The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1892-10-25
HORSE AND TRACK.

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A splint is what has stopped Flying
Jib's victorious career.
There are nearly 5000 professional
trotting horse drivers in the United
States.
Now that Bow Bells has gone in
2:l94 Beautiful Bells has four with
records better than 20 to her credit.
Twenty sons of Electioneer have
put new 2:30 performers in the list
this season.
In these days when a trotter OF
PAGER wins heat at one of the first
class tracks he puts himself in the free
for-all class.
Directum, 2:114, Mombars, 2;l13 /;
Gar, 2 :12a, and Ralph Wilkes, 2 :l31,
are the fastest three-year-olds trotters
Of the year.
Allerton, 2:O94 is being logged
regularly and is expected to be sound
as ever next season. His leg received
bad wrench.
Nelson now holds the half-mile
track record with mile in 2:118 at
Trenton N. j. 1t is pity that so
great horse cannot perform on first
class tracks.
+ Few sires are string higher rate
of speed than Director. His list now
includes Direct, 2 :06, Directum, 2:114
Evangeline, 2 :l18, and Margaret S.,
2:12t.
Nellie A., bay filly (yearling) by
Wilkes Boy, dam Wilksie G.. 2 :22!,
by Robert McGregor, took race
record at Nashville last week of 2 :298
beating ten other good youngsters.
Silicon, the two-year-old filly by
Wilton, dam Silhouette by Hambrino,
took race record of 2:154 at Nash
vile last week beating thirteen other
two-year-olds, six of which she dis
tanced.
Directum won. the three-year-
stake at Nashville in wonderful fast
time, 2:15, PIP, 2:114. Kentucky
Union was the contending horse in
the second and third heats.
The Nutwood mare Vixen, that is
out of the dam of Albert W., 2:30, is
now a great producer, having to her
credit Sabledale, 2:lSt at two-years
Vida Wilkes, 2:1S4 at three years,
and Sheeny, 2 :29f, all by the devel-
oped stallion Guy Wilkes, :154.
Nancy Hanks, the holder of the
trotting record, 2 :04, and Mascot, who
is the pacing champion with the same
mark, are by sons of Hambletonian,
and the dam of Nancy Hanks is also
by son of Hambletonian. People
who are interested in learning how to
breed trotters and PAGERS should not
overlook this fact.
The pacing record for two-year-olds
is now 2 :13!, having been reduced to
that figure by Online at Wichita,
Kan, not long since, and the predic-
ton is made that he will go in 2:l2
before Jauary /, if taken to Califor-
MIA. Like most of the crack side
wheelers, Online is strictly trotting
bred. being by Shadeland Onward,
2:lSt, son of Onward, 2:254, he by
George Wilkes, 2:22. Online's dam
is by Chester Chief, son of Rysdyk's
Hambletonian.
The bay colt William Penn, 2:1S4,
a two-year-old that is winning some
good races in the West recently, has a
license to trot, as he is inbred to Ham
bletonian and also by a developed
sire, being son of Santa Claus, 2 :175
and out of mare by Dauntless. The
dam of this colt was bought for
small sum in Michigan by Philadel-
phia horse-breeder, and as he was
unable to sell her satisfactorily bred
her to Santa Clause, the result being
one of the best two-year-olds out this
season.
Kentucky bred trotters new hold
the following records:
Nancy Hanks, 2:04, the fastest in
the world, Moquette, 2:I0, 4-year-old
stallion record +; Silicon, 2 log, 2-year-
old race record; Nellie a., 1920,
second best yearling record; Martha
Wilkes, 2:0S4, best race record; Belle
Vara, 2:OS4, second best race record
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