Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-01-09
THE PAGERS OF 1890.
From Western Sportsman

While the trotting season has been dis
tinguished by large number of eXcep-
tionally fast records, and several cham
pion ones will have to be credited to the
season of 1890, the PAGERS have not been
idle. FIVE stars of the first magnitude
appear on the seasons roll, and glance
at their breeding and principal perfor-
mances will be of interest to all students
Of the PAGER and his origin. AT the head
of the procession is the handsome six
year-old stallion Roy Wilkes, , :0Si. the
stallion pacing king, who heads his royal
brother at "A trot, Nelson, 2:l0f, by p
while the pedigree of his dam has never
been definitely settled, she is said to be
by Blue Bull, and the probabilities point
that way. Adrian Wilkes is by George
Wilkes, dam Nellie B. by Harry Patchen;
I'd dam Sophy by Edwin Forest. So
strong was the pacing instinct of Nellie
B. that to the embraces of George Wilkes
she produced Mike Wilkes, 2:l53, and Ira
Wilkes, :22l, though in justice to both
it must be said that the former has
trottlng record of 2 :2G1 and the latter one
of 2 :2S, but pacing is their natural gait
The influence of Nellie B. clearly pre-
dominates in Adrian Wilkes, as shown
by his illustrious son Roy Wilkes, 2:0Si,
and his famous daughter Lillian, :l44.
Pow Will.as uO1ar tbn mama of Pow bn-
gan his racing career early; as a three
year old he obtained record of :204
As a four-yearold he came down the
line aud covered himself with glory, fin
shing the season with mark of 2:l4d.
In that season he defeated such good ones
as Toledo Girl, Jewett, Doctor West, Doc
tor NJ, Allen Maid, Ed. Amman and Bes-
semer. During this season his name was
changed from Roy to Roy Wilkes, and
he amply deserved the addition. In 1889
he again ran the gauntlet of the Grand
Circuit, winning at Detroit, Buffalo,
Poughkeepse, Hartford ana Springfield.
He also won at Lexington, and concluded
his season with record of :l23. This
year his two principal performances were
at the meeting of the Northwestern asso-
citation of TrottingIiorse breeders at
Chicago, and at Independence, Iowa. At
Chicago he met and defeated Pickaway,
Fred Arthur and Elmonarch in the third
2:l4t. At Independence, Iowa, against
the watch, Aug. IS, he paced mile in
, 09, and Aug. 80 he reduced his own
record to 2 0S4.
Hal Pointer, :0Si, the champion rec
ord owner of the fastest heat ina race
and three heats, is II PAGER to the
Hal, the sire of Little Brown jug, 2:ll3,
and Brown Hal, 2l24, while his dam is
Sweepstakes, by Knights Snow Heel !;
I'd dam Kit by McMeen's Traveller. Tray
eler was by Stump the Dealer by limo
leon. On both the sire and the dams
side he is pacing-bred, while from his
second dam he gets a rich strain of
thoroughbred blood. Hal Pointer is on
ly six years old, yet he has put in three
highly credtable seasons on the turf.
Hal Pointer scored his maiden victory
Oct 4, 1888, at Columbia Tenn, when he
obtained a record of :291. In 1889 he
won eight times and experienced only
one defeat. In the Grand Circuit he won
at Cleveland, Buffalo, Hartford, Spring
field and New York, and or his way
home he won at st. Louis and Terre
Haute. He finished his five-year-old
season with mark of ;l3. Hal Pointer
began his campaign for 1890 in the free
for-all class at Cleveland in that celebra-
ted contest in which Adonis won the first
and second heats in :l5i and 2 :ll4 after