Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1893-10-27

2:O534. viii Ken 2:G7 81, Hall Dill
| lard 2:O1 81, May Marshall 2:OS Ia,
Ontonian 2:O7 "A have all blossomed
| out as aspiran.s TO the championship
J Manager, the -Tey PAGER in Done
stable has cut his record to 2:O0 81 ana,
| the everlasting Roy Wilkes stu
goes his clip. Dolly Spanker clipped
the 2-year old pacing race record down
| to PIG Il Inc PAGERS are going a
| terrific clip and it takes anything from
2:1O to IL ZIG clip to win first money
i'll Il $500 purse nowadays Ten years
ago that kind Of speed would have Won
! most Of the free-for-alls down the
Grand Old Circuit from Cleveland TO
Fleetwood. The PAGERS have the speed,
speed draws ill., crowd and il is pleasing
TO note that thy are now getting the
recognition they deserve.
This brief sketch must not be closed
without reference to our famous WIS
cOnSin PAGER Johnston, 2.OG IA. lie
! was sired by W oodruffs Joe Bassett
out Of Il little mare owned by Carey
Bros, Of Berlin. In 1884 he paced Il
mile to high wheel sulky in 2:O6 II
and ever since has been campaigned
This year When siXtecr years old he
has Won us many races as any other
PAGER in training and has paced tn
Youngstown D., half mile track in 2:10
showing that the iron sided gelding
has held his phenomenal speed for
nine years. Given the advantage of
the bike and such Il track as could be
had nowadays and Jnlnston's mark
Of 2:OG IA would have read something
like 200
Two notable attempts have been
made to break Maud ; $ record to
high wheeled Sulky. 2:OS34 Dircctum
tried it at Clev eiAnd but only succeeded
in getting home i'll 2:14 l.. AliX also
took Il shy ut it but made still slower
time Taken al in ALL tie proposition
that Maud was the fastest mare ever on
the trOtting rack, will we think
stand. Her record. DOS 81 and the
steel tired wheels seem to anchor the
fastest of them. .Iaud is now eighteen
years old and lrls net yet produced Il
fOal. SunOl 2:OS IL who succeeded
Maud as champion, has not been seen
in public this year. Ar;on, to whom
Nancy Hanks is TO be bred next spring
has reduced MS mark to 2:O1 81 and
if there is anything III breeding to
developed Speeu' the colt resulting
should be Il wonder.
Last year The Two mile record was
reduced By iIamlin'S Nightingale to
i :i:i II, and this year The three mile
record has beer cut TO 1:19 II by
Bishops Hero, son Of Bishop, who is
owned by Mr.. x. Il. Ogilyic OF Mad
iSon. Long distance races are not
ring quick action and pic NJ! Of chances
to bet their money
The bottom accmS-for the time
TO have fallen completely out of prices
for trottcrs. At Il recent sale Electric
ity 2:17 II, ~ Electionccr, out of the
dam of Jay-Eyc-See 2.OC IL brought
only $500 Senator Stanford once re
fused $7J,UOo. Again Bernal 2:11,
another son of Ilcctioneer sold for
81, 100, after showing Il mile in 2:1} 81
i'll his work and L producing son Of
George Wilkes out OF a sufficiently
bred mare was knocked down at
81 DO. The value of an article may
be in most cases what 4 will bring il
the market but here are instances Of
animals being odd far below their in,
trinSic values. The SKY of the trot
ting horse breeders armament is cloudy
enough but it Is to be hoped that the
traditional silver lining is behind the
murIlincSS