The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1892-08-16

A covered track is being built at
Cumberland Park, Nashville, Tenn.
There will be no more thorough
bred mares bred at Prospect Hill
Farm to trotting stations.
Il. ID. Wiggin, the owner of Martha
Wilkes, 2:15, refuses to pnt price on
that mare.
! Flying Jib, which had no record a
month ago, now has on his main sail
:l04, but he has fly name.
The famous old mare Lucille Gold
dust, 2:161, has produced at least
four foals that can beat 2:20.
The trotter says Allerton will like
ly be all right by September LIST, for
his race with Nancy Hanks.
Up to date there are considerable
over two score of the Easiest tracks
in the world.
Nancy Hanks wears nine and one
half ounce shoes in front and four
ouce shoes behind, with no weight.
If anything's in name. Nightin-
gale must be fortunate one, for two
by that name have each won a $10,-
900 stake.
Nancy Hanks started at Grand Rap
ids to beat 2 :O9. The time was 2 :O9.
She is good for 2 :0S when she gets to
Independence. 83
Harry Noble, 2 :17, died at Grand
Rapids last week of collie. He was
entered in the stallion stake, and was
valued at $4,000.
Hal Pointer beat Direct again at
Grand Rapids. Best time 2:00. The
gelding seems to be the speediest this
!, season. Direct will improve as he is
short of work.
Ed Geers and John Dickerson both
belive that the rubber tired sulkies
will be the only kind used, as soon as
enough can be manufactured to go
around.
Monroe Salisbury under no circum-
stances permits Direct, the pacing
wonder, to enter stall while cam
paigning, without the same fist be-
ing thoroughly disinfected.
'The rubber track is the next big
improvement" says c. w. Williams,
the owner of Allerton, "rain would
not affect it; but it would be pretty
costly, probably 100000. Pm think
ing about it some, though"
! Alvin won the $4,000 stallion
stake at Grand Rapids in straight
heats. Bonnie Wilmore I'd, time
2:l54, 2:l44, 2:l44. Flying Jib won
the 2 80 pace, best time, :0Sl. This
fellow can go with any PAGER in the
land, and it is more than likely that
he can beat the great Hal Pointer.
Nancy Lee, the dam of Nancy
Hanks, 2 :09, has produced eight foals.
One by Red Wilkes, one by Hamble-
tonian Mambrino 2:214, one by Hap
ply Medium, one by Robert McGregor,
2:l7, and two each by Onward, 2 :254,
and STEAMBOAT, 2:l1; two have been
colts and the res: fillies. She is now
fourteen years old.
Montgomery did well at Sharps-
burg races. Fesler & Greene had a
walk over in two-year-old stake, j.
III. Wood won yearling stake with
Lodema, Peters & Scobee the pac-
ing race with Dandy, j. w. White
got I'd money in 2:40 class with
Annette, Bean Bros. won LIST money
in 3 90 min. class and 81 money in
green race with Dina.
There has been any number. of lee
lures delivered on the bad results
arising from teamsters wanting to
drive the other mans horse, or in
other words anxious to see how the
other parties in the race are getting
along. Still the best of them are
guilty of it. Last week those who
watched the drivers and not the hor-
SEES when it came to scrap near the
wire saw Geers, Splan and Doble
take a peep over their shoulders,
while many another followed suit.
A week ago yesterday Orrin lick
ok offered Mr.. Anderson, the owner
of Nightingale, $4,000 for the mare.
Mr.. Anderson refused to name price