New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-28
WORK OF THE TROTIERS.
THE RECENT RECORD BREAKING.
x.xcy uAyKs,s SECOND RECOVERY FROM SICK
NESS - x1GHT1NGALE's SPLENDID

NESS - NIG HT1NGALE's SPLtNbp
VICTORY At HARTFORD.
Two cbamp,on records smashed In one week over
q continuous cmrse has created no h''de ~. :" =.
world OF light harness sport, and sunhAa'eu '"'
eral interest Al the zane time. Inc "''''
confined 10 this continent. for the Europeans ioh'"
~. so,nr. O., tho American tVtter more Glossy no"
- , hov. Nom investing In the developed
anrr,l and young stock, while even faroH A"''
,,.ra ,akcs careful note OF what the suiKles arr
dining with possible view 10 Their ihHOd"cu"i -
diversion from the sadde. now 50 p0pui"' wiz, co
Australians. So. then the news that NA'.' - 80
had ,rott~d In , :O7 IA and that liai f"'"''' ~
followed the splendid feat BY pacing Two "''
stcr flashed about the globe the most wondcriu'
.h,, r,o hove vt heen able 10 accomplish at these
oduca.nd caits For all that the earlier rcc"n-
h,cakng efforts made a deeper impression IN thN
country from the day Flora Temple uVUed VI
2:I9 "a ut Kalamazoo down TO the cTo"n"'1 triumph
m Maud = at Cleveland, where she went cic'o'
sc,,nds faster than the little bay marc nan e'c
twenty ok years before. These two qnconS vi "o
,uf along with Dexter. Goldsmith Maid Rar'is ana
6. ,r,,.n x.rs an snpcror 10 any N their kind In
tbe,r day Of activity that they wire considered a.
ro.,e,tng powers Of locomotton little shot OF mar
vcl,ous II Is different IN the last decade OF inc
century however, when horses that are o'u" "
miles below 2:I2 are by m means eraTce' ana
dozen now stand ready 10 contest tiH sup t'"N
where formerly there was not one. "auu = INV"
great rival I'm Jev -EyeSce. but was able 70 oh'o"
.,rtb,n, accommodated by the black grlding. and
even after her virtual retirement STU d'n'n ef
ot,achs fo- Ax yca-. Last season opened hood-
gate OF speed that was ONLY the natmral result VI
the extensive breeding which has bfn g"hg OH i''
the last score Of years. ard the forces OF ""u' oo
champions wcre strongly r~rr1u'cn th''i III ally
fine In the history OF trotting. Among an t'"'c
Nancy Hanks sh1ne as the brightest star Of the new
AZ AStrO eH1
the mile below 2:1o gave promise OF suri@SS'ns ,"'
,,r,o ,h,, had stood since 1885. At Cambridge 'lts'
Ind last September. she was hnlshh. al wy
that would Have beaten = :o- a. when VI" r"'"''
mood o., f,rcc thc pace stumbled and fell through the
fence leaving the without thf Stimulus 10 "m'i
sbe had hccn accustomed in her public tralS p"pe
eavs that Nancy Hanks slowed Immediately when IN"
,,a ~ the gallo-r's feet ceased AMI yet She uoted
in :09 II.
If is Of course impossible 10 estimate just now
much wa, lost ny the mishnp. but more than one
competcnt Judge considered that the mare would nave
gone second faster had there been anything 10 carry
her along When the next effort was maze W iioI'
mond another Ioosier town with lightning 'r''A'
the conditions were favorable but not 50 mnch So rs
they were at Cambridge city. The result was an
o,Ier supht dr,p TO = 90 enough Ia the rrc""
N warrant the prediction that Dobc wond 10 Inc
trick At Tcrre Hau'c where the Western Sn'hcrn
circuit continued the first week 81 october Inc
strain Of the previous performances over th"s" haru
tracks on tho prairie rad begun IN tell. AMI the Snn
den fall In the temperature combined tn postpone IN"
success Of the gallant young for nearly twelve
month thongh she Nrd the engagement ~ lerTo
Frante whom much ont Of form. making two miles IN
o II "a and 2I33-4 II fading great chances
with so valuable an animal n drive the mar" at ms
rate whom she was aillns. and aS IN immeda" rsn'
the match with Allerton n Lexington had I" ~ 'Ah
ceed Probably no one but Dohle and the veterinary
surgeon who came from Chicago knows h"" hhly
Of Nancy Hanks was. and Wlcn the news oi h"r
nurchase by = Malcolm Forbes announced from
IN. indigo. stand Lexington. II se~med doubtful W
Oh. pos,op millionaire had secured much ~ p1ye.
The amount paid has never brcn mad" public" but
WINS considerably less than reported. certainly b"''"
tho ssI 900 which Robert Bonner gave for s"n"'
whom she three wears old.
That Nancy Hanks came safely ont ~ her troubles
last fall and with the resi- ihron'h the winter gave
rotsc NJ belna better than over this ycnr. speak
wcll for her trainer and WIS certainly hit ~ good
fortune for her new owner. The season DID moi begin
alsplcIollely for the Kentucky queen, however. ~
the frequent rains al Terre iinu" prevented III" SORT
of training necessary ~ put hors" in c"ndiu"h '"
carry speed and n there had moi been financial IN
duceneni OF 5000 The contract 10 drive Nancy hhhM
against her mark AT Philadelphia would not have been
carried out II was great risk 70 run With worlds
record In prospect hut Dobe took N" chanc" and had
another close call as the felt the effects Of the
stiff mile she went at Belmont Park for some tm".
II tho associations al Grand Rapids and chicago were
as liberal as those at Philadelphia Detroit and '"ve
land tho marc has earned over $1,000 already this
season nv her exhibitions. and now that she holds
the record her value drawing card Is proportion
ately greater. II matter Of general surprise
TO Eastern horssmen that Dohe was not content with
tho one superb feat AT Chicago instead Of making a
second attempt that could scarcely be expected to
eclipse the mile Of three days before. That the trial
OF saturday was considerably below that Of wednesday
goes to remind the modern trainer and breeder That
the pace kills much as II ever did. ana should
Nancy Hanks fulfil the sapgunc prediction that she
will trot In EOS at Independence next Thursday, she
must be acknowledged the most consistent per
former against time that has yet appeared.
In the universal homage paid 70 the sovereign
OF troters and the salwart Tennessee PAGER that now
holds the harness record. the part played by the
bicycle wheel recently applied to the snlky has been
largely overlooked. From the first appearance OF the
low wheel with the pneumatic tire and ball
bearing axle at Detroit the speed average has been
affected in no small degree, until It Is safe to say
that the rate has been reduced two seconds by IT.
aid. The fairest way TO start comparison Is TO
take a we'll seasoned campaigner and contrast what
such a horse could do with the old style Of wheel
and the latest device that has SWEPT everything be
fore II. Walter f. maured trotter. eight years old
has been prominently the turf for three seasons.
Up 10 this his best mile In race was :l6 4 al
Pttsburg last September. lie competed In his
class ut Detroit. and with the ordinary pair OF wheel
was close up to Honest George and Hazel Wilkes In
2:I6 L. At Cleveland, where Honest George
again won. miles below :16 too fast for Walter
f. but when htched TO the easy running vehicle at
Buffalo he scored 2.15 IA. and forced Honest Georg
10 20 fourth heat In . 10 AT Rochester the next
week the Missouri crack" was able to do greater
things when he defeated Sprage Golddust and trottcd
one heat In = 10 "a. Following this was second
victory at Springfield. where. on a course at least
second slower than the Others he had been going
earlier IN the circuit Walter T.. reduced the
record for Iiampden Park to = - IL.
II is therefore only Just TO credit the Of the
safety wheel with large share Of the improvement
that has recently been made by both trOtters and