New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-08-14
WORK OF THE TROTTERS.
SENSATIONS MULTIPLYING AS THE SEASON
ADVANCES.
srvrrn TRAINING BREAKS DOWN ALLERToN-
CRACK TriREE.YEAROLDs FOR THE
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HARTFORD PURSE.
Though the earlier part OF the season has been ruo
full In sensations among the harness racers this mont
has set pace which shows that the great ieat- OF e
year are TO como Up 20 the end OF July the Speeu
limit against time In actual contests was sIo"er ""
2:lO. but the first week Of August increaseu '4's "
that two horses have stepped miles below tha' "'A
That both were PAGERS is not surprising ior 'ne i"'
gated flyers stu hold the first place In the ma''er VI
su.taning an extreme clip for the mile ana te ''o'e'
can scarcely hope TO outsrip them at any distance
Buffalo holds the honors only as the place where
these rnpd miles were covered, but In the ownership Oh
the horses as we'll, Hal Pointer and ROBERT D. oo''
being part OF the famous Hamin stable though heiV"
ceIdIng WIS bred at Village Farm AZ Robert j. Ie
four years DID, his record Of 90 "a takes precedence
OF anything ever done before at that age ou"'n
2:1O 1-2 In 1880 coming next to 1t. so consistently
arc the youngsters putting in miles close 10 '"'
championship for any age that 1t IA no longer re-
markable thing TO hear Of the Juveniles scoring Deio"
oIo and with the general competition Tor eA"e"o
development regardless of age all the rcco'"s arc
likely TO be held at five years OF less
One thing the breeders cannot do however, '
that is to hasten the structural maturity OF the
colts Gong with the training nature REFUSES 10 '''
to the popular demand, and the bones OF the eol'
are as soft and liable to injury now as In Inc uay
when no one thought Of starting trotter III p"o"o
life TIL ne had passed through all the stages OF c@so
that occur during the first five or six years MUSCLES
can be- hardened and sinews strengthened by 'he
Kindergarten method. but the formation Oh 'ee'"'
growth Of the hoofs and other parts must
,till have their due course and the Forcing
systom will always be at an expense "'"on
M amount OF science and skill can defray'
Two marked instances Of this are found III hher'o"
and Axtel whose turf career seems pracucahy W w
at end though they only six years oiu' 'o"'
slderna what this pair OF equine giadia'o'o haNo
already done. II Is not 70 DO wondered a' '"''
neither has been able 10 stand tho strain OF prepaa'
ton or additional honors. AxtelPs trouble Is ono
~ three wears, standing, for soon after he passed
into the hands OF tho syndicate which bonght him
from O ". Williams, his new trainer. Bund Dooie'
w1ss concerned about his valuable charge. "hen
Robert Bonner went 10 Terc llaute In the spring
OF 1890. to sec how Sunol was getting along Dooe
asked his advice about shoeng AXtell AS t'ero was
prospect OF match between tho California mare ana
her great rival Mr.. Bonner promptly declined TO DO
ANYTHING that might help TO dethrone his new favorte,
and n. no one else seemed equal tOthe emergency Axel
passed an die summer al Warren Park. compared WIN
the busy ufo which he had at two and three years
Heavy gcrnents In the stud made reasonable ex
cuse for 1891, and even those who patronized tho
ex champion vt q fec Of $1,000 d'd not cohpia'h
that he was not on the tnT last year.
II WAS necessary to do something chis season, and
Doble ut least must have acted In good faith when
no accepted tho offer TO meet Aleron NJ Independence
,his month TIE story Of Axtcll's arrival at Ceve-
land and the hmeness which he showed plainly dur
Ing the few minues he WIS exhibited on the quarter
stretch has already been told, while the attempt 10
cover MP the real truth BY sending ont statement
that Il was from Of time TO prepare the stallion
for his on ngement ut Independence that II was can
celled failed OF It's purpose 1t must have been par
ticularly Notifying 90 such an eNrnenccd naihpn-
la,or OF important sales. matches and other turf
affairs J. j. Conley. Of Chicago, to find that WITHIN
n week after the Cleveland episode the necessity Tor
declaring the race between Axtcll and Allerton on
vos rmoved BY the collapse Of the latter at Daven-
port The policy OF concealment pursued before might
SIN have been maintained had there been an mixing
Of this serious misadvcnure 10 the horse Williams
reserved Increase the reputation he made with the
ono he sold for $4,000 and the long deferred 70
appearance OF Axtell could yet I've counted among the
probabilities There Will be much moro sympathy TOT
Williams than for the rich men composing tho syndi'
cote which put him on the hghroad 10 prosperity as
the condnct Of the successful Iowan has certainly been
open and sbove-bonrd with the public. AMER NAer'oh
sccr,rc, the stallion record last september nv totuns
I'm ,O9I Ia Williams announced that ne woun hot
tain, his champion away nom bone, but that he was
rady 10 give battle TO all corners over the he-tr'ck
on the pniirie Had he adhered 70 this resolution
.llerton mint now be In condition 10 90 on and d's-
pu., the tirno honors with PHO Alto, but the tempa'
ton 10 win morc fame for his giant tUtter by van
ouslIng Nelson aud Nancy Hanks changed the earlier
plan.
II IS OF course unfair to charge tho Journey To Grand
Rap,ds and Lexington last October with causing the
breakdown this year but taken along with the nuuer
ors FIST miles during the fplr Allcrton has
been I'm training IL Is not improbable that the two
r7ccs In Michigan and Kentucky added the last straw
To tho accumulated task set for the son OF Jay BIN
since no WAS broken 10 harness. While Allcr;on did
nothing notable at two years and his merit vas lost
sight Of IN the brighter light OF AXtcls achievements
tf. h.l L.np fplN
,eyere than that Of the other colt In wno'e shadow
IA. walked for two sea III fnct Il wOuH be about
ns fair 10 class suno with Goldsmith Maid NJ a cam
paigner put Axell IN the same list with Aie'oh
ms n rncehorse During the weeks when the bay colt
WAS the talk OF the land, he kept pulling the trre
yearold record down I'LL he placed II at IL, his brown
stable companion competing against fields OF older
horses and getting the lions share OF the money.
This was notably the case at Chicago, where Aftea
had what was practically walkover for stake and
trottcd one heat IN ~, while Aucrt0n started twice
the -me week. defeating strong field each time ana
cct,in. race record ~ IA. Like his mile against
time nj Cleveland few days before, when on TRACK
hard ~ pavement and In the teeth Of hurricane he
| turned the Genyilla course In 2:l0 Ia, these per
iormanccs were comparatively unnotccd Till Williams
showed the next year that he had not parted with all
rho spccd al his command when he disposed OF AStel
Considering that Mlerton triumphed over pysi'al IN
armitv I'm his fonr.ycar old form by rounding to after
he went dead lame at Detroit, and by numerous t"S
trtted I'm 10 IL at Independence the best time ever
made by a stallion at that age 1t Is not lmproDamc
that he Will recover from his secohd attack though MS
Inability to meet Nancy Hanks at home THIS month
Will be. n serious blow To the extensive meeting mr.
ranged fer the magnetshaped course at the ambitions
little Iowa town.
Meanwhile the III wind that Keeps these prospective
champions off the turf blows encouragement To those
who have stations with modest preteh'Ons, ana
more than breeder will now DO encouraged 10
pit his best horse against any OF the lesser lights III
the open classes for performing sircs.
rolIoyng the two weeks Of the Grand Circuit In
| this State at buffalo and Rochester. comes the
meeting ut Springfield. Mass. where the horses con
| unnc their course I'm the old route beginning next