Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-06-17

lie Has Upheld the Honor OF His
Ancestors.


In the trottlng world all eyes will be
turned towards Directum 2;05 Ia this
season. and his performances win be
earnestly scrutinized. lie Is cam
pactly built black stallion. standing
about fifteen and n half hands high,
and inhcritS a handsome and muscular
conformation.
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Cal ana mas been campaigned the past
two seasons by Monroe Salisbury,
plonsnnton Gal IIe ,yos dr,,,or a, 1900
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Wy N'u'be S'"V anu Johh heily WAS
the teamstcr that piloted him to Vic
tory last year and in th,. hnnds Of
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~" ~ '''' "e ''''eu N''''sV'i pug
nomenal colt
As a 2-yeur-old he showed great
prnu,tse hut WINS not rac.a b,,, a, NE
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'-Seur-plu form ne proved one OF the
sensations OF the year. contestlng In
eleven events and prov,np bl,nsalf n
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'''n gpu"s9'e'' ihe thfee must
prominent affairs In which he competed
were the $4,000 stake for 3-ycnr-olds Mt
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2:l9 Ia, and six days later at the same
meeting he scored anothor vIctorv de-
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$1,000 purse for the 3-yoar-old class
in the fast time of 2lS Ia nnd 2l3 -.
nm Ma most s,,na, achisyemsnt az Tho
'N' So" '''~N' ''e'''' Ne''', N'''N"' vs. W
season was accomplished az NhshNille'
Tenn, october Is, by winning inc ~
800 3-year-old stake over a field Of
twelve starters IN 2I6, 2I2 and 2ll -,
scoring the fastest neat ever tfotted ny
a-Sear-old IN race
HIS brilliant performances last sea-
son arc sun fresh IN the memory OF
hoiaemen starting az New YORK .Au-
gust, 3u in the frce-for-ull class, he won
thu third, fourth and nth heats in
2lO, slO L. and 2O9 J-i walter ~. tnk-
ing the nrst and second heats In 2'll
and 2!l2 l-l.
In the 212 class ut the same meeting
two days later he defeated plxiey.
| Phoebe wilkes, Hazel wilkes and AGO
| to, lowering his record to 300 10, and In
n TIT against time September 4. he
| rotted In 2'Qf. -Four days previous
| Nancy Hanks had gone u mile against
her record. s:0i, over the same track,
| and the best she could do was TO finish
In 200 "a. In all. Dlrectum started in
| twelve events in 1898. either against
, competitors or performances against
time, making grand efort ut the
| washington Park meeting, September
10. in the face of high wind to heat
zoo and covering the distance IN 2:O6ih
only half u second slower than Nancy
Hanks milo over tho same course the
preceding day.
Starting at st. Joseph, No. Septem-
her 30 TO beat 2;06 H.. he lost In 800 ga
while Flying Jlb had lost the day pre-.
vious In 2;0S IL Ia his effort 10 beat
1901,
His match with AK, 9.O7 "a. tho
ausen of race mares At New York. No.
vcmher 4 proved an easy Victory, hi.
rectum winning in straight order, trot.
ting the third heat In s.0S.
At the Nashville fall meeting, Octo-
Dor rs, he Won the Free for-an racc over
Hazel wilkes and Nightengaie. obtain,
ing his present record, 2O5 IA, In tn,
third heat and scoring the fastest third
heat ever won by a trotter OF any age