The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-07-28
GOOD TALK ABOUT HORSES.
What a Judge of Horse Flesh Expects to
zee this Season.

With the purpose in view Of obtaining
the views of those who are lovers of
the horse and his merits as to speed.
a reporter for the Eagle happened to
meet II. c. Lockwood of this city, who
has been associated in more ways than
one with the horse racing fraternity
throughout the United States and he
gave a lengthy review of the progress
siveness of the prospective two minute
trotter a 5 follows:
THE eyes of the trotting world have
been on Detroit this week, as well as
the many race meetings at various
smaller points, and never in the his
tory of Goose Point, has it had such
a magnificent list of entries that have
faced the starter or such brilliant and
phenomenal results.
Each purse had $500 attachment il
exceptional speed was shown. With
this extra premium offered il acted like
a magnet to horse owners and drivers
1t may be mentioned that one of the
features Of the trotting season so far
has been that in nearly every race the
winner has had to go from five to nj
teen seconds faster than his class and
every follower of the game is on the
uui vive to see whether or not, before
snow flies. 200 will not he reached, Of
Il is. the chances are that the once de-
spised PAGER will have the honor of the
recordD The extreme speed displayed
tN the trottefS ana PAGERS 50 carry III
the season of 1895, is simply unparailel-
ed and the question naturally upper
most i'm the minds of their admirers
Is: Will a PAGER or trotter be the first
10 take the much talked of honor with
the eco mark to his or her credit
Robert j. 2:02la. the much envied,
sidewheeler will be one of the danger
GUS his driver GeerS says that the
horse is good for two minutes. Many
Judges thinks that when the time and
the opportunity comes that the black
cyclone Directly. will be ready to
smash the record. So far as Fantasy
2:06. holder of the four-year old champ
on record is concerned, AZote the cham
pion gelding, appears To have taken
her measure. but no horse as yet has
been able to put the tape on Azote.
Fantasy has the speed OF a ghost.
and, with preparation that Geers VIII
give her. she is very likely 10 trot as
fast as 2:03. which mark will not be
very far away from the best on record
when the season closes
~ wonderful speed however does
not make Fantasy q race mare and the
Tine of reasoning followed out by GER
tain writers to the effect that IN as
much as she defeated Directum and
Azote defeated her. the big Salisbury
pelding is a faster and better race horse
than the stallion King. is simply alb
surd. As most horsemen have learn
ed by this time the distance nag was
taken down in the Minneapolis race
and GeerS took advantage of the TACT
driving Fantasy her two losing heats
in 2:Se and 2;39. respectively. while III
rectum was driven out both times 10y
David e.
such is not horse racing, but more
like three efforts against time. Fanta-
sy's mark is 200 and one would natur-
ally expect her to be able to beat nearly
every free-for-all horse she meets In
stead of that, AZote with a record 81
2:0sl, easily defeated her in 2:0lhi
e:l2i6 and e:09. There is a great dea
of talk being INDUCED in just al pres
ent about Azote becoming the cham
pion trotter. all brought about by hE
performance at Lacrosse. in 2;o'A, n
could have negotiated the mile in 2:e
or better, had Andy Mcdowell not pun
I'D him up into a jog the last 100 yard
IN order to let Phoeba Wilkes inside
the flag. Mcdowell, trainer or Azote
does not think he can trot as fast a
7-a3 and he ought 10 know what he i
talking about, He said az the mrs
IF the season that as long as they di'
not beat a:06 the big gelding would VII
FIRST money but when they went De
vnnd that they were beyond his clip.
.'Directum unquestionably has NOR
speed now than ever he had before an
were he a sound horse we should Sc
him trot pretty close 10 200 THIS year
AS il is. his right hind leg on when n
has 10 wear an electric bandage, Is IN
cause of much anxiety 10 ootn ms trall