Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-10-10
FAST TINE A RULE
The Phenomenal Records of
the Year no Surprise.
MONBARS' REC0RDAGREAT ONE
But Ii Excited No Great Wonder-The
Tsne Hause Square TTaek-AlisT-
ton and 2,o4 Next Year.

There never was q season on the
turf when there has been snen . strife
between The troIisTs and pacers tor the
lowest record. Nancy Hanks. 2:o4--
how odd II looks-hss had TO carry the
burden of the battle for the uoIters.
out no sooner has she cut = slice from
the mark for The diagonal gait than
some Of the half dozen candidates Tor
the pacing or own jump out and cut
the pacing record. For 3 week or tmo
Naney's 2:05t and Hal Pointers 2:0as
looked good enough 10 last the winter
through, but the old homely Tennessee
gelding cut on the fraction aud ali
harness racers seemed out OF the hunt.
1t seemed that Geers could have little
10 fear from Direct, or Jay-Eye-See,
and most horsemen agreed that Nancy
Hanks could hardly develop enough
additional speed to overbGiance The
advantage gwen her by the Independ-
ence track 10 enable her to cut her
mark on u regulation track. The un-
expected does not always happen, but
IN both these instances II did. Every
body krows how the little daughter of
Happy Medium, the greatest race mare
as well as the fastest trotter yet pro-
duced. trotted the Terre Haute track
in 2:0i. Without waiting for Hal
Pointer to hear of this and make q
fresh attempt, Mascot, the speedy but
faint-heartcd gelded grandson OF
Hysdyk's Hambletonian. did three
things at one time over the same
course that his cousin Nancy had per
formed her great act on. He lowered
the pacing rec..rd OF Hal Pointer TO 2:05
not IN Al exhibition mile, but Ia actual
contest. He lowered the race record
of 2:07 held by Flying Jib to 2:04, and
he won heat from Flying Jlb him.
self. The Jlb won the sec nd because
of the superior reinsmanship of George
Starr over the driver Of the Buffalo
gelding in 2:G5l. These gruellIng heats
ruined the chances of both the bay
descendants of the old "Hero of Ches.
ter" aud they fell easy prey in the
next three heats to the rollIng-gaited
grey Mississippi stallion Guy, whose
driver, McHenry, had pursued the
cowardly. but often successful tactic.
of laying up the first two heats while
the two best horses went out and killed
each other of.
The Peculiar Track.
So theStrotting and pacing records
hang in the same notch, and both
hang over the Terre Haute track. The
track at the obscure Indiana town j.
peculiar IN its shape, being constructed
| IN q field, the limits Of which do moi
admit of the usual long stretches OF
the oval track, but instead there are
four stretches of equal length making
| a track nearly square with abrupt
| turns. There were other great recordl
made at the Hoosier track which viii
interest Michigan people particularly
The 3-year- old stallion Monbars
owned by the popular presl
dent of the Grand Rapids Horsemer
association, driven by Gentleman
George Starr lowered the record fol
colts Of his age. held for three years by
Axtell, 2:l2. When in 'S9 c. w. Will
Jams drove the brown son of William
| l.. TO his record, the wires from Teri,
| Hauts were hot with specials to every
daily IN the land, and at banquet il
the evening, after the wine was passed
it was announced that the king of stal
lions had been sold for Sl05, 900. s.
callOused have race-goers become b,
the fast age IN which we live that tn,
account Of Monbar's wonderful mil
| occupies only couple o
inches of column space, Though tn,
black son of Eagle Bird 10 far an,
away q greater colt than the Iowa stall
lion ever was or ever will be. Amo
Rsthbun did great work with Cleve
land s., horse that had q reputation
of being q tritie soft when he used I,
carry toe weights to make hun troi
After George Starr had won the frs
heat with the Ethan Wilkes mare Vim
nette in 2:09i, Amos drove the yelloy
bay stallion three well-sustained win
ming miles, pacing the second heat il
2:124. Frank Starr won the heat o
the 2:l4 race with the Kalamazoo Farr
mare Belle Vara, and earned for III
tough bItted daughter of Vatican tn
race record of the world, 2;0ss, equal
ing Maud SIS exhibition mile, wnic
stood for the trotung record for seve
wears. Tbs second greatest racing two
| year-old in 1891 was the big chestnu
stallion Ralph Wilkes. At the close c
the racing season he wac sent TO c. "
Williams and he gave him record c
2:ls, thus equaling Sunol's work at tbs
age. He is out this year and won
mark over at Boston this week of 2;l3t
The stallion record is IN danger an
there are at least SIX stations IN sigt
any one of which may be the chan
plon when the last quarter boot ls take
off for the winter. What pity it
that Allerton cannot take a shy at tn
watch with pneumatic. If he reco,
ers completely befure next year loo
out for him. 1t vii, be Allerton 81
or better. A. T. ).