Morning journal and courier., 1890-09-22
HORSE GOSSIP.
Items From Turf History-A New
Conumdrum About Nelson's Speed
e. c. Walker ms Starting Judge-The
Kfte.Shaped Track.

Items From Turf HistOry-A New
Conumdrum About Nelson's Speed
e. c. Walker ms Starting Judge-The
Kite-Shaped Track.
Cricket, 2:1O. has been shipped to Califor MIA
Her triumphs in the east have been phenomenal
for a ffveyear-old
The National Association of Trotting Horse
Breeders will hold its annual trotting meeting
September 80 to October at Cleveland, O..
A. R. Hallett of Spencer, Mass, has sold his
stallion Apollo Wilkes by Alcantara to a west
ern party; reported price 81, 300.
The $4,000 stallion Almont was killed by a col
lsion at Uhrichsville O.. last week, sulky shaft
entering his breast and penetrating his heart.
The match-makers are trying to bring the
great four year-olds, Margaret s., 2:121h, and
Nancy Hanks, 2:1411 together. 1t would be Ken
lucky against California.
Johnston, 1904, king Of PAGERS, has been sold
by E. c. Long of st. Ps,tii to c. F. Dunbar of Buff
falo; reported price $4,000. Buffalo is now the
home of two phenomenal side-wheelers, Johnston
At the close of last week $50 new trotters and
PAGERS had been added to the 2:3O list, against
leads the list with eight; Electioneer has six,
Happy Medium, Robert McGregor, ; Aleantara and
Almont, jr., Belmont, Blackwood, Jim Wilson,
Lord Russell, Masterlode, Onward and Sweep
stakes.
The stallion Nelson owned by C. H. Nelson of
waterville Maine, recently trotted on half mile
track a mile in 2:15A. This remarkable feat if
performed few years ago would have beaten
the worlds record new conundrum is, How
fast can Nelson trot on kite shaped track?
M Of as ea W1e
has campafgned for two seasons the trotter Miss
Alice, s:l94 has retired the trotter for this
son, consequently his services starting judge
at races can be secured during the fall months.
Mr.. Walkers able turf articles appear over the
nom de plume of 'Veritas.''
The annual fair of the Rhode Island State asso-
! citation is to be held at Providence this week,
| from Sept. 22nd to 26th. The interest in the
| filed '- o-''>''~@
| On the kite-shaped track at White River juno
ton, which was inaugurated last week there, is a
twelve inches, and fro9 the half mile pole home
descent OF twelve inches, so that the conditions
are equalized By the way, another meeting is
being talked of and will probably be held about
| the middle of next month. The meeting will be
held with q view to record breaking and figures
low In the teens are expected. What a draw
ing card Pamlico 2:161a, the fastest Vermont bred
! troJter would be-
Nancy Hanks, the great four-year-old, with a
record Of 2:i41@, is described as little mare,
Of the style Of the Thoroughbred in her conforma.
blance to Goldsmith Maid as the latter appeared
| when on the turf In a slow walk she appears
somewhat SOM VIVA calf hooked and almost crosses he,
shows no signs OF having been overturned OF
| forced IN development, and the general impress
yet live to lower Maud s. record.
| The common criticism made of the kite-shaped
track is that it is bad track for the spectators
to see and enjoy the races. The grand stand
naturally has its position opposite the judges
either going directly away from the view OF
coming directly toward it, that little chance is
| afforded to follow the progress of the heats. By
0eWg tie hese
desideratum of a horse race-the fnish-is
| lost AS an entertaining track the kite
track is never likely to become as popular as
| the oval course, but a record-breaker it beats
the world and many phenomenal performances
will be made upon it. Apropos of tracks the
| following from the pen of the editor of the
expressing the sentiments of most people in the
north who attend trotting races: son every
well conducted half-mile track enthusiasm i.
pronounced. The horses are so close to the spec
seen and studied, and with little stretch Of thu
imagination the whr of wheels can be heard. L
| is impossible to make fast time on the half -milt
track, but time is not the only interesting part
the horses fighting side by side and taking ad
vantage of every opportunity to secure and hole
the position next to the rail. The driver has t,
keep his wits about him and avoid making rushe
where he will be carried wide on the turns. TIL,
complaining spirit is strong in him af
| greater than on a mile track, where there is les
danger of collision. The spectators share in tn
excitement, and the race never seems dull t.
| them. The man whose taste for trotting ha
| been cultivated on a half mile track has a chill
| a contest on q mile track The horses are too ia
| from him and he misses the bristling points o
| strife. Breeders who go for records avoid hall
| mile tracks, but the driver who wants to educat
| a horse, and the man who longs to be thrille
| through and through, hunt for them as eagerl
| as the mother bird hunts for the early worm"