The evening times., 1895-08-29
TRACK AND STALL.

Wonderful stories about the speed Of
the pacing horse Earlmont are still being
told. though up to this time be has not
gained a record better than 2:O5 3-4. In
race the other day at Chicago he broke
before reaching the half-mile post, and
when he settled was thought TO be dis
tanced, but, to the astonishment OF all
who sa W the performance. he began clos
ing on the leader. Bert Oliver, and beat
him to the wire in the time given above.
He Is said to have paced the last half OF
this heat in exactly one minute. i.
Chris Won der Ahe says: Eyes, 1t is
true l am building a race track on my
baseabll grounds, and l am going to hold
fIrst-class turf meeting there. The racing
will not conflict with the baseball at all.
There will be a running meeting at Sports
mans Park, beginning in couple OF
weeks, that will last all winter. / have
looked up the League rules, and don't
see how the baseball men can file legal
objection to my racing scheme. But If
they do l will move the ball club own
In ST. Louis" Won der Abe expects To have
plenty of horses and do plenty of business
at his track, as st. Louis is one OF the few
towns that are left wide open to betting.
Following the idea of the naming of IA
nous running horses noted in The Times
Yesterday, a Western turf correspondent
says: 1T is interesting to know the origin
of the names OF some uf the crack per-
formers of the season For instance, j. j.
McCafferty's great two-year-old, Apple
gate, is named for the well-know wn book
-b.N Ity-ac
In the county in Kentucky where the son
of Buchanan was bred and raised. Lissak
is named for Mr.. Louis Lissak, we'll
known citizen of San Francisco, while
the unbeaten Ben Brush was named as an
honor to the superintendent of the Grave
send race track, a great friend OF the
colts part owner, Eugene Leigh. Mccall
fcrty names many of his horses for people.
Helen Nichols bore the name of a Georgia
belle and Hugh Penny traces his to the
jockey.
1t is not feared that there will be any
more trouble made for the racing people
by the reform element at Cincinnati this
year The business interests of that city
are missing the horsemen sadly. They
were worth 81 ,OCO a day to the hotels
alone.
Laniplighter is to be sold at the sale Of
Waulbauni's horses on the I'd OF Sep
tember Lampiighter has been on the
turf for five years Since beginning as
two-ycar old he has started in sixty races.
He won first 20 times, second 13 times,
third g, and IL times he run unplaced.
His winnings by years have been as fol-
lows: In 1891, $6,5s6; in 1892, $50, ,41O;
in 1898, S25, 5,160; in 1894. $7,41O, and in
1895, S179, making a total of 1874.
1895, $179, making q total of $s9,794.
Lamplighters one and one-half mile rec
ord, 2:32 3-4, made when he was three
years old, still stands unbeaten. Waul-
baum paid $20,COO for him. Col. Milton
Young, owner of the famous McGrathian
stud, will be one of the bidders for him.
Azote proved pretty coDclusively yester-
day that he is beyond question the trotting
king, and that he is a trotting race horse
such as has rarely, IL ever. been seen before.
In Benzetta, it was thought, Azote would
find q rival that would try him severely.
The great mares fourth heat at Buffalo
recently in zoe 3-4 made her look danger
GUS for even Azote, and she did make him
trot the fastest heat Of his racing career,
but he was equal to the task when called
upon, and showed that he has not before
been seen ut his best. Fleetwood is much
slower track than any Of those over which
Azote has trotted this year, 2:O6 3-4 being
Its best previous record, but Azote chopped
it down to e:Gb 1-2 in the second heat
yesterday, and trotted the other two In
2:O9 1-2 and 2:07, and he wasatno timeput
to strain. 1t looks as though Azote can
make new trotting record whenever he
gets ready.