Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1894-07-22

owns a good mare in the winner. Eloise,
a she possesses rich inheritance OF
choice blood lines, being by Kentucky
Prince. 247O. dam Camille dam OF
Stevie, J:19,) by Hambetonian, 10; Sec
ond dam, Emma Mills, dam OF Sweep
stakes, 2eS, sire OF twenty-five trotters
and one PAGER Her fifth heat in 2:17
means quality OF rank in the Stamina
circle.
Tuesday was the banner day Of the
meeting, and the winner OF the first on
the card, the 2:21 trot was Rose Leaf,
Of whome have described previously.
| BY above she earned new mark, and
each neat was better than her record OF
2:1715.
But the event to draw the vast assem-
semblage OF harness race admirers was
the 4-year-od Horseman's stake, and
it's origin was in the mind of the pry-
gressive spirit OF Daniel j. Campau, in
honor Of his paper, The HorSGmdll, and
! first received public notice and worthy
consideration in 1890, when the promt-
pent breeders of the United States
nominated $50 mares then in foa). The
stake was guaranteed TO be worth to-
day Sl2, 500, and it far over-reached this
| liberal assurance, and there went to
the wire ten starters to battle for Sl0,-
600 and the massive silver emp that cost
81, 900, and a reserve of 50, 900 as a con-
ISOLATION.
The most prominent money earners
among the starters was Silicon, who was
| the champion two-year-old OF 1892, and
won in races Sl4, 500, winding up her
| brilliant career at the Cumberland Park
meeting at Nashville, Tenn, in October
| Of that year, with mark OF 2:15%4. Her
sire is Wilton, 2:l9, dam Silhouette, by
Mambrino, 2:2l.
MARGRAvE BEGAN HIS CAREER
early and was a yearing trotter OF high
rank, and as two. year.old retired with
a remark of 2:l94. Last year he re-
duced that record 10 his three-yearold
form to 2:1515 and figured during the
1893 campaign we'll. In his racing ca
rser he has won close to $4,000. He is
by Baron Wilkes, 2:1S, dam Spanish
Maiden, 2:293!, by Happy Medium, sire
OF the trotting queen, Nancy Hanks,
2:O4.
Dancourt as two-year-old earned 8
record of 2:2s, and last year reduced it
TO 2:21L. His sire is Ambassador,
2:21l5, and his dam Lowland Girl.
2:l915, and was from the tribe OF Red
Cloud, 2:1S, being by Legal Tender, Jr.,
34O0, while his second dam was Fanny,
dam OF Pocahontas Sam, 2:27$4, sired by
Blue Bull, rs.
Wistful, as two-year-old, earned a
bracket just inside the goal OF 2:291E,
and this she cut 10 2:l94 during her
three-year turf career. Her sire,
Wedgewood, 1;19, was OF that gamey
type that fought Grand Circuit finishes
to COREY ends. Her dam was Lady AL
mont, 2:34, by Almont, Jr., 1861; Memo
line earned a mark of 2:292I in her sec
ond year, aud last season figured in five
race battles, most prominently, taking
a race record OF 2:19. Her sire is Jersey
Wilks, dam Nemesis, 2:2S, by Nutwood,
2:1S9<; second dam, -Four Lines, dam OF
Woodline, 2:l9, by Blsckwood, "a.
ALTIVo Is A FULL BROTHER
to the dead hero OF Palo Alto farm, viz:
Palo Alto, 2:0S$[.
Bernadotte was another scion from
Wilton's lions, and last year made a
record of 2:2915. His dam was Mary
Morn, by Hambrino, 2:11, being an own
brother in blood TO Silicon, 2:15$i. Un-
kamet did honors inside the charmed
circle to the extent Of 2:27$I, as a two
year old, and in 1893 reduced this TO
2:22L5. He is a son OF Lancelot, who
was sired by Messenger Duroc, LOG, and
from the famous great brood mare,
Green Mountain Maid, dam OF Elec-
tioneer, l25, etc. The dam Of Unkamet
was Rusina, by Belmont, Ga; second
dam, Miss Russell, dam Of Maud s.,
2:OS4 and in his veins flows the blood
of Champions. Lea, daughter Of Sid
MY, 2:19$4, earned race record last
season of 2:2724; dam Venus, dam Of
Adonis, 2:1115. Gold Coast was the
only one of the ten starters that had no
record. His dam was Eula Lee, 2:29H,
by General Geo. Ii. Thomas, $50; second
dam, Juanita, by Pilot Jr.
The race, while not up to the expec-
tations OF some as regards fast miles,
but when the time OF year is consider
ed, it is a good, frst-class five heats for
four-year-olds in July, like these:
2-16a, 1853, 2:l515, 2:17 and 2;l7, and
when a re <srded opinion OF the heated
contest, every inch OF the route being
contested, we may lift our hats to 5. A.
Browne & Company,of Kalamazoo Stock
Farm, and say, Here's to Dancourt, a
race horse Of true and tried merit" He
comes from families on both sides OF the
house and could trot, and In the five
heats
NEVER MADE A MISTAKE.
Rilly Maloney. VINO drove him, began
at the bottom, and has worked his way
up the ladder OF fame and prominence
as q trotting horse driver that takes sec
ond rank TO none. Mr.. c. J. Hamlin,
the sage OF Village Farm, East Aurora,
y. Y. gave him his early teaching, and
he was in his employ five years, aud no
aspiring young trainer could have
better tutor.
Mr.. Browne felt so good over his vic
tory that he wanted all his friends to
reloice with him and be kept open house
last evening at the Cadillac Hotel.
Many OF his friends drank a toast to the
winner, and breeder Of Dancourt, and
and to the elevation OF the trotting
horse business.
Joe Patchen, who won the 2:1s pace
from a field of seventeen starters, was
bred and raised in the far western State
OF Kansas. His sire, Patchen Wilkes,
2:lQi5, was son of George Wilkes,
2:29, dam the MambrinO Patchen mare,
Kitty PatcheR, dam OF Georgiana,
:261I, while the dam OF the winner was
Josephine Young, by Joe Young, $3.50.
Hit mark Of 2:134 means a new class
for him, in which he will figure promi-
neutly. His last years record was
2:19lt. TN B, who beat him on heat
in 2:l5, is a son OF White Cloud and his
dam is untr aced.
ALL THE PROMINENT KNIGHTS
OF the sulky are here. including Ed.