Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-28
THE GRAND RECORDS,
Complete Resume of the Seasons
Trotting and Pacing at the
Nine Leading Cities.
ALIST OF THE MONEY WINNERS.
The Average Time of This Years Grand
Circuit Competitors a Shade
Better Than 2:21.
EVERYTHING READI FOR HOMEW00D.
EL Pointer Shows His Speed at Cincinnst---Gsnsrsl
Turf Events
LIST OF THE MONEY WINNERS.
EVERYTHING READY FOR HOMEWoOD.
Ek Pointer Shows His Speed at Cdncinnst---Gsnsrsl
Turf Events

This year has been one of the most notable
in the history of the turf, and the number OF
young horses that have made records as trot-
tiers is unusually great Now that the
Grand Circuit for 1890 is at an end an esti-
mate of the success o! the trotting season is
possible; for the Grand Circuit is the final
court of appeals to which the owner of the
trotting horse makes application for judg-
ment.
The produce of Mambrino King. owned by
c. J. Hamlin, of Buffalo, have won more
races than the produce of any other sire, and
the veteran James Goldsmith has proved the
most successful driver, having held the reins
over three of the seven who have won the
most money. Mambrino Maid, by Nam
brino Startle, has won the most money.
s., ,125; and Dallas, who stands next her in
point of earnings, has made the fastest time,
2I11z, at Cleveland.
A WEAK SPOT.
The circuit of 1890 was made up of ten
cities, but Albany, which has been a weak
spot in the chain, dropped out after the
dates had been arranged and those of New
York and Philadelphia were moved up in
consequence. These two cities had the only
really bad streak of weather in the season,
New York suffering especially and being
able to pull off only two days trotting.
The attendance in nearly every instance
has been very good.
The racing practically opened at Pitts
burg. The track was good, but slow time
was made, as all the flyers were at the blue
ribbon meeting at Detroit, where Palo Alto
and other attractions were held out The
fastest heat of the meeting was the 2:16%
of Dallas in the 2:20 pacing class. Even in
the iree-for-alI, 2:2O was beaten in but one
heat.
The next link in The chain was Cleveland,
and here II races were pulled of, with AZ
heats trotted. The first sensational heat
was the Pill! of Adonis. in which that
great son OF Tom Hal, Hal Pointer, carried
the Californian clear out to the wire and
then beat him the last three heats. Leopard
Rose was the surprise of the week, for this
circus-lookIng mare beat a grand field in
the 23O class, trotting three successive heats in
2:l51z, 2:2015 and 2lS3i. In the 2:17 pace the
California mare Cricket. by Steinway, forced
Out Dallas in 2:ll1& and then won the last three
heats IN a hye-hcaJ contest in 2l6, 2:liM and
2:l45z.
e The Buffalo meeting was, as usual. q great
success. Leopard Rose opened out with three
straieht-heat victory. The best race OF the
meeting was rnat won after nine heats had been
trotteo. his was the second longest race Of
the circuit. Dallas turned the tables
Cricket here, for he let her pace two heats in
2:l5z and 2l3lz and beat her out the next
three. I'd Amman, of whom much was expected,
started in at this meeting, bur he did not win a
ceut anywhere. Palo Alto trotted his only cir
fnu1 rlp hnrp and nd flxvp-h hpaT
Jock Bowen had his "J'' string here-J. r.
Shedd, Jesse Hanson and Jean Vatican, and
took third money twice with the first and last
named horses.
HAD BIG FIELDS.
Rochester cot the big fields. The Flower
City stake. which led off the meeting, had a
dozen starters. The race was won by Keno F,
after a stubborn battle of six heats Here
Cricket paced mile in 2i2, Leopard Rose got
her first and second circuie defeats and Nam.
brino Maid scored her fourth successive VIC
tory.
The meeting at Pougbkeepsie was marked by
the grandest race of the year. This was the
victory scored by Driver Ed Geers behind
Stevie In a ten-heat race over ten competitors.
OF whom seven stayed to the finish. Here. too
Mambrino Maid got her first circuit defeat
and here Hal Pointer paced a great race in
2:l234, 2:l6 and 2:l6
AT Hartford the star event was the $4,000
stake, handlly won by Prince Regent from a
good field. Smmocolon won the s. 600 stake
and Dallas had an easy thing in the $1,000 pac-
ing stake.
Sprinheld had successful meeting and the
stakes were won well. Mambrino Maid was in
fine fettle here and defeated Prince Regeni in
grand shape, winning the 2:22 class trot by
= trOttng the three winning heats in 2:l915 2:I73I
and 2:2O while the stallion won his heats in
2l7 and 2:lS 1t was much a victory for
Goldsmith as for his mare. In the other S. OOO
race-that for 2:2S horses-Pamlico laid up two
heats and then won easily. Dallas won the
pacing stake, and paced a mile in 2:l4 in
doing II.
The work at New York and PHILADELPHIA is
told in the summary below. Heavy tracks made
troJting hard work.
Following is a resume of the racing at each
city In each case the events are trottIng where
not otherwise stated. The average OF the entire
circuit is a shade better than 2:2l