The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-08
HoRsEY TALK.
To the Editor Of The Easls-

To the Editor Of The Ea.le
| Shades of the immortal Hambietonian
| 10: whats this:
! Dictator celebrated for his record of
2:l7 and rs the sire CT Nancy Hanks 2:0s -
EAGLE, June 3
Dictator has no mark and was never
canpaigned. His son. Director. has d
record OF PIT aud is the winner of fifty
seven heats better than 2.3o
Nancy Hanks, the trotting queen. is n
daughter of Happy Medium, out of Nancy
Lee by Dictator.
Dictator No. ll3 br ,, foaled 1863 by
Hambletonian No. 10, dam Clara. dam of
Dexter 2:ls4.} by American Star No. II, is
a horse whose fame is secure in the
qualities Of his sens and daughters. As
bread winners. no family is more reliable
They have often won races IN which they
were outclassed in speed, by their stout
courage aud level heads Dictator never
sired ii gutter. They are all game, no
mattar how long the race. As n sire he
forced himself to the front; at Is years of
age he had but thirty-nlne foa,s AID no
performers in 2:30. At thi; age he was
taken TO Kentucky where he attracted no
attention Whatever. yet he is the sire of
forty trotters and five PAGERS better than
2:30. Twenty of his sons have sired fifty
eight trotters and eight PAGERS, and
nineteen of his daughters have produced
twenty five tro,ters and two PAGERS.
AS sire OF extreme speed. Jay Eye-See,
2:l0 trot,ing, 2:064 pacing. and Phillas
2:l354, gave Dictator place second TO
none
Iou are not in il at tie mile track I'M
less you nse hobbies Everything wears
hobbies there, even the swipes when they
go fast mile.
Gentry & Ramey. Hughsville, Mo-, have
purchased from FL. q. Toler the three
weeks old brother TO .Tohn r. Gentry, PIP,
price $500. These parties evidently wish
to form corner on / lmewood's colts.
Billy HalIoweli says ne has got on TO the
r. Balston Hall method of shoeing. level
ing and Strengthening a trotter. and has
been operating on the Toler farm string.
This method corrects toeing in, toeing out,
knee banging, cross fire, aud forging, also
scalping, carrying hind foot in between
front feet, faulty balance. etc. Billy has
it ali down fine ndsmiths are scarce that
make nicer shoe than he does.
Myron McHenry, 2::27$4, is at Winfield
doing stud duty he Will De brought home
about the 10sh and shaped up for the fall
campaign. In the IS class McHenry
ought TO be good horse.
Saturday one of the Toler farm drivers
nearly had serious accident while work
ing 2-year-oid on the track to a bike
sulky. As he was scoring the colt it be-
CdtIIe frightened dDU 10 AtCh.
After kicking the driver out it proceeded
to demolish the sulky which it did so
thoroughly as 10 even kick the wind out
of the pneumatic tires.
Red Lady. Red Wilkes mare in the
kiizmiller string, at the mile track re-
Gently paced quarter in 3015 seconds.
A green colt in the same stable marched
quarter in SO
l.. d. Westgate has fast FLY in train
ing at the mile track. She is by Andrew
Allison 2:22 aud is quite promising colt.
Jimmy Clark's Ashland Wilkes FLY
trotted an eighth in 10 and quarter in AZ
the o.herday. This mare will go fast if
she don't get honed too much.
Red Brittentield says that when they
beat Maxey B this year they'll have to hop |
along Sister Mary in 2:20 to do it. Maxey |
is the kind that come one in a box, and /
Red got the only box.
A PAGER in Wiiber's string went half |
last week in 1:l3 and his driver never blew |
out either
1t looks as though Ashland Wilkes will |
have two or three TO so i'll the 2:20 list this /
season.. AZ Independence, Ia, Bert Oliver |
trotted a half in 1:07, and is considered Il |
Fast horse at that place. Last week /
MaXey b stepped quarter IN 5s:l, 2:l5 /
clip. Information comes from Clyde, |
Kan, that Ashbert 2;341 is expected To |
rot in 2:15 this year.
Of all the drivers you can name even Fin
nesan hoy;
Defend me from the man who reefs and |
loudly yells ''Su' Boy
Ell CAPTAIN,