Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-08-24

Among the features Ct the Washington park meeting are The Spirit of the Times $ll ,OOO purse for fOals of IS>9. Worlds fair free for all pacing purse of 5000 and the free for all trotting Columbian exposition stake of Sl5oOO The big prizes at the Fleet wood meeting are the New York Driving clubs free for all tro,ting purse of S5,ooo, Charter Oak trottinG stake of Slo.'No. 2.lS class; two grand special purses of S5.tn' each; one grand special purse of S3.-f"; the $l0,OOO Hartford purse for Swear olG~ and the two mile match race between WJN H-l Baby for $!O,OJn- The prize in the fIsJ 2sI2 trottiuS class, however. i~ only $3.NH-
 Without doubt the FIvCiw O,'l meeting is the t,raudr>t truttiaG event ever >cl-,d uled for New York. It marks dvc;,,c,i boom in harness racing at the metropolis, where for years trottinE has been greatly overshadowed by numerous running meet ings on a grand scale. But if Jrottiuc hs~ lanGuiShed at New York, il has been on he boom all over the United States.
 Every season the harness horse has Oe come more and more the popular idol. and 1898 will as completely oVersbadow all c;1- CT past years in the annals of trottiuE and pacing as the great Worlds fair over>hai- ows all other eNpositious in history. A. partial proof of this assertion II l. only
 necessary to state that the enormous sum of $5JOOOo has been hung up for trntteT~ and paceTs at the meetings of the grand
 circuit alone in PiJtsburg, Detroit. C,vve-
 land. Buffalo, Rochester, SprinSiiv,j. New
 York and Philadelphia.
 The Buffalo meeting, which closed rvCcut ly, was the banner trottinG and pacin, c,, ,s, of the year. The horses competed for S,7. | oCo during the two weeks that the mvyJIu,, | lasted. The greatest sjdewhcvlvr> iu tic | world met In Ibe free for all Vgcr tov the | SlOupn rur~C. and lJl Pointer jr.,-ttyi | Mascot. tEc champion. Manager. t,t.,t- Jih. Hue SIcr. Gay and Major Wnut., B. | The fastest heat w.tS paced by Hal Pu.aJyg in 2tG.
 The great S5.OJO stakes for 2 T. tu,tcr- | developed HUlda. tru,tCr that may t3c | throne Nancy Hanks before tho. >uuw t'i,-~ HH!dI i> , yvar~ old and wL> bred by A- E | Spree ke!S ot sun FrauCi>cO. She w.t~ ~5r..l | by the grc.,, G'Iy WIlkr>. but her dam !,'. | ny W a~ uat at all f4shiouahly br,-l Ulrl.t
 k a rich buy and l. as gentle A a kitten
 In her Swear "!d form she dvvylnirvl . gait, and last year Trainer OTriu IItvAaA | drove her at Independence in @.l&f. Ta5>
 year she defeated Muta WIiAr~ RI p.f~.; | in her initial race of the >vl>nn. and her n
 markablr work at Buffalo branded her .l~ a
 truly wonderful marc.
 | She defeated PlNlry, Dandy. Mutl 1 Wilkes, WardwCll. Alive and Instant in | straight heats. The fiT~t heat N A~ tt,.trs-l
 in l2l., in the seCoud liNley "t Eu5J H.
 b,e's stable was Tt u-i,da'~ N heel ir,tn ~:--r-
 to finish and f,rcyd the game LAG-Ac,- vt
 Guy Wilkes to trut in -.u- 3. aud in q -
 thIrl heat PiNley lad speed v-ouEh lr,, ju
 eNtr-d NU!GI To tLe fast time ui = | These heats are tEe three fastest ,v,G
 truttcd in competition, and they gave Js | Hulda the worlds race rrcord. herr;, fore l held by Martha Wilkes. Had IIuldL ttru
 reserved for the sIS,oUO free for all trotti..G
 race of the following day. which wa~ won l by Walter F. in the fourth, fifth aud >y.
 enth heats in @.l2i ;, -I4 and G:Is' :, the Ie
 Eult might have been different.