New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-04
WORK OF THE TROTTERS.
NANCY HANKS'S NEW RECORD.
HER MARVELLOUS NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
TROTTING WONDER.


this fashion:
Some invest their money,
Some store it in the banks,
But / have found q saer place.
] bet on Nancy Hanks
When this was written the wonderful mar a"-
secured the trotting championship by tie "'o
foat ~ q mile in O7 Ia over the ellpucai course
y. w,,no,on por,. Chicago Now that she has FOL
ioved This I'D by reducing her own recoru TWO iu
seconds at independence last Thursday, IL must "
admitted that she comes nearer to what ",i"'"
call "a sure thing" than any nght HARNESS. POI 49,,
OF the present time. Against other norses 'ne nos
oever been defeated and out OF fifteen contes" IN.
only lost one heat This was In her three va" n
form nj UarrOdsburg, Kentucky, on July o. io
where she started in n stake Tor her ase' anu ~, .
ponnIe Wilmore got the first heat In LIB 81 ."o
49,, n,,. landed tho race I'm faster time, the third
hoot benr In o:o51-4 Abbie ". now one oi inc
host known campagners In the country, TOOK par. III
tho same contest getting third money, ana sue aioe
with Bonnie Wlmore made secohd "i''u'
omnt n stop the aconquering career OF the future
mistress Of the turf at Danville Few dnys ia''i.
Here Nancy Hanks made me 9eoonu
in o:oi1o, the best ume 'n"' " III.
been scored by a three-year0iu VI" "" ao.
track This was the best performance that season
,ho,,ch ehe won four other races and besides WIKI
avon ot Sbebyvie I'm a small stake. Two oi her
were at Lexington, but as the hie'
wore not sensational the mare a'tr'c'eu i'''
tcntion that year. In 1871 she "o" -
races in straight heats, and her hrSt -Na'iol'' "
may be said to date from August 20, "hei Oh.
scored another victory over bonnie "nh,o,
oY,nc,on trottinc the third heat in IA H. Soon
after this Nancy Hanks was sent 10 buuu DoD,'
ro,,o,s education having been intrsted to Ben hen
n no,ular voung Kentucky trainer who has ceHaihly
,on worry creditable work with his great pupil
r,a, posreII who bred the mare and owned her
a, that time. had implicit faith IN her ao'h's :,
on TO champion honorS, ana ooup"''' -. ..
,hot a. n fine instrument requires mas'er manu- ~
hiring out It's best tones 30 an c&p'nen.'u -.
mn, Hike Doble was more likely 10 get l"c "'
=" 80. limit ~ specd The change was by no means
- ~. - ,o tho numerous friends OF Kenney, ana
Union Doble went 10 the breeders meeting Ut ieA,s
~. .ha, ,ou ,bere was n feeling visible regarding
,,o, Tho impulsive blue grass horsemen cohauereu
~, ,n,ustIce 10 their own trainer Inc o"e
,,,o- had only been seen once IN puphc WIZ"
xarcv Hanks up TO that time (whon sne ue
f,atcd Alabaster In match for T'ooo at ',' ma
,,. tho gray stallion so much out Oh iorin '
ho foil an cnsy victim) and there was no oppor 'u's
" ,,,ra ,,ho.hor the new trainer was better than 'he
o,d ono The Lexington engagement was ai>' o.
20 tho mare. as her frequent compehtor' boiine
v,,uoro was the only at all near her qiai.s'
~ o, q, the field Matte IL. ana "liihore po'''
,,, ,,ob,o 70 save their distance. AFTER TWO So"
heats Dohc decided send Nancy along ana pIoDh',
Intended TO improve on the = IA IL "hich he'
had made with her nearly Two months o'io
fcu short Of this just one second, however, AZ"
IN. Kcntnckians still held the mare IN hsn i''".'
- ,,s little effort TO conceal the sahsiac.io"
they felt at Dobl"s lhao''s !"
the dcposod tutor 1884, uo,,s
a., ,ho ,veve races won by Nancy HANKS
- ,,.o. and four yedfS she added three more 10 her
IL, q, victories last season. the most ho'ao'e p'"s
tho ono mt Independence, in August where one nv
,u,o, and Margaret :. in stake OF So'ooo' anu
r.c.d or three heats In 21:' 2:l- % anu
oil ., them below what any other tro'er hiu uo"' :.
actual contest. II Is doubtful whether h''
.,oe against lime raised the peerless young niare
f., rho esteem OF urfmen, especially the oree'o.' O"
much as these three In n race, as IL r'"o' '
,,, ,,, may have existed regarding her gamehess'
,,r,v Medium the sire Of Nancy HANKS hSu az
., ,r,,v.p himself "A bcgctter OF extreme Sp'eu Ny
,h donys Of Nancy cobb. the Champion S'alio" ~
1884 I'll Axtell appeared, but IN" r'p"'""0'
strain for ability 10 carry speed III i"'' ~
mems high Even now much oil 'h' orou'0 i0
endurance shown by the greatest OF MS p''son,
,',r,od ,o the stout blood she gets from her u""i'
rhos. sire Dictator. united the best
,, ,b. North with that of Edwin FORREST
',., hred In running lines that have nicRed wen
with the troters. o,r seven
rbourh Nancy Hanks has gone he'rH a
seconds nrter against time tnah u" '.' n,or
damn, she could change the figures maoe i"'' ~
g., IN. contest before mentioned but I"N' NV
~ - o., all near her quality is also In Dople
stable and thcref0N not likely 10 u -,
.,,, oro.n This IS Martha Wilkes. another pr"'"'.
Wv ,,",,v uhose turf life Is shorter than mar III
80, uonnv Medium marc though she Is 'h'ec S"
,,r Her breeding I'm the paternsl line Is 'onsu''''
,o,,er a. her sire Alcyone, during MIS- o'i'i "
I'm the stud proved one oi 'p' '.o0' 49,, .,,,o,
,;.orr. wilkes. and his dam. Nina hs''r' "'9 P
NOR, fac, performers than Nancy Lee WouS" NV
,,, ,,as one. mated with George Wili.'s hlSeh'
,,,,o the dam Of Martha Wilkes. Is also IN Inc hnt
~ ,,,d u,,rcs A. she produced another = 80
sr,.r Prince Fgbert. and her lineage Is also hiSh
nr .re Clark Chief having "A history mueh si'n''"'
IN that OF Alcyonc. for lie, too' hVe'i OILY "" -
-, r his descendants have done something 10
s,oyr that he possessed the abihV 10 ''"S"" 'Po'"
, aa ounli,y Of the highest order. Martha
v,,les WINS bred at Pine Grove, h'h'uoh'' W
.anan Mrs Carrie VI. Mardcrs, who sold her rs a
~ " = n Wlggln a Boston detective. whose
my .,. more f. discover the fastest trO't'r
, =, ferret ont crimes and mysteries nv
,,a,, few more animals Of good pedigree ana
,oo,, them t. farm nj b"hihs"a"''
WV" ,n uoston Martha Wilkes raised several
,a, before her training began. but from the hr't les
ns .he showed Night Of Spe'd winch 'o"N'"'c"
~, ,y,sn that he had secured prize. lie WAS IN
m hurry however, and 1t wns not TIL she WAS seven
, oid that the mare had an opportunity 10 Try her
mcd, in public Even then her light was kept wen
hidden and of ten engagements during i7oo' fno'' Oh
,hen, were on halfmile tracks ano Secure" h'0c ~
educate her In company than to WIN meats
,a,. in fine season Martha Wilkes finally got in the
49,, H., with - record of 20 >. made at Broch'on,
III, 1, October As this was over haii-mlie 'tack
and I'm The fourth heat, 1t Is quite likely She 'oiu
have scored = 20 II her owner had 30 wiiied' Last
v.,r Martha wilkes made more extensive campaign
,,riiny eurv IN June ut Providence. but again KEPT
So we'll under cover that 1t was not ''n 'ne "r''i
cpcuIt meeting at springfield, In August, that she
- - ho,t hollow y. 20 This was in stake where
sh' stepped "A mile in > ~ -, ana then dropPu
hnrk while Happy BE. and Fanny wilcox iousnl IoI
H., money I'm all, Martha Wilkes took part III thirteen
contests during 1891, ana secured SiA victories VIII
nut any one suspcctng that she po'srssed pichoneai
o".ed MIR Wiegn knew This. rs she had shown MIN
FIR below "A two minute gait on the track AT ms irl'
I" hllneall he Ind her uIed Or