Morning journal and courier., 1891-09-07
ABOUT HORSES.

ABOUT HORSES. | Fast Trotters and Pacers Here and
 Elsewhere = Worlds Records
 Broken by Fast Horses-High Price
 Offered for William Neely,s Pair
 His Recent Purchase.
 During the last few days the local horse fanciers have had several interesting | topics of conversation, as two of the l worlds records have been broken, and | other events of local interest have been the subject of many chat among horse men.
 Two of the worlds records were broken at Independence, Iowa, on Friday. MT. 0. W, Williams valuable stallion, Aller- ton, by Jay Bird, lowered his record from 2:12 to 2:10 fiat. This performance crowned the horse king of stallions, which title has for the past year been held by the Waterville, Me, stallion Nelson, 2:109. This performance of Allerton enhanced his value several thousand dollars.
 On the same day Direct, the little black pacing stallion, that previously had a record of 2:094 covered mile in 2:06, breaking the worlds stallion record for both trotters and pacers. The horse not only broke the stallion records, but broke the pacing record for the world and travelled the fastest mile ever made with sulky.
 It is long time since this last men toned record has been broken as it was on October 3, 1884, that the bay gelding Johnston placed the record at 2:064. At Grand circuit meeting at Hartford a few years ago, Johnston started to beat |: la roi1a in which was quite near his former mark.
 Direct was formerly trotter when his owner tried to make @ fast trotter of him and succeeded so well that the horse obtained trotting record of 2:1S4.
 As the performances of Allerton and Direct were at Independence it is pre- stunned that these new records were made on the kite-shaped track which is con- ceded to be few seconds faster than the oval track on which Johnston made his two best records.
 William Neely's negotiations in horse flesh have recently been the subject of con- yersation in several localities. His fast pair. Rocket and Gerold, have enhanced 1 their value by their new double team rec ords recently made at Hartford. Not long aoo Ed Decernea of New York offered MT. Nicely S5, ,OOO for the pair, provided MT. | Neely would allow him a commission. | Since this offer was refused MT. Decernea
 called on Mr. Neely and asked him if he
 would sell the pair at the former price,
 when MT. Nicely stated that he would not l When Mir. Nicely was requested to name
 a price at which ne would sell the pair he l did SO, and named $7,500 for the pair
 MT. Decernea, in the interest of Pierre 1 Lorillard of New York, offered MT. Nicely | S5, 900 cash and five -year-old mare that | cost S1 500 and can tIot in 2:30. | If the deal is consummated many per
 sons will regret to hear that the fine pair
 of blacks are to leave New Haven. Dur
 ing the winter, at the sleighing carnivals
 on the avenue, no pair of horses have at
 tracted more attention and caused more
 favorable comment than Rocket and
 Gerold.
 MT. Decernea has recently received a
 commission to purchase fast pair of
 horses at 8 value of $50, 0,000, and with this
 end in view he has offered 5000 for
 Nancy Hanks, 2:12. This great Kentucky
 five year old, by Happy Medium has
 trotted five miles better than 2:13 this
 season, as follows, 2:124 at Rochester and
 the same at Chicago; 2:12, 2:124 and 2:12
 at Independence. Nancy Hanks was one
 of the crack four-year-o of last season
 when she had record of 2:144.
 Tom Hamilton (2:21t), the flyer recently 1 puICudSC4 Dy oAi. 4>OO1J Wdo AIppSu HUH Vermont on Saturday evening and was ex
 pected to arrive at New Haven last evening
 or this morning. The excellent pedigree | of the trotter is as follows: Tom Hamilton
 was sired by Jimmy Hamilton, he by Ham
 iltonian 10. The dam of Jimmy Hamilton
 was by Seely's American Star. Tom Ham
 ilton is bay gelding six years old, sixtee1
 hands high, that started in the 2:3;
 class at Philadelphia last May, wher
 he won the race and got a record of 2:274. Later at the Pimlico track a
 Baltimore, he was the prominent figure O. one of the most sensational races of tn,
 entire season. It was not denied that the
 trotter had speed enough to win with ease but in consequence of the alleged pulling of the horse by H. E. Brewster, thu driver, new driver, William H. Achuff
 was put up when the judges were con vinced that the new driver was puIlin, 7 the horse, when another driver, Lymal 3 Redmond, was substituted. In this rae 3 the horse trotted the sixth heat in 2:26. l In consequence of the alleged big job il 5 this race the judge at the close of tn 3 meeting announced that he had a very un , pleasant duty to perform. He then state, 3 that the owner of the horse, George E Davis, Frank L. Herdic, H. E. Brewster 7 William Achuff and Lyman Redmond an' : the horse Tom Hamilton were suspende 8 from the tracks of the National associa 8 ton.
 g All that will be necessary for the perms Y nent reinstatement of the horse will be flo 6 MT. Neely to prove his ownership, whic v can be easily done.
 It was at the race at Baltimore that Tor : Hamilton made his record of 2:214. Soo 8 after the race the judges became convince 8 that they had been too sweeping in thei l decision regarding the suspension, and a1 8 ter thorough investigation it was prove v that Frank Herdic, the pool seller, an s | Achuff, the driver, were exempt from an
 participation in fraud in the race, const l. quently the judges reinstated Herdic an l l Archuf.
 - Among the eleven contestants in th 2 race were John Turner with Happy Bee an y Hewett, who started Yorker, but tn l. judges were so well satisfied that Tol s Hamilton had speed enough to beat tn
 entire field, that they declared all poo
 off.
 |. This horse cost MT. Neely $5,000 and ', young horse which he purchased nearl
 two years ago in Paris, Ky, at cost c '' $1, 100. MT. Neely's recent purchase is or n of the very few horses that can proftabl n start in the grand circuit chain of meeting l. where the purses are large and general include three $10,000 purses. MT. Davi
 1 d viously received several big offers for hin ,- Ed Dercenea having offered some time az /. $7, 900 for Tom Hamilton.
 l. HORSE NOTES FROM ABROAD. ,. The trotting horses Spofford, 2:19i h and Governor Hill, 2:184, have bee shipped from South Americs to Ge,
 many, where they will take part in tro
 ting contests.
 ), o. B. Potter of Sing Sing, N. Y, hs J. sold for exportation to South Americ, f the bay horse, Fred Potter, by Idol Kins = dam by Artillery, and two yearling coli l. by Fred Potter.
 n The seventh annual horse fair an 6 trotting meeting of the Vermont Associ' .- tion of Road and Trotting Horse Breeder
 closed st White River Junction last Frida d in down-pour of rain which flooded th p track and grounds and caused an aba1 j. donment of the last days program. a was an unfortunate ending of an exceller @ meeting and kept out of the treasury COT @ siderable money that was needed by th @ association.
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