New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-11-13
WORK OF THE TKOTTERS.
\ SEASON OF SENSATIONS
WHAT HAS BEEN DONE WITH THE RECORDS


speed since the stkv came into vogue. Giving que
credit to the mcchrnca advantage obtained by ue
sc ~ the pneumatic tire and tallbearng axle there
sin remains margin Of credit for the Improvement
OF the horses themselves tho Intelligence ana carr
exercised In breeding during tho last quarter Oh
century contributing much 10 the present advanced
condition Of trot,rrs AMI PAGERS. few OF tho NOR
stubborn old foces horsemcn still contend u''
II I, the human and not the equine race when mas
advanced hacking their assertion with instances oil
marvellous flights possessed BY animals whose powers
we're never properly developed, but the figures are
all against them Whatever ability the early chaih-
Mons nav have possessed, II was over my years
after the first mile below three minutes was Hau'
before the record got down to 30. and tho journey
toward the twOminute goal since Flora IenPe
passed the limit Of the twenty seconds has been
more rapid with each decade. This Is equally true
OF pacing as Of trotlng. but the latter is stu
the favored gait n comparison Of It's advance furnishes
the better criterion. After Flora Tempe had started
the now well-nllcd 30 list, there was less IMAM
three seconds OF Improvement between $500 ana
40 and when 1850 arrived the top figures credited
o - Iulien were four and hall seconds faster than
Dcxter's 2:I7 Il. made In the decade pr"ced'hV'
The next ten year clipped this ju't four SECONDS
through the best achievement Of Maud s. but before
one fifth Of this fin de- steele period has passed, the
limit has got four and ,hrce-quartcr seconds nearer
two minute, than II was up TO 1890. At This rate
the closing decade Of the century VIII produce
record never dreamed ~ 10y the most sangne breeder
md only known 20 the cold calculator of ma'h"inht
teal probahiltle, n likely TO result from continued
effort In the way Of generating and developing IN"
trottcr.
II IS not alone tie fact that Nancy Hanks mas
gone a mile In 2:Di that cnl' distinction TO the
nr.scnt wear Int there has been greater number OF
sensations than eyer before known I'm the history OF
this di-uctivc!v American sport. Up 10 the co>e OF
l.o1 only eleven tr.t'r had scored below ~. but
within tho lat four months this mark mas boon pSu
by nearly score ~ them. and what Is ~ AH'ol'9"
Ing nearly all have won their honors in actual con
tests and not against the watch. stu more note
worthy Is II that four 'rotcfs have ccip'ed the once
marvellous feat ~ Maud - and another one has ued
II since Pll, Alto dd last November. 50 tmt th're
are now ci-ht tr0tt"~s with records of Los - OF
better almost three Nme- rs many rs thcm "cr NJ
The beginning ~ i-99. The bit tim" IN race mas
also been improved nearly four seconds over Wha'
II ,r,s LIS, season nj the uoi and the PAGERS hav"
changed II 10 exactly mat extent 50 TINT there j.
only the smallest fraction quoted IN harness rl''hs
between the two rais o., regard, progrc' In contest
r,e o.1o cradlinl 70 Nancy Hanks when eh" ue-
,ooted Auerton and Naigar't = at independence was
reduced to . % Il by Martha Wilkes niue "N''
"A month ago in q special rnc" with Gillette III F'""'
VILE Indiana ThS stands rs the tr'tting race r''o'
though tho - 90 - Of Belle Nara ONLY daY m,'r
To
hesdes being free from the accusation Of juggling WIN
~. o,,rcs charged against The mile trotcd by Martha
wilkes The mark 81 o., scored hy Direct aS ul'
fastest one ever paced I'm race, dh not stahH ~
long as the 2la Of Nancy Hanks. for scarcely 'HV''
months had passed when Mascot accomplished ''7
wonderful achievement u heat In ;o4 al the si'
,,,o placing tie lateral gait more on an equality
with the diagonal.
While ALL the trot,ing records below elo have
he
6cTped 10 swell the !. list besides being prom' ''
Z, about all the ,-ct~t races. Oi the uisoAe'
,-,,,er. G-eenleaf ard Little Albert closed mo
c,mpalgr, most brilliantly At Nashville and VIahu
T. though defeated at the Tennessee u"'h' sun
hold. the honors for winning the fastest 'N.m'"'s
battle on record. The closing contest oi u' p'''""
meeting nj Tcrrc Iiauc. Grccnicaf enjoys IN" as
,'...,o -, ,i,,o-y over the hitherto lnvIncble
Martha wilkes a, TIE leading sensation Mt NAsh''"'
I'm, was aided I'm his ~ the mysterious mlins %"
T., form - the Nc mare that had carried eV'r''""'
,ofor, her since shc started NJ Hartford N JUN.
T. +, doubtful whether Doblo himself knows l' ' VIVA.
au., me ,,s, daughter ~ Alcyone ~ C"mhcl'hd
Park when be found her unable TO snN'l" ''' -''"'
al. - marc than three quarters ot the mile. y
,.,,c rutnDr that she had Lccn drug-cd mas not p'"
CONGRATULATED. and there nothing about mat MOST
,,,.uuio ., indicator the betting ring. 10 Warm'
,ch a couclusion r +, more iAely ihnt me OPINION
f,rllv cyprcsscd to +. D. Wlrcn. the j." '"na"' VIII"
avn. Martha Wllh,s. by g. j. lhmAn. IN" n''
.br.,vd and olscrvaut 81 lurfnon, mat the W'F' '''
1e.p oycrtax,d and needed l"' mp ""' ''''''
-, ,,,,h II I. generally cou-cicd ihaf II az Ter best
MARTIN wilkes could have I'll posed oi inc ',"'- "'
,ttl onp,s,d her for the stake az Nashville bn' u
g. ,l,. she must have gone ~ least t"" 'N'r'H'N
D., ,oo,s The fir. one whore she led from the
.,or, md only had 10 trot ln . .l3. was '''N =,
tc.l,r- which (. frequently granted To ui'r"''
,,voritc and after that miles h'io" @lo WON" "','
t,, sary q ct rd 81 such form d"l' OPP ''"
-. cr,,nl,of and the two Nghtlngales The result
bo,red that II was fortunate thIns Tor '"' '"n
,ra other lachcf, Of his champion race mare ''"'
49, ro, named for the Imn-ylyana stake 40
,.,,o.,,r where speculation was much heavier ana
,hcr. she would a, certainly have come TO Erlei az
shc did the next Wr'N'
All things considered. ia" career Of iAtu" Aper'
f., n most remarkable one Il the season II not IN inc
history Of the trotne turf Bred In california ana
t a. a roadster till la.t year. ID" now lh"S 'h'S'
Wv ,,,,r, uodc hi, debut in public at Grand Rapids,
,1r a 1901 There he won I'm straight heats Ne
S,c,t In 80 . rnd fcw days later filed two en-
o,o,t. at sacinnw getting second money In the
d., and winning the next with new record oi
. 90 a. Following this came two more races IN The
r,o ,ce,k at Detroit, where The sturdy novice WIS
ohio 70 secure the minor hare 81 the purse OH ""'
d,v and four days later to land contest of SIX he'S
.,o uh,ch he again pulled his record down, ths
~ i 4. JOINING me 'IHnh 'ii'"i' ~ '''''
,rd LITTLE Albert continued his success, scoring below
- 90 In the first heat and after accident, which
cu.d his sukv proving the best In field OF ten
u,,cb included Honest George and Martha Wilkes hrr
.lf Following victory In straight heats mt b"nao'
uhcre ulno, Erbert forced him out I'm "I7, Li'te
Albert filled his first important engagement Tor the
Flower CITY stake. Mt Rochester, Here he was II
fay lite Tut only got one heat from Happy Zee HIS
In adncss being the Only cause IL ms ''''h' Inv
III
starr had bcrn carefully nursing ever since the geld
INC VA Glazed IN hi. care. the soft footing at Rochester
L,iug more ~ stnln On the tcndons than the ru'r
TRACKS 1T Detroit Cl-' cland nnd Bualo As the rest
~ the salisbury stable loft the regular lin" M
Rochester and Joined the western southern Circuit,
Ilttlc Albert WIS cent eastward, In chare" ~ w j.
Andrews the Buffalo trainer. lie dr"V" 10" STOUT
californian successfully AT springfield. Ma'', Tor II
,.io a., - 600 md placed Ms record nj ~ II.