New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-08-26
SURPRISES IN TROTTING.
EARLY FAvORITEs NO LONGER IN THE
LEAD.
THE CASE OF DrRECTrM AN INsTANcE-Ho"
,,v NAG COME 70 THE FRoNTTo
TRY TO ABOLISH PUBLIC BETTING AT


ALIX HAS COME TO THE FRoNr-ro
TRY TO ABOLISH PUBLIC BETTING AT
THE CHARTER OAK MEETING.
As the harness-rachg campaign advances some
OF the troters which at the outset OF tue ''"so
gave promise OF the greatest achievements seem
TO be in danger OF being outshone by the ne" s'aiS
OF the turf which have recently appeared. ON
weeks ago the eyes Of tn, horse word were "H'
upon Drectum. Fantasy. Kremlin ana Arion as
the flyers most likely to lower the Zof recora Vi
Nancy Hanks but the developments or the iast
fortnigh. have been somewhat disappointing IN re-
spect 10 this famous quarter. while the unheraded,
everyday campaigner Alix has by her wonderrui
feats thrown the best OF them In the shade
DIrectum's poor performance In Chicago last week
would seem az first blush 10 put MIN out OF the
race for champion honors but the reports diner as
to the cause OF his failure to beat 20Sis at WASH
ington Park one account says that after HickoK
had warmed the horse up by two heats In 2ls ana
e:0sib ne tried 10 drive him a very fast mile ana
made a ludcrous fasco OF 1t, Dlrectum finishing
"alI out' and dead tired In 2lO Another local re-
port which ought to be trustworthy indicates that
the cautious trainer of the champion stallion made
no attempt 10 send him along at top speed the
third time but merely took advantage Of the occa-
SION TO give him staying-up mile by way or
preparation for his coming race In Boston, where
he is expected meet Arion. kremn. Moquette
m Nelson
New-Eneland Breeders Association Whatever the
truth may be about the Washington Park per-
formance D!rect,irn stock has taken slump In
consequence thereof As AK had trotted IN z@+
the day before the stallion started IL was gen
orally expected that he would be driven fast enough
to take the lusre off the little mares great mile
and his failure TO approach the record made by
AK Is accepted as admission that the task Is
beyond his power
Some prominent New York horsemen who wit
messed Drect'.m's trial OF 209% at Bunalo DO not
hesitate to say that his finish was extremely weak
and that NJ be far from right this season.
stu. II is to be remembered that Dlrectum Is a
late horse and that his trainer IL one OF the most
conservative of reinsnen. In his three-year-oid
form Directum gave sign Of being more than
"A commonplace colt until well along In the month
OF September. and last season. after his myster-
ious collapse at Cleveland. the four-year-od was
OF no account until he suddenly rounded TO at the
Fleetwood meeting In September. Perhaps the
history of his former campaigns may be repeated
again this year but II 10 be the general I'M
preston that just the sometime champion
would not be able TO make much OF contest for
Alix. or even for Arion. who IL said to be moving
finely under Budd Dobe's skilfuI handling.
Nothing OF consequence has been done by Krem-
lin since he frs. set the critics talking about his
chance for the championship BY trottng an eighth
OF a mile In olii.. or thereabouts, on the occasion
OF champagne lunch party at Allen Farm early
in June But the owner OF this great horse denies
cmphatlcaily the lurnor that Kremlin has broken
down Mr. Allen says Edwin Bitten is giving him
a slow careful preparation at Cleveland. and that
he Will be ready for the fray when the 5000 race
Is called at Mysti, Park. Fantasy's mile In 2:074
~ Rochester. while the fastest the four-year-old
sethcr up to the expectations OF horsemen. and
as the hlly Is said to have tired distinctly when
formance hardly makes her appear formidable as a
rival Of AK Fantasy's perfect action has all
is so tall. spare and nnsubstantal and so loosely
put together tina, 1t has all along been open
sns ~ T her truly S~rs 'e o
speed over distance Of ground or In OF
At present AK Is IN full possession OF the free
e she e R N ne race ssans
a. the approaching Grand Circuit meeting in New
hat she viii start to beat the trolling record at
the Fleetwood races In all probability the same
where she left the free for-ali scramble to the
lesser lights and herself gave exhibition against
time.
An important experiment in harness racing is
to be put n the ssi h wesk II The Hf05a
without public betting which is in violation Of
Of Ss nd Inks hs
OF Grand Circuit tracks. and II racing can be
tons OF the poobox it should be successful the
fine old course In the capital city OF the Nutmeg |
tons 81 Tro,t Sting Breeder. and
the Charter oak Driving Park Association. Judg- |
OF the week. the experimental afrair at Hartford |
will be OF the best meetings OF the Grand |
Circuit series. from a racing point OF view at least
Nearly all the prominent stables which took part |
In the Rochester and Poughkeepsie races are repre-
scented In the entry list and some OF the large stake
contests Will bring TO Charter Oak many OF the |
best horses that trotted at Terre Haute and Chi |
cago. The Nutmeg Stake for three year -Olds worth
500 Go has on the list OF starters the great fy |
Nelly A.. that landed the $4,000 Futurity at Terre |
IIaute two weeks ago. The Connecticut stake OF |
$1,000 FOR four year -olds has Less Wilkes, 2ilt.
Mary Best 2:l2i. Double Cross. 2:lss. and Mar
grave PISA among other good ones. In the |
Charter oak Stake the oldest fixed contest on the |
trotting turf dozen crack trotters OF the Els |
class are named Claymore,. 2:i7a.; Ralph Wilkes.
2l2i.; Gretchen, All; Miss Nelson. 2l3k Overholt,
AIS; Sally Simmons. 2:l5: All There. 2lsH: Gather |
Inc Leyburn. ?I+i,; Strontia. 2i5+; Miss Nc.
Cregor 2l9L; Aunt Delilab. 2l2ia: Ruby 2:lSN. and
Mahogany 2i2A. In the Hartford s. 900 Stake for |
2 % trotters such fast ones as Carbon, ZION;
Alar ,:i3L: Eloise 2l5. and Queechy 2l+k Al |
together the Hartford programme gives promise |
of a splendid meeting. Whether the gate receipts |
will be sufficient to compensate Governor buckley
and his associates In hanging mp the liberal prizes
for which the horses are to compete Is matter
which will be watched with interest not only by |
horsemen, but also by the public generally.