The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-08-06

his four-year-old mate by Don Carlos.
John Shepherd. of Boston, the owner, some-
times drives Mill Boy and Arab, 2:15, to-
gether, but the California gelding is too
fast for the old timer.
Over 300 performers have entered the 2:30
list already this season. Prodigal is the
fastest of the t%rotters, having reduced his
mark to 2:174 at Detroit on the Dist inst,
and Mascot has the honor for the fastest
heat for new PAGERS, 2:1512, which was also
made at Detroit.
The following are the classes and purses
arranged for the Grand Circuit meeting at
the Philadelphia driving park, September
2:33, trotting, free for all; PIT, 2:2O and
2:25 pacing and the H. s. Henry colt stakes
for 2, B and 4-year-olds. The purses ag-
gregate $22,500.
Happy Bee. the four-year-old brown mare
by Happy Russell, that made a record of
2:174 at Cleveland this week, got a mark
of 2.29I14 as a two-year-old. Mr.. Gibbons,
ate price soon after her 1889 performance,
and he sold her to Mr.. Payne, of Cleveland,
this week for $10,6OO.
Proctor Knott has been quite sick since
his arrival at Saratoga, but he is now i'm
proving, and is taking his feed with a relish.
The ailment is something of a catarrhal
nature. and will not be lasting. Mr.. Scog-
Kan noSb tuoI6 Is uO lung trouble at all. AND
that the big gelding will not be affected by
his sickness.
Hal Pointers three heats in 2:1Os4, 2:1Oh,
2:lO4, at Cleveland last Wednesday, are
the best on record to harness. The appre-
gate time, 6:3114, beats Little Brown jugs
three famous heats, made in 1881, bv ~
seconds, and is half a SECOND faster than
Hal Pointers great race at Terre Haute
last year. when he beat b. b. Pickaway's
Doctor M. and Adonis in 2:O9sl, 2:122l, 2:l3,
Little Brown Jugs time Pity, 2:l1M,
2:12L.
Miss Alice, 2:l74. and Gene Smith. 2:15b,
both In Goldsmith's string, are to be worked
together with a view to a fast mile to pole,
when the grand circuit reaches Hartford,
Conn. Major Dickinson is reported to have
SAID that he can put a team together which
he is willing to match against any pair in
the country, Belle Hamlin and Justina not
barred, for $4,000 or $20,0 900 q side, the
latter sum preferred. Rumor has it that
the team the major has in mind is Nelson,
2:l04, and Aublne, 2:l919, whom he has
driven together.
Potomac has broken down. After several
attempts to bring the colt to another race
Mr.. DWyer has decided to turn him out. and
the chances now are that the racing public
has seen the last of the noblest son of St.
Blaise. His leg has been troubling him all
Season, an / MIR. Dwyer has never been sure
in any of Potomac's races that the colt
would not pull up Il homeless cripple. Poto-
mac has had a most brilliant career. As a
two-year-old he was only beaten in the
Junior Champion by two short heads, and
he won the rich Futurity. At the sale of
tho late August Belmont's stable Potomac
was bought by M. +. Dwyer for 1926, 600.
Potomac this year won the Realization, and
he 10 the only horse that has won both the
Futurity and the Realization, the richest
two-year-old and the richest three-year-old
events. If Potomac is permanently dis
abled he will be turned over to Milton
Young, and will be retired to the Nc
Grathiana stock farm in Kentucky.