The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-09-16

Roy Wilkes paced mile in 2:0734
at Independence last Saturday, which
is the fastest of the year for a pacing
stallion.
There is only one trOtter in the
world in the 2:06 list-Nancy Hanks,
and only two PAGERS in that list
| Pointer and Direct.
The naked truth is a great thing,
but often 1t would appear much bet
| ter il clothed in sufficient garments
to allow its entrance into polite
society.
The Spirit of The Times writes Mr.
| w. &. Jones, that they will send a
special correspondent TO the great
meeting at the kite track October 81,
to November 5.
| Marvin is to have complete control
over AriOn 2:1024 the rest " the sea-
son, and when the colt is in condi-
ton he will be sent against his
record, probably at Nashville.
Mai Wonder has now 2:l0 record
y
quite certain thHt no PAGER need
leave Gil Currey's stable to get his
mark in the lowest notch.-Ex.
A letter from full bloOded Michi-
ran, hustler says that there will be
ten car loads of excursiOnists from
! the Badger Etate coming to the great
Kite track races next month.
Here Is the difference: Nancy
Hanks sulky, with which she made
a record Of 2:05l4, weighed siXty-twO
and half pounds. The sulky Maud
| S. drew when she trotted in 2:0SA,
weighed forty-twO pouuds.-Ex.
1t was the Maury County Farmers
and Breeders Association that had q
serious los of fire recently. II you
are Maury Couutsin you should
help out of the trouble by attending
the Fair,
Yesterday at Bowling Green, KY,
the Tennessee pacing mare Addie
Bell, won the free-for-all pacing race
in 2:1S11, 2:I74, 2:l712, breaking the
record for three straight heats on a
half mile track.
For the first time In the history OF
the turf the records at both ways oil
going-2:0514-are together. IL they
get much faster they will FOOD catch
up with the runners and then all will
be together.
Ponce De Leon, who now holds the
three year-Old race record for the
world, 2:l3, has added new ulster to
Tennessee horse achievements. Ten
nessee has two other recOrds-the
best gelding pacing TecOrd-2;O 90 q,
and the best gelding trOtting record
2:1O14, held by Lord Clinton.
Every pr. u ration Is being made
for the great fall meeting at Cumber'
land Park. There is n movement on
foot to have the three g eatest Pacers
i'm the world come together at Cum
berland Park during the fail meet
ing. A good sum will be put up for 8
thTee-coIned race for Hal Pointer
posi-, Flying Jib, 2:O7, anC
Mascot, 2:O712.
The Florida orange season IL at al
end, and the crop statistics show
large gain over previous years. TherI
we've marketed this year 3.5OO,OO'
boxes, against 9, 900, 900 boxes in 1890
81, 2, 80, 600 in. lSS9-90, aud only L.
SOD, 0GO boxes in ISS4-S5. The averag'
price for the season just closed il
estimated at $1.75 per box the lowest
on record.
Mr.. Henry c. Jewett, the million
aire New York hOrseman, has writ
ten Mr.. w. g. Jones, engaging quar-
tiers for himself and wife during the
races 1t Columbia Driving Park IL
October. Mr.. Jewett is Que OF TIE
best known and most progresslV'
hOrseman in the United States. %
his magnificent farm at JewettvIlle
n. Y, lie has a mile covered lTacE
built especially to develop his owl
horses.
The Tennessee stallion Ponce d.
Leon. bv Pancoast, covered himself
all over with glory in his rare q
Cambridge City, Ind, Tuesday whei
. ne defeated the California horse Lit
tie Albert and the great st. Nincen
and other cracks. Ponce won TIT
, first Ia, at in 2:13, and the next two IL
2:I4 and 2:l511. The race was woI
with the greatest ease, and it lead
, horsemen to believe that three heats
below 2:12 is not beyond his limit.
, There is no use trying TO disguis'
r the fact that trotting meetings ar
: gaining in popularity Throughout
the country. Horses are going mucl
faster than ever before and have at
tracted the attention and Increased
r the general interest in thIs sport
! Most running races have becOm
2 nothing but gambling hells-Gar
! field Park, Chicago, being . fair ex
r ample.-Western Sportsman.
I How long, pray, will it take tn
/. rnffinn Tnaaiinpa to get In the sam