New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-05-05
TRAINING 2:1O TROTTERS.
WHAT THE CRACK HARNESS HORSES ARE
DOING THIS SPRING.

uAIr A DOZEN AsPIRANTs FOR CHAMPION HON
oRs-ArIx AND FANTASY THE MOST LIKELY
TO LOWER THE REcoRD-wILL DIREc-
Tl-M REGAIN HIS OLD FoRM7-sUNoI.
MAY START AGAINST TIME.
with the opening Of tho harness racing season.
now almost NJ hand interest among horsenen is
centred IN the preparation Of the trotters for the
coming campaign: particularly tho famous myers
that have won place IN the select circle known As
the 2l0 list Never before were there so many quasi
sensational horses IN training A. the beginning OF
tie season. nearly twenty trotters Of demonstrated
go speed or better being Mt present In more or less
active preparation for contests against time or
against each other Ia lS.@
At this time las; year Directums name was IN
cycryhody,s mouth. and the most competent critics
rrcacted tina; he would beat ali records ana all
corners when his trainer and manager. Orrin lilckoK
got ready TO start him. SO confident was the benci
that tie coal-black OF Director ou'classed all
Other irotiers that nearly every prominent driving
club IN the leading circuits East and West barred
hin, from connecting in the free all class How
completely the colt failed to fulfil the promise OF MS
four-year-old form is now well known This year
Ax IS the cynosure 0? all in the rotting-hofse
world holding much the same position that Direc-
tugn held in the spring OF 1894 In all important
f~ee-for. all affairs thus far announced the cond-
tons read. AK barred" while Directum Is iert
free 10 start and win Il he can. This state or aHairs
urObablY that the queen or the turi VIII w
al, OF her trotting against time this year CoInpe
tent Judges believe that with any sort OF luck ana
luck IS an importan; factor in the record-breaking
business Alix ought to lower her record 70 wv Oh
whereabouts before the close OF the season. Inc
latest reports from Pleasanton. Cal. are that the
bodied little mare has been recently phs'ereu
IN both ;orelegs, and in consequence Is receiving
only slow work present. This fact perhaps ac-
counts the sudden revival OF confidence Oh inc
part of James Dustin and T. H. Green VINO now
eontro. Drectum. they having recently oHered 70
,.atch he stallion against the for race to be
.ro.ted this month IN California Monroe Salisbury
the owner and trainer OK AK declined 70 ehterGu"
.le proposition, saying that Dirsctu'n VIII nave 10
give some evidence of having resained his Ola FORM
0, 1893 before his managers need expect race with
AN The mare will probably start for the East
along with the OF Sasbury's flyers within
few weeks and II Is reported that her nrs' Puo.'c
performance will take place al Red OAK Iowa. inc
las, week in June at a meeting to be given by her
par; owner Morris J. Jones.
HOPES FOR DIRECTUM.
Oirectun is now a: the Oakland track in charge
Of James Dustin a well-known Eastern trainer, VINO
has been in California for some years Dustin mas
made some radical changes in the shoeing ana 1901
balancing of the horse. and says he Is no" more
Ike the black whrlwind OF 1893 than at any 'i''ie
since he passed out of Monroe salisbury's care III
December OF that year. after setting the rour-yeai
Old record at 2,05A. The horse appeared 10 De sore
and tender In his fore feet at the close ol las.
season. and his legs were considerably HlusScu uP
so that mos, horsemen believe the wonderlui
sack horse has seen his best days However Il
,e stands I'D TO his work Dustin and Green pro-
nose 10 bring him East and campaign MI" !" 'no
.ree-for-aN class 1t IS reported that ehsasenei'''
have already been made for him TO start at MIMIC
apos and some other Western meetings early III
July
Next TO AK c. j. Hamlins famous young mare
Fantasy is the object OF interes, and specna-
;,on than any other 2l0 trotier now IN "n'i''s'
Her record Of 2O8a4 three-year-o.d her mic III
o,cs as a four-year-old and above all her smooth'
c.crt,ess way OF going have led many observes
~ be,,evc tina. she will ultimately lower the word
record I, is conceded that she has speed enough
10 tro. In TWO minutes but she Is tail anu u'su'
stan.ia! IN physique. and 1t has been doup'eu
whether she would ever be strong enough 20 carry
her clip ful. mile Fantasy is now In Caliorh'a'
,,a-e sha MAS heen ever since the close of the last
oa,nnaiaD Mr. Hariiin Badd Doble. sam Gam
lie and others who nave lately come from the coas'
say tina. the daughter OF Chimes ana iomo'd -
looking p,g hearty ana strong and her owner does
~. bas,,..e 70 prelc, that she Will beat the pres
ont best record 20s.. in 1880 il Is not HKe'! S''c
will s,u: against other horses ih's year u''sS II
- 4 (o-.rone conclusion mat she can win anu VIII
e,a,.v for Nh Ha:ni.n has his heart set upon cap
,ucrg me words record with tro.ter OF MS o""
breeding ana :, IS sa'c 20 say he Will MAKE 'n'S
o5;so. hs saa ain with Fantasy in her hve-year-
GA .orrn EGward T. Gecrs, who has charse o'
IL. Ham,in syers now IN California IA expected 10
,aorf'-
siro. 40 retirement OF Nancy Hanks and Aron
r,pA1 Io,ls has been without likely candidate
for champion honors brt Il Is now reported ina
n. VIII try 10 lease the erra'c ldano tro,'e'' IVY
land r.. 2O7j.. FOR tho coming season. Dc"c.'"s
that With special preparation the horse can peat
the record Ryland T. has on moro than ono &C.
eason during the lest four years shown that u"
possessed phenomenal speed. lie has never pee"
POINTED FOR tilt against time. Bob stewart VINO
controls :he horse and who Is now h'tng MIN TOT
.hs campaign At Kansas City. having always raced
VIM T., his class sound CT lame, sick WE'LL from
spring unt fall. Doble has driven more record
holders than any other two reinsmen In the busl-
ness having sat behind Dexter 2i74. Goldsmith
Maid e:4 and Nancy Hanks. 2oi when their
CHAMPION records were made: and II he we're now
20 train Iyand T. many OF his admirers would
look 10 500 tho bloodlike little troter dangerous
.tval 0, AK.
MARTHA WILKES MAY RACE AGAIN.
After a years rest and retirement the fast mare.
Martha Wilkes POS is to be trained and trotted IN
.sx ,hc IS now owned by W. c. France. OF this
city aad by the records is the fastest trotter
ever owned in New-York In 1892, with Nancy
Hanks in .he exhibition class the big daughter
q. Aicyona and Ella the mistress or the free
for-ali DIVISION twice beating the race record and
sustaining but one defeat during the campaign In
:he hands OF amateurs the following year she went
all 10 pieces making a wretched exhibition and re-
firing badly up and all out OF form. Mr.. France
bought her 10 breed 10 his famous horse Red
Wilkes. but she proved barren: and az she had re-
covered from her soreness and sickness he recently
zen. her 10 his trainer. Frank McVey. at Licking
ION Ky Martha Wilkes viii not start In COM
rany until late in tho season. Then she may take
pa-t in 4 few races but her owners main object is
20 give her a better record than she has. Mr.
France says he believes :he marc can trot in 2o5
or better.
Stranger things have happened than that Suno
should take siy at the record this year. Mr.
Eorac- saiG not long that she would DO
shaped ~ this spring and that Il she stood her
work ami developed her old form he might permit
re, 20 appear in public for exhibition against
..ne The famous ElectIoneer Is In the prime