The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1891-09-29
MT STERLING ADVOCATE, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 1891
HORSE AND TRACK.

profit has passed.
| Double-gaited horses seem to be the
fastest. The unbeaten Nancy Hanks
PAGES when she goes slow.
Manager, 2:11a, is by the records
the fastest horse ever produced by a
daughter of George Wilkes.
Aluminium shoes are beginning to
be used on trotters and PAGERS. They
are very light and protect the foot as
well as iron.
Allerton now holds the four-year-
old stallion record, the five-year-old
stallion record, and the words stallion
record, O94.
Electioncer has put in sixteen new
2 80 performers this year; Red Wilkes
is second with thirteen; Pilot Medium
has nine new ones.
A filly by Onward. out of the dam
of Nancy Hanks, is being trained at
Lexington. She shows fair turn of
speed, but nothing sensational.
Richfield & Leathers say they have
refused an offer of $4,000 for the two
year-old trotting colt Monbars, 2:2O,
for which they paid $500 last year.
This is great year for trotting
stations, most of the sensational miles
being made by them. In former years
mares and ge!ding have done most of
the fast work.
Electioneer has now seventy-eight
trotters and one PAGER to his credit,
George Wilkes has sixty-fve trotters
and seven PAGERS, Blue Bull fifty-seven
trotters and six PAGES, Happy Medium
| fifty-nine trotters aud three PAGERS.
There will be many California
stables to contest for honors on the
eastern tracks next season. The large
stakes offered in the east and the sue
cess of Mr.. Salisbury will lead the
other western breeders to try their
luck.
The managers of the Terre Haute
Association have arranged two great
events for their October meeting. The
remarkable two-year-old, Monbars,
will trot against Sunol's two-year-old
record, lis, and Nancy Hanks will
60 against the record of Maud S.,
2:0Sa.
The two-year-old colt, Ralph Wilkes,
2 2:214, by Red Wilkes, will meet Mon
bars at Lexington next month, and if
anything can give the black, son of
Eagle Bird race he can. After the
Lexington meeting Ralph Wilkes will
be sent to Independence to get a rec
ord on the kite.
The two-year-old filly Natalie, by
Red Wilkes, will be started at Nash
vile, Tenn, against Managers two
year-old record of 50 :l6t. She
showed half at Indeuendence in
l :063, aud is expected to march
mile better than the top mark made
by the Nutwood colt.
The Wilkes family continues to add
record after record TO its list. One its
descendants now holds the stallion
reSord of the world, while another
stallion stands with the three fastest
heats in race to his credit. The two
horses are AllertOn and Charleston,
one son of Jay Bird and the other
by Bourbon Wilkes.
The photos of the finishes taken at
he recent Independence meeting are
great studies. They show that some
,f the onlookers were laboring under
intense excitement. Some men, stop
in hand, are running in order
o be under the wire at the finish and I
atch the exact time. Some are cheer
ng the winner while others wear the :
appearance of losers.
Budd Doble says that Axtell will be =
rained next year and sent after the :.
tallion record. He thinks that Ak .
ell will be able to astonish the trot- =
ing horse world if he is kept out Of
he stud and properly handled. He !.
as shown'this great reinsman such :
bursts of speed that he be-
ewes him capable of taking very
wv record under favorable condi-
ons.
1t is announced that the Lexington V
.ssociation has succeeding in ar Il Il