The evening times., 1895-09-28
IN The SECOND SPECIAL
Henry of Navarro Will Not Be
Among the Starters.
Race Believed to Lie Betweenthe Two
Speedy Western Cracks, Clifford
and Flying Dutchman.
Especial to The Timcs.)

New YorK, Sept. 2s.-The second spe-
cial is TO be run al Gravesend to-day. There
is much disappointment that Henry oil
Navarro and Domino do not show among
the list of starters, but the race Will be
grand one, even without them.
While the race looks to be at the mercy
of Clifford, there are many old racehorse
men who predict that he ill bave to go
fast mile and an eighth to beat that other
game and speedy Western animal, Flying
Dutchman. The latter has shown himself
TO be a great horse, am. with 100 pounds
up as against III for Clifford, 1t is thought
he ill stand splendid chance to WIN
Ramapo, with 122 pounds, is also in the
race He is in good form and may make
trouble for all of the other starters. Rey
FL Santa Anita and Sir Excess are also
down to start. ~ o."
Star Pointer, in the 2:10 pace at Terre
Haute yesterday. reeied off three heats in
the good time of EOS 3-4, EOS 3-4 and
EOS Ia.
Patchen and Gentry are having 1t turn
about these days. Yesterday was Patchen's
day. He won his race at Sioux City, and
paced the second heat down to his record,
2:O4.
There can be little doubt that the once
great mare, AliX, has gone backward for
good. Her effort at Springfield yesterday
to beat her record resulted i'll her again
pulling up cripple. She did the mile
IN 2:l3 "a, ten seconds behind her mark.
The new track at Sheffield. Ind, is TO be
opened this afternoon. This track in a
mesaurc Will fill the place of the defunct
Roby- 1t is said the Indiana authorities
will not interfere with it..
There Goes not seem to be much difference
betwecnrace ira ok men, whether they besup-
porters of the harness horse or devotees of
the bang tail. A great deal has been said of
late about the determination of certain in
dividuals To elevate both the trottinG and
running turf. Among the much-touted re-
formers the names OF several prominent gen
tlemen of Philadelphia have been frequent
ly mentioned. A few weeks ago the Belmont
association created great ado about a race
for a $4,000 purse for which Joe Patchen
and John Il. Gentry were to pace.
The Belmont folks worked this event as
their strongest card When the race came
off some of the virtuous souls of the Belmont
body got ii into their heads that Curry, the
driver of Patcfen, and McHenry, the
driver of Gentry, had fixed a job by which
Gentry was TO win, and they were deeply
shocked.
Curry was set down and another driver
put behind Patchen. This was all good as
as far as it went. But now it appears that
there was no purse offered for the race
at all. and that the Belmont outfit had
simply agreed To give Curry and McHenry
a share of the gate receipts for exhibiting
their horses. Curry and McHenry got about
5000 between them.
The recent offer Of .S60, 900 made by Mr.
John Hunter to Milton Young for the stal
lion Hanover has created quite ripple
among horsemcn, and has led to the com
piling of some interesting horse statistics.
This is said to be the largest sum ever ten
dercd for an American thoroughbred horse.
St Blais sold in this country for $780,,
900, but he was bred in England, while
Hanover was foaled on American soil. Out
side of ST. Blais no thoroughbred horse has
ever been sold in America for as much as
was offered for Hanover, as Ormonde,
though bought by an American citizen, was
traded for in a foreign land Mr.. Forbes,
another American, paid $4,000 for I'm
ported Meddler, but he, loo, was sold in
England.
Only two trotters have ever been sold for
more than $50, ,OOO-Arion, $50, 900, and
Axtel, S1O5, ,OO0-while outside OF the two
above named but five ether horses have ever
been sold in England for S much money as
that. Matchbox sold for 100000; Com
mon and Doncaster, for $40 900 each; Blair
Athol, for S62 500, and Kangaroo. for $780,
600 Col Young paid Sis, 900 for Hanover,
but in four years has made 100000 clear