The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-09-02
RACES FOR FIVE DAYS
THE sTARTER's FLAG WILL DROP
IN INDIANAPOLIS TOMORROW.
Robert j., the Holder OF the Worlds
Record, Will PGce-Other
Big Attractions.

4hC AaAA CCtAA - N~
ing Club. which begins tomorrow. in the
number of entries of famous horses and
the special events, promises to excel any
meeting ever held in the West. Forty
three stables, including all the noted ones
in the country, will be represented by 1898
trotters and PAGERS, the greatest number
ever entered for one meeting, and the three
special events, in which, perhaps. there IS
the greatest interest, will include the ef-
forts of Albatross C:O9A under saddle.
Directly G:10A) and Alix 2:OiO to beat
their individual records, and in the first two
cases the worlds record, and the great
match race between Robert ]. and Joe
Patchen for a purse Of 5000. There will be
four class races each day for the FIVE days.
The indianapolis Driving Club is COM
posed OF a number Of gentlemen who have
put up many thousands of dollars for the
purpose of giving Indianapolis a race track
as good as any in the country and better
than nearly all of them, and for giving two
race meetings each year with the best
horses obtainable. Their meetings thus far
have been successful, so far as the speed
and close contests are concerned, but not
in a financial way, and at the close of each
meeting they have been obliged to make
good a considerable deficit. In spite of
this rather discouraging condition of af-
fairs, they decided to make this meeting,
this week. the greatest one they have ever
given, believing that they would be justi-
fled in doing so by the increasing interest
in horse racing in this city, and the engage
ment, even at a large additional outlay, Of
great horses to go against time. The total
purses offered for the meeting are in ex-
cess re $500, and it will take a very
large attendance each day to bring the re-
peiptG nv RI onufbipo liLa tbfS mount
That such a patronage is well deserved is
conceded by all who know the existing con-
ditions of horse racing. and it is by no
means an improbabi!ity that, should the
coming meeting not be successful, the gen.
tlement of the driving club will think mat
they have sacrificed enough OF their pri-
vate means to encourage this form of sport
The first day of the meeting will be to-
morrow, when the special event will be the
appearance Ssst nee of ofc the PACING pa / 1S,y wonder ind ! hlhat T,Ss
and 2:O9% for a mile made at Lansing,
n Mish;ai f fast . week week. u This s Is the ,T worlds pdrs
haps there would not be SO great interest
even In this If 1t were not for the fact that
Albatross Is ridden by Miss Edna Harris
weighing but fifty pounds. 1t is a wonder
ful performance for a child to ride a horse
Albatross has gone he has proven to be a
great attraction. as he doubtless will be
To-MoRRow's RACES.
The races tomorrow viii begin with a
stake race for 2:30 ~trotters for a purse of
$1,000. and for which there are thirty-one
nominations. and will probably be ten or
twelve starters. Among the horses is
Baron Jean. owned by Jesse Fletcher, of
this city. Belva b., who has a record of
2:S4A, Dora H., Electric King, Eva Clay,
Opellus. Lady Nelson. 1nglenook and
others The second race tomorrow will
he tho o2S rapinU raoe which knowing
ones think will be an easy victory for the
famous Rubenstei1, whose mark this
gig -Q:10, Allegro .G:l61D, Monbars. Pat
tie. Sable Gift and other famous side
will be for two-year-olds eligible to the
2:50 class. for which there are thirty-two
ing establishments of the country The
outcome OF this race is very uncertain.
to be one of the hardest fought contests of
the meeting Among. the entries are Star
plsodIgnHter f6IhsA{ii GOle aadf G:1l ase B Rnws@s
Cambridge Girl and Others -
wees to 21oa, win make an effort for a
special purse to beat that time. and il is
ty that he will succeed in accomplishing it
condition dit 4" The ssaf races es for r" TuesdEay HN include Jude
he 20 class of pagers; the 2;l6 trot, the
olds. in all of which there will be numer-
Gus starters.
The star event on Wednesday will be the
attempt of Alix, generally regarded as the
coming queen of the turf, to beat Nancy
in the third heat of a race at Terre Haute
in 2:05L and made the same time at Fort
Wayne on Thursday of this week. On the
do better than this.
RECORD OF ALIX.
Alix Is now six years old. She is by
Patronage, son of Patron, and her dam
was Atlanta, by Attorney, a son of Harold,
who was the sire Of Maud S. C2:Os%D, and
of Lord Russell, the sire of Kremlin C2:074.)
Patron. the grandsire of Alix, was by
Pancoast, he by Woodford Mambrino, a
son Of Mambrino Chief. She is bred in the
purple trotting lineage, carrying in her
veins the blood that produced Maud s.,
Kremlin, Pactolus, SO Long C2:13A). and Pa
tron. who was himself a race horse, trot,
ting to a record of 2:141a. Alix has raced
since she was two years old. At that
age her owner. Morris J. Jones, was proud
she won twenty-one heats at an average
of 2:2S 3-5, and took a record of 2:l6H. That
was better than Nancy Hanks at the same
age. AS a four-year-old she was driven by
Jack Curry at Nashville in 2:10, which was
four and one-half seconds faster than
Nancy Hanks trotted at the same age.
Last year as a five-year-old she began her
career badly; being distanced in her first
but that of her driver. Jack Curry then
took her agan, and after defeating Lord
Clinton at Columbus, o., where she re-
duced her record, she won the free-for-all
Columbian stake of $4,000 ct Chicago in
the greatest race ever trotted. She trotted
the first heat in 2:07%, the fastest ever
trotted in a race. An unsuccessful COM
bination was formed TO beat her, but she
won after a desperate battle of nine heats,
occupying three days, and winning. the
fastest ninth heat, which she trotted in
first race at Detroit, where the erratic
Pixley beat her. The next week at Cleve-
land, where there was a good track, she
defeated Pixley easily, trotting a third
heat in 2:O8. This year she has not been
beaten, and is not likely to be.
The class races on Wednesday will be
the 240 trot, the 2I5 pace. the 21S trot
ard the 2:22 pace. for all of which there
are many nominations.
THE GREAT MATCH.
On Thursday comes the great match race
between Robert j., considered the fastest
horse in the world, and holding the worlds
record G:03%), made at Fort Wayne, Fri
day, and Joe Patchsn, for a purse OF s5.-
600. II there is a PAGER that can beat Rob
ert ]. it is Patchen. and his owner is nat
urally very anxious to have him do IL,
as it would increase his value as a stallion
many thousands of dollars. He is likewise
confident that his horse can beat Robert
j., and will make the effort with him here
this week. 1t would not be surprising III
in this race the record went away down
10 near the two-minute mark. On Thurs
day the regular races will be the 2:35 pace,