The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-08-08

| adhere TO tho opinion that the big and
! siashing daughter of Chimes and Homorn
| Will pass to the 2:0334 limo in advance of
| the tail and powerful gclding by Whips.
| The public will look forward with much
interest To o race bctwccn Azote and Will
liam Penn"
The number of candidates for tho paciD,,
championship is larger than ever before. G.
d Hainlin has not only doughty defender
of the record he now holds in Robert j /.
2:0lE, but the old warrior, Hal Pointer,
Is out again, after seasons rest, and ap-
parently faster than III 1892, when he
scored 2:0iH. 1t will he nothing short of
marvel, however if the "P'intcr hoss, -
rs his Tennessee worshipcrs call him.
should be able to outdo the fcats of his
younger rivals. He was foalcd in 1854, and
therefore must be considered T. veteran in
these days of early development, when g.
ycar-olds are able to beat 2:1O ut the pace
1t is from John Il. Gentry, Joe Patchen
and Rubtnstcin That the sensations of tho
season arc expected, outside of those fur
nished by Robert J. Tho first of this fleet
trio has never made what deserves to bo
called full campaign. He started us IA
3-ycar- in 1892, won n fI>r engagements
without losing heat, and retired with a
record of 2:13. Tho next season Gentry did
not appear in public, and IL was not until
"NAA "'OtAS AL % uis vi lkSb csit Uf1HC nc WIS
again regularly on tho turf. After sus-
tanning the first dcfclt of his life at Buff
falo i'll August Gentry recovered his form
the next week at Chicago, and thereafter
uld not lose one of his regular cng7lyc1nents
Ills second heat In 2:03sl at Terre Hautc
III september gave him the stallion record,
which he still holds Later III the season
he met Robert j twice, and mt Nashville
fairly outfootcd the gclding in the first
heat, though the decision was IA tic, in
2:o4. There was another match at Philn-
uelphia in November, when Gentry was
short OF work and was beaten This year.
after passing tho winter under the person
nj supervision of his new tutor, NJ. f. Me
Henry, Gentry shows marked improve
ment, and is d magnificcnt specimen of u
well bred PAGER. More than ono expert de-
clarcS him to have the worlds record at
his mercy
Joe Patchcn, while he did not get the
credit OF as fast u mile as tho chnrnpion
stallion, actually paced below 2:03 in the
heat at Indianapolis where Robert j was
first home in 2:0214. He is like Gentry, II
grandson of George Wilkes. AS for Rubin
stein, the highest honors are said TO be
within his reach. He is II wear Younger
than Gentry and Putchen, both of whom
were foaled In 1889, 50 that his record of
2:OS last season must be considered with
the difference in ago Furthermore, Ru-
binstcin was close up with Joe Patchen at
Terrc Haute last August, when the black
horse paced first heat in 2:OGH, and
came buck tho next time in COG He re-
Gently defeated Hal Pointer and Mascot
the cS-champions in 2:O7H, 2:OSA and
2:O619, and seems fit to race for his life
AT the recent grand circuit meeting In
Detroit there were two decided novelties, u
n ff,r Il - i
PAGERS. Up to 1882 the greatest handicap
put on the horses Mt either of the harness
gnits was 215 and these startling innovn-
tions serve TO show what inroads have been
made on Father Times fortress since the
new sulky came into USE;