The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1894-11-10
THE RACING
Nest wost Wonderful Season In tho His
tory of Harness,

Nest Wost Wonderful Season In tho His
tory of Harness.
CHICAGO, Nov. 6.-Now that the
harness racing season is over, a glance
at the records made during the past
year is timely. Practically every
champion record has gone by the board.
Alix has replaced Nancy Hanks as the
champion all aged t~rotter, and the pride
OF Kentucky, the daughter OF Happy
Medium, has yielded up the palm to Il;
product Of The plains of Iowa.
Her astute controller, Monroe
Salisbury. predicts that in 1898 Alix
will still further reduce the record. In
appearance Alix more nearly APP
proaches the thoroughbred conforma-!
ton than any trotter that ever looked
through . bride, her head and neck
beng long and lean and clean cut and
her legs fine, clean and cordy. This
thoroughbred make up is probably a
throw back to imported Glencoe, sire
Alix.
Jointly held by Mascot and Flying Jib
although the former was a race rec.
ord and the latter made against time
stood since the fall of 1899. AT Terre
Haute last month Robert j knocked
the 2.04 endways, with a mile paced in
in 2:01}f, and since then two other
PAGERS, both stations, have paced in
races heats faster than 1904. That
grand 5 year old stallion Ralph Wilkes
gave a taste of his quality when at
Nashville he trotted u mile in 2:o69+,
thus replacing Kremlin's and Arion's
previous 5 year old records of 2:07A.
Fantasy, the long legged daughter of
Chimes. has done just what her owner,
u j.. Hamlin, said he would permit,
and her seasons record of 2:OG, although
some seconds faster than the previous
champion 4 year old FLY record, is. in
the estimation of every one who has
seen her move, not by any means the
limit of her speed.
Two years ago Directum attracted
the notice of the harness horsemen,
when he defeated all the cracks of his
own ages yeurs-at Nashville. On
the same track recently the bay flly
Onoqua, by Keller. q son of King Rene,
rounded off her seasons campaign with
a winning race record Of 2:llA stamp
ing herself not only the cham
pion flly Of her age but the best 3
year old out this year, not even except
ing Expressive and Red Bud. The 2
year old hlly, Impetuous, set n record
FOR that ago with two heats in 2:15A.
online's 2 year old pacing record of
2:11 was beaten this season ny Directly
in 2:97, and Carbonate in 2:O94.
Directly is one of the only two of the
got of the one time champion pacing
stallion. Direct, 2:o5t, that have been
asked to race. The other is 3 trotting
I H. ~ Ill., a.
stakes and II record of 2:24L at Nash
made a by gap in the pacing record
placing the 2:O5} of Direct and Saladin.
1t is a fitting climax to a record
breaking season that the baby trotters
should have also moved up. Lnle lust
fall, at Holton, the yearling filly Pansy
McGregor trotted a mile in $685.. A
month ago, at San Jose, a young colt
from Palo Alto covered the same dis
lance In 2:22. This colt, Abdell. comes
legitiinately by his speed and his right
to the championship of his age,
for he is by Advertiser, s:16a,
d son OF Electioneer.
out of u George Wilkes mare. and his
dam is the famous old brood mare
Beautiful Bells, which numbers among
her thirteen fouls two previous winners
OF the gearing championship. Many
other now records this season can DO
fairly gauged only when tho full his
tory Of the years racing is written, but
there are three new pacing records
worthy of mention: Sidmont, 3. by
Sydney, new colt record of 2:1Os;
WhirligiR, 3, s:1O, new FLY record, and
Online, 4, new record for stations OF
that age, in 2:O4.