Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1894-10-17

thoroughbred on the turf last season.
Twenty thousand people saw these three
horses, the best Of the year, meet in their
great special race. Clifford had once beat
en- Navarro, and Domino and Navarro had
run ono of the most exciting dead heats
in the turf's history, but it was Domino's
off day when he faced his two great rivals,
and Navarro won from Clifford by nearly
a length. For the first time in his career
Domino proved gutter. Henry OF Ma
varro Is 3-ycar- old chestnut colt and Is
owned by Byron McClelland, the well
known kentucky turfman. Early in the
season he displayed rare form, and when
the Brooklyn Handicap was run, May ID,
Navarro, carrying 100 pounds, was one OF
the popular favorites, despite the fact that
he was only n 3 yearold and was p1tted
against such cracks as Clifford, Sir Walter
and DR. Rice. Navarro did not win the
Handicap but he had no difficulty in
beating Sir Walter for the place, and Cliff
ford was lost in the ruck From that
time to the present he has steadily in
creased his reputation. His dead heat
with Domino, his defeat Of Banquet and
his defeat by Clifford all attracted wide
attention, and his victory over Domino
and Clifford stamps him the peerless thor
oughbred OF the year.
Henry of Navarro Is not a royalty bred
race horse Knight of Ellerslio and Moss
Rose, his sire and dam respectively, have
not displayed by previous progeny their
claim TO places on the scroll Of fame but
they will not be thus neglected in tho flu
ture. Navarro was foaled at the Silver
Brook farm of Lucian V. Applcby, at
Shrewsbury, \. j., and was sold to Byron
McClelland as a colt. In his 2year-old
form he was not considered in the class OF
such wonderful brcadwinners as Domino,
Senator Grady and Dobbns, but this year
he began to show his true form.
Alx, 2:033I, the new queen of the trot-
ting turf il not an accident, but tho result
of scientific breeding. The best trotting
blood in the world, including that OF
Mambrino Chief and Hambletonian, runs
in her veins. She was bred in Iowa six
years ago and is by Patronagc-Atlanta
She was sold as n yearling for $500 to
Morris Jones of David City, Neb, who is
still her principal owner. She is beau
tiful piece of trotting mechanism and Is
as sound and free from blemishes as n new
gold eagle. Her trotting weight is $40
pounds She carries not an ounce of SUI
pertluous flesh and is the picture of an
equine athlo 20 from forelock to hoof. One
popularity about her build is the TACT
that she is hand longer than she is tall.
Turfmen hold that the symmetrical trotter
should be of the same dimensions in
height length and girth, but Alix does
not conform to this standard. She Is 60
inches tall, "a inches long and 6S inches
in girth.
The secret of her unusual speed may be
read in her strong, muscular, perfect legs,
her depth of shoulder and heart action,
her perfectmuscular development through
out and the intelligence and courage that
flash from her dark eyes. Another factor
that cuts no small figure is her enormous
stride, which is nearly % feet, when she
is stepping mile in fast time. Although
she has borne the brunt of many hard
campaign, she is kind and gentle and
never i'll tempered. She is always gracious
to visitors who call to do her honor and
has particularly large place in her heart
for women and children.
Her owners Investment of $500 has
proved an excellent one. She has earned
about $35, 600 during her turf career, and
If ex Queen Nancy Hanks was worth $40,-