New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-26
PAGERS OF 2:lO SPEED.
ppocREss OF A DECADE IN BREEDING
THE HARNESS HORSE.
,,o,r THAN FIFTY PAGERS HAVE BEATEN THE
RECORD MADE ny JOHNSTON IN is>'-
r,,r SPEED LIST As IT STANDS AT
or CAM-

,rcopn MADE by JOHNSTON ~ ls>5-
THE SPEED LIST AS IT STANDS AT
THE OPENING OF THE CAM
PAIGN OF 1895.
:. 10 announced that the famous old PAGER John-
atom NOW eighteen years old. Will not be uaineo 'n'
-, and the chances are that he has gone h's
t,s, race with the exception OF the season Oh io''
,. ,. he.n campaigned continuously ever
,,c. tsss tho wear In which he came out OF the pine
woods OF Wisconsin under the name OF '"a'.' "
ard heat some OF the best PAGERS theh III " a'e'
~ well "a the best time on reco'"' '"''s 80
,,..r vsars on the turf he won more IMAM ~"
MN. nf,v OF which Were paced IN .l' OF oe'',
I ,,,,,een of which were below 21o. johnston
,,r,s VIII always be prominent one III '"
r,,rc annals for Il. was The nrst morse e'he' ~
TOR or pac.r 10 gain record OF ~ anu wv ~ "
oiso tn carry the limit OF speed IN harness. 'o"" -
49,, ,vb., h. WAS in his prime. ten or e'eVen
,e,rs ago kite-shaped tracks ana pneumatic W.
were unknown. and 1t Is worthy OF nole '"' ~ '',
49, ,,s n.rf,rm,nce OF October 3. 1884, at the oin
rn,c,ro Driving Park. has never been equa"ed oS
ans, hors. on an slpucal course III "'s"-""
sulky $3.50 -. -, orl,.
,o,or with a record Of 10 or better no o'ne' SUI
.,or ,,o,,,ne within haiing distance or MN uh'I
=. "a Williams built his famous k'te-shaped track
o., Indep.ndence. Iowa. where. on August 90 '"
the handsome stallion Roy Wilkes stepp'n ''e -
ooo TWO days later. on TN" same u"'"' ' =
.,,.,.s california, mare cricket took a record OF
ofn ,nl 4 little later in tho same season" al i'''
:, 49,. t., t,,l Pointer beat the roam PAGER g. D. q
,, ho,d IN 2.oas. the first record OF 40 or peter
,r ,,,de In a race Direct was the only pac'l '"''
-,s.ed the 2.lo line in 1881 nut the Pu'sH on
-, Director was an important alu''o" ~ w
:" -, ,,r,irr IN his first race on July !, he
,r,,rcI on 80 rapidly that early III 'eP''n''' u"
succeeded In beating Johnston's long-uneau""eu ~,
-, ,,,.,,c , mile In 200 At independence" III HIS
.o.,rd race he met Mascot ana gave MN '"o'
,,,,h heating and toward the coSe Oh Nlr a. "
a,,e,ted the suppospd-to-be nvmcioie tia' o'"'0'
e., a series OF brilliant special matches
,y,,h tho appearance OF the pneumatic sunny !"
,,,v 1892 the standard of speed In harness was
-, ,o,, r.volutionized and where the Nv Hst
,,r,s.d five PAGERS a. The beginning OF me see"
son /, numbered no less than eighteen ho'Ses q" ~
.lo.e of the campaign. In the hrst neat oi III,
'' ZERO Uautc Mascot lowered the record
., ~ hut in the very next heat 81 the same con,
,s, Fying Jib proved himself the pct'er morse anu
w., ,,a,, ,acar then in training. with Mascot on
80. ~, Lido track tho long bodied Californian paced
seven-elghths OF miis and NOR" AZ 'he rate ., -
rhcr rho Eastern PAGER surrehne'eu' an" VI" "
,o, homo alone In o5a.. lie had made ms hrst
,a,, f., companv tn" Fourth ~ jury az "'a'"
u,, aud within three months had developed
ad erough to beat m" best time on record
an, of TN. sensational young PAGERS OF '''- was
,b. nr.sent champion. Robert D. 'h'h io"' year
old who coming out green III May Oh '""' Se'''
., - rsc,rd OF eO9s. IN losing race against
rv,ug lib az Buffalo In August lie was wv mo-
49,. ,'oorold 10 enter the 2:l0 list Another SEN
I ,,as the old horse Jay-Eye- See. the irst tro'-
for to gain A record of 30 who had re'h 'o">"i''
-, ,,o racing ,ait and who. with discreet - naIhs'
,,,,d nr,bahly have captured the wor S~rtco'' as
o,cor Al Independence In August Jackson Ease
,ar,l him on a heavy. holding track ana III sp"e
~ This handicap and his fourteen years o' as
,o s,ennel the mile In 2:O6t. earning the "is''"'"
of being the on, harness horse 'hat ""S '
the 2iO list at both ways OF going. .
torn. 20Sia, young horse that p"uc IAN
beat all pacing records. but was purneu ny os
nro =, charles CITY Iowa. in the winter Of lss--"'
",, oosa.. Rluc Sign. 2OSA: Skwood 20s4;
,,no,,e 2Os,.. Crawford 209N. Manager. z"sHt'
vr,ns,ow Wilkes. 2Oss.. and Major Wonder zIo'
ro the other PAGERS that the pneumatic su'Ny
.,oh,oJ n reach the 2.lO mark In 49,
Arother galaxy OF good ones In 1888 sweiea 'ne
. IA ust 10 th,rty-four. but there was not reai'
phenomenal PAGER In the lot. unless Saiau'"' ~
YIN Kerr 2O7i.. and Ontonian. 2O1's are 10 oe
,,ossed as such. Last year twenty-three nc"
,o,,ars Joined the select coter!e OF sde"hee'e'S
itch have eoualled beaten the once-inar'e"ous
.cord OF old Johnston. so that the total humoe'
IL now hfty-seven. The notable feature Vi 'a''
or.s nacing was the fact that every champion
r.cord I'm the books except that for year'hss was
Iowered Two two-year- Odds were among the new"
,,.,ars IN the 2:0 list and the champion marx
,,r ,,ce,s OF this age was carried down to z"'<
hy IN. california wonder. Directly. WhrHss, inc
arst three. year-oll TO touch 2O. enterei the "s'
hut her performance hardly lasted the year OUT
as a champion record. Directly. month a''e' nv
came into his three-year-old form. pacing In -"''.
at Fresno CAL February l. 1895. Onlne iowere"
the four.year-old record to 20A and In the CLASS