Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-09-18
TOPICS.
Tive News from the Three Great Tracks
Of Indiana.
WINNER OF The RICH REVIEW.
So. >c,t Star Even, tho $4,000 Ken
tucky Tuturity, Scheduled for
Eariy October.
Crerrc Haute Correspondence OF the
PHILADELPHIA preas)

r.f. the fastest and bcSt-cQulppth tA'"'
r-spra has held the palm for two years.
v.e1 Nancy Hanks began the record-re-
a.-..~ process In 1872 by first deihroning
clio E'ec;ioncer Queen. Sunol. who on Oc-
.t.~ %. 1901. had iroitcd the kite track
o., S., -kton. Cal. IN 2OSH. ~ Washing
g., Park. August Il. 1892, TIE queen Of
.....r-. Nancy Hanks. circlcd that course
,- ..-t,. ana then G. W. Williams. who
c.-.! thc independence Kite Track In
70, believing he owned the fastest
,- IN America, offered inducements
made Rald Doblc 90 West. and the
,.- v4s fat two seconds to 2:05H.
.r Hanks made an effort on Scp;cm-
.- O.. iWe. and 20i was the mark That
s.. stool intact since tin August 3ist.
..r r thcir own state was the glory
....- sram tho Niso county capital and
hy Fort Wayne iy bare quar-
..- .fa ~c-1ud-2oSH4 was tho time. ana
t.-t D. WAS the equine King. Not long
.r latter town have 20 claim Us
.-. u't q week. ;ill Robert !. again
tNo State Fair Track In 2O-ig.
...t Sine &C. was @ raCc-rccOrl IN not
.t. rreqtcst mile ever Witnessed.
.. Gid. -est contest from wire 20 wire.
r. t.frr heats averaged 2,o5 %, and 10
,... ra record so high above all the
performances as - make COM
..., l4lcrols and The other heats OF
..I- D.. q o 03'i. zoe ,. and 2oit. and
..s4 .c AliX makes an average for
g.. f.r heats OF 2@ CO, and records
.. . races Ike these by conservative
.. won't DO 90 mention the same day
ON rr. trial trips against the watch.
... great brood mare Betty Brown,
.. WILKES EoV PA o, by Mamhrino
f.t. &c. g.. Uyaun.s. was bred. and Is
.. iv Mr. g r. Emery. Of Forest
I.. GOWN. cleveland. o. Joe Patchen,
r r..rr stallion mat drove Robert j,
Ir. r h's race last week, stands to-
o.. .. 'hr fastest pacing stallion known
. OBJ. harness racing turf, and was bred
mis- pres MT owner. Colonel John
r..r q 49, Louis. Mo. on his Kan
r.u.h lie g. sixteen hands high, and
q, v.u hurt at every point, ne is raven
,... With u well marked white face.
r.. p.trrtn is q 5-year-oi son 81 Peach
Oh Wilkes. dam Josephine Young 10y
r.. Young %3'. son Of star Of the
West. p6 IIc has gone three heats bet
..- Than 2.21 up to IA" close or IN'5
s.-s.r and bis record was 2l' ia. ana
,te timed ae announced In his fastest
O., sd harness rnce~ In 2.0i. 205 "a. and
..- N.f,h races. as a rule. are farcical
..-f.rutno.s Int this one was not
trrol with tt1t color. and never dii TWO
r.es ana two drivers engage in duel
fr4- was from start 10 finish moro earn
,-ty contested than this one thdt VIII
stand. 20 my opinion. for quite time az
the rfrh-wat-r mark. and the grand
I'D State 81 Missouri may feel proud 10
know that the fastest pacing stallion
9. ownel within its borders. Tho records
now stand on Indiana tracks. Indiana
r1's. 202 1-2. Fort Wayne, 2W Fl. Terre
Ii.ute. 2.ni ami not one OF the horses
that mad. them was owned or bred IN
g., Wooster state. 1t was bitter PHI
for Terre Haute fanc'rs 10 swallow
and - now feel that their pride, the
o.ai track was no longer the best ana
ms, tide the time for a week patiently
TN their meeting this week is over and
wait ul Robert !. and AiiX each circles
Tho four-co rucred course. and may De
nerc viii hc different story 10 tell
OPENED ITS GATES.
,rbe U.--e Hlutc Trotting Association
opened ifs gates on Tuesday last. ana
first on the programme was the Clark 8
Horse Review stake. for foalS OF 1871.
9ri represented the largest amount that
had ever been contested for by trotters
This stake had been growing rich IN
value for four years. and 10 materiaii2od
VITA tIc money ready, every dollar or IT,
and WAS paid over t. the winners in
I.r.l states currency. l.. Il. T.. the
,.rr,~. is "a good colt. and had befor"
proved himself race-horsc In more than
... race. as ne had scored quite de-
rvirg victory at the chicago meeting.
ANA earned a ract-rccori of -ld - anu
~ that time the best Of the season, ana
many have said that such n good colt as
~ proved himself on Tuesday last was
c-eerviug name. and anything would
...-4 rrcf.rall. 70 the letters. Pilot
Medium. his sire. has been in first rank
10 a sire FOR quite "A few years. lie earned
as first money out Of the stake, S|9t2.ol.
he ls m exceedingly handsome bay colt.
i.rpv and attractive in appearance ana
8 Of a high-classel gamey type i. &. 4.
Dam i- sally ColfaN. Of Schuyler ColfaX.
ga son OF Hambletonian, 10. The second
money and hcat-wiuucr in the race was
o.. Kentucky FLY cut Glass, by onward
80 il. dam Crystal by Crittcnden. 49,
,...rl dam Willie Wilkes dam of Great
II .rt. 2I5, by George Wilkes 2:22 She
v.r The first heat in 211 ii being ne"
record. Few buster little trotters 20 out
G. o.. races than she proved herself III
ff.e race. The total amount OF stake was
So
Tt. big hay fly Nellie A.. that won
already This season near $4,000 in two
t.a.s. was not in condition to take the
VOID. and her owners were looking out
fra softer spot than this one looked 10
g.. and feared n Knockout race, as she
WIS iu poor form up ~ Hartford IN inc
l.- stake there. and most any goou -
,.lr-..I could have beaten her mat uay,
..l % can well be termed the cheapest
.... tbat ever was raced for in a large
sake. The Anrln family have then
e.rl. owe on the Kentucky Futurity, the
r.,h star event. and the largest OF any
...f viii ,puroNlmate $1,000. and as hrs'
....-a,. viii bo close 70 5000 Nellie A.
e.. l..r0 especially fitted for this star en-
,..-..r.1nt She won well-fOught six
l,.r affair IN this town at the last meet
..-. landing third heat In 2l6 II IN,
.H.f VIII keep her busy is the Onward
els. 1..,zafte' that won In August a eooc
r.l. and secured mark Of 2lo 81. Inc
t1tl colt. Axinite proved himself goo'
.r rho first race with Nellie ~, ana j
-,c looked TO be n starter but has mol
handed a race In 1884; and then theIe NV
,.4rforf 0llv. Celeya. 217 Ii. and th'
.rtnua,e Red Pointer that Mr.. France
virtually gave away al the summer uoV
fr. meeting I'm Lexington on account 4"
g.. faulty habits. His new owners arr
counting on part Of the money IN my
...,t,r Of the forty-three now ehSibI
-. etal pavment when the sum
,..rr ~ thJ race is look&i Over we ~
t.v. named Will be 4 Fng the money
Gamers. THIS large stake Will be one %
,..rv prime events at the hentuVN'
v,.ttfne-Horse breeders meeting .'o on
a.. p, lsth over their popular n'nT'SI ~ 10
t,..t when race records VIII tunlDie
tf. troi,ers and PAGERS are not IN w
repsir-shops before that time arrives
AXOTE.
Andy Mcdowell surpr sed an WIN A." 40
~ a.. opeuinq-day 81 this NEE ing an
,r,,tv y,re the rife stories h'@t me 80
california gcldmg was 'rie' ana W"
or. OF the lau seasons outciasseu o''o nv
a,I would bc an cay mark rom ~
on W,n. such story makers ousn'
r., around and apologize. WIN 'he Nv
starters IL was regarded a picnic 10 -"
him on the shelf. bat IN the seconu l'.'
l.- nrw mark Of 2O@ "a was S'ul,"o
arl Instead Of doing Up Azote Il ma" &"
oooft on Nightingale. who drove MIN ~
The last half IN O3 ia.
\ new worlds record was inade
"Wednesday. and the Colorado colt a.
l1neie earned The crown by lo"elil
Direc,ly's s-year-oid pacing record Hoi
o.tlrs .. r.fN (lp October IL. 1872 u