Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-07-11

champions Of the free-for-all, and though
he did not win the time championship,
he defeated Mascot. 2.0i: Flying Jib, 2Oi,
and the fastest adewheelers on the turI.
Last season he settled all disputes by
defeating everything he met. and cincned
the argument at Terre Haute. IND, sep
TENDER 18th. by pacing against Tune III
81 1-2. thus reducing the record py TWO
and half seconds. This season ne mas
done a mile against the watch In 2H.
and In driving race has paced tnird
heat in 2as. so that he appears to be able
TO still hold his championship and bid de-
flance to all corners.
The candidates who will give him the
most trouble are. John II. Gentry. 2:o3 "a;
Mascot. 2oi: Poe Patcben. 2;o4. and d.
rectly POI l-2. Last season John X. Gen
try, then 4-year-oid, paced In 2HS "a.
and won the 4-year-old and the stallion
championship, and. though he has not
yet appeared in public this season. ne mas
paced mile In 2:0T which shows that
ne is ready and eager for the fray. he
is by Ashland Wilkes-Dame Wood, by
wedgewood. and Is. therefore, bred In
the best trottlng lines. He had the honor
of making dead heat with Robert j.
at Nashville last autumn, though large
number OF horsemen thought that he de-
feated the champion by head.
MASCOT.
Mascot f. well known to New Workers,
who will recollect his match with Direc-
tum at Fleetwood Park In the late IAN
of 1893. when he was defeated by the
black Californian, and they will also re-
member his wonderful mile at the spring
meeting last month, when he paced
mile in 2.07 and finished strong. Mascot
made his record Of 204 in race. and IT
was a champion record at that time. he
promises to be live factor In the big con-
tests of this season.
The 6-year-old stallion. Joe Patchen
COO Is q horse entitled TO the greatest
consideration. He is within quar,.er
of a second of the stallion championship.
and last winter in California he de-
feated Robert J. 1t is true. the time
was slow, and the champion was rank,
but it is equally true that Joe Patchen
had not had much work. At Des MONIES
recently he went an exhibition mile
In POS.
Directly col is a 3-year-old. and Is
one of the most extraordinary SEN
sations which California. prolific In
equine sensations. has ever astonished
US with. As a 2-year-old last season he
simply swept the deck. He captured oil
the classes and stakes for his age, and
reduced the s-yedr-Oiu TecOIu ioi Ph''i
TO 2:07 3-i. which Is exactly three seconds
faster than the 3-year-old record. held by
Arion. In February. I'm California. he
paced in 2:O7 1-2. and captured the d
year-old record. He Is owned by Monroe
Salisbury, and Is therefore In the same
stable as Alix and Azote. and his owner
declares that he is not afraid to Pit
him against Robert j. or any other OF the
monarchs of the free-for-all.
There are probably n dozen other fast
PAGERS. who. before the season Is over,
may take any of those previously-men-
toned by the throat, but the most dan
gerous Of all is the famous Hal Pointer
(2:0i 1-9. the pride of Tennessee, who
after a long rest. came out the other
day and made mile in 2:Oj. Keeling of
the last half in leo Ia. 1t he has got
back the speed which enabled him to
win against all corners down the line Of
the Grand Circuit he will make the fastest
of the fast ones look out for their lau-
rels The free-for-all classes. both trot-
ting and pacing, promise not only TO b.
faster this year than they ever were be-
fore. but they also promise to have larger
fields. and TO be full Of sensational fea-
lures.