New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-07-03
WORK OF THE TROTTERS.
RECORD. BREAKING TALK NOW.
THE RIVALRY BETWEEN TWO GREAT HORSES
sUNoL AND NANCY RANKS

sUNoL AND NANCY RANKS.
With this month the tournament for suies begins
In earnest. and the spring campaign mas he said
70 have closed with the windup at Hartford Inst
week. The nine meetings which covered a section
from Baltimore TO Boston have brought ont many
promising horses and disposed of others that lacked
the trimming on" quality which Is the safest test
OF ability The number OF troters That have already
been added to The so Inst shows that this barrier
becomes easier every year, and that the
standard OF performance must be set lower at once
Senator Stanford purchased Electoneer at Stony
Ford Farm IN 1877 and started In with the ambition
to put 100 Of his get In the fnst list lie did not
succeed IN doing this IN the lifetime OF the stallion
but mt the end Of last the 1OOnarlt was reached
1t not that. however, that induced Eastern
buyers to give small fortunes for this strain, but the
fnrt that three OF them held champion records. In
other words suno Palo Alto and Anon did more
10 make Electioneer stock gilt edged" than the
other ninety seven. which scored from nc to $50
and should some other sire hold the honors this year
the descendants OF the horse that was trnnsplanted
from this State TO California Will deprec'ae In vane
Strangely enough the who control the registry
based on the standard Of performance are oil trying
TO he fastest horse, yet they persist In Keeping
the line at the old mark OF mile In $50, when
stopping place.
The number OF meetings last year, with the large
additions 10 the lists at both gats. required volume
OF nearly 1000 pages about four times more space
than in 1898, when the first Year BOOK was issucd
and Judging BY the additions made already. the caen
dar now tccming with fixtures in many states ana
continuing for the next four months the statistics or
1902 will fill a volume much too bulky for convenient
Roe hat no
usefulness and breeders know what blood they want
without consulting the turf annals, "a they once
found necessary The numerous branches from
Hambletonion and Mambrnc Chief have few sires
whose blood rules the market and the lesser nghts
can never supersede them by turning out any mum
Der Of moderate perfIr Those that trace To
George Wilkes through outcrosses with Mambrino
Tatchcn Eliot r. and a few other sires Of dams
whose merit Is established. continue to hold first
place ms winners and present Indications are that
such stock will be more sought after this year tlan
In the contest In the Q 90 class Mt Hartford last
Wednesday when six wclbrcd young trotters Tough,
for 1--WE heats, all but OF them Ind started n,
fore. sadc NJ. the best SEASONED Of the lot had
the strongest following In the pools she was good
enough to get a heat In faster time than she ever
scored before and Fanny Swupc did the same. but
the race went TO Bush. granddaughter Of Gcorge
Wilkes. through his son. Alcyonc II wns her first
which she made Ia the fourth heat showed that she
felt the effects Of such a hard contest much as
nny her opponents yet that indonlta c pluck which
she inherited enabled the little black narc - - MI
other mile fast any that preceded. though she
was distressed for breath and wV1 Of limb. Sadie VI
represents tho llambletOnian star through her
sire Prince Orion and her dam, Fossil by Princeps
bat her paerna gr,indsre. Messenger Duroc haS the
reputation Of being soft and the stout blood docs not
alwnys overcome this. Fanny SvOpc Is bred strongly
enough To be game she traces 10 ilam'ctonian
md Volunteer through her sirc Florida. and TO Nam
brno King through the next gc1crauon OF the latter
going back 10 the Morgnns. but when IL came 10
question OF endurance AT rapid gait the Wilcs blood
carried the day. II does In most cases. on the
same day that Bush acquitted herself crcditably
her brother In slower class. and showed that he
too. Is likely candidate for Q 30 honors.
II is not often TINT three horses enter the 30 list
In rncc, the In the contest Just men
toned even over track we'll suited 10 fast time
as the one at Charter oak Park, and this Is merely
forerunner 10 show that what Is called extreme speed
Is abundant than ever. not one Of the large
school M turf prophets has anticipated the fea,s TO
which the American trotter has proved equnl. and
there Is every to believe that the number OF
surprises will DOT be essencd during the
In progress. Except the miles By Belle lamlin and
Globe double harness there has bern nothing
as yet near champion form. but the attempts at
lead the dance at Meadvle Penn. where she Is
booked for an exhibition the Fourth and her most
formidable rival Nancy Hanks follows three days |
Inter NJ Philadelphia. Nobody. except perhaps. the
managers Of these meetings, would venture 10 predict
that either will bent 80, and In sunos case.
Mr.. Boomers consent was with the express under |
standing that the queen should merely show fast |
mile. without being asked - do anything notable.
There is often much Of the circus poster cxosgcr
alton abou, the announcements Of special cNhbitiols
OF these cracbn trottcrs. and Mr. Bonner has the IN
cidcnts Of 400 tho fresh IN mind 10 permit such
blupdcrng rs occurred In the management Of snno |
that season. Tho most complete Gasco was at Bel |
mont parh. the track where Nancy Hanks |
Is to show her PAGES next THURSDAY, anil II It were
quaker City II would be foolish to make another |
attempt NJ record breaking there only Robert Bon
ner and Marvin have tho sort Of iniormatitn ncces
sary TO base predictions about sunOl this year. but
the fact that she has gone back 10 her old trimmer
sMnty to eclipse her prcro9. feats. Mr foriss and
,a w s Of her has pecr rT"y: sa f'%
three year; sunol rotea nearly fifteen seconds faster
figures we're 2lol2 and 21t i2. and last season
estlne and q slight stroke OF ortnne will probably
the tide in s@sr s dS cn Tns hes
breeding, and the outcome mean, much to the money
stock Is. stun IN the market and should the honors
go 10 Kentucky there will be a general marking mp
in The blue grass region no matter how remotely con
nccted the Younger broods with Nancy Hanks and
her ancestors. Maud :. the first 10 carry the
pcnnant TO that section and lis restoration would be
considered still greater triumph for the southland
The meetings at Belmont Park and the kite
track at MeadviIle arc preliminary to the opening Of
the Grand Circuit at the Driving Park II Philadcl
pha, which occupies the second week Of July. This
makes the fourth lmc the conrse at Point Breeze has
taken port in the summer series but hitherto its
place has been to close instead Of open the circuit
Tho change Is a sens bic ono In view Of the induce
ncnte held ont In the Western States later In tho
season and even the Eostcrn trainers will be at
tractcd whore they can have the best prospects OF
profit. Not only will most Of the stables from the |
prairie States turn back from Bnfno. but John Turner
and Others with good strings the Atlantic side
purpose deserving the old line OF march,