Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-08-02

apolis greater things were expected from the marc that has the record for ago at both and years. She fell a compara- lively easy victim to AZotc at La Crosse, though the big gelding had to lower the record for unscXed trotters in the first heat Judged by the test of race ability, the pride of Buffalo has not yet done any thing which would warrant her owner in biting her against Alix for a money con- sidcration, if the latter is in the form she carried last year.
 Among the newer stars of the trOttlng
 turf arc William Penn, u " brown stallion by Santa Claus, and l. h, the Cali fornia gclding, by Moroo., Penn is good
 for mile in 2:07lt or brttrl, and Klamath
 has trottcd ill 2:0Sl2. In speaking of the comparative merits of AZotc and Fantasy
 Turf, Field and Farm says: Although Azotc has defeated Fantasy in n race we
 adhere to the opinion that the big and
 slashing daughter of Chimes and HomOra
 will pass to the 2:03a4 lie in advance of the tall and powerful gelding by Whips. The public will look forward with much Interest to q race between Azotc and Will liam Penn"
 The number of candidates for the :lacing championship iS larger than ever before. c.
 J. Hamlin has not only a doughty defender nf the record he now holds in Robert J, 2:01 F, but the old warrior, Hal Pointer,
 Is out again, after n seasons rest, and ap- parently faster than in 1S92, when he scored 2:O4l2. It will be nothing short of marvel, however, if the Printer hoss, as his Tennessee worshipers call him,
 should be able to outdo tho feats of his younger rivals. He was foaled in 1884, and therefore nIust be considered a veteran in
 these days of early development when 3-
 year-olds are able to beat 2:10 at the pace. It is from John R. Gentry, Joe Patchcn and RubnStcin that the sensations of tho season arc expected outside of those fur nishcd by Robert J. The first of this fleet | trio has never made what deserves to be 1 called a full campaign. He started as a | 3-ycar-old in 1892 won few engagements without losing n heat, and retired with a | record of 2:l3. The next season Gentry did | not appear in public and it was not until
 well along in July of last year that he was | again regularly on the turf. After suS- taining the first defeat of his life at Buff | falo in August Gentry recovered his form tho next week at Chicago, and thereafter did net lose one of his regular engagements
 His second heat in 2:0334 at Terre Haute 1 in September gave him the stallion record,
 which he still holds Later in the season
 he met Robert J twice, and at Nashville
 fairly outfoOtcd the gclding in the first heat, though tho decision was tlc, ln
 2:O4. There was another match at Phila-
 delphia in November, when Gentry was | short of work and was beaten. This year,
 after passing the winter under the person
 al supervision of his new tutor M. F.. Me
 Henry, Gentry shows marked improve
 ment, and is a magnificent specimen of q l well bred paCrr More than one expert de | clarcs him 10 have the worlds record at l his mercy.
 | Joe Patchen while ho did not get the
 credit of as fast mile as the champion
 stallion, actually paced below 2:03 ill the
 heat at Indianapolis where Robert J. was
 first home in 3:02l2. He is, liko Gentry, n | grandson of George Wilkes. As for Rubin
 stein, the highest hOnors are said to be
 within his reach. He is q year younger
 than Gentry and Patchen, both of whom
 were foalcd in 1889, so that his record of
 2:OS last season must be considered with 1 the difference in age. Furthermore, Ru- l binStein was clnSc up with Joe Patchcn at
 Terre Hautc last August, when tho black | horse paced a first heat in 2:06i2, and | came back the next time in 2:06 He TO-
 gently defeated Hal Pointer and Mascot, | tho OK champions. in 2:07 :, 2:0S7I and | 2:O6'2. and seems fit to race for his lifo. At the recent grand circuit meeting in l Detroit there were two decided novelties, d l BOG Glass for truttrrS and a 2:04 class for pacerS J'p tu 1892 the greatest handicap put on the horses at either of the harness | gaits was 2:l5, and these startling innova-
 tions serve to show what inroads have been | made on Father Times fortress since the new Sulky came into use: