Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-05-03

OUTSIDE the circuit the Jnree uOTScs
which will be watched most closely are
Sunol. Nelson and StambOul. That the
handsome daughter of old Electioneer
has not, in the last two seasons, reduced
her marvellous record rs a three-year-old
91O1-. affords no reason for believing
that She can never get down to 2:0S4,
and carry off the honor so long held by
Maud ). Sunol is six years younger
than Maud $. was when she made her
record, and she should get down TO it if
she lives and escapes accident. There
are many who believe that she will GER
tainly get down TO 2:O9 this season. She
is now i'm prime condition at Senator
Stapford'S PalO Alto farm, according 10
latest reports. l have heard horSemen
comment upOu Sunols chances, and the
most unfavorable criticism they express
is that she is a sprnter; or, in other
words. that she makes fast time by
virtue of her remarkable SpurtS rather
than by steady work from the start.
Passing from the queen to the lesser
dignitaries we come to a group OF four
five-year-OldS that will appear in one OF
the greatest events of the season, the
stake race to be trotted on the kite
shaped track at independence, Ia, dur
| ing the summer meeting. They are
AlabaSter, Margaret S, Nancy Hanks
and AllertOn. 1t will probably be the
most Stubbornly contested race ever
witnessed. There was report last
wear that Nancy Hanks was done for;"
that her fore legs had given out; that
the great expectations she had raised by
her splendid work were never TO be
realized. There was nothing in it eX-
cept that she was q little out Of cOndi-
ton. She is i'm fine form now, and there
is no question that she will lower her
record, barring accidents. The same
story was told about Allerton after the
great Expectation stakes at Detroit in
July. but he Is all right this year In
fact, the four trotters named are ali in
prime condition, and they will be saved
for this event. Nancy Hanks is known
as the great unbeaten, title which ex-
plains itself. She is the property OF IL.
Boswell, of Lexington, Ky.
Leaving the trOtters for moment,
there should be good work done by the
PAGERS this season, aud the beating Of
| JOhnston's record OF 2:064 is not an I'M
reasonable expectation. Roy Wilkes,
POSI-, is the nearest to it, but there are
others with, perhaps, an even better
chance for the honor. Hunter 81 Holly's
/ bav gelding, B. B., should show up well.
Last wear at Terre Haute, Ind, he
started in the free for all against Hal
Pointer, Adonis and couple more OF
good ones. Hal Pointer won in straight
heats with 2:OQ4, 2:l2& and 2:l3, the
| fastest three consecutive heats ever
paced In race. b. b. finished second
| i'm each heat, being beaten by nose in
| the first. which shows that his record Of
2I3ls does not show his speed. He is
| by a Tennessee saddle horse out of n
mare of unknown breed, while Hal
| Pointer is by the celebrated sire OF
PAGERS. Gibson's Tom Hal One of the
most likely horses 20 beat the pacing
record is WinSiow Wilkes Ga brown
horse by black Wilkes who made 2;1415
as four-year-old last year.
Returning TO trotterS. the Southern
/ Western Circuit should have some inter
! eSting meetings, for the managers have
put no some great purses. This is the
programme. Chicago, ILL.,, August IL
%. $50, GOO; Independence, Ia, August
94-2Q. So. OOO Kansas City, Mo, August
3l-September >, S25. 900: st. Louis, Mo-,
September 7-12, $40, Cincinnati, O.,
| September 1915, $4,000; Cleveland, o.,
September 2l-2G, S35,OO0 Richmond
Ind. September 2S-October 3, 100000;
! Terre Haute, Ind. October 80, S25, 200;
Lexington, Ky. September l2-l7, $50
600. and Nashville, Tenn, September
1925, So, 600. Grand total, S350,0OO.
These are good figures, and it may be
said. in "a general way, that purses will
be considerably higher this year than
ever before. The grand circuit purses
are not yet announced, but they will be
notably high.
1t will be % great struggle between
the TWO wonderful stations, Stam0oul
and Nelson, the former with Pill and
the latter with 2lO4 and the record.
Nelson started last season with a record
Of e:l4l4. made at Hartford. August .,
1852, and STEAMBOAT with 2:l24' made
at Napa, Cal, November Is. 1850.
Nelson gradually reduced his record
during 1890 until October 21, when at