Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-07-29
HARNESS RACING.
MARVELLOUS DEVgLOPNgNT AND PROGRESS
ARE NOTICEABLE.

E.OU iTOulug LLo' VI HniNu ~
Beaten 2:2O-Ons hundred and Thirty-Eight
New PAGERS Have Entered the Select Circle
-Rusb.nst.in Has Made 2;O9 1-4-GOssip
of me TrOttsrs and PAGERS.
CLEvELvND, o. July 25, 1s94.-The
marvellous development and progress OF
the harness racing industry seems al
most an incredible story, unless one Is
inclined to keep up with its rapid
strides. According to the last account
there have been 16l new additions to the
2:3O list; with the trotters II OF the
ones have beaten 2:2O. The two fastest
are Newcastle 2:164, that has yet an
I'm beaten record OF not losing race In
the hands OF John Splam. He does
not lack for talent TO keep in condition
ar pilot him TO victory. He has won :
races, and was sired by Cornelian 1855,
son of PrinceDs 5l36, while little is
known as to the breeding OF his dam.
The year old stallion Rex Americas
2:l6Lt, stands next in line Of the race
performers with three starts and one
losing race to his credit. His mark was
earned ip the fourth heat of winning
race; he was the most sensational two
wear old OF 1892 On account OF his
having gone a mile in 2:1519 with less
work than any trotter ever had to &c
a mile that fast, and faith in MIN from
this wonderful performance, Mr.. c. j.
Hamlin of Village Far N, Buffalo, n. Y,
paid SIS, 600, for him. His sire is the
well known premier stallion Onward
2:254 that represents r. z. Pepper 81
Sons, South Elkhorn Farm, OF Frank
fort, KY, and his dam CLEAN was by
that popular stallion Dictator 1:13.
THERE HAVE BEEN.
Isl trotters that have reduced their
previous marks; many OF them have
gone down below 2:90; II having cut
below 2:i5, while Lord Clinton and
Azote, the only two geldings that have
ever beaten 2:10; the former In 2:09,
and the latter in 2;Oo9l and his previous
mark was in 2:14l5, made at Indiana
polls, Ind, Sept, %, 1892. He is son
of Whips 134O7 Whose sire was Elec-
tioneer 1:25) dam Josie by Whlpples
HambletOnian 725.
1873 new PAGERS have cast their for
tunes into the select circle, &c OF them
having taken records better than eco.
96 at the lateral gait having reduced
their previous recorda.
Ruebenstein Is the most sensation al
performer, having scored in his second
start mark Of 2:0913 in a winning
race. At the Detroit meeting there
was, during the days, S70,0 900, dlvid-
ed among horsemen. Under the
Stamina test of races there were
GS heats during the week; in
SIS races 80 heats better than 2:2O: %
faster than 2:l5 aud faster than 2:1O.
The three largest winning horses were:
The 4-year-old Eectioneer stallion AL
two, tSat went 3 times in 2:1sl3; be Is
an own brother TO Palo Alto, 2:0s2
that once wore the champion stallion
crown; his earning was S., 400, which he
won by distancing several OF the field in
the 50, 900 HOrSGmGn Consolation stake.
Dancourt, from Kalamazoo Farm, who
won the main stake and $4,000 comes
next; his sire, Am bassador, 2:2lH, aud
his dam, Lowland Girl, 2:195 won hon.
ors uponathe turf in'racing warfare.
The well-known 1894 csmpaigner, ]. NJ.
D., whose breeding is on the doubtful
shelf, earned $4,000 in the Merchants
and Manufacturers stake and
WENT A THIRD HEAT
In 2:l54; he has been earnestly en-
gagged In the fray since the spring
meeting over at Pimlico, his first race.
in which he was unfortunate to not oe
on choice behavior, and was behind the
flag, but at mis- next performance 81
Point Breeze track he won and since
that time has been earning coin for his
popuIar owner, William Hops, OF Bal
timore, and as we'll to Bob Browley's
crown as a frst-class driver in races.
The handsome and toppy bay 5-year-
old stallion, John K. Gentry, from Mis-
souri,. that made such short work OF
the 81. pace against field OF thirteen
starters, winning of the reel With a
record OF 2:O9i5, means q new plunge
for him soon down amoung the free for
all pacers; he has not started before
since his year old form and had dur
ing that campaign q series Of unbroken
victories and mark OF 2:l3, and
eleven heats inside Of the charmed list;
his sire. Ashland Wilkes. made repu-
tation on the turf that was indeed en-
yiable, scoring thirty heats and .
record during his career Of 2:174.
Dame Wood, the dam Of John r.
Gentry, is Myron McHenry's dam, who
this season won a mark OF 2:ls4 out At
the Denver, Colo, meeting. She was
sired by that popular race horse Wedge
wood, PIG.
Another one TO show up we'll in race
track warfare was John Goldsmith's
brown mare Alar, that won the 2:1s
trot and scored a record OF 2:l4&, the
fastest one OF the heats. She is quite q
well turned brown mase, five years old,
sired bv Alcantara. 2:23, dam Myrah,
daughter of Knickerbocker, 200
rrandam Thorndale Maid (dam of
Miss Alice, 2:1515) by Thorndale sos,
showing her up well in speed and blood
lines as well.
WE SEE CONSTANTLY
new additions to the 2:2O list. Oak
leaf by Bolton Sprague has made mile