Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-07-23

the same. How viii these marks look
az the close OF the season, and what
horses will wear the trOtt.ng and pac-
ing crowns when the winter comes? are
the questions h0rsemen an over the
eountry are asking Just now.
10 took over bali century % lower
the pacing record from the 2;es OF
CHAMPION Dr0ver 90 1889 90 the 2.O4 OF
Mascot. and nearly the same time 90 re-
duce the Jr0ttiug record from the FPS
OF Lady Suffolk in 1s4f 90 the 2.0i OF
Nancy Hanks. Until the advent OF the
kite shaped track several years ago and
the coming OF the bicycle sulky last sea-
son harness racing records were staid
and sober thIngs-thinEs not broken
every year-but now The turf iconOclast
IS In his glory. He has sulk.es with
balI-beariug axles aud puematiC tires
and kite shaped tracks with but a sim
gle turn and down bin all the way.
There Is even talk OF trying pneumat-
&c tired unicycle sulky, and II the two
minute trOtter or PAGES is not whinny-
Ing VIGOROUSLY before the cold, chilli
ing winds OF December are blowing
through its fOreJop there will be great
many turf profits without honor any
where.
Records are usually broken In Au-
gust, and although il Is somewhat early
now to look for sensational perform
ances. one was on record this season be-
fore July was a week old. The great
California pacing stallion Saladin seems
20 have championship material in him,
Tor be has already paced a mile In the
remarkably fast time or 2:05& on the
Klrkwood (DeL) kite shaped track and
defeated the champion, Mascot, by i've
lengths. SaIadin is eight years cd,
and was bred by L. j. Rose, or Los An
geles. He is by Sultan-Eila Lewis,
aud is owned by James B. Green, OF
Wilmington, Del. who trains and drives
him. For the three years he has been
complained Saladin has been looked
upon as a fast PAGER, and last year he
closed the season with mark OF 2:ll}5,
but few horsemen imegined that he
would pace ih 2:O3& and defeat the
kind Of all "sideWheeiers" IN the very
first race he entered this year.
Saladin is already within - seconds
OF the worlds pacing record, and only
one-ouarter Of a second behind the
MQEl4 . kAGlnk AQN1AA 4NA oHAllleuet AtNW
held by that plucky little fier, Direct,
2:O5%. Like many other phenomenOns,
Direct has seen honor after honor slip
from his possession into that Of some
new turf wonder. AT the close OF 1891
the little black California stallion had
20 his credit the pacing time champion
ship, the stallion championship, the
race champ iOnship and the record Of
having paced the fastest heat ia a race.
He had beaten Hal Pointer 10 two races
out Of three and was as near to being
king Of all PAGERS as any horse could be.
In 1892 Direct reduced his record TO
R:O2b, but Hal Pointer went still
further by doing a grand mile IN 2:941I.
Before the year was over, however, the
pacing meteor, Mascot, a gelding whose
pedigree beyond his dam is unknown,
had flashed across the turf, dimming
eli previous records with bis brightness
and establishing the present record Of
2:O4.
with such wonderful PAGERS IN the
Geld as Mascot, 2:O4; Saladin ,2:O52i;
Hal Pointer, 2:O4]l; Direct, 2:051s;
Flying Jib, 2:O52t; Guy, 2:O63t;
Roy Wilkes, 2:O75l; Vinette, 2:O0}5;
Blue Slgn, 2:OSL; Manager and Rob