The herald., 1894-12-16
The Marks They Have Got and
How and Where They
Got Them.
MORE CRACKS ARE COMING.
Some Great Events In Store for tho
Local Sports and Horse Lovers
When the Flyers Go 1T Agri-
cultural Park.

The world may wag a. II will the
days may coms and the days may 60.
iraught with their measure OF veal or of
woe, but while the flyers are with us
etill, the thoughts OF the lover OF horse.
flesh will constantly turn to Agricrl.
tural park whore the greatest horses in
the turf world are now stabbed. and
where every day they may be seen
when their drivers are working them
out. The opportunity to see such a
grand aggregation Of race horses, all at
one time. might not come again in
lifetime. All the world beaters OF the
season are here, along with lot of
green" ones; every one OF them prom
isers OF n ote.
Where is the man who loves horse
or delights in turf events who has not
heard of Alix, 2:03s4. queen Of the turf,
or Flying Jib, 2:04. the little wonder,
the horse that has made faster time in q
harness than any other horse in the
tooth comb for him. He's q curiosity
might be excused for never having
heard of Directly, 2:0724. before. but
after next season the excuse will not be
valid, for Monroe Salisbury gives it out
that Directly is to win another worlds
record next season, and there .is no
better authority.
1t is about 10 O'Clock in the morning
when things get interesting out ct
Agricultural park now. The first thing
to happen might be that q little black
horse would be driven slowly over from
the stables to the gate leading into the
track. On the sulky would be heavy
Get man. as plain ~ the hired girl, with
a firm jaw and shrewd eye. That's
Charming Chimes, 2:181a, . 3-yesr-old
OF great promise. and Ed. Geers, the
greatest driver ON the turf today.
Pretty soon they are on the back-stretch
going q ayequarter in something like 40;
just warming up little.
After awhile moro horses, hitched to
sulkeys, come out, and the track is soon
full of flyers. It's great sight. Mon.
roe Salisbury is on the track near the
gate. The driver Of Alix pulls up near
Mr.. Salisbury, the owner OF the great
mare, and gets his instructions. Sa.is-
bury tells him to jog the mare around to
the stretch and then put her for quar-
ter in SO. The driver mods, the marc
strikes q swinging trot, which gradually
opens and gets fsstsr until the second
turn is made. and then she flies.
Yesterday. some of the horses made
little time out there. Directly was sent
a mile in 2:l41a, and took the extreme
outside. The last quarter WAS clipped
off In 0:31. Azote, 2:0S334, took the out
side and went the mile in 2:lS, the half
being finished in l:07. Alix. 2:O3A.
did her mile in 2:l11 and the hall 10
1:04. Robert j., 2:O211s, paced the mile
In 2:16, and the last quarter went under
his feet in 0:304.
But that was notbinS. The horses
were just "vorking out" and fast time
wasn't wanted justa little Precipitation,
that's all. go that q rubbing down would
be in order.
Every man who knows any thing about
turf horses talks horse at every oppor-
tunity. That's peculiarity they have.
The man who knows anything about
horse, or even thinks he does, wants to
tell somebody else all he knows.
Now there is Q man out at Agricultur-
al park with the horses who talks about
horses for a living. That's his business.
His name is "Sticks." He may have an
other name but he hasn't been called
by it for 80 long that he don { rememb ber
it any more.
''Sticks" is shy a leg. but he gets
along all right on pair OF crutches. and
hence he is known "a "Sticks."
When reporters or other distinguished
people call on the horses "Sticks" acts
as usher. and before he gets around to
all the departments with . visitor he
demonstrates that what he don't know
h I,Sk
chapter for booklet.
''Sticks" gave the reporter OF the
HERALD lots OF information about the
horses. which will be interesting to
every body.
There are two stables represen ted one
owned by PA" Hamlin Of Buffalo, and
managed by Ed Geers, and the other
owned by Monroe Salisbury of Chicago.
In Hamlin's string is Nightingale.
2:l01a. famous racer, sired by Mem
brino King, dam Woods Hambletonian.
Nightingale Is famous as the holder of
the worlds two-mile record and also the
worlds three-mile record. Hamlin is
ready to back the mare against any
horse in the world for almost any sum
at either distance.
Lord of the Manor ia q green 2-year.
old by King, dam Prentiss' Chimes.
Inns 10 promising colt, with good
points.
Robert J. is household name. His
marx is 2;Ol1s. made at Terre Hsute.
!nd.. tnis season. and he stands at the
head OF his class, bis record being 214
seconds faster than was ever made pe-
fore: de was sired by Hartford. Rob-
ert J., has met ali the great horses on the
grand circuit. and has shown himself to
n ~ ~ a trvv~n l. L -
all.
Josie Chimes. 2 30. is a promising colt
in the Hamlin string. She is bv Chimes.
dam Josephinc.
Fantasy, 2:Q5, ia the pride ot the
Hamlin stables. Fantasy brought Ham
lin and bis horses to Oalifornia this
Hamlin expects Fantasy TO be the |
worlds champion Of next season, and |