Los Angeles herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1890-1893, 1891-11-08
SULKY And SPUR.
Gossip About World Famous
Horses.
Direct, the Los Angeles Stallion,
Crowned Pacing King.
How Reed of Tennessee Secured st.
Blaise.
The Most Remarkable Blur on Record
Millionaires Knocked Out In
One Ronnd-The Winning
Horses of 1891.

HORSES OF to0ls
When John Young of Los Angeles
bred Echora he never expected that she
would foal the fastest PAGER the world
has ever known. Mr.. Titus, who owned
the sire of Echora, liked her so much
that he purchased the mare from Mr..
Young while very young. Echora won
fame as a campaigner. j. G. Newton,
the son-in-law of Mr.. Titus, drove the
mare and beat Beautiful Bells in g.
year-old race at Sacramento. Mr.. Titus
eventually concluded to breed Echora
to Director. The result was Direct.
Here is what that excellent authority,
the Chicago Horseman, has to say about
the king pin PAGER bred by Mr.. Titus OF
San Gabriel
Hal Pointer, the greatest PAGER OF the
greatest pacing family in history, and
the longtime champion at the 'side-
wheel' gait, has been decisively and
unquali6edly overthrown by the trot-
ting-bred Direct, trotting record 218A,
pacing record 2:06, son of Director,
2:l7 and out of Echora. 2:231a. Directs
two victories in Tennessee over Hal
Pointer have been 80 pronounced, so
| impressive, so absolutely complete and
satisfactory from every point OF view,
| that there is no room for cavil or quib-
BILE over the conclusion that he is, by
every right, the champion OF the world.
He demonstrated that when he seized
Johnston's crown at Independence. The
performance was an honest and true
gauge of his superiority, for he not only
eclipsed Johnston's record going against
time, but in actual contests he has sig
nally beaten a greater than ever was
Johnston. The little black horse has
shown the true superiority that belongs
to royal blood. He and Manager are
the best-bred PAGERS in the fast list, and
it will not surprise US to see the gray son
lenge Directs claims to the champion
ship.
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| The Nashville and Columbia races
have clearly demonstrated the sound
ness OF the views expressed in these
columns after the affair at Terre Haute.
A comparison of the Tennessee races
with that at Terre Haute shows that it
was no test of the relative merits of the
horses; it shows that the Terre Haute
track was not in condition for cham
pionship contest, that Mr.. Salisbury
was right IN first refusing to start his
horse, but wrong in subsequently yield
ing to the clamor of a misinformed
public and receding from his original
determination. The billingsgate of SUBJ
servient scribblers does not trouble the
Horseman. AS usual, time has COM
pletely indicated its criticisms, and it is
amply satisfied.
Had these races been paced in moder-
ate time it might have been supposed
that Pointer was not himself, but in
each race the average record for consec-
utive heats was beaten. The time at
Nashville was 2:l0, 2:091s,s 2:11, and
Hal Pointer had never shown his ability
to beat horse that can pace three such
heats. At Columbia Directs winning
time excelled any harness-race perform
ance ever seen in brilliancy of speed,
and surpassed anything that the public
expected of him. He won in 2:09. 2 :08,
2:0Ss4, and thus put e-consecu-
tiy cheat record on the books that we
shall not soon see wiped off.
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But the vanquished suffered no dis
grace. 1t is great honor to force an
opponent to beat all race records to win.
Hal Pointer won championship honors
honestly, and bore them valiantly and
we'll. But like all champions, he found
the day when youth must be served"
He met his master, and in laying down
the crown earned even brighter laurels
than he did in his days of undisputed
supremacy.
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The following list shows the most
prominent winning horses of the year:
His Highness, b. c, 2, by imp The IL
Used-Imp Princess, owned by Da-
vid Gideon, New York .$lO7,7 1855
Potomac, CHI c, 8. by imp st Glaise-
Susquehanna, owned by Michael
Rev Dw dEeI Rev eyo b c. 8, by Norfolk-Ma 0'O
rian, owned by C McLewee, New
Tammany, CHI e, 2, by Iroquois-Tui-
Iahoma, owned by Marcus DAILY, An
aconda, Mont. :......:..:.:.... $3.50
St Florlan, Oh c, 2, 6y imp 81 BIaise-
and A II Morris, New York ........ 29,O50
Sir Matthew, br g, 2, by imp Sir Mo
dred-Enbroidery, owned by Mar 90 700
Kingston, br h, aged. by Spendthrift-
Imp Kapanga. owned by NJ Dryer 26,S55
Poet Scout, b G, 3, by Longfellow-Gyp-
sy, owned by Easton Larrabee,
Deer Lodge, Mont ,;;:.......;;..;;. $4,000
Reckon, CHI +, 3, by Pizarro-Perhaps.
Norris MOTIFS '...........,'............ 25,645
Teuny, b h. S. by imp Rayon dor
P Puii New York, 60. 24,soo
Yorkville Belle, Oh f. 2, by Miser-
Thora, owned bJF MeLewee 49,. 24,415
Eon b h, 5, by Eolus-War Song,
owned by ~ Dryer g. Son, Brook
Merry Monarch, br G, 2, by Hindoo-
e s5nmoAie''A' olee - az I'M. 24.o2o
Curt Gum, CHI G, 2, by Onondago-