New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-23
REGAL WILKES.

REGAL WILKES.
professional beauty amCng horSencsh. aad has p''h
pronounced the most handsome trottcr on the turf.
She WAS f. acd in 1854 has been ont since ltc9. ana
has shown miles In sensational time. Her record OF
= i. Ia made TWO years ago at Hartford III h'r
fr,t paecmcnt Of that se,Non when she dlstanc'n
hcr hcld In the fifth heat. James H. Goldsmith was
behind her on that OCCASION. and Lad SO nigh OPINION
of the mares ability that he felt confident of lowering
te race record with her that year. The great rens-
man from O,ance County was prevented from carrying
out III, intentions Ivy Che wasting Illness mat cause"
his death few weeks LAT r. and Miss Alice has done
nothing notable in public since. Her record remains
where Goldsmith placed IT, Though She went 'f1a' al
Fleet wood last september in e:l2 L. the best per-
formancc to tic credit Of any ;r"tter or PAGER over
that track.
Aublnc a brown mare bred In Maine. Is eleven
wear, old ard though She has record TO pole oil
c:lGl-4. has only scored . 10 IA alone. SHc wa
sold with her mate. Lady Wellington to Henry W.
Iu:nam, Of tbs city, for a long price In the spr'hs
Of 1850 and has been used as roadster since 'ie'
.he is pare gated and has rare turn oil speed 80
good a Judge as John Splan being Of the "inon that
she will get a better mark In George STAIRS n'bnS
than Miss Alice does. Zemla Is the youngest OF inc
three being now six years old. and her marx vi
alo IA was obtained as four-year'oh In race at
Richmond Ind
On Long Island where some OF the most noted
contests in trot,ng turf history have taken place.
there is speed in abundance, especially along Inv
Coney Island Boulevard BY far the finest ROADWAY IN
the metropoit.l district. Here Is the Dig breeuih6
establishment owned by John II. shuts. who has been
the most liberal buyer at the large sales III TINS CITY
since the first consignment came from senator sian
ford.s ranch early In 1896 Parkville Farm, which
takes It's name from the village Just beyond 'he CIV!
line OF Brooklyn, has all excellent mile track "he1e
Mr. shuts has nearly 100 horses IN framing
Heretofore he has been on the turf. DIV Only al'F
a dcsultory fashion compared with his plans Tor 'he
coming season. John Driscoll. the senior trainer al
the farm Is now preparing string OF thirteen ana
Two other drivers are similarly engaged. fourth
has also been retained In the person 81 NJ F. Devy
Young r,insman Of sbley. Iowa, who comes East with
a good reputation from Lis own state
or those entrusted TO Drscol Regal Wilkes Is the
most famous as he has leld championship Cor
&C. and Is ore Of the fastest Young irottcrs bred
in California lis present record Of ell 81 l. on"
Of the performances at stockton can. last oci'hrr
that WAS rejected by the American Register ASNocia
,ion This was subjected 10 close scrutiny by The
National Trottng Association, through It's Pacihc Dl'
/ trict board along with the record credited 10 STAN
boul and Of other horses that performed on III" MIC
track As II was declared regular under IL" rules
Of the National Tro',ing Association Regal NiN''
| is entitled the same credit as any OF inc h"re'
that competed against time. and Lis mark bars nm
from any class slower than 10. He was ioalei In
1857 al san Matro Farm. California. ana In az
cordancc with the system Of early development now
In vogue WAS 80 far advanced at two years that lac
WAS able 10 lower the stallion record for his age"
This he did ct san Francis on November y 'o0''
where in a wakovcr for stake Of S'.1 he 'r"t'ci
I'm 20 a. This reduced the mark for two!car
old colts which AxteI then held 10y his mile In -
al Lexington the year before. Regal Wilkes had pre-
viously gone several miles below 30 and won
race At san Jose over Fleet and Ms'a, wv" OF the
crack nllles out that season. Though Dig grow'iy
colt. the new champion trained on A. thre"-year-
old and was considered so unbeatable maj h"'h'ns
started against him In his stake engagements Of ESQ.
After one walkover in slow time, Regal Wilkes I'M
proved his best time of the former year by start
/ ing ag,ins, II and trotting In 2I7 10. This was
AZ Fresno and few days later. at Napa, lac again
walked In 2 :lS IA.
Regal Wilkes was kept in the stud during 1891. and
last year after the breeding over he was
again put In training. His first trial at stockton
In August resulted In record OF .:l6 "a. and then
AZ the same track on October 10 H. did the mile
In oIl34. As he did not have his old trainer.
John A. Goldsmith. behind him, on either OCCASION
II Is fair to presume he might have gone faster with
that clever reinsman TO handle him. When the last
| consignment from san Matco Farm put up for
competition here In January Regal Wilkes brought
the TOD price, and AT $4,000 became the property
OF Mr.. Shuts. He stands fully sixteen hands high.
! is bay In color Wit, star. and both tmd ankles
white Though lean In flesh after his Journey across
the continent he became acclimat"d land Is now
/ a fine specimen OF wcbred trottcr. His new
owner has faith in the young stations ability. and
has already entered him in several stakes for the
! faster classes. Among these |, the frecfor-al at
Fleetwood where he Will meet Martha Wilkes Green
leaf and i've other X. He will doubtless be
candidate for the Blanchard Stallion Race. Boston,
10 bc trOtied at Mystic Park september 49, the pre-
MUM being IL 900. open TO the IL class
There others with records among the big stable
now Icing prepared for the campaign at ParkNille
Farm. bu, the majority youngsters that have not
| yet scored up III company. Trainer Driscoll sets
considerable store by the black PAGER Thistle whose
cduca ton has been conducted by lin, and to whom
he gave record Of ia last August In his hvcyrar-
old form. Like the plant Tor winch hc WAS banned,
Thistle grew rapidly that he did not have strength
thing, are cApectcd ol MIN low. IL" stepped mile
| M 20 "Wednesday, and Will be- III shape 20 race
500 any horse In III" East iandcct. II roy
ally stallion by PaacOast out OF Reina Victoria,
"A mare "A foremost place In the list oi great
dams has reserved Tor the stud 10 th, scsOi,
ana low nj six years promises To be worthy OF his
lineage His irsl stake engagement will be nj Baltl
tests recently opened by the PmlicO Driving Club.
I.arOn Rose, II brother TO The nigh priced Mascot.
that sold here for s2G.OUO when he Was Two years
| yld, Will also have opportunity 10 show his
quality lie las developed Into likely Looking
troiter, L. now five years old. and showed quarter
In thirty five seconds az two years: sHir shuts has
| bred this 81 of STEAMBOAT and Minnehaha to some
81 his best and believes he will give good
account Of himself ON the turf as we'll Jay Wilkes,
another purchase, Ii also California product,
foaled IN 1900 with "a mark OF :35 IA at two years.
He Is OF the stock that natures more slowly than