New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-07

handled rom the time she was broken TO harness.
the queen regnant Of trOtters has never failed to
do credit her native State and the race OF highly
bred horses from which she sprung Hart Boswell.
who bred Nancy Hanks was In ordinary circum-
stances when he sent his favorite brood mare
Nancy Lee to Fairawn Farm TO be mated with
Happy Medium He had great faith in this daughter
of Dictator because her dam, sophie, by Edwin
Forrest had proved her merit through an older
daughter, Nelly h., who produced fast PAGERS by
George wilkes. The tendency Of the descendants
OF sophie to 60 either gait was developed In Nancy
Hanks who showed her trainer. Il. ID. kenney,
quarter in 80 seconds at pace before she could
Got at a 40 gait. Pacing is considered so nm
desirable in Kentucky that young Kenney kept on
teaching his promising pupil to trot, and using toe
weights heavy enough to compel her 10 adhere 10
the diagonal gait BY the time she was three
years old the pacing habit about corrected, and
the bay illy made her debut at that age. Her
first engagement was in a stake at HarrodsDurs.
KY. July 81, 1889 her opponents numbering six,
and including Bonnie Wilmorc, Abbie v, Twist,
Matte IT, and Catherine Lcyburn, all Of whom after
ward become notable AS Bonnie Wilmore
known to be a fast colt ana had won AT Lexington
earlier in the month. getting u record OF ::2' Ia,
Kenney thought 1t prudent To go easy the hrst neat
and so finished third TO the favofite. lie moved
Nancy Hanks In the last quarter and was persuaded
She could dispose OF her field, that he waited 10
longer, Dut Sent Hcr aIoHS W NiN'"'S III WV "'N'
three miles. That one heat, where she took the
word for tho first time and finished third Is the
only occasion on which the mare has been behind ut
the finish. and. but for the reason explained, she
need never have lost a heat
The best mile Nancy Hanks trotted In her three
year.old form on the halfmile track AT Dan
VILE Ky where she again defeated Bonnie Wilmore
and Abbie Y. Here she stepped second heat III
ia H. the fastest time scored by one oil
her age OH a half mile track She began the campo IN
Of le0l In young kenncy's hands. ana ne nroNe her
In = Id II nj Lexington. late In August inns was
also II race record. and gave the mare II National
reputation. Soon after this she was turned over 10
Budd DOhlc, and her brilliant career since theh Is
matter such recent history that II does not hecu
to Ice detailed at length here. Al hve years Nancy
Hanks earned place IN the list OF champions ny
lowered the mark for her age 10 2;o0 The htter
honor She lost twenty days later. when snhoi "o''"
In = :OS Ia a., -, A.,
Last season opened rather uniaNorahy Tor lhe
Kentucky queen, us the severe weather nj l'iic
ilauic retarded her training. and she was not II,
first class condition for her opening ensag'm'n' az
Belmont Park Philadelphia. early In Jniyi ihen .nr
bicycle sulky came to the rescue ana ,no"sm WIZ =;
much out OF form the mare managed 10 40 hiii' w
a:il "a q, Detroit when pob's She a''P roa NJ,
recovered when the Grand Circuit was on
nj Cleveland the next week, and 3iJ was All
She could mnunge After n short rest ~ Tue Forest
CITY Nancy Hanks was taken TO Grand itnpids. IN.
minority of the turtles had lost inith III mr. onu
more rhan one writer pronounced her ihiure. anu
Of the opinion Tat she woniu heNrT r,Pe,. ner
record Of the year before IL was trn''"i surprise
when the news came from Grand kanius .hn' snc
u0ted On heavy track some distance rvu, ,ne HS ,
la 90, lust the notch she reached III ioVi' A"'s