New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-30

| MASCOT.
either could have gone ont with pacemnR'r anu
stcppcd Il mile faster than the queen "l ro'cr' ia"
done the day before. ~ II was. ia" "rr'"' "''
heat when the California grldlnc Tapped MnNco'
from start TO finish. and only yard p'h''l
him ot thc wire told 80 much on both PAGERS 'h''
they were finally beaten 10y the gray s'ai'ioh "u''
though the latter could have done ho'hhs WI" '''
OF the gcldncS single handed -,
| In tln second heat. when FLYING JIb i"f''" ~"
pace to the half In mint" ard bali S''oh"'
his rival from Buffalo unable to s'aid 'N' ''.
lcnr. and the handsome gcldng from III" slope o''
fcnt,d him with pleity to spare III -"'"f ~
the opinion OF more than one 'nrI"'hh VIM :,
! Creates, Of all contests In point oi spec" '"'' "
Fixing Jill had been pushed out III 'iN me N' 'o'''
now hold the champion nip. hut the fortune OF W.T.
went against him and the Eastern pi'e' '"''' "
the honor Of the worlds record
| As II is probable that this sam" r"dohb'ap'e pan
will be- ont agail, this season. ul'ir "''"0 :"
open clnss.-, will posses, th" more INTEREST H .
will help settle question of supremacy Una ~
mn, bc decided definitely by what occurred ~ l"H"
,,or,e r,yinc Jill went lame Immediately after ~"
/ oco and Mascot took sick AT Nashville few weeks
lot,r - that neither started ngai AFTER tue "''"'
able encounter just mentioned lh'N "'' '"I
lively Young. both being recorded a' ifl'n III '0''
though has been said that Mascot Is year N"n"K'
Than r.porcd The champion Is n native "i ~"
ru,,,r. state and was bred q, wilma. IN Jefferson
t.uu;v iii, sirr Deceive. i >"n "i INNn''h'
! IIamlh.toninn hut out # mar who's" r'''''hs y
unknown tn" ori-n ~ Ma-cot's dam. Miss D'lm"r''
i, .oualIv obscure that 81 H. p1'"r"l graUnuh"'
so that cxccp, FOR his strain 81 linmhl"''nnn bl''''
tn.r. /. nothing fa .llonalc In his pedigree" MIS-
u.n,or. WAS a roadster q uncommon merit but apart
from that quality ih'r" was nothing u" t''oWh"'"
her n fine dam Of fast colt ~ Mascot has prove"
10 BE-.
Masco, has been on the trr' frT two years ana MS
fir, appearance at Elmra. y y cfN III '"l''
-gl There hc won in slow class for PAGERS h''r
losing tine first heat IL went on through The ''hr'"
| vcu York cIr,nit landing three more prize, 81 llnS
| hamton. syracuse ana Dunhirk without hhN'"H 7"
20 anywhere near hi, limit. When u" summer
carnival for the sukios began ~ Detim' III '"N '"'
hay c.dlng me-, u field 81 TX other speedy is""r'
and after going easy for two heats he moved up ana
! landed first money clrvrfly, going one "''' III
Oh ! 4, that he wa. oOKed upon n the master ~
! ,be slow classes through the Grand 'hrN' " "
| turu,d ont Mascot did not lnnd another race ''''
year. though he was prominent IN "l u" res "
lis engagements Ills first mi,'or'nn" wa' ~ ''V'-
| land where owing to an unexpected turn pf'''
WA cut loose after two hcnts. both "f wm'" 'h'
uug,lo pac,r had taken easily that h. wa, fav"rl'c
n, any old. II I, now pretty wei unH'f''""" ''''
Monroe salisbury had not Intended to uncover Dr'''
III the stable, reached bnfaio. ""r" MASCOT ""''"
he heavily backed on account ~ MS I""i P'0"N''
Here the .licvd old Californian conld haY" made h''
before from the pollok. His STAN "f "'s'''"h'S
and groom, had leen saving their money for the
grand comp but to their surprise Direct u'ii'd h"'
70, 10 the last quarter Of tue third heat NJ 'l"Veaha
and hcn ou,looicl him home In 2I' ~ " S'n'
that four other PAGERS stood better than inc H''"
| black horse In the summary inter the second neat
ana some one had chnr,d salisbury abont III" mp
! uorcut inability Of his pet 10 get any part of the
: pur.o THIS nctilcd him. and he at once "fu'feu
that Direct should 20 on though thtr" WIS no stable
money on him.
As a matter Of fac, the bay gcldlng had been SICK
early In the season. ana had never iulv r"'"\'r'"'
lie wa, LEI up for week and did moi start at iu'aio
lnt al Rochester could only get Single heat Then
Mascot Joined the Western southern Circuit at thi-
cago and at Washington Park was dstanccd for the
fr-t and only time IN lis career, after e'illhg
second heat In ia II. his best mark In lc?l. ~
Independence he had recovered sufficiently TO fore"
Direct along IN each mile. Four day, later he
Eastern crack, did Il wonderful thing in his con
dition when h. fought II out for six heats In field
q eleven finishing ahead twice. and being second
I'm the next three miles, the slOwcSi of these In LID
An excellent constitution ana god car" through
the winter enabled Mascot To stand This great tax on
his vitality and he ont strong last spring. better
able than eyer to carry his marvellous speed. lie
had been turned 10 William j. Andrews. who
took hi, first Lessons In Training from e. j. Iiamn,
and developed III" qualities ~ great rcinsnan Will"
be handled The flyers at Nillag" Farm. Again th"
c'ldllg called on fJr actual dliy III June. III
his first appearance" a SSIarns" he stood fourth in
the summary after four heals The next week AZ
C,r'lnnd he defeated wiiat practically til" same
field IN about the same time. Then after lowering
the track record Binelnmton TO . 10. h" made hi,
second bow in the NOR" important circuit that
ic,an at ID tioit. Here he pulled of n
.onirwhaj unsatisfactory race. Giants Mdallah
Icing the only other starter. Andicw'
CAV" him a vacation which lasted Till the circuit
reached Rochester. Iy this tim" the bicycle Sulhy
had been sufficiently tsi,d to how It, advantages.
and lchcd to 81 these alniD, frtc,ion" vrli'.,
Mascot rccicd of three rapid mil ). placing hl, record
ut ~. 81. II l. doubtful If any horse more
benefited by the new appli,nc" ;ian thi smooth
gated cclIng I.c took part In contest oi hIlfmiic
heats AT Independence landing This with one paced in
COLI. Lc:or" leaving the hit" track he carried
of the hcnors ia hard Cgih ~ FIVE heats.
. t,uy, ROY Wlk's and Manager. stepping ia. NTH
nil. in the hitherto unhcaii Of tine Of :O7 l..
Thi, lac" record he reduced to > 90 NJ Columbus,
Ind. WHERE he di y Sod Of Gus in straight heats
IN" cs.so With which Ma-ro held the giav pac,r
~ hi, wheel oh the new CDni," AT Columbus rnlIs,d
tty 10 br lci onl OF The calculations ~ Icrre iIaulc
ana the interest veil II, the speculation centred
In H.. N"wIo.k champion ana III" Euh' a,"u fl,ing
Jib. That the rarr NhMi!i go I" ''Iy. Who W., k'p
ort Of III, struggle I'LL The la''r ,oi'", w,fc ~
, a,u,rd, remain, =, ,,'ns Dn e" ,"' mo, hrn
, JUDGES explained their ncclec, 80 compi liz. driver
OF Guy To 10 Oh earlier on The ground that the iu'
under wni'n ~" con's ;o"L place gave them ro
..cicrring 10 ,ne lesser lights among pnccr, IT
l. significant Of The si"wHe popularity VI tie literal
tni'cd ny,rs TO find that ',al" haze b"rn opened
while the purses In the regular classes ihi9 season
T rar &c m" numerous mere Is, an yn 'h" 1ole
SIDE whcccis than the rrotiers and the pb,r continue
to s.c S'"@ ea.s sr c place fer 'r' "nc Tcs h.
and other artificial appliance TO compel IL: horse
to " "rs aon s saG hC IFn most %' shona m
be iro'ng lines. Last fall Two yearins colts
exhibited at Lexington and both paced quarters within