The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1891-09-15


Manager, 2:lla, now holds the
worlds pacing record for three-year-
olds.
When horse goes wrong 1t is
always at time when it Is most de-
sired that he should be just right.
Those three heats in 2:l2, 2;l2a and
2 IL will stand some time as the fast
est three heats in a race.
The probabilities are that Maud S.
in her palmiest days could not have
beaten Nancy Hanks Thursday.
There are about 900 new 2:3O per-
formers thus far this season.
In breeding horses, as in most other
departments of human industry, big
slice of good luck will help things
along wonderfully.
Since the performance of Nancy
Hanks at Independence last week, the
adherents of the Happy Medium fam
lily 60 about with chips on their
shoulders. And few will care to
knock them off now.
Next to the five-year-old race at
Independence last week, the most ex-
citing event of the year will in all
likelihood be the four-year-old class
at the Lexington meeting, in which
Aegon, DIR. Sparks, Happy Bee and
Conductor will meet.
Dolly Wilkes failed to get place in
the :2S class at St. Louis last week.
She was drawn after the third heat.
The race was won by Catherine Ley
burn, Emperor Wilkes I'd.
Ed. Geers landed three races at
Hartford last week, including the
Charter Oak $4,000 race for 2 20
trotters. Little Albert went lame
and the ninth and deciding heat was
little more than walkover for Night
ingale.
The trotting horses SpoGord, 2:1S4
and Governor Hill, 2:1S4, have been
shipped from South America to Ger
many, where they will take part in
the trotting contests.
The get of Bourbon Wilkes have
been very prominent during the past
few weeds, and they are winning their
honors in races in fast company.
Manager has now beaten the worlds
three-year-old record. He placed it
at 2 :11a Monday and will go faster.
M. L. McHenry has this year driven
the following horses to records better
than 2:17: Charleston, 2 2:15; Thorn
less, 2:15a; Labasco, 2:l64; Richard
(pacer, 2:l64, and Forest Wilkes
(paccr), 2:l5.
The pool-selling at the Independ-
ence meeting amounted to 100000
$110, 900 in the auctions and 50,0O0in
the bobks-almost twice as much as
at anyprevious 1ndepence meeting.
If th Sunol people do not get their
trottirg clothes on at an early date,
and sYp sending out chaff by wire
and nail, Mr.. Bonner will find it
Necessary to buy another trotter if he
still f9ls disposed to stay in front.
Her n me is Nancy Hanks.
The Independence programme Tor
1892 Will be about twice as rich as the
one offred for the meeting that has
lust cbsed. Stakes for $4,000 will
scattefd over it as plentiful as the
ones fl half that amount were this
year.
No Ian can tell what G. w. Will
liams hs done for the trotting turf
withst going to Independence and
seeinglow his efforts are appreciated
by hi neighbors. Before he broke
loose Independence was unknown.
To-da every horseman in the land
has herd of it and the majority of
them I've been there.
On9f the most wonderful little
race mfs alive is the three-year-old
Alix, Patronage. Mr.. Williams
drove hda mile for record OH Mon
day and he finished a ten gait, and
althoug8till lame from recent in
jury, ST turned the track without
skip in 16t- Mr.. Williams says if
she getsIund again she will be an