The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1893-12-17

gan the senson unmarked and closed II
with the record that for years made Maud
S. the queen OF the trotting turf Her
record is much enhanced Ia value by the
fact that II was made in a race. while
Maud s. made II in tilt against time.
The other two who opened the season out
side OF $50 and closed II inside OF 2l0 are
both pacers-McHenry' great race mare
May Marshall 2!0SA. and the 5-year-old
colt WIN Kerr. 207ia These are also race
records. All of these flyers are descended
IN the direct male line from the Hero Of
Chester" Fantasy being by Chimes, May
Marshall by Billy Wilkes and VIII Kerr
by Ethan wilkes.
Nearly seventy 2-year-old trotters en-
tered the list during the season, hfty-slx
Of which obtained their records In races.
OF the entire number n 2-year-olds In the
list this season forty-five were by de-
Veloped sires, with records from 20sA to
2:2ei5. and the dams OF twenty of them
were daughters OF developed sires The
sires putting TWO or more In the list this
year are ANtell, 2.l2 as a 3-year-old, and
SPHINX 2s0is with three each. and Palo
Alto. 20S%; Mckinney, 2Ilh, and onward
2s25h with two each. The nine fastest 2
year-oids for the year are by developed
aires as follows: Nellie A., 2:l9, b. Wilkes
Boy, 2:2iA; Directors Flower, 2:2o, by
Director. 2l7; Faifa, 300, by Alerton,
, 2.o9i: Cut Slass 2.2oH, by Onward, 2.25ii;
2.nh, by Almonarch. 2247s; ortine, 2:22, by
Elyria, 2;25Is Rio Alto 2222i by Palo
Alto 20s3. and Cervus, 2,a3A, by Sphinx
2.20is. A very large percentage OF the
slres OF these precocious youngsters are
descended in the male line directly from
Hambletonlan, 10.
Among the most brilliant performances
not only OF the late fall, but Of the entire
year, was the 2.25% made by the yearllng
fly Pansy MoGregor, at IIoltnn, kas., ~
the 2;yj race against Older horses, IL - not
only the raeo record for yearlings, but
clips one and half seconds of the time
record Of the great Sidney yearlng FrQu
Frou a25M made in 1891 and which has
Stood az The yearlng record until the
great performance OF the daughter Of Fer
gus McCregnr This rising young sire IL
by Robert AlcGregor s.l1ia by Major Ed
sail. 9.29, by liamhletonian, 10. Fergus
McGrogots dam 10 q daughter Of Iron
Duke. another son OF Hambletonian.
Pansy's dam is Cora, 22o PAGER by Cor
lander a son OF Iron Duke. Thus this
wonderful yearling ally traces three times
70 the Hero 90 Chester" twice through
her sire and once through her dam AM
other remove farther away she again
traces to IInmhletonlnn through son,
Guy Miller the sire 81 the grand dam OF
Fergus McGregor She thus mingles the
blood OF Hambletonlan, American Star and
Harry Clay. hiooda that have always
mixed wen anu PiouNNSu bteAN laNN
horses.
Now that Nancy Hanks. the queen Of
the trotting turf has retired forever from
the public gaze 20 become bright light
in the breeding ranks Il viii not be out OF
place TO refer 10 her nnapproaehable per-
formances during the past three seasons
beginning with September =, 1881, and
ending with September Is, 1893, four days
over two years, she has trotted eighteen
miles IN public inside OF 2;l0, The slowest
2:0ais was trotted over the washington
Park track. Chicago. August 20, 1872. and
the fastest, 2;0i. the worlds trOttiug rec
ord, on September % 1899. az Terre Haute,
Ind The average time for her eighteen
miles Is 2.06 69-72. These wonderful miles
We're trottod on all sorts Of tracks and IN
All climates, from Boston, Mass, 80 ST.
Joseph, MO, and from Iamlin, Mimi TO
Nashville, Tenn, she trotted two frat
quarters IN thirty seconds and the two
second quarters OF tho same miles In
thirty-ene seconds, making the first half
81 each mile la 1901. Her fastest single
quarter was the third In her mile IN 2:0i
at Tcrre Hauto, which she trouad In 29s,
seconds The last half ot the same mile
was la i:olh. Her fastest last quarter
was IN thirty seconds IN her mile IN 2.05
at New Albany, Ind. II has been claimed