The morning call., 1893-06-19
Trotters and PAGERS.

The delegates from the various racing
associations in the State have finally settled
upon the dates of the grand fair circuit
The dates of the San Jose and Fresno
meetings will clash, as the representatives
OF neither town would give way and let
the body settle the matter.
The dates as corrected are as follows:
San Francisco, July % to %; Oakland. July
81 TO August 3; Vallejo. August 10 II; Mana,
August IA 10 10; Peialuma, August 21 to 26 ;
Woodland, August % to September 2; Sacra-
mtntO. September TO 16; Stockton Septem-
per per Is @ to %; San Jose and Fresno September
20 to 80; San Francisco, October 2 to z.
The following races have been arranged
for the Breedeys' summer meeting, and it
is hoped the country organizations will
model their programmes after it. thereby
doing away with the long drawn out three
in five-heat races:
Trotting, free-for-all, purse $500; 2:1S
class. 500; 2:20 class, $500; 2:22 class,
$500; 2:24 class. $500; 2:27 class, 500; 80
class, $500; 2:40 class. $500; three -year-old
2:35 class, $500; four-year-old 2:3O class,
$500.
Pacing, free-for-all, pacing purse 500 !;
2:20 class, $500; 2 % class, $780,
Besides these there will be the following
dash races: Pacing. two miles, 2:25 class,
purse $500; trotting dash, one mile, for
purse $500. and two-mile trotting dash,
purse $500. Entries TO close July l.
The PAGER Mascot was started at the
Pimlico track, Baltimore, last week to
beat Hal Pointers time of 2:12 over the
same track. Andrews, his trainer, thought
to drive him not better than Pill, but Mas
cot stole away so easily that he went to
the half in :042l and came home strong in
2:O9b.
The ex-champion PAGER, Johnston
(2:06A), is certainly one of the most re-
markable campaigners of the decade. He
is l6 years old, and yet he is still fast and
game. On June 4, at St. Thomas, Canada,
in field OF seven, he won in race of
four heats in 2:161s, 2:21 and 2:21%. 1t is
nine years since he made his record.
The PAGER Keno r q :201a) will be on the
California circuit this year. and as he has
paced an eighth in Is seconds in his work
this spring, he is expected to lower his rec
ord before the season ends.
Nancy Hanks Goa. the queen of the
turf, gets ten miles of roadwOrk one day
and six miles of trackwork the next. The
great AXtell is driven from ten to twelve
miles on the road on off days, and on the
others he is given miles and repeat on the
track.
Although the majority of horsemen dis
agree with Robert Bonner as To the prob
ability OF Maud S lowering her record.
Mr.. Bonner's confidence in her never
wavers. Maud will be kept in training IA II
the summer, gradually increasing her
work until fall, when, If all goes well, she
will be in condition for an attempt to
realize the dream of the foremost patron
of trotting champions - the dethrone-
ment of Nancy Hanks.
1t is said that the famous black geIding
gay-Eye-See., 21o (pacing 2:06M. by
Dictator, will be faster than ever. His
aling leg is believed to be all right, and if
it keeps so he should tie or beat the pac-
ing record.
Millard Sanders has leased the racing
qualities of Steve Whipple, 2:14, and a
number of other trotters of c. Needham
of BellOta, Cal.