Birmingham age-herald., 1894-11-04
THE HEAD oF AUX, 2:O3s.


 thoroughbred on the turf last season. Twenty thousand people SAW those three horses, the best of the year, meet in their great special race Clifford had once beat en Navarro, and Domino and Navarro had run one of the most exciting dead heats in the turfs history, but it was Domino's off day when he faced his two great rivals, and Navarro won from Clifford by nearly length. For the first time in his career Domino proved quitter. Henry of Ma varre is Swear old chestnut colt and is owned by Byron McClelland, the well known Kentucky turfman. Early in the season he displayed rare form, and when the Brooklyn Handicap was run, May 15, Navarro, carrying 100 pounds, was one of the popular favorites, despite the fact that he was only 3 year-old and was pitted against such cracks as Clifford, Sir Walter and Dr. Rice. Navarro did not win the Handicap but he had no difficulty in beating Sir Walter for the place, and Cliff ford was lost in the ruck. From that time to the present he has steadily in- creased his reputation. His dead heat with Domino, his defeat of Banquet and his defeat by Clifford all attracted wide attention, and his victory over Domino and Clifford stamps him the peerless thor oughbred of tho year.
 Henry of Navarro is not royalty bred race horse. Knight of Ellerslie and Moss Rose, his sire and dam respectively, have not displayed by previous progeny their claim to places on the scroll of fame, but they will not be thus neglected in the fu ture. Navarro was foaled at the Silver Brook farm of Lucian V. Appleby, at Shrewsbury, N. J., and was sold to Byron M f.HI. D1k I,~I Is s, 1v< form he was not considered in the class of such wonderful breadwinners as Domino, Senator Grady and Dobbins, but this year ho began to show his true form.
 Alix, 2:03A, the new queen of the trot- ting turf, is not an accident, but the result of scientific breeding. The best trotting blood in the world, including that of Mambrino Chief and Hambletonian runs ill her veins. She was bred in Iowa six years ago and is by Patronage-Atlanta She was sold as yearling for $500 to Morris Jones of David City, Neb, who is still her principal owner. She is beau- tiful piece of trotting mechanism and is as sound and free from blemishes as new gold eagle. Her trotting weight is S75 pounds. She carries not an ounce of su- per1uous flesh and is the picture of an equine athlete from forelock to hoof. One peculiarity about her build is the fact that she is hand longer than she is tall. Turfmen hold that the symmetrical trotter should be of the same dimensions in height length and girth, but Alix does not conform to this standard. She is 60 inches tall, GA inches long and 6S inches in girth.
 The secret of her unusual speed may be read in her strong, muscular, perfect legs, her depth of shoulder and heart action, her perfect development through out and the intelligence and courage that flash from her dark eyes. Another factor that cuts no small figure is her enormous stride, which is nearly 22 feet, when she is stepping mile in fast time Although she has borne the brunt of many hard campaign, she is kind and gentle and never i'll tempered. She Is always gracious to visitors who call to do her honor and has particularly large place in her heart for women and children.
 Her owners investment of $500 has proved an excellent one. She has earned about $35, 900 during her turf careor, and if ex-Queen Nancy Hanks was worth $40,-