The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-08-29
RAGING WAs GOOD.
hree Good Horses Met in Harness at
 Fleetwood Park.

NeW 1OIk, AuS. Eo.-AZOle, beuzetld and Klamath came together to-day in the $500 free-for-all race a. the grand circuit trotting meeung at Fleetwood and one of the most notable and inn portant races in the history of harness racing ensued. These three horses were looked upon by turfmen as the three greatest trotters now in training. Azote and Beuzetta went to the post
 unbeaten this season, the big Whips gelding with a record of 2:06A and
 the little Onward Ally with mark of 206&. Klamath had lost but one race since Tom Raymond brought him from
 California in June. Azote opened at
 even money in the betting, but the
 play was so heavy that he was backed
 down to 4 to before the start. The
 first heat was a fluke, Azote win
 ming in 2091a without a contest, as
 Macey drove an easy mile and Ray
 mond made no effort to beat Azote,
 but merely took care to beat Beuzetta
 for the place. The odds were now long
 against Klamath and Beuzetta, al
 though it was expected both would
 make a harder drive for the leader
 in the second round.
 To another start Azote went off in
 front as before, opening up a gap of
 trotting to the quarter in 301a. Beuzet-
 ta out-trotted Klamath in the stern
 chase down the hill and when Ray
 mond saw that he was beaten he eased
 his horse, letting BeuZetta chase AZote
 out. The four-year-old cast a shoe at
 the second turn, but trotted grandly
 and was not more than two lengths
 behind Azote when the big fellow pass
 ed the half in 1:011a, going at ease
 Coming up the hill Azote heightened
 his lead until he had five lengths to
 spare at the head of the home stretch
 McDowell eased him in the last furlong
 and he finished with speed in reserve
 in 2;05h. Beuzetta, driven out in a
 hopeless chase, trotted the mile in
 2:03A and Klamath dropped just in
 side the distance. The announcement
 of the time was greeted with enthu-
 siastic cheering as the track record
 of 2:06& made in an exhibition against
 time by Nancy Hanks in 1893, had
 been lowered.
 Only two miles have ever been trotted tum's 2:05A at Nashville in 1893, and Alix's 2:o3% at Terre Haute last year. These tracks are two seconds or more faster than Fleetwood, so that the per formance of Azote is clearly the best mile ever trotted in the history of the history of the turf Every horseman on the grounds agreed that Azote could have trotted the mile in 2:041a if he had been driven out. John Kelley, who drove Directum, says AZote can trot in 2:03 or better on the fast western tracks.
 Immediately after this heat BeuZetta | was sold for $16,O00 to Peter Duryea of this city, and she will be sent to Orrin Hickok, who is now at Galesburg, I'll, tomorrow. Many who saw her trot to- | day believe her the coming trotter. Dur yea also offered George Leavitt $21 900 | for the three-year-old colt Larrabie, 2:12%, but the offer was refused. Leav- it wanted $30000. The third heat was conceded to Azote, who cooled out finely and it was a mere formality, as the big horse won again without a sign of ef- fort trotting the mile in 2:07.
 Beuzetta again threw shoe near the quarter mile and made a double break, which left her fifty yards in the rear. Macey drove her hard when she settled and as Klamath also left his stride in | the third quarter the four-year-old beat him out for the place, which gave her second money.
 | Azote will probably trot no more races | this year. He is in the exhibition class now and is already under engagement | to trot against the worlds record of 2;03% held by his stable companion, Alix at Fleetwood park next Friday. | The two-year-old trot and the 2:19 trot were not closely contested, Fred s. Moody winning handily in the first man. ed event, while the stout four-year-old | flly Bouncer landed the 2;19 cleverly after Miss McGregory had captured the I opening heat.
 To-morrow's card includes the fren- 1 for-all pace, in which the three fastest | pacers in the world will meet for the | first time. Robert J., Joe Patcheh and John R. Gentry were all exhibited on l the homestretch to-day and all of them appeared to be in perfect condition for | the contest