New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-05-21

stake ever Offered for PAGERS. The champion ''S'o
ana his greatest rival, Hal Pointer are 10 U" ."
didat.s along with such cracks n flylhg 'o' NAN
ager Reflector and Adonis. or these Manager i
the youngest he was foaled In 1850 anu '"c "''
o, Nu,wood mas held the record for his age at the
lateral cal, since he scored 40 IL In his twoyear-
old form. The Mcssrs. stout of Dubuque. VINO Drca
,his fast stallion have sent him To Budd Doble ana
as he scored 90 "a In race last fall nj 81 Joseph
Manager should b. better than ever at five years IN
the hands OF a careful trainer Ike Doble
The free forall trottng class. which was scarce
OF material up to 1890. will not lack numbers TINS
season. II Is within recent memory when record
below 10 barred a trottcr from everything except
the orrn class but the limit Is NOW several seconds
slower There are plenty OF stakes for IA trotters
This wear and I'm n few the time limit Is rs
low AS 2:lO. Eight trottcrS have records below
10, but Martha Wilkes and Belle Nara are the
only ones In this select list that are likely to be
campaigned this year. Beyond that limit ana up
10 . IA there some forty more now In 'rnnihS'
most OF them have got down low In the teens or ont
Of them since the bicycle Eulky came into use Per
haps the dangerous Of all the candidates In the
rich contests for the champion class Is the bay mare
Ax now i've years old. Her opportunities have
been limited compared with Nancy Hanks siam
boul Kremlin Martha Wilkes and others with faster
marks but none OF these ever trOttod In ITO NJ
four years rs AK did She divides the honors for
that age with Moquettc but her mile az Nashv" last
November was under much more unfavorablc clrcum
stances than the one which the stallion had trolied
nearly two months before ut Richmond, Ina.
The advantage OF the later date more than offset
by the weather. which bitterly cold while the
course at Cumberland Park had been visited by both
snow and rain before this wonderful mare flew over
II In = 10. AK has been Oh the turf since she was
Two years and has trained on despite the Tact mat
she never In the hands Of great driver. ll"r
Grsff IL.
iii he brought out this bay nlly lntrilsed TO him by
Daniel Hayes, wealthy banker Of Chicago. brother
now n member Of Congress from Iowa. Alx was
bred at Muscane. In the IIawkeye STATE" and came
OF the noted performers Patron and Prodigal, while
her dam. Mlania was got by Attorney. son OF
andcrs Abialah. The first appearance of AlN at
two years gave no indication OF her coming greatness
could only get third place IN her second engagement
ut Lincoln. Ncb., II week later. she improved
rapidly and three race, In SUCCESSION her best
record In 1880 being made at Independence, where
she trottcd "A second heat In 2:;IO
The next season AIN made long campaign. com
pet.ng IN the = 80 class through Ilino, and Wscoll-
sin In June. heating Clara Wnhe, for two heats at
ir'cpolt where she reduced her record to =. =.
she entered III" : 30 list nj Knoxville. Iowa. In
August where She won stake OF $1,000, and stepped
ionr,n heat In 2:lD IL. She was unable to land
n bigger one nj Independence. but was second for
three heats TO Fausiino forcing the speedy CafornI,
col; TO put In three mile, below 10. Of them in
2l7. Al this time AlN bad been drawing at least
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tipped The beam al loo pounds. This was a serious
Lnndcap for three earold under the average size
ana SDrulis Volumes for the courage ana sped OF
the fly. While a, Independence her owners wanted
TO her 90 under brtter conditions. and had ar
ranged for ,;.Orge starr To drive her against time.
| &. ". Williams had noted her quality and wished To
try his hand. Alx was lame from n strain. AMI
| william, va, twenty-five. pounds overweight. but
she did the mile IN .:l6 II. She started In other
that year but retired with the figures earned on
| tn Kite iracK.
| II was n nfilc wonder after such mn amount Of
abuse that AK was out Of form In the early pnrt Of
last season. Her steel like constitution brought he'
I around by midsummer. and she sent against time
| NJ Kcno,6a Wi>. Here she pulled her record
down twicc-frst TO .Ii H. and n few days after
! scored 81. a. After few more trials ut her
home. where she tIolted three miles close 10 her
record, this modern Flora Temple was sent to Lex
Association in October. she wa. entered there IN {.
wns .,Ieibie IN start This did not Iriybtcn the own
ers end Mr.. Allen learned TINT the little mare could
co three heats in IL. so concluded not T. SO, sucl
a task for Kremlln who had won his greatest victory
in the T~ansyvania cprlicr In the week Eel
Archer Florida, Constantine and Grattan all five
yeafsod, contested matters with Ax. but she played