New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-06-18

ABBIE V.
rosod Miles below 20 are as common as they
/ Generally are I'm mid .ummer, and even on the hal-
milo tracks the heats are frequently In the uehS'
Tint ,hr bicycle suky continues to be strong l"'-
for in this I, undcniable but that the horses are
also improving IS equally true
| Tli. uaw appancr which has proved such boon
70 the HIGHT harness performer IS no" III ,' S''o'
vror Of IFS Use. u, the eighth day Of this mohli
marked the Gr, anniversary Of the bicycle Sulky :
oppno-,nc. I'm pmlTc. That this + must Important
date I'm trotng history Is evident from the fact tha'
within four months from the adoption Of ule Ph'u
! matte tire and laI-bcarnC axle - tn" sulS inc
| CHAMPION record, NJ both gai.s wer" reduced I'd Il
cr..otrr extent than they lad ever been before IN
N. same time This Is specially true OF the trot'ers
t~ since Lady suffolk made the 2:3o list III l7f''
,hr novor has been a difference Of four and quarter
seconds I'm the record III lest year. Flora lNmpi HIM"
a wide breach during her brilliant career, "hich ps"
when She changed the figures from 2'.' 10 - -
and finally placed them AT = 10 Ia IL LOON Univ
,.or, 70 do this however. and the maximum 'arll
;l,n I'm ou. season was 81 seconds. TAXING 'he
,.rorl ~ = 90 which Nancy Hanks made In l7oi the
,.r..n, nuecn Of trott.-rs able To make vara-
lion OF FIVE seconds when harnesSed 10 the ''"','
with the safety wheels. Though sunhoirhuH wv"
tod I'm June prove It's superiority over WHAT lux
IN. sak. Of distinction. l. called the regulation suiHy
IN. bike did not come into general use ui A"s"H.
nd therefore employed Tor Only Hi'"t WV i'''''
,he season Of 1892. Even with this limited oppor-
unity tho average speed rate reduced at least
five second, hy It's aid. and no one can now 'ii
where IT. work Of notwithstanding the records VIII emu
I, Frequently happens that tho death OF a famous
horse I. not made public for some Time alter II
occur, but cases where a crack performer i an
nouuced TO have paid the debt of nature while the
animal (, still In flesh AZ IN" close oi
H.. PHILADELPHIA and Baltimore crcuit. AZ the Mary
land METROPOLIS a report circulated that the gray
mare hbbic V. had picked up nall ana 'ha' tue II"
,,,ry Lad d.v.oped lockJaw. which killed her. The
story lacked IN, confirmation OF John F. Turner WHO
hi, had tie speedy trotter In his stable lot 'he
last three seasons but fow papers mentioned H.
riyinr a sketch Of Ahhic VS. turf career II now
,r,n.nre, tha, the big mare from Philadelphia Is stu
olv. hut unlikely to be III for racing I'LL later III
the season. The report about the nail Is true pu'
Ills I. not the Immediate cause OF IN" trouble rs
abb. V has gone wrong from SOME other an"ht hot
vet understood. While Turner was at Baltimore ne
received a telegram which said that the mare was
dead lame and reading /, the veteran whip tore
M the dispatch and threw 1t away some one picked
nm the mart on which the words AhMe Y. Is dead
,pp,ar red and not knowing that word necessary 10
the fact W., missing the fragment was maze 10 40
duty for The original message.
Vhi, welknown campagner has been prominent
since She. was two years old. ana though contem-
porary Of Nancy Hanks sunol and Allorton I, gen
OF the Eastern circuits. Abble V. was bred NJ Paris.
Ky and got her name as host Of other roters
have. from relative of her first owner. j. ~
ynn.ouf When she was foalcd In l-36 her sire.
Aberdeen had already made n reputation In the stud,
his hc, performers previous to that time being Hattie
Woodward and the chestnut GeldnG Modoc. From her
dam Maid Of Windsor the gray illy got her color.
and some stout blood especially In The more remote
maternal line. rs her second dam. Alice was got ~
that grand stallion Edwin FORE ST. The breeding OF
lcavinc the sire Of Maid Of Windsor. is not fashion
able but the mare has contributed another member to
the fast list in tho gray goldnc Moses and she
is therefor, c,a.scd among the great brood mares.
II is doubtful If any Of the proml sing trott"rS
which have appeared during the last decade have
So often come near victory In important contests
without winning Abli" V. Though known to be
much faster than her record of :lG3 81 and I'M
usually game. her unluchy star has been almost
constantly In the ascendant. that Abbie V. has
comparatiycly few successes To her credit she mad
her debut at the age Of two years. competing In
lx rnc,s. Of which she won, taking a record Of
- 81 ut Maysville. Ky, In August here She
defeated a number Of other twOyclr olds In straight
heats ana early In september disposed Of n much
stronger field at Paris after osinS the first heat t.
Angelina The season cf 1--9 was less important
for Ahhic y. and she did not land a race or secure
n heat. She had such crack thrce-ycar-olds
rs Nancy Hanks and Bonnie Wllmorc. ana though
able to 20 three heat, more below > 80 was I'M
.uull to coping with these other fleet kcntuchans.
When Nancy Hanks started for the first time ut
IIarrodsbu Z. Ky. July u, 1852 she easily
enough after her trainer. Il. Il. Kenney. kept her
back IN The first heat. Abblc Y. second to Bonnie
Wllmorc that time in = rs "a. and was also we'll
up with the bay FLY when she stepped the fourth
heat In = 20 IL. Later In the season Abbie V. was
sent TO Budd DOblc, bu; Ee never drove her I'm
race, and soon afcrward she sold 10 her present
owner James W. Cook merchant Of Philadelphia.
The latter Is a lifetime friend Of John T.. Turner and.
II course placed his new purchase In charge Of
this competent trainer and shrewd manager.
II she had little 10 do In 1889. the following
season n busy for the gray FLY, as she
Tiled seventeen engagements and seldom failed get
II share of the money At Dundee Park, near
Paterson, " j., In June. she entered the list by |
getting the first heat In = - 81, but had TO give
way ramlicD In the three. though she made |
;hc stallion step both the second and fourth heats
in o:23 H. The record earned at Paterson was |
reduced to 30 4 ut Iitsburg In July and this was
the best performance In 1880. In her five yearold |
form Abbic V. looked as pretty sure candl- |
date in The IT.. stakes and she competed for the |
prize Of 10000 at Detroit In the "a class early In the
summer sIrCllt. Ino meta There was too |
her. Temple Ear carrying of first honors, after |
prCilgal had got u heat. For the Charter Oak stake
at Hartford about month later, Abbie V. was a |
much formidable competitor, and had II not |
been for peculiar phase Of the trottiQg rules would !