New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-30
WORK OF THE TROTTERS.
RACING IN TENNESSEE
SOME FINE WORK ALL ARoUND-PoiNTS ABOUT
GOOD PERFORMERS.

SOME FINE WORK ALL ARoUND-PoINTS ABOUT
GOOD PERFORMERS.
TIL. is the season when the younger element OF the
harness racers begins to attract attention. ana the op
portunty recently afforded Mt Nashville for the coits
and llles was improved to tho full. When tile new
track at Cumberland Park was opened last October IL
became popular with tho breeders and trainers NJ
once. by reason OF the excellent facilities for o.
anng satisfactory results from either rotter Ut PAGER
that possessed any merit. The picturesque srou"a'
were not only better adapted for sightseeing than the
majority OF the driving parks In the country out te
soil had that quality Of elasticity which aids the nyns
steps OF the horses and enables them to sustain tne
speed through tho mile. There were cven contests
for age at Nashville last fall. but no new race re-
cords were made for any Of them. This time the
second visit of the sules began in much more sen
sational wny and during the first threo Gays Oh ,ne
meeting Mt Cumberland Park. all the best MARKS luz
age at either gait up to three years. were changed or
tied. Among yearllng trotters Nelly A. @'so"sv
bred Hly from Lexington scored 90 34 over arse
field the first time OF her age had gone oeio" o
in a race This feat was surpassed on the same "sy
bv Leone another baby troter, when she won secono
heot Mt Mexico. Mo- in 28 1-2. so that the hohors
co to n son of Green Mountain Maid. instead OF the
descendant of George Wilkes for Lanceot, the SIRE
Leone. has the blood OF the famous OLD mare 'na.
produced Electloneer. while Wilkes Boy 'he DIT. y.
Nelly A. is worthy representative OF t"e S.ou'
stallion that crossed we'll with the dams OF the 0ue
grass region. 1880. .o,
On the sume afternoon that the race rccoru ioi
ycarllngs was twice lowered. the figure for twoye'
o,ds wos placsd at o:153-4, q point that the most
sanguine breeder OF decade past would have oeeme"
imnossible, The mile against time In gao ia oy
Arion still stands as a marvellous, performance, W.
among tnrfmcn the fcefooted FLY Silicon Is enuteu
10 greater credit G. J. amlin. the successful ho'se
man OF Buffalo, has frequently said that ne "ou'u
prefer race record OF 30 to one OF .lo against '
watch and at his estimate Silicohs neat Ut WASH
vile places her before the California COLT ~nose
caused him To bring such fabulous price as $l.oooo'
The form shown BIZ the great Kentucky FLY I'D
Tennessee was only the natural sequence 10 "aa'
chm did earlier I'm the season. for silicon made her
self famous at Independence by carrying OH hrs'
money I'm two valuable stakes without losing nea'
md getting record Of 30 IL. Al LeAihs'o" SIZE
MISC won a stake OF $500. but she CID not nave
TO 20 faster than = ri Ia to defeat her iour op
noncnts The field she met mt Cumberland farA
WIS much stronger ono. and inciuded FrWe ''
ROYAL. by Chimes, ont OF the great mare ES'"oe'a'
tho dam OF Prince Regent, and 1icirat'Law, two
steedy Young horses from e. j. Haml'ns "ou'"s
nursery near Buffalo. few days before elncoh
proved her quality at Independence, Princess no'.'
started at porghk 'epsic and scored ::"o 80 easny
that she WAS looked upon as tile best t~osear'ou VI
the scnson After another crrditablc Victory Ut
Chlllcothc during the first week OF ''iS mon'a ,,e
Northern bred fly came to Lexington, whero SIZE
was strong favorite In the open class for her age.
,Icye however, she met her first defeat. cMc1y o"is
no n the protractcd scoring. so that she became '-
steady and was dIstanced, while william rem haa
nm easy victory over the others. rc1ucihs Tue rN1
record for two-year-Olds to .:l5 L.. AS fEh'esS
pora, afterwards worked in 2:15 Ia over the same
course where she came 10 grlc! IL was only ha'u'"i
that she should have n considerable iouo"ihs ~
Nashville Again. however. tn" size OF the he'o
opsratcd against her. and she got no part Of 'he
,,. Will, silicon trotted two miles without mis-
,,l. and for tic first time since Sunol e!ec'rihea
~. void BY trctting in els FLY had scored oe-
low 30 at two years. THIS latest triumph iof
Kentucky over California In III" way OF carly devei-
orncnt 1, tho result Of Intel iecnt breeding ior 81
con represents the best strains
Her sire, Wilton. had before come INTO P'''i''
r.nc. TIM year by the doinss Of MoQuette. now the
champion OF four year-olds. ana Win tue o'ooo VI
George Wilkes and that OF the Ilamblcton.an mare
Alley dam OF the fast gelding Albert France. iuu
bro, hcr 10 Wilton this sensation unites INC
,chlv hired Uamfrino tho sir, OF her dam, silhonc"e'
with nuo.hcr cross Of acknowledged merit tnro"o"
her second dam. silv"rl"'k. by Mamo:ino lime
son @, Mambrino patclcn. With such hefl'is'
Of speed and that equally valuable qiaii'E o' t''i'"
I'm, on Si. on bid. fair to keep kentucky "heF' M""'
and Nancy Hanks have placed It. as the home OF
the fnst"St trottrr -. j,
Coming 10 the three ycaro!ds. It must b" admitted
Tim, California ha, honestly earned the championship
Tor that age by the splendid feat Of Tn" bl%A cot
Dirrctu,r when h. only stopped the aifo'l"'f''s
carer of Kentucky Union but restored TIE h'ior' ''
his acr and sex to the Pacific Coast IL Is just aoou'
five wears since sable Wilkes won National r'pa'c
by mile In 2:lS at san Fran
ha
co,,s OF ,rce wears til AXtcl swept everything before
,,m in ,s,o nj, best mile ut Tcrrc ilaut" IN
..,o WINS never bcatcn By Of hi, age and SIX
Till Monbar, turned the sam" track III I'll III u" 'o
m,moratle day when Nancy Hanks passed INC o'eo
in,,lrmourablc 2O5 barrier Eefore thls s"''a'
nrom,s,y foals OF leao lad scored below ::lo Nzar
and Kcntncky Iniur leading Will rrcors maze III lo
ran,;S race at Columbus. Ind OF ":I3 Ia ana = -"
~. nec,,vclv pircctum had met few OF the cracks
of h, ago till H. got Lexington, where he o'ea'e"
Beethoven and other good ones. getuns DOWN 10 uio
.o,nc NOTCH ou3 H. a. car had reached two Weeks
hefo,. 4 much moro formidable task was set lot
the speedy son Of Director when ne competed ~
Xoshvic against eleven Others OF his nGe. Including
tho unb,,teu Kentucky Union II IS only fair 10 the
chestnut flly to say that she did not seem W W
in the same form that occasion as she WAS a' iuo
pendencc and other points Of the We'tcrnsohther 1r
cult. but after dropping bacs In the first heat she
forcod D,rccum TO lower the race record to IL" ana
WINS the only one near him a. he reeled on inc
next heat In Ell Ia. Up to the time OF this reverse
kentucky Union considered equal to mile close
IN 10 whenever anything could be letna 70 larry
Mr. along owing 10 ncr unstradness at nashville IL
Is dif,cuIt to estimate Just what this promising Young
mare is capable Of, FOX against such tustworIy GOV as
as Directui her speed was OF no a:Ali' an" tr nas
now swept away every record for his age rAerpt,
tho 40 - which Suno secured when Sno Was
three years old. .. - .h, pocky
Unlike most OK the stock bred west Of me hoShy
Mountains, Dlrrctum had none Of That training knowl
rs the kindergarten ana WIS not orohrh W 10 n' -
lin he was IN his third year. lie Is owncu - !.
neighbor OF Monroe salisbury. at Flea'anto mi, anu
tbi, now famous Young trotci lie found Dirctuin 4
likely pupil and had got along pre'y we" s MIr EASE
his Summer but Of course. the colt had much 70
before being up to going for IN" emSar Of Ms
Stable. Sir. Salisbury put Drectun in some races
before he was quite IT. and as natural result t re