50.
Dyer Brothers, Oregon, Fresno, Sansa.
tlon-FAverdAle, Dlabio, GaleD, Cham
payne Charlie, Maidstone, Holiday, are
two year Odds who have taken prominent
places in the eq1iIe world during the
yesr and have netted their owners big
u oney oy their hsetne3S Of foot.