The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-06-25

quantity and quality of horses been
cured for any race meeting In this city.
Yesterday Gil Curry's entries. nine In num-
Der, arrived. The horses also arrived. Mr..
Curry is one of the most prominent drivers
in Tennessee since Ed Gears left. Among
his animals 10 Faust, with q trotting record
of 2:lSk. who is believed 10 be capable OF o
s13 OF IA mark. Then there is the famous
Lee H. who can step 1t in 2:l0 if pushed.
The starters for the 2:13 pace now Mary
Centlivre. Flowing Tide, Kisseps Dallas.
Lee II. and Henry F.. q four-year-old by
Princeton. who won more monsy last year
than any other three-year-old.
Albert 4. Is booked in both the 1T and
20 pace. He will be q pronounced favorite.
owing to his success at Connersville last
week. In the 2:17 pace he will come in con-
tact with a number of new horses, suoh as
Ialene. from Sprin gfeld. Tenn; jesse L., Of
Chillicothe. o.; Robert Stewards Slasher.
etc.. eleven nominations in all 1t is the
opinion of horsemen that this race will be
tho hottest con test ever seen in this State.
All the drivers have their eyes on Albert
e., and will undoubtedly try TO do" him.
This will be the first race called on Thurs
day. The 2:55 paoe has seventeen nomina-
tons. and. since these horses are all green.
lie is safe to bet that no man IN the State
eau name the first and second In the race.
The PIG trot. the frat race called, brings
together q field of horses that have not
been seen on an Indiana track. This race
of low-recoId horses Is one that Is usually
hard to Till, but the club congratulates
itself that fourteen nominations are en-
tered. which 10 all that 10 necessary to
guarantee o thoroughly exciting contest.
The 2:25 paeo, tho second race on the pro-
gramme. has thirteen entries. The $40
ha At dag
teen entries. Those taking advantage of
the national holiday to be at the races will
Bee three great fields of horses start for the
word.
The second day will bring first the 2:23
trot, In which race there is no horse but
that has developed some considerable
speed. IL contains sixteen nominations.
and should be excltipg. The following 2:20
will concluded the exercises for Wednes-
day. t"r
On Thursday comes the 2:17 pace. fol-
lowed by the 2:2S trot. This race has
twelve entries. On this day comes the
great special. Tor which are entered Walter
E.,2lls4: PIxley .2:16. and Nightingale. 2l3ia.
for PURGE of $780, the winner getting
$1,000. This race brings before the public
three of the most noted drivers In America
Robert stewart, Bud Doble and John
Pickett The 2:S6 pace closes Thursday.
FRIDAY will begin with 2:50 trot fifteen
horses being IN the field. The 2:13 pace
will follow. with five OF the best PAGERS In
the country participating. The conolud-
ing 2:15 trot brings together LISA, from
the Jewets stock farm: Elk, from Jewetts.
VILE N. Y: White STOCKINGS, from Kansas
City; N. L. H.. from Petersburg, Tenn;
Jack Sheppard. from Decatur. ILL.,; Lord
Byron, from LonIsville. KY. and Faust.
from Nashville. Tenn.
"Have horses knowIed ge of what is W rant
ed of them III racer was question put
to Secretary Kennedy. of the State Board
of Agriculture. the other day.
well should say they have" was the
seply. They learn 30 know that they are
expected to come in under the wire first.
and. in fact. they want to win as much as
their owners In some cases the horses
Will not start in race when they find
themselves without u fair start. Ihave seen
running horses stop short and refuse to
bulge because they did not get o good place
in races, have had to give the word to 20
several times because of a bad 40 tor W hose
trouble Was that others had too much the
advantage In going under the wire. 1 am
one who believes that horses have some
power of reasoning. We used to have q
horse on the farm when / Was q boy who
could open almost any gate. We finally
found 10 necessary to lock the gate so that
. key Was required. The horse had been
accustomed to shaking the gate until the
pin or other common fastening would
come out, but after the lock was
put on, of course the shaking had
no effect. l have seen that horse climb M
and look over the gate to SEQ what it was
reason. l would like TO know what it was.
Race horses soon learn TO know what kind
OF work 10 expected OF them. If the
drive is only to be IN n Jog, no weights or
N mt atsd hah wi afo and
still while being hitohed MP aud will drive
without any show OF mettle. But let il
ieol the race trappings. and instant
.sv.ra Il m rs al ,s"p,sa Is so n., that
him. he wants TO 20 and when he passea
under the wire and gets the word he knows
what Is To happen. 4 horse we'll treated
learns to love his master with a great deal
of fidelity. 1 recall now another instance
where n horse used TO OWE sho we'd sense
of reasoning. One night, when at Cleve-
land, l stayed about the track until the
last ear had left for the city and concluded
TO stay all night In the stable. In the
morning the mare woke ND before | was
ready TO get up. and she wante her break.
fsst. | watched her To see what she would
do. She whinnied aud paved the STALL
and finding that this did no good. came
over TO where / was lying. pretending Ia
be asleep. and nudged me upon the arm.
paid no attention TO her. and she wheeled
and went back TO the stall. Then she came
fering saliva all over ME. L saw that il
was no nee TO try 70 sleep longer and | go,
up. fed her some hay and returned TO my
bunk. She ate what she wanted. then lay
down again. and | heard nothing NOR,
from her. Now she knew that she coulC
not geI any thing except throu gh me, so she
reasoned that if she would wake me mp she
would get her breakfast. / know no Other
way of explaining It, do your
How about the converted PAGERS that
were 20 knock SO many persimmons TIN.
yearf There IL Egbertine. with his trot
ting record of 2:lSl2, that has been expect
ed TO do up all the green PAGERS. but he W q.
distanced in his first race. Then there i.
Newsboy. the cream colored gelcing th a
Bill Campbell drove TO q record of 2:S0ls
Ia Pyle put the hopples on him and TX
pected q winner sure, but tho first time h,
struck out for the money he landed be-
hind the flag. Perhaps the PAGERS tina
have been put TO trottlng will make bet
ter showing. -
A shipment of trotting horses that is tn,
forerunner of more extensive shipments o
the kind was made TO Europe on the 18Th
inst. from Baltimore the steamship
Michigan, Mr.. William Hops being the
consignor. The horses will go to Amer
lean well known In London as o supporter
OF American enterprises. and Mr.. Hopp:
expects TO ship horse with u record o
2:l0 with the idea of defeating all English
in harness racing Besides this pnrchass