New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-08-10
NEW STARS AT BUFFALO,
SENSATIONAL RACING AT THE DRIVING
PARK
RECORDS LOWERED BY sULPHITE AND BEU
zETTA-MAsCoT AND HAL PofNTER-JoHNsoN


zErrA-MAscor AND HAL PoiNrER-JoHNsoN
TO RACE AGAINST ROBERT J.
Buffalo. Aug s-sensational racing was the order
OF the day at the Grand Circuit uotting meeting at
the Buffalo Driving Park this afternoon. ana sell
DOM II ever has such fast time been averaged as
was the mean on the contests decided In every
~ fro DIV at least one starter reduced his or
her preytous record all the way from one TO three
seconds and In two the winners twice lowered the
marks set opposite their nsmes peiore .he coh-
tests Just mentioned These two were suiph'te' ,ne
undoubted coming champion two-year-old. ana 'hat
sterling Onward fly Beuzetta- But the last named
did even more Twice she cast into the shade the
track record OF 20Sis, established by that great
mare Huda two years ago. when she defeated
Pix.ey In 2:l2a. 2I0h and 2os1s in the I'D CLASS ro'.
and created new race record FOR three hea's anu
also a mark for fve-year-o.ds
In the two-year- old pace. Sulph'te fni pro.h-
er to Carbonate who closely pressed Directly for
the two-year-old championship OF 1874 Demon
strated that when the premier honors OF that ase
for this season come to he decided ne VIII De Isn'
in the front ranks Of the bidders FOR the iaures' III
other words. Sulphite showed tnat ne cou'u' IL
necessary have turned the track this afternoon IN
time which would very closely approach z'os' rue
the fastest time made by him was 2:l21z reduc-
ton Of one and three-quarters SECONDS from MS
record earned Freeport. H.. rev WEEKS ago
still the little fellow was capable OF gong SECONDS
ia
ANYTHING in the race TO force him out Il Is almost
n safe e,,ess that when Cummings gees ready 10
cut loose. 207s. made by Directly at Galespurg'
Ill last September will by no means De saie from
fracture.
One Of the contests on the card was match race
between those two old campasners' "aseo' anu
Hal Pointer 1t required five heats &c Iecide the
contest and IN two heats the winner was the one
which Quit the least in the last 100 yards AS a
"Reminiscences of other days. the contest was GER
tainy an interesting one. but Juugeu u, 'ne p''
formances of the present, the struggle iost much
of Its interest But the two old-umers loush' o''
terly every inch Of the way and except IN the iast
heat when Pointer was all out, the finishes were OF
Had " " p. not struck the knee OF his left
foreeg which was injured in the 2I5 pace at Cleve-
land last week. in the second heat tne cnanses '
much faster mark than he holds at present TO WIN
the 2:ll and IT is good guesslng tha' He
took the opening heat in 20sis and that is not his
limit ~ on, evan better
racing than that OF to-day should be the order OF
There was considerable gossip at the track this
morning over yesterdays great pacing race her me
has become stale and needs a rest and that with
a let-up Of week he will again be in cond h
T 0n 10 r fs to Se Wire Monroe Salisbury whose
Judgment as to harness horses Is sscSn1 brief rest
fScsfsa hss all h sHs IN ef%s largely
that the little gsans was T YIN Rodk in van
not allowed sufficient time to become accNha'eo' d.
Il were. - 4. .s "a
Geers says that Patchen won because he had tne
pole and that i Robert j. had been on the ran p, ne
would have landed a winner. He considers Una. the
geldng lost fully half second on each corner
Geers laughed at Curry's statement that Patchen
was not driven hard. and remarked that ne hhe"
thing or two about such things hinseiI. 49, .~.oL
After considering the matter for day' tne traSh
management this afternoon announces anat In, me
race between the bicyclist, Cyclone Johnson, a1a
Uamiins PAGER Robert j., was a fixture and would
he iacided W ednesday or Thursday of next week
FoIlowing are the summaries OF to-day's racing;
MATCH RACE-PURsE $1,000.
Mascot B. g. by Deceiver. dam Miss Del
~ Andrews, ....................1
Hal Pointer b. e. by Tom Hal dam by o o
Xnsht's Snowheels tCieers). = 1
rme"Frs, heat o:sA, lo2H :sS 2'S 90. se SS.
best: O:3li. :02 l34. 2:Oss4 Third neat ~ ioot
n.s7iL 90X Fourth heat: O:324 1:oit, l3'1a z'io
FIFTH heat: O:92 :o4. 1886. 2:O9s..
o., cIAss-pAcINo-PURsE $1,000