New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-07-24
WORK OF THE TROTT'ERS.
A SEASON OF PROMINENT PAGERS.
THE FLEET Observation-Disclosures ABOUT OTHER

will be more prominent than before In the o"'"P'7
now fully under way in all parts Of the country
Kentucky is about the only state where the SPECIFY
rival Of the trotter has not his way to popular
favor but whether they win no, the breeders Oh
the Blue Grass country find their best stock haole
produce the Objectionable gait. Nutwood INC si'o
whose speed roll Is larger thnn that Of any morse
bred in the State, has for his fastest performer 'he
PAGER Manager; and Belmont. the stout old hero u
W0odburn Farm set the example for his son swheh
he mated with q mare by Blue Bull. the result
being Fred Arthur. n natural PAGER with recoru
Of IA IA, several seconds below what the Belmont
rotcrs were able to do. II tho Kentncldans c"ulu
have their way there would be sidcwheclciS among
harness racers, and while other important meetings
allot third or moro Of tho programme to them, me
six days OF the Kentucky Trottlng Horse Breeders
Association last october had only three pacing
classes out Of the twenty contests during inc
week at Lexington. Even here, however, the
ambitions PAGER carried of the honors for fast beats
Allerton being the only trotcr to put single
one below the best time made by n wrigglcr" whch
he stepped the first mile Of his duel with Delmarch
I'm 2:13 Ii. This quarter of second better
than the rirue made by Bunco, jr. the next day, but
the average Of the thirteen heats which the lateral
gated cracks put In far below the rate for
those trotted.
senator stanford has strong objection 10 the pace
vet one q the get Of EectoncNr cluded his vigilance
and scored :23 IL AZ that gait and In the ''co'd
generation the same thing crops out. Two coils D!
Chimes trimming incline to that way Of going
Chimes Roy having At last been induced to tro'' but
Merry Chimes adhcrcs TO the motion. and at Detroit
last Tuesday showed in his first public appearance
that he will score fast mark this season, as he was
second to Flying Jib in e15.
BEFORE General b. +. Tracy was called 10 place
In the Cabinet IN gave much thought Ia breed G. ana
Whenever his extensive practice In Brooklyn wonld
prmit tho lawyer boarded flyer on the Erie road
and stopping AZ Owcgo. spent day or two on ms
stcclsfarm at Apaachin. whore he had Somo carefully
selected stock ON ono Of these occasions tho writer
me-, him lust before the beginning Of tho Grand Circuit
Of ls-- at Cleveland. John II. shuts the millionaire
baker Of Brooklyn. had just bought Arrow for long
price I'm California and his meeting with Gossip, Jr'
Iowc rad other noted sidcwhcclers o the Fast over
the fast track nj Chenille attracting much at
tention.
Ike to sec good race we'll anybody said
General Tracy Il nt ! have no for a PAGER. and
consider II n black mark against 4 trDttlng ire every
time ono Of his ct makes record at that gait
rnomert later no added But for all tia; my own
stallion Kentucky Wilkes has Youngsters That Incline
10 pace and there seems 70 be ~ help for H.
Whether tn, secretary Of The Navy carried hi, ohlcc
ton 10 the extent % preventing these youthful pac"rs
from getting ~ tho turf or not. there fast
credited 10 kentucky Wkce. his st up 10 the end u
1891 being all trOt'erS. However, his iull brother
Madison Wilkes Is responsible for Linden. ~ ne
be>t side wheccrs ont this ycr. with = cr"diiahe
campaign IN the Atlantic Cruit and record -
a:lG IA. With an ordinary trimmer 20 hahd" hin.
The four occasions on which THIS young stallion MOI
Echus. a Kentucky hrod gcldlnr furnished %
The best sport seen tbs year and though Linden WAS
defeated three times. every contest llici fur I'VE or
six lsats and the wilkes PAGER always %" cfl-
tending horse throughout. The hottest battle b"'wcen
tie pair the feature II the Grand 'lNW' p"
ginning at Philadelphia. and nothiag bat series -
10 . frax
Rebus 10 carry ~ The Bingham House stake. A. Il
WIS the eeldlng had tal. record ~ - - and
when he staggered home short neck nh ~ y Linden
I'm the sixth heat 'ho latter much tie ~hc" -
the two and shonid never have been beaten.
Il g. frvm the W.T.. However. t.a' i6" n''t"'t
paccrs come and the Blue Ribbon meeting just ended
a. Detroit furnish Il lne on DEE good one, npN
ON the turf The low classes are about rs dnlrlii
B., the f,rc-f,rau and such new .'nutioel-
Flying Jlb and Robert i. III - cope IN almost
any # the old"- campaigncTs. The ldlng VITA The
nautical name dives promise q being as much ~
runner rs Direct after DC cut ls~c LAT July ~
Ccyclnnd though u is doubtful : %" other cali
fJrnlan win get down to The form of champion.
lie &, much larger hor-c and - attractive appearance.
with jhe u breeding ,at cntil@ lin Ia improve.
Agoua thc Are Of Ily ng Jib Is strongly D. SON
Il AImout. and the PAGERS dam. Mddctorn Mar.
has already prod iced The luy mare Nariina, no"
owned ia Massachusetts,. where 81" Won Noes
seem, 70 have "a much greater Night Of spool. rs
His mile IN 21j las Tuesday showed George
star VII, has a stable made up II stock owned al
along the Pacific Cast. had lot Of Trouble gchnS
this member Of i at all trIS worthy. but he could
have driven him second or more faster In the
third heat at Detroit when he s't ont 10 get an
extra 500 for IL mile below 2:15. II l. new
thing for a driver 10 carry watch. hut lew Of them
can drive accurately and attend to the well.
starr thought lbs bditiag 10 by at least half
a second, and his tmer oppcd at Eli - bit the
officials had 1t Just = 10, and u4at undoubtedly
correct.
Beside. Mascot the speedy lay ccldlng from Buffalo.
winner Of the frccfor all On Wednesday, and Grants
Abdallah the stallion that paced the best heat Of
the wear IN 2:I2I2 there are several other cracks
that VIII make this Op.n class interesting n
when the big four down The line In the
scvcntce or when Hal Pointer YJlo Maid, Johnston
and Dallas were the STAR OF last season. Hal
Pointers mile In :Oo IL at Detroit last Wednesday
morning proves that bee has all his wonderful speed,
and Direct IL as0 getting rapidly Into form. The
two giants resume the rivalry begun at Tcrrc IIantr
In, October I'm the Grand Circuit week at Buffalo.
and thon 20 To Grand Rapids 10 opcGi the hg pro
giamme at the amb Michigan city. From there
th,N are under similar engagement at Chicago, ana
following the visit 10 the Illinois metropolis VIII
ot,,nby be- In ohio. at ChillicOthe and Columbus
durur The latter part Of August. II nothing larIcns
IA either OF thc-,. whrlwinds the race record 81
;Os Will not sand long, and The higIwotcr marx
Of . :oG Is Likely to be changed At least second
The word Nightingale seems good one 10 conlurc
with for large rOng stakes, rs the last flOOVo con
to.t nf I-0 and the first Of this year have gone TO
mares I..oriug that name. There "A marked dlf-
,c,nnrc however between the one sided contest Tor
fine Merchants and Mannlaclurers at Detroit and tc
stubborn Dght at liarti0id last August, over tn,
1hartcr OaA stake. The nightingale tJiaL cOnqnecd
bir field after eight hard heats. aid came out the neat
dny fresh Tor the deciding mile, made lasting rcpua-
ion py her gamencss ana emphasized the success
which G. j. llamun has met III his Efforts 10 breed
race-horscs ~, $500, ,., Ia,
llcr namcsake Is a year older. and through her
sire Osgoods Patchen. las plenty Of stout blood com.
mo from Enfield, his g1andsirc and his dam Maggie
law sinmbrno iatchcn. out OF the Morgan Moty.
In the maternal line Nightingale traces to Mamblln9
rLicf and AlmOnt. her dam Mabel being still owned
ot Toledo where she was bred by James DOnty Mcr
- I-.Ih Lnname tho nrnnerLN II u. E.