St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-29
AzOTE, THE UNBEATEN, WINS A
GREAT TROT AT FLEET-
WOOD.
MADE A TRACK RECORD.
MILE COVERED In 2.O5 1-2, THE
LEST EVER WITNESSED AT
FLEETWOOD.
BENzETTA IN SECOND PLACE
John r. Gentry, Joe Patchen and
Robert j to Pace This
Afternoon.

NEW YORK, Aug. 2S.-The third
day of the grand circuit meeting at
Fleetwood was the best days racing
that the harness horse devotees of
New York have seen in years. The
weather was perfect for racing, the
track was in superb condition and
the attendance quite good, there be-
ing FULLY 1000 people present. The
card was strong one, but the chief
attraction Of course was the great
free-for-an trot for a $1,000 purse,
IN which the three cracks of the
year met-Azote, the unbeaten; Ben
zetta, who trotted a fourth heat at
Buffola in 2:06%, and the sterling
campa1gner, klamath, 2:0S1a. Azete
was OF course the favorite, and he
won, but only after trotting one of
the greatest races on record, Ben
zetta beating klamath for second
money. After a little scoring they
got away to a perfect start, Azote
immediately rushing to the front
and quickly opening up a gap of
two lengths from klamath. He
passed the half in LOB, and came
home jogging in 2:O91a, ten lengths
in front of klamath. In the sec
ond heat the pace was hot from the
start. klamath had the best of the
send-off, but Benzetta out-trotted
him to the quarter, where he was
hot on the trail Of the leader, Azote,
who passed the first post in :3Oh.
Trotting true and fast, AZote went
by the half in 1:011b. Breasting the
hill on the near side of Point of
Rocks Azote came with a rush.
making the three-quarters in / :33,
and it was seen that the result was
beyond doubt. On he came with
out waver, finishing in 2:051h. the
fastest heat ever trotted at Fleet
wood and the fastest ever trotted
by a gelding. In the third heat it
was again Azote all the way Ben
zetta broke after passing the first
quarter, klamath chasing Azote. In
turn klamath went off his feet
just before making the swing for
the upgrade, and Benzetta, who
had been trotting fast after settling,
took second position, and in this
order they finished, Azote winning
with the utmost ease in 2:07, thus
placing to his credit a race of sur
passing merit. Had either klamath
or Benzetta been able to force AZote
out in each heat he could certainly
have gone three faster heats than
q ct
SOLD AT A FANCY FIGURE
After the second heat of this Race
the handsome mare Benzetta was
bought from her owner, E. w. Ayers,
OF Duckeers, KY, for $4,000, by Peter
Duryea, of New York, but for whom
1t was not announced. The same
broker subsequently offered 81, 900 for
the great three-year-old colt Larabie,
2:l2&, but his owner, George w. Lea
witt, of Boston, would not entertain
the offer. This colt is entered in the
rich Kentucky Futurity, and on pres
ent form seems to have it at his
mercy. Azote, the winner of the free
for-all, was bred by the late Senator
Leland Stanford at his Palo Alto
farm, Menlo Park, Cal. He is by
Whips, 2:27a4, son of Electioneer, and
his dam is Josie, a daughter of the
successful horse Whipple's Handle
tonian. Whipples was campaigned
with Indifferent success by Grin Hick-
ok for the Palo Alto establishment,
and was purchased in the spring of
1884 by Monroe Salisbury, in whose
hands he has proved TO be trotting
race horse of strictly the first class.
The 2:19 trotting race also developed
very good contest and resulted in a
victory for the splendid mare Bouncer,
owned by W. A. Simpson, of New
York city, proprietor of the Empire
City stud. In drive Miss McGregor
won the first heat in 2:1S, with Boun-
GER second, but in the second, in a
rafting finish, Andrews landed Mr.
Simpsons mare a winner in 2:14
Again in the third heat the local mare
stalled off all opposition, winning very
handily in 2:13&, and the concluding
heat she won away off. The 2:4O trot-
ting class for two-year-olds had six
starters, but proved the hollowest kind
of a victory for the California colt
Fred S. Moody, brother of the noted
mare Muta Wilkes, 2:11. He won each
heat as he pleased. He is owned by
William Corbett, proprietor of the San
Ateo stock farm, San Mateo, Cal, and
is by his great stallion Guy Wilkes,
2:15A. The programme for Thursday
is one of sterling promise, the chief at
traction being the free-for-all pace for
$1,000, in which the worlds greatest
PAGERS, John R. Gentry, Joe Patchen
and Robert ] are to meet and the
question of championship will be set
tied.
SUMMARIES:
Free-for-all class, trotting; purse
$1,000
Azota, b. G., by Whips. dam Josie.