New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-16
HARNESS RACING GOSSIP.
r. YOUNG FLYERS GET RECOGNITION
THROUGH THE GRAND CIRCUIT.
GOOD FORM BY THE COLTS AND FILLIEs AT
p1rrsBURG-THE DETROIT MEETING AND

ho crack tIOttcrs and plccrs and stories Of wordcr
A. trials as indicative OF future record smashing the
,.rs OF the Suky are now being tested In the open
a., Of public competition The preliminary Skin
,bes 10 the Grand Circuit at Philadelphia and Mead
ellie during The first week OF this month sharpened
40 Eastern horses for the more important engage
sn,s which began at Httsbure last Monday. About
,ts sane time there were meetings further West
,b,ch developed even more speed than has ye,
,ssn seen in actual contests the Atlantic coast
,,s season. II is not surprising, then. that the miles
=, Homewood Park should be unusually fast, and
ho, the sport there should be higher In class than
has previously been furnished to the racegoing public
>, the smoky City. Pittsburg Is the only member
a, the Grand Circuit, as this series Is now constituted
cha, did not have the bicycle sulky at its summer
..t,nc last year. The fields which appeared later
IN the season at Homewood Park when the safety
wheel had come into general use, were not OF the
same quality as those which had competed for the
more valuable prizes In July. and the difference in
the average rate Of the heats at the two meetings OF
1892 was not marked.
Comparing the miles trotted and paced during the
rock ms, ended with those OF last year the great
suneriority Of the almost frictoness running gear
/, APPARENT. The quartet Of trotters that started III
thc 2l7 class al the Ilomcwood track nearly year
ago would he about evenly matched with the five
that came ont for the 10 class last Wednesday if the
bich.wheel suky still in vogue. -Four heats
decided both these contests, ard the rate OF the
mile, where the sulhy is used is more than three
seconds faster than In the race much like il III
other respects which took place last year. The
same hing is OF all the other contests AT Pitts
burg and already il has been clearly shown that the
horses are taking full advantage Of the latest me
ehacal device TO enable them sustain speed at all
distances.
\ noteworthy feature of the great harness racing
tournament now In progress is the recognition accorded
10 the Youngsters. Not long ago the breeders aud
trainers Considered it unwisc To campaign thci H. cI,
Ill ;h"y were al least FIVE years old. There was. OF
COURSE earlier dcveloPmet but up to $50 lrotcr
Of four years or yClm-cr hdd gone public mile as
fast Is 30. TIE nvc-y"ar olds even later in
securing II place Ia the FAST list. for not til lo6o did
Iuiilcr Il gray .iallion bred in Kentucky. set the eA-
ample for his age b. mile in 10 at Louisville.
The natural outcome of The increased attention given
20 breeding during the last quarter Of thu century
ha> been the production Of speed in tie colts and
fill hat WAS once Permitted 70 remain latent tili
In, animal was luy matlrcd Kentucky, set the
fa-li1n but son o.ts'rprcd by III" more pre-
coclods California >irpirr> 2 10 The close OF l7'1
tie Pacific slope held tnc records at one Two ana three
yenrs. bui the honor> IL fcur years now belong
equally 20 Moquetlc and AllN, both bred on this Ill"
OF the Eocbio, White Hionin. Kcniucian, leads tn
lvc-yra:-o,G- vi II hi, O7 "a.
Occasionally there has been Il contest for the juvc-
nil,s in the Grand Circuit. Eu!ao having sake open
to four ycaroli, In Iooo Which brought ont small
field and captured in hollow manner 10y the
ncc,-fo0l,d Susie :. from Tie Blue GraS, region
This was repeated She next year. and McE~cn,
Tennessee tro;tcr wo, over another light field which
included Prince Rccrm, and MaIi Jalsen The plron-
age cNtcnIci TO these contests was not eAc1udsine
chiefly because other members OF III" Circuit did not
open similar stakes. and Buffalo babe tcmpor1r3
adcu TO the young performers, cNcepi where they
competed Ia the regular classes
AZ tie later meeting. however. including those a.
Loan. - and Nashville. tn, e +, ana tl' have had
opportunities to show their canning capacity, and then
performance, have contributed in 10 small degree 10
che sport Of The autumn and fall
Another association of the Grand Circuit chain saw
The steady progress which the youngsters had been
.uaking, and tie enterprise Of the late T. o. King
who was secretary OF Charter Oak Park at Hartford. Is
du the starting OF the large prizes for reey earods
which promise TO be generally adopted. With his com
pletc grasp Ci everything connected with harness
racing, the keen Connecticut tmfman Was alive 70
the growing popularity Of the Younger Eor'eS ana III
1859 opened stake Of 10000 for foals OF tina, year.
10 he connect, for In 1852 In response to this 3lO
colts and fllics were. named. Long before the date
chosen iOg the contest the subscriptions were sun,
clct % the financial success OF the stake ana
Mr. King induced his association TO follow up the
enterprise we'll begun. The Hartford Purse, as
the first contest was called. renewed in 1880, aud
Is 10 be a fea turc Of the solidated meeting gwen
ly the Driving Club Of New York and tho Charter
Oak Park Association. in this city. from August - TO
September A. Besides this there are the Connecticut
Purse Of $1,000 and the Nutmeg Purse Of 10000,
With large subs riptions IN each and 10 be irotted
for Ia the next two years.
The other members Of the Grand Circuit have
proited by the wisdom of their Hartford associates,
and the seven programmes already announced mace
q place for TIE tvo, three, and four year old per
formers Ptsburg devoted Is first day 10 the junior
troters and PAGERS Ill OF which CAV, good account
Of themselves In the responsible Iosiiion OF opening
the brilliant campaign. In the two contests Tor tpt
tiers fast Monday N the miles for eight heats were
faster than 90. Miss Ida. who proTcd the best OF
and most oi the seven competitors remained ID TO me
last There was much more Interesting siruseie
battled for five heats Will another hy, the Callfor'
MI, bred Double Cross also IL the chase from star 10
slower. but had oi his Opponents been abe 70
force the speedy colt Victor Mazhone to his limit NC
BY the roert thai afternoon. The proiacted battles
OF last Tuesday carried The class for t"oyear-o,a
Chris Lang proved much TOO nimble for his field which
Included several other cracks from The Pacmc Stop
cIroit follows In "a The plan OF PIlsbuiG Z,
with the major part Of the card for lis Blue Ribbon
Day. omoSw devoted to contests ior age aS
Candidates named including Chris Lang and several
Of those he defeated at iioncwSod PARK m1GH
pupil f. his second engagement. a. he VIII meet
Directors Flower. muclltalkcd-o hlly In the SAILS,
+" Iefc"i than the :o6 ~ which landed him in
front smoky cry In the fury e e9rod .G ca1I
be- btwee- Inllah WILKES. GIFT @ Ncer ana Bine Bell
all descended from sires bred In california
yearolds have place, and eleven trot'ers OF ,ha'
age are listed for that class The Interest on Incsa,y'
however will centre In the Merrhrnis ara Manuid1oo
turers Stake the first division OF which worm sVoo
for that Afternoon o mrs C s,porS |d but
nominations this year give seve teen pFoD,ir,
more than ever before entered for the vnifur
Tie black mare Nightingale, who won mn S'lN AK IL,
July i'm Straight heats. had eleven orpoh,i,'H va @
occasion while Temple Bar, Walter r.. anu ,iS ~
tho f,l N.
smaller fields than the ore that con,roru "' on
mare from Ohio The lot That VIII VII, s'9 ,ro cnnteSt
mosi open one on public form Fldcs n,dn," ,.ry -
stallion from Canada that has been r"rE Circuit
and at the two mcetl-gs Phadelphia ms u r9nln
VIII have strong following Village f nir ,mnm Of
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