New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-10-14

ABSORBING INTEREST BEiN" iANEN ~ "
MATCH At MYSTIC PARK-BoTH WONDER
FIJI. TRorTvRs IN FINE CONDITION.
Although the tro;ting season is rapidly drawing
20 Close none Of the three famous horses kremhh'
Arion and Drectum which posed as PioSP0"
champions at the beginning of the campaign "''
a. va, dome ANYTHING much above the ordinary and
-ha chances now to be that the Whoie u'o "''i
return TO winter quarters without improving '"e,i
ou.n records TO say nothing about beating the marx
Of 2OSs.. made by AliX
After four months Of cautious Naihlhs h'V"
has recently gone wrong. and ms owner di''ouie
,ha, no will NOT be seen in public this year. Arion'
TOO was retired for the season soon alte4 Ms "ee"'
by Directum in the $1,000 stallion race at Boston
and II seems likely his turf career is AT an emu
While Directum has thus far acconip"shFu al
that his trainer. Orrin Hickok has asked OIL MN
having beaten Arion and Nelson, ana uo'te" III
2Osil this is not much for trotter that was equai
70 2;Op. In his four-year-od form lie Is TO"
matched aqains, AK to trot at Mystic ParK III
BOSTON October 90 and unless he does something ue
cidedy sensational on that OCCASION MS Ca'hP"'e'
bids fair TO end Ike that of kremin ana Ar'oN III
disappointment and failure Many Keen ho'seme"
he.ieye however that Directum is in better FORM
.oaov than ne mas ever been before. and that he
,,u have a good chance to defeat the mare wneh
they come together next saturday II Is GO, '"'i'
that Orrin HicKok has long been eager 20 haNe
bona nde match FOR big stakes against AIN ho'-
NythStanQng
West this season. Now 1t IS announced mat
match has been made for $500 side, ana thdt
Monroe Salisbury. the manager OF AhX' mas per
mjtted Hckok 70 choose the battle-ground lhS -
n complete and unaccounta5le change oi front Oh
the part of Mr. Salisbury. who month ago ex-
pressly declined TO try the issue at Mystic PARK.
The course. which has now been chosen by the
driver and backer Of Drectum and II has given rise
to some talk TO the effect that the gate receipts
may be the only real stakes N the coming match
race.
Whatever may be the truth about the genuine
ness Of the stakes in the approaching race there
is little doubt that the contest will be trotted ana
won on It's ncrits. for Monroe salisbury 5 horses
are always to win, and. besides, there IS
lot of feeling involved which will insure Directums
being driven ;or all he is worth. The blach morse
IL will be remembered. taken away from Mr.
Salisbury last wnter after that famous tnrfman
had managed and trained him through TWO OF
the most brilliant campaigns on record. ana was
turned over 10 Orrin Hickok. His present trainer
is of course, anxious 70 show that Drectum mas
improved under MS care. while it is known that
nothing wouId so please Monroe Salisbury as now
"a heat with Alx the trotter that invincible
so long as he remained in the Peasanton turf
mars stable.
Whether Directum AK will win is question
OH which the best hOrsemen differ. AK mas uotted
in 2O3s. while Directum's best mark is 2:Oor., ana
the Iowa mares performances this season nave
been immeasuraby superior to the doings OF Di-
rectum, she having trotted three heats in race
q. Terre Haute in zoo 2o6i, and 2:O5.. the slow
est Of which is seconds better than the stall
ions hes, mile in 1894; but the partsans Of D-
Will defeat Alix in actual contest by getting away
from the wire East TO carry the mare on her
legs in the first quarter of each mile. This s UNI
question: bly, the strong point OF Directum as well
as the weak point about AN a, - sre co,d,,ion for
the coming race athoush some h0psemen Tp a%
a fortnight ago say the winner actea sonr"ndt
not trotted score OF heats since the middle OF
August; the queen OF the iuri havhs Deem IN ion
then but as arrangements were completed
FOR the big in Boston Mr.. Salisbury began CIV
her dashes against the watch AZ Lexington last
week she stepped four heats In 21i gag 2:Cs'2 ana
ton The contest between Alix and Drectum Is by
far the most important trottng race that has eyer
taken place. the two animals being not only the
tastes, trotters of their day but the acknowledged
best ha nave ro yt that such contests
are won and lost without very great struggle
1ne the @ to ostcas the other pretty clearly but
should the duel at Mystic Park happen to result In
probable that New-York race goers may be treated
to repetition Of the race The New h DIV
test which the greater enterprise OF the Mystic
paE M ys 6 made nd to s A and
Dirsctum 70 Fleetwood; provided the drawing power
stroyed by one-sided race at the other town
Alix's engagement to trot against Diree,um dis
ting ting record this season, and is safe TO assume
tnat the queen of the turf will into winter
ters with the record she now holds While Ax
probably is still the joint property Of Morris J.
Jones. Of Red Oak. Iowa, and Edward Hayes
Chicago banker and brother 10 the breeder Of the
mare II is understood that Monroe Salisbury. who
enormously reported 10 have purchased con-
trolling interest in Alix last spring Will winter her
in California and campaign her again next season.
She has been on the turf four consecutive
years, and each succeeding campaign thus far has
resulted In a reduction OF her record As a two
year-od Alx trotted in 2;30. At three she scored
2I6H At four she held the worlds record for trot-
tiers Of that age-2I0. At five she lowered the
mark 2:07s.. then the best time ever made by
fve-year-old, and the best made BY trotter
OF any age IN In the first year OF her
turty she has lowered the worlds record to 2:03a.
and has trotted the fastest three heats record In
a AS the wonderful mare is still sound as
q milled dollar. II Is not unreasonable expect
that she will train to still faster mark In 1895.