The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1891-09-22
HORSE AND TRACK.

horse and profit to owner.
Charleston, 2:15. is now the fastest
of the get of Bourbon Wilkes.
There were seventy-fve trotting
meetings in the United States last
week.
When Allerton trotted in 2:10 he
carried five ounces forward and three
ounces behind.
Allerton is still king, after having
the same work as Nelson, 2 10, for a
week. He lowed the stallion record
last Saturday to 2 :094.
Pat Downing's 2:13a, at Independ-
ence, an the 4th inst, is not only the
fastest mile by new trotter, but is
the fastest record ever made by a
stallion the season he first entered the
2 80 list.
Kentucky still keeps somewhere
near the front. Nancy Hanks and
Monbars have been doing some phe-
nomenal work away from home, be-
sides several that have won great
fame in the Kentucky Circuits
Kansas City Live Stock Indicator.
Under the new rules ElectiOneer
now has seventy-eight standard trot-
ters and one PAGER to his credit.
George Wilkes has sixty-fve trotters
and seven PAGERS Blue Bull seventy
five trotters and six PAGERS; Happy
Medium fifty-nine trotters and three
PAGERS.
Peatrice, by Cuyler, is represented
on the turf this year by two faster
trotters in the first and second genera
ton than any other mare. She is the
dam of frodigal, 2:174, and her son
Patronageis the sire of Alix,. three
year-old record 2:l64. She is also
the dam of Patron, that made record
of :144 few years ago.
"Judges, ant hold this horse"
said driver ina 2:30 class at Du-
buque, Iowa, afew days ago when
the jockey wastaken to task by the
occupants 81 dhe judges stand for per-
sisting in heading the pole horse.
"Twenty-Ke dollars will put strength
in your arps, perhaps" replied the
judge, and thereafter there was no
more jockeing in scoring for that
race.
Almont AArdeen is a late addition
to Aberdeen a 10 list He took his
record OF EXT at Omaha, Neb., a
F few days sincj losing the first heat.
He won the scond, third and fourth
: in 2:22t, 2I9, 2:29. His dam is
3 Brightness, y Almont, second dam
Q Bl oom, by Fchcock's Ashland, Ito
q be sold at ff Bros, sale at Mt.
!. Sterling. X October 8 and 81; third
/ dam Lady hat, by Toronto Chief,
i saddle record2A4, sire of Thomas
a Jefferson 2:23third dam by Old
r Kentucky, saih DO thoroughbred
e fourth dam bymT. Meux. Almolt
l. Aberdeen, 2 :22was bred by Gen.
Is w. T. Withershd now belongs to
r DIR. Halliday, qaha, Neb. He was
" originally chri9d Rioter.
The trottingfsc is not confined to
:, the track, but iSeful on every hand!
On the road hegreat; on the farm
:. he does the wob IF mule, plowing,
% narrowing and uling heavy loads.
!. In cities he pulputcher carts, milk
;.s wagons, buggiarriages, omnibuses
, " and express was, and is found in
-. dispensable many other places
- where nothing fast horses can be
used. Horses make trotting race
horses are aboue in every hun
dred, and the nRho breeds COM
les, mon mare to ing bred horse and
fails to get :hrformer need not
v be disappointed has some assu-
rance of nice iter that will be
' worth three coltm scrub horse.
" What could a goadster be sold
' for? 1t would hfe to say $500,
'oD while scrub wsell for 500, and
''e. perhaps good less, and cost the
20 same to raise.
in The tollowinbrses from this
also county were at|Cynthiana trots
ldg- last week: DR.. ant had his fine
,nds young mare Ladn, that he sent
rop- for record. Shined mark of
was 2 ;36. The trac9low, being very