Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-09-18
KREMLlN AND DIRECTuM.
Recent Trials by tho Great Stations Ihat
Are SO Soon to Eaitle.

September 26th at Boston IS attracting
widespread attention just now. Very
recently both ala fast trials over the IA
nous Chenille track at Cleveland. Krem-
lin wen, the route In 2.07i9. After watch
ing Krcmlin's mile at Chenille IN 2Vf4,
Hickok signined his Intention OF sen"'hk
DlrectIm over the same road-oed some
t,rnc during the following week.
Last Wednesday was quietly selected,
and in the carly morning Jack Kenyon
had the track In nearly perfect cohdluoh'
Uickok minated 10 very Few mat ne
would beat POS. 1t rained and the triai
was postponed. Thursday morning 'ne
track was given Il good working OUT IL
WAS Impossible 10 get IT into wednesday
condition. Hickok claimed 1t was TWO
seconds slow. He probably exaggerated
about one second. Only dozen enIhusl-
osts we're In the stand when Directun
c,r,e. ont with the Pittsburg horse, ~
clon. wilkes The pair went two SLOW mics
IN g.23is and 200. Then Benyon brouEht
ont IVckok's runner. Lucifer, ana the
HACK INDUCED in little racing in 2llit
when he came out for the clip he APP
nearcd the very hypothesis or hrenliih
under the same conditions week before
Krcmlin was n war-horse, ANXIOUS Ior
tho battle with the watch. Directum
irr vicious. angry glances at every body.
and il seemed at the little grand-stand
crowd IN particular. because they ap-
,o,rod f. have some hand in the foOIlsh-
moss that ordered him out OF his COM
Portable stable TO go a fast mile when ne
didn't want 10. He accepted the situation
after scoring once. and when ne nearel
the wire with LMcifer at his saddle ne
went away in racing form. The quarter
wa passed in 032i2, the half In lVia.
The back stretch was cuppy' ana II
caused him some eXertiOn 10 pass .'e
t,ir1 quarter in 1871. Here Benyon let
o,,t tho runner. pirectum, finding he
ho1 n race. lowered his head with that
Characteristics air of determination. Inc
wire WAS passed in 2:OSA. the last quar-
fer IN 2:202,. ana the last half IN IVA
The performance can hardly be SAD 70
equal Krcmln's mile. even though INC
track was slow, yet We cannot say just
what would have happened had hIeHiilh
been accompanied ~ another morse.
While Kromln appears TO nave the
svinpathy Of this section, the Dig ma
FORTY Of those who saw both horses 20
the miles here pick Direc'um TO VIII, iu Wv
race. The last quarter and the hnisn
Thursday stamped him again the KING OF
stations. The following comparisons by
quarters OF the two miles at GlehNIAe
Will be found interesting: .,,.
1st 2d 81 attn Mic.
Kremlin ..o32a. 0Sl's O:3l O;S2E 2 2o.,.
! DIrccum .o32is O32ii O:32s, o:59x z'VS''
! OTHER HORSE NOTES.
| The scheme OF racing by day and by
electric light at night was inaugurated al
( the Mospeth track on Tuesday, the mn
\ moderate crowd was present during the
; afternoon, and at night the place was
thrcured with regular race-track ire
ouenters. attracted by the noVeily oil
uicht racing. In the way OF accomhoud-
tiCns The managers Of the track seem ~
have done about all that could De done
/ for the welfare of the public. SUD
| etantial grand stand and a betting-paVil-
ION have been erected. The track is a
] remodeled old half-mile trotting track
/ Tn shane il is n square. with the corners
/ rounded Off The track is very narrow
+ and. although the turns are thrown up
/ they are so short and abrupt That racing
around them with anything Ike large
, fields cannot but be dangerous
/ \ very ordinary lot Of horses TOOK par'
in the events on the opening-day. An
: Incident Of the night races almost pro-
voxel a riot among the rougher element.
, Rripht Ewes finished first in the hrs'
! event on the night programme, but Juust
/ & q. Wheeler gave the race TO jolly joe
/ q horse that many aVcrred had hnlsheu
/ absolutely last. The facilities Tor ishllhe
M the track are not of the best On 'h'
| back stretch the light is not stuna
enough 70 enable the spectators to dls
tiucuish the horses SO far the enterprise
PROMISES to yield fair returns 10 III
7 hackers. about the identity of whom bN
the way, there seems TO be a good uea
! Of mystery, I'll.
| Probably the death Of Pamlico called
forth more expressions OF genuine regre
| than the demise of any other staIlloi
| since Palo Alto passed away. Anon'
tho thousands who admire pluck an'
e,reness wherever found. and who neve
eaw him. he was held in high esteem
II seems fitting that his last resting
rlece should be beside the other chdHl
Dion Of his day. the mighty Ihoinas 'e,
frrson. at Charter Oak Park, Hartford
Conn. ,,,,,,o. 4,
dofno as good work as ever in sendlh
nov performers into the list. Among III
now ones are Billy Red, Use Lao
! Cilhart 2.2,io. who took a record III LcN
ineton. Ky, August 10Th; Reclaim ~
vbn on the following day. at the sam
,rock made her record. while on IN
emo dav the 2-yeaT-old, Reddie Gay
took a record Of 2:2Si, ana belle. he
one of 22s2, Stanhope had Il ieCoIu
2.25i5 lie is brother to that last ma,
Bonhommie, 2l7i4. Red Wilkes - a %is
~. sire of the PAGER. TrafOId, 80 (
S,a,,,nno is reported as fast. and Wi
con "a in the 2:3D list. This brings re
VviIkes's list close up to the lW MARI
| Ills rroduce in the list have made nouc,
! ahle reductions in their time, so ultt
il quite clear that. with the close OF 81 II
eSasop. this great son Of George Wilke
viii. as usual, be in the van OF the sied
est Of living sireS 81, VIII. no,
The handsome bay stallion, hIhs i,a'
rinston. who go nearly won the ~ cias
at Fleetwood Park last week. anu s"N
mar game mare. Cocoon, the race OF it
re- dted this week from combined a
/ tack Of pneumonia and kidney troubles
/, uvuI he rrcollectcd that in the nf'
hea, Of that race his sulky was upse
and George Martin was thrown out. III
accident happened just past the poiNl
rocks. and the horse came 10 the wire y
Y,ud Gallon. where he was clever
caught bv a mounted policeman. IN
ana The horse no good. but he 'trotted
great a race as to lead 10 the beiei I'M
but for the accident he would nave Wo
I Ite was owned by \. b. Darling, OF II
Fifth-Avenue Hotel. ami was by MI
wilkes. out Of Marguerite, 10y kentuch
prince. He had recently shown his aDill'
| 70 rot close to 2lO. and had been mo
= carefully prepared by his trainer GeoF'
Martin. y,
That good 3-ycar-old bay colt, K'
state. by Red King, dam ldaleita'
e Sweepstakes. took a record OF liza
! The third heat Of the 2:S' class
; Waverly. y. j.. September 9Th. He al
s won the fourth heat in 2:2S. He Is own'
, l,v = $. Wells. of Glen Moore Sto'
{ Farm. Glen Moore, y. j. lie is ve
o nromincut colt, and will reduce his reco
sim farther, ,.1
y william Neely. the weil-known breed
{ of Goshen. Ind. has brought suit agar
d, the Lake Shore Railroad Company
n 5000 damages. sustained by his stain
I Jalisco. 2:i9 ii.
Faith william DAILY has Determined
n sell his horses. and began Friday.
10 sold Laughing Water to J. Kelly Tor '"
& and DISPOSED IF Hartford TO McCarery
u Wishard Tor "a sum said to be slow
E extremely good price for maiden. he
4 nut the balance Of his horses mo
!. hands Of Colonel $. ID. Bruce TO De 81
- at auction. l.. I'll, 20
:, Friday. "letting-down" on his on M
: leg His headstall slipped at "a most CT.
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