New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-18
WORK OF THE TROTTERS.
BREEDERS JUBILANT BECAUSE NANCY
HANKS TIED THE PACING RECORD.
COMPARISON OF EXTREME SPEED AT THE TWO
GNTS-DIRHCT'S COLLAPSE AND OTHER
ypo1-pIEs IN THE SALISBURY STABLE.

COMPARISON or EXTREME SPEED AT THE TWO
GArrs-DIRAcr's COLLAPSE AND OTHER
TROUBLES ~ THE SALISBURY STABLE
No class OF horsemen feel as much eiated over the
prescnt status Of the harness records as the oeee'
with the majority Of them the trottcr Is IN mucl
hlr,er favor tlan the PAGER and TIM diagonal gait
is for the first time In turf history on even terms
with he lateral one there is general rejoicing among
thos, who consider the PAGER 4 freak and nuisance
Tsung the decades $780, the irt horse To make
a nnc below = 80 was a side wheeler. the gnhlin5
Drovor whose record Of 2 ;2S was made over thc ola
R.aoon Cpurse In New-Jerscy October 4 lS|0 Be-
fora lady suffolk famed the hrst 30 trOtter dii
her mil. in e,ual time With Drovrrn october. lS44-
another pacer whose obscure origin caused him 10 be
named Unknown. had placed the champion marx at
:28. drawing wagon. Between looo ana l3oo'
wnen Flora Temple, the first 30 trter' appeared
the paceiS again anticipated the feat when Pet
roam goldng turned Union Coms. on long Island,
ln 2:l6 i-o, and wonderful old Pccahontas pulled
wagon In ear ~ over the track four years
heore tho nulb.e little mare with stibtail achieved
worldwide fame BY trOttng In 10 "a AT hahIInzoo'
50 u las been ever since except for the short time
when DexterB II a and the = ID d OF KAruS
stood AS the bes. record A: eJthcr gait. Ictw"n
1880 and 1890 the PAGERS continued 10 lead. the
. :Oj IA ,.ored by Johnston In l--t being unaP
preached by n trotter til Nancy Hanks finally broke
the sreu AT Independence. Even her marvellous 81
fort Of SDo "a preceded ~ An equally ht "h'
Oh part OF PAGER and that too. over rgulhu"h
cour and one tha The trainers declare was not par
ucularly srnooih elastic; for Washington Park NJ
Chicago had only hurried preparation FOR u'" "He's
strr the gnlloptN had been using II earlier In the
season.
Following UP the argument OF tho special pleahcrs
who would keep Maud ;. and Johnston M the head
Of the ug because I.e bicycle sulky and kiteshaped
track have helped the later champions. n" PAGERS
have sull he better OF H. for Hal Pointers mile
was made under greater dlniculh"s than tn" bay
mare encountered the lightning course ri lnde-
pendonce The figures are the same. however. ana
that counts In spite Of varying conditions, but Is to
be regretted that the swift footed g"ding from Ten
ncssee hos never had chance u sh"" What Il"
could Co over the ground where Nancy Hanks out
did herself and tied the pacing record. Al te
experts who saw the mare trOt at Williams Track
agree that Il Doble had not pulled her mp in the third
quarter she would have gore second ha''er, and
tho Chicago reInsman himself admitted that the queen
was equal to greater things than he fanc'd when he
started out improve on the record made AZ "anh-
ington Park some Of the sang1Iinc sIirits
among those who hold allegiance 20 the trotter de-
clare that :Oj Will stop Nancy Hanks 81 god
n fudge as Nike Bowermnn, Of Lexington, predicting
confidently that she will train on % a mark Of : oJ
he,orc her DAVIS OF active service have passed.
A Hal Pointer can carry his speed a. far rs any
horse that aver drew sulky, there h no DOUBT tina
the long stretches nj Independence would be well
shifted 10 him but his present engagements are out
side OF Iowa and Il Is not lMely he will be sent for
rreat., speed honors this year. He has more than
retrieved whatever Of prestige no lost by the two
defeats he sustained IN his native State last fall,
when Direct danced away from him for three heats at
Nashville and repeated It at Columbus the next week
but IL m,st be said 20 the credit OF the ltue bhck
stallion that be IS by no means the same Direct
that sweep all records before him In 1871. AFTER
making "A season IN the stud this year, the California
crack was put In training early In July and hurried
along in way that oven his own iron constitution
co,,Id not stand At Detroit and Cleveland IN the
aunmer meetings he asked 10 60 at a terrific
clip for a hall mile agalpst his old
com1estor whom Hal Pointer was In much
better shape or these brushes, having been hard al
# since Cscers took him 70 Baltimore In Mny. \ re
mort was circulated nj Cleveland luA as thc stables
were moving - Buffalo that Directs torolee had
flied after several hard miles over the Glenville
co,rsa and In Consequence he was virtually broken
down Monroe Salisbury I'D not deny u,I IN a.
tany worda, but IN reply to all qNerra aaid subStan
tally: "wen x The lttlc horse has gone wrong he
will 20 arninft Hal Pointer just the same The
engagement NJ buffalo carried out. hut The black
champion wa easy mark tor his rreat rival. and
thcr subsequent encounters ~ Grand Rapids and n
Columbus Ohio were bat rcpettons OF this. AZ COlui-
bus Directs temper was 50 much affected that he
resumed hb old trick Of baulklng A. he used 10 DO
would only score when his groons led him up the
stretch after he had past the wire and hnd been
recalled BESIDES this the little fellow made several
breaks, something he Ind never done before since
allowed 70 rcsume his NATURAL gait, 50 that altogether
the exhibition VIZ a sorry one. Hal Pointer also
developed q dlske FOR splan hat cstsod BIN 70 BE-
very unsteady ~ tho Wiley advertised match botween
the celebrated adc.wheaets was such nasco that tho
big crowd Al Columbus got n A rfotous mood and
threatened 10 las violent hands Oh those who were
deemed responsDle Span In particular coming In FOR
a lot Of abuse That more than three weeks $50.
and Drert has done littla since while Ill the tiners
~no have seen him shake their heads and say with
regret that thsy think hs turf career has snde1.
There ID a story chat after the at Grand
Rapids Monroe salisbury went 10 the stall and be-
lnb0red Direct with energy than the most rats
even II this IS not SO, the once peerless pacer has
certainly been taxed. his owner what horse.
men call "a good winner but poor losen and one VI
the Immediate results OF Directs inability TO fulfil the
predictions Salisbury msdo last winter when he named
04 THO stations limit is probable severance OF
George Starr connection, trainer for the gray
haired breeder nom the Pacific Slope. Some N the
best reinsmon In the country, notably John A. Gold.
smith, have handled the nyers owned controlled by
the keen old Californian but the connection never
tinusd for moro than year two When the Sails
bury string came Fast last season, with starr In
charge, most It's Tembers, including Little Albert,
N ssGSs, sss I S4 Sm o that ap m s
sum- which few breeders with lager stables could
show Besides. the money there were two worlds
late In October that the profits footed up handsome
sum, which few breeders with larger stables could
sSw bd H & ne1 su %e aSo %S OF
in a race, while We II. secured another trophy IN the
three fastest heats that had been trotted On circular