New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-05-29
WORK OF THE TROTIERS.
SENSATIONAL PERFORMANCES ALREADY
BEGINNING THE sEAsoN WITH REMARKA BLE
WORK.

WORK
This * an unusually early time for sensational per
Torrance, In harnc-s % thai tie mile 10 3 II made
bv Belle Iiamln and Globe 1T hiad'ph last W"inc'-
day ranks among the most remarkable feat ever
accomplished on the trottns turf The mn month 81
the year has seldom furnished ANYTHING Tn the way ~
record breaking and the statistic, Of champion mile,
contain only three such instance 10 MAY. Ethan
Allen the most famous Of - Norgans. turned the old
Union Course Long leland In : 30 on Way TO-
.,3 when lie iour years Oh. considered wonder
full thing in tho,c day ard year. later George VI
Pathen came ont early in Tie spdne and over the
same track reduced the stallion record which he made
the season before twice Ia ohe afternoon, his fastest
milo being -.
For the lat two sea ons The Almont rotcrs. bred
and owned by &. j. llamln. have ou,,Iippd all other,
In double harness. and their debut for lo"2 Indicates
that they viii be faster than ever this year. The
veteran turfnan brought Belle Ilamlin and Ju,tmI
ONT first. and during 1850 drove them number of
rapid miles through the aud fan circuit. end
Ing up at Independence with one In LIB Ia Hci'rr
they left the ktctiack the prairie they made THIS
an even ~. but with professional in the seat Of the
skeleton wagon W. j. Andrews, who Had been the
trainer Of the Village Farm Flyers. was about 10 sever
hi. connection there. and in fact acting under
a special arrangement after the disagreement between
Mr. Uamln aud himself over the way he handled the
PAGER Wardwell during the Grand Circuit meeting at
Buffalo. 1t young Andrewa's last opportunity
and though Nr. iIamn says lie acted without orders
In driving the mares. his Instructions being TO hitch
Globe with Belle lamln, the record made by the
amateurs thus beaten against his wishes. When
Ed" Gcers became the pilot VI tho lIamin stable
last season he set out 10 place the team record stll
lower but an injury sustained by Belle lamlin In the
spring prevented him from carrying out his ambition.
The triple-hitc this speedy trio novelty. and
on IFS first public appearance at Cleveland produced
a mile In IA
With such . man as Gccr' than whom there is no
bett ,r conditioner or rcnsman Mr.. Iamln did not
despair and already he has shown that two Of the
triple team In good form this >ca-on Ey
sending them 10 Baltimore in April their preparation
was advanced quickly than practicable In the
chilly .priug air of the lake region and the start at
Plmlco was a brilliant one Here Belle liamn and
Globe trotted in I'D, though the merit of this was
somewhat lcs-cnci by the break made BY the mare
about "a hundred yard, from the wire that she fin
ished at gallop Then after a weeks vacation. for
they had no engagement at the Philadelphia Driving
Park came the splendid effort at Belmont Park where.
in spite OF the grades, the mare aud geding tIotcd
without mistake in = 10 Ia. Mr. Hamn has long
been OF the opinion that two horses faster than
one because the weight is better distributed and be
neves that when pair possessing extreme speed and
suited 10 each other are put together they will lover
oil records. For the reason he thinks that the
tIipletch NAV bring about even greater things when
a tho bs got under the control
pair. Certainly II his double team thu. has already
done much in two weeks meet setback It sh ,uld
90 In . 10 better within the next four months.
Nobody can estimate Just what advantage the kite
track pos, but It Is certainly faster than the
regulation ellpcal course. that the mile at Bel
mont Park must take rank above the one at Inde-
pendence. though the latter represents quarter Of
second more speed II Is probable that the triple.
hitch will be reserved for midsummer
1t H. encouraging to the patrons Of haTncssracng
this side OF the continent TO know THAT the
associations which compose and control the Grand
Circuit are not entirely given over TO the
conservative policy which they have maintained
in former years. Instead Of being leaders
in the changes demanded by the growth OF the sport.
they cling tenaclousy " the old methods that once