St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-10-15
lASl Al lEklNGIUM.
Close Of the Meeting Of the
Kentucky Trotting Breed
ers' Association.
Bike Sulkies Entirely Super
cede the Old Style
Vehicle.
4 Badger Filly Captures the
$4,000 Purse in Three
Straight Heats.
Cleveland and Louisville Hit
the Ball Hard, the Former
Winning.

LEXINGTON, n.y., Oct. IA. - FAIR
weather, balmy air, all enthusiastic
company of spectators, altogether with
rich stakes and purses, combined to in
spire the competitors in today's races to
do their best. The results of this, the
last OF the ten days racing of the Ken
lucky Trotting Horse Breeders asSocia-
ton. will be memorable in the history
OF trotting. Thirty-t hree races have
been run and more than score of
horses have -rotted for record. Guy
made mile 1sterday in 2:0S2. beating
the track record in pacing by half sec
oud. Only last Monday William Penn,
OF Phoenix farm, Ph9niXville, Pa, beat
the worlds two-year-old race record by
a second, trotting a mile in 2:1S1S. Then
today AliX, belonging to the Standard
Troiting Horse company, Kenosha,
Wis. tied the worlds best record for
-three-year-olds. 1t was in the first
heat Of the third race. The time was
2:1314. All through the meeting there
has not been an instance in which the
It cord in race has not been sent down
below the conditions of the entry.
Close Contests.
Among the distinguishing character
islieS of this meeting have been the
large fields and close contests. In fact,
III all the races the winner has been
compelled to put his capabilities to their
utmost test. The strife has been bitter
and furious. Never before OH these
tracks, nor often on others, have COM
petitorS been so nearly evenly matched
i'll the several races. In only few in
stances were races won in straight heats.
The betting was extraordinary brisk
for trutting races. Four bookmakers,
one French pool stand and one auction
pool were all kept busy.
Only one old-styled sulky was used in
these races, and that in only one heat.
The bike has been the exclusive vehi-
Gle. Its wheels are of the uniform
height of twenty-eight inches. and the
weight OF the sulky averages from sixty
three 10 SiXty-five pounds. Only two of
these let down. One sprung an air leak
on the last day, and one let down by
tle breaking of a wheel on the first day.
These were the only ones retired during
the meeting after they had been brought
ON the track to score for a race. Driv-
~rs and other trotting experts estimate
the bike sulky at from two to
-Four Seconds Faster
i'll mile than the old regulation sulky.
II Is faster in seconds for slow horse
than it is for Nancy Hanks class.
! he weather has been so cold the last
few days of the races as to reduce the
attendance. Furthermore this was a
ten days meeting, which is three days
longer than any previous meeting. In
consequence of these two facts it has
not been altogether financial success.
Its glory, however, is in Its record
breaking. its fields and its uniformly
remarkably fast time. The attendance
today was about 5000.
In the $1,000 stake race the first heat
was surprise. Constantine and Belle
Archer were to fayOriteS in the
books. The start was splendid. AliX.
who was 3 to l in the pools, led soon
after the start and was never headed.
She won easily by two lengths in 2:1215.
AiiX get off second in the second heat,
but came home five lengths winner.
After winning two straight heats AliX
Stood out of sight in the books. The
betting was for second place and to
SHOW, ana Constantine and Belle Archer
were about even fav0rites for these po-
sitions. AliX had it all her own way,
however. and won at her pleasure, in
fine shape, the heat and the race.
A Most Exciting Contest
was that of the third race. the 81, 500
stake for three-year-olds. Directum
made the first heat in 2:13A. This ties
tie worlds record for three-year-olds
The fourth race VS. unfinished. 1t
was postponed till 10 a. m. tomorrow.
ArioD, the two-y ear-0ld wonder, will
then trot all exhibition mile. and will do
his best to break his record. Summa-
ripS: