New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-09
WORK OF THE TROTTERS.
A SEASON OF WONDERS on WONDERS.
HOW Durp popLE WEARS HIS NEW HoNoRs-

,r tho season The four weeks OF the WcsternSoutlcrn
circuit spent in that state make september the most
evcntfnI month which this any other year has
seen I'm the history OF the sport. Already the
Grand Circuit had been completely eclpsed by 1ts
vonror rival bnt seems rs If the dongs at Chicago
and Indopcndcncc would not soon be- approached
Within a few days in August the i9ctng record lad
been reduced three seconds and the mark for PAGERS
changed from :06 70 2:O5 II. As II took from
1-sj TO 1891 before the best mile Of Maud s. was
beaten half second. and that only by employing
the new kiteshape for n track. no system OF COM
mutation comparative reasoning account for the
sweeping strides taken within twelvem0nth, by
which Sunol's performance last November AT StOcH-
ton has been cut down four and quarter seconds
placing the present limit OF speed much nearer 10
the twO-mnutc goal than the most sansuinc breeder
deemed probable when the sulldcs began their march
OF triumph for 1892. Giving all due credit to the
pneumatic tire and bicyclc wheel, for which no one
la, claimed more than two seconds Of advantage Nancy
Hanks has still a margin Of two and three quarters sec
onds the other great Kentucky mare, upon whose
best form, a regulation course the new queen mas
improved materially. While Nancy lanHs hau
only done :O7 over the clrcurr track. and ;05 l.
on the track with one turn. the special pleaderS dd
not hesitate to discount these feats so that they
were to be considered as unequal in merit to :Oo ia
on IN oval speedway with the snlky that was In use
when Maud :. and Sunol won the championship
There is nothing left now after the mile NJ lcrre
IIautc but for every true turfman to acknowledge
that with Nancy Hanks have begun a new cpoch
In the breeding and development of tr0tters.
No matter how much mechanical appliances COZ
tribute 10 the sustained effort. vehicle, tracks and
trainers themselves lost sight Of for the time ana
The animal that has proved the best Of its kind be-
comes the sole consideration. J. Malcolm Forbes
Of Boston, IS only II many rich men VINO are
ready give fortune for the fastest horse IN the
world and Hart Boswell, tho lucky breeder WHO
selected Happy Medium mate with Nancy Lee,
stood no better chance Than any Of his nechtors
I'm the blue grass region OF owning what every Ken
uckan chiefly desires in horsehcsh, world bcatsr.'
10th Mr.. Forbes and Mr. Il swell cni0ycd a dcgrc"
NJ luck in their RESPECTIVE" ownership Of ia" now
fimou, mare, for the New ENGLAND Millionaire has
only within n few years turned his attention to
rotng ~ against hi, earlier iavOritc. yachting. AMI
the man FROM whom he purchased Nancy Hanks last
October scarcely known u, Il Drccic; Lcore his
lilly gave him hi, r,puta,ioi.
With Budd Dojlc howcver. il was no new honor
70 drive roticv ~ higher rae Of speed thln ahV
Other I:0o, sona r,nsman Tor II was his Skilled
hand ta, had placeI Dexter first. more than twenty
five years ago. and also lifted Goldsmith Maid past
the wire al Mystic Park, ro,ton more than three
seconds below what the white faced gclding had ac-
compi,h,d ut Buffalo. Reckoning the CHAMPION
miles since Flora Temple scored th" first one taste!
than 2:.O. Dohlc ha, handled three Of the nine
tro,tcrs that have held IA" record since l-Jo' the
other six have all lad different drivers. James Nc
Mann. who bad Flora Temple, did net
long ago. ~ an advanced a-'. ana
in comfortable circumstances on Lcng Island splan,
IcLok and Either. who plotted Earis, -. Jul en- ana
Jay Eyc>cc. respectively stIll in active service
while Eslr OF Cincinnati. soon dropped ou' Of SIGHT
when he lost hl, position rs trainer ~ Ma1d :. NJ
one " thcm has bad anything Ike the success of
Dlblc. whose long term OF usefulness ha- had mo
-,nsatiOus crowded into II durlag Ac Last few months
than ~ any Other prod Of his career. since August
l.. when h. drove Nancy Hanks az Washington Park
Tho clever Chicago trainer twice set tao trV'tlhg
record ~ lower notch. besides riding the three
fastest heats over made By tr tier in contest be-
hind Martha Wilhcs 81 independence. and later, on
sending th, HI. daughter 81 Alcyonc another heat
stu faster 80 that tha race record for her gait IS
now eos Ii Los than twenty four hours aicr
this last triumph Doblc held the rcirs over Belle
vara In . :O7 3D. the greatest nile ever trottel by
Gve-ycar.od AGAINST other horses. some suspicion
attaches TO tho third heat - what WAS virtually an
exhibition AZ Evansville, Ind. whcre Martha Wilkes
was credited with = :0s Il. but tire mares earlier
effort ~ Independence of = :05 against time cannot
be- questioned 50 that on three IONS within II
b,ief period one Thinner las cquallcd surpassed
the record that remained boy nd reach for more than
SIX ycar.. So one could b:g N" hOnori that have
conc so thichly With more modc''y than Dooi'' ms
desire that due need OF prais" should be rendered -
the groom who had 50 faithfully cared for Many
Iiaos,. and her first trainer. young Kenn"y being
graceful act that speaks cloqucntly for hin
Following Tie week 81 wonder, NJ Tcrrc II ute comes
gcrlou consideration whether the shape Of the course
OVER which 50 many rs were smashed Is more ad-
vantuc,.ns for spool t.an tho one usually adopted
After seeing the numerous oval trucks that ,""n 10
AFFORD the best opportunity for spc'd Of who're IN"
hor,r STRAIT, and finishes at tic same point. the Irrre
lauic track. with T., four turns and a man s''"c'''
seems il-suiicd for either roticr or PAGER Yet the
flyers came fresh from independence and the carefully
str,,ctcd course AT Fort Wayne Richmond ana Co
lumbus t. Quito anything seen At driving park
,uit made no difference for the pace Mascot elppcd
round the many corners as rapidly ~ Nancy TANKS
hcl-clf With rs ins Jb 50 close behind TINT there was
mo- apprcciablc difference ia their time. ~ ID" race
record has generally been two o: more seconds b'huu
any made against the watch. the w" S"ldlusa showed
more speed than the mare Indeed. TO one disputes
the contention hat had the bay champion from buio,
or hi, spcody California rival FLYING jill, been compel
Inc ,incv acansi time on that cSrnlful Thursday. the
harness record regardless OF gt would not lee less
than = :O2. Then with Hal Pointer conceded 20 be
IA. fer than either OF the Two sdevhcccrs lust men
toned the PAGER; outndmhcr Tie trottcr' three 10 on"
In the struggle to make the record an even "" MN
utcs.
Returning 20 the question Of trlcls. there are sew
crul reasons advanced In favor Oi what NAV nc cal'u
the u,nirilntrIal shape Som" OF the trainers among
them one of such long cNpcticuc" IL George ruler
who brought lgtrOn ont. and now has his more prom
sing brother Ponce d. Leon. think that ~ 1t i nrcrS-
ay 10 ~ more so yy round III" sharp turns at T'rrc
Ilaic the hcrr gets breathing spell which permits
Increased nleit akn, the stretches.
Few OF us" remarked Fuller rat" our horsc' prop
erly but are apt 10 exhaust them early II tire mile,
bnt at Tcrrc liautc compelled 10 l't mp at
least four times IN every heat. and therefore obtain
better results in the end
W. H. Ijpms, pr, ,ldcnt Of the Nrre liautc Associa-
iion IS LOYAL believer In the track for which he la
bored 50 ccctally ?nd besides his sentiment advances
a reason which /, Wen worth considering. The oval
course" says Mr.. Iams has hall mile OF turns and
half mile Of straight work while the enc with four
sides can be consuuctc ours H. so that there Is
ouly oIe.tlird Of a mule used for the turns and there