Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-07-31

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Ins "aasen's TASTE" ami ofrin Hicxox
Of 81 JusisH All STEAMBOAT tas.e wi
De there. c. W. WlsIlAms. the nost
pfoalasnt nxure IN the horse business,
all bring Ailestea. the xrAadesl race
horse of the time. Starr, ~ ID Direct.
VIC ii ADD Flying JIn--they'll ali be
there.
TIE Assoetsstsss. Lth~saiisy.
The uBsxanpled b. faisty OF the a.
soclanon ~ tonstoek PARK, IN hanging
ilp slo. Uuo purse without an entrance
lee for stallion race, has called oai q
last Of entrl~s conta ming the names OF
slxts~n OF the very best aged stations
an training.
the fsvorlts, but there are plenty of
hors~men that doubt ais ability 10
beat the gang, though Ali coacesie That
he eould easily defeat any one OF them
single handed. No such held of horses
ever came together n . race before. III
fact the held could be divided ana yet
either divislon De greater than any
starter has yet called up for the word.
Every one knows Of ,llerton. aud the
mention OF nm need not De accom-
panied with any lecture. IL u sutfi-
cent to say that he never Was so fine
before In his life nor so full OF trot.
Judging from public opinion ME prin-
opal Antagonist will be the big Cana
dad stallion, ALVIN, 2:l4t. Alvin 10
every inch . race horse and Is always a
hard horse to beat. He can trot IN the
mud or on . good track and he makes
no mistakes. He 10 ss big as q cart
norss and can 60 any numbtr Of hests.
Never Left HE Feet.
One day two years ago No Was finish
ing q heat in = grand circuit race, = big
Newfoundland dog ran across the track
~ front Of him, and every one held
their breath, expecting q terrible acel-
dent, but he sent the dog rolling yards
away and never left his feet or changed
MS stride. winning the heat asif nothing
had been in the way. Another horse
that is always q hard one 70 beat 10 the
blind grandson of Nutwooj, Cheyenne,
2:lot. Then Delmarch. 2:il2, has
trotIed the third heat of = winning
race In 2:l2. He 10 10 in McHenry's
stable and driven by that master me-
chanic 10 dangerous IN any company.
Blsmont must not he overlooked. He
is IA Doble's string and looks fine AS
silk. and II the race should be split up
he will be worth something along to-
wards the last end Of il. Mckinney,
2:l2i. the best son Of Alcryon. was
coming from California, but they
say he has received an injury
by kick from another horse
that has knocked him on. for time at
least. Many do not think that Qucas,
2:l4t, can win piece Of money but his
driver. Mr.. Mercer, who used to be Q
schoolmaster IN Salt Lake City, trains
MIN according to what 10 termed the
Sunday school method" that Is, no
whisky, no tobacco ana no profanity,
and ne Was successful last year in put
ting q mark on the green horse that has
been beaten by only fifteen stations 10
all the thousands that have been sent
for fast records. These are only q few
of the more prominent starters in the
great stallion stake, and the winner
may not have been thought of. The
exhiblticn of the Hsmlin two.horse
team 10 one Of the grAndest sights ever
seen on any track. The expressions
of admiration which were given them
when they made their record of 2:l4
81 Cleveland last year, and will never
forget how they step like soldiers. Mr..
Hamlin says they can trot together in
2:I0 and Grand Rapids will be as
likely To be the place whore they will
do il as any.