The Anaconda standard., 1895-05-26

that of Almonarch and Chimes.
Out at Iowa Falls, Iowa, the entire
village has gone wild over the gray
flly, Ethel A.. 210A. A stranger no
sooner gets off the train than he is
made the target of such queries as,
Have you heard of our fast PAGER?
Have you come to buy herr" If the
answer is in the negative, the person
instantly becomes an object of suspi-
cion and the villagers believe that he
has come to steal the filly and they
take turns sitting up at night to watch
her. Every young lady in the town
has a kodak and takes a dozen snap
shots each day, and they have pictures
of the filly in every shape and form.
Her work days are general holidays,
and all the stores close up. A stage
coach goes around and picks up the
people to go out and see her take her
work. Robert ]. and John r. Gentry
are suckers" they all believe when up
against the gray filly, and every man,
woman and child you meet will pull
you off to one side and tell you of 81 900
being in the bank to bet that she can
go a quarter in 2S1a seconds. Her own
er John Conley. is looked upon as the
greatest trainer in the country, and
every farmer who has juggling PAGER
has sent it to Conley for him to make
an Ethel A. out of it.
1t will not be long before the two
great yachts of the age-the English
and American crafts which are to bat
tie for the famed Americas cup-will
be launched. That the fight for the
cup will be the greatest in it's history
yachting experts on both sides of the
Atlantic agree. for the simple reason
that the Englishmen are believed to
stand a better chance of winning 1t
than ever before. In fact. it is quite
easy to find numbers of yachting
sharps on this side of the ocean who
are already crying wolf and dole
fully prognosticating a disastrous de-
feat for the Yankee flyer
Great secrecy has attended the con-
struction of both yachts, particularly
the English one, but sufficient has
leaked out from time to time to give
a man with the necessary knowledge
to put two and two together enough to
enable him to figure out very closely
how both yachts will look and make
comparisons of their respective quail
ties. About the American yacht-the
De ender-there i little left to con-
ceal, but so guarded has been the work
conducted on Valkyrie Ill, the Brit
ish challenger, that next to nothing OF
an authentic character has yet been
seen about her in the American pa
pers. Lord Dunraven's boat will have
to surmount intelligence, originality
and a vast expenditure of money to
win the cup back to England. The
Defender will probably first be seen in
racing trim in the Fourth of July re-
gatta of the Larchmont Yacht club, on
the sound, with the Vigilant and the
improved Jubilee as rivals.
Kentucky breeders Of thoroughbred
horses are greatly alarmed over the
closing of the tracks at Chicago ana
over the adverse legislation in New
60 L MT n
nual crop of yearlings averaged over
81, ,O0O, 900, but the business has dwin-
died until this year 1t Will scarcely
bring one-third that amount. In inter-
views the leading breeders expressed
the opinion that unless something was
done to elevate racing and put 1t on
the high plane it occupied less than a
decade ago the breeding business
would be completely destroyed ana the
valuable studs and costly farms In
this state would become almost worth
less.
The new American racing grounds in
the City of Mexico are being pushed TO
completion as rapidly as possible ana
the grounds will probably be ready 10
open next November. The site covers
40 acres, with n five-year lease, with
the privilege of 10. The track is a half
mile. go feet in width. and incloses a
level field in which flower beds and
other landscape effects are being ar
ranged for Two hundred foreign hor-
ses are expected for the races there
next winter
A special from Berlin says:
"Nichael +. Dwyer, the turfman. has
bought in America the horses Bonnie
Bell and Yantar from the WoodDurn
farm, Lexington, KY, and intends TO
start them in the trotting meeting IN
E .f Tlrfva
Arnulph of Bavaria. The good sport
and large attendance at the trotting
races here attest the rapid development
of trotting in Germany, and surprise IS
expressed that there are not more
American horses here to take part in
the contests
James Gordon Bennett was
present in person at the great trott1ng
meeting in Berlin, which began May
%. He has entered his horses there,
where they will presently be trained.
Howard Phillips has charge of them.
Helen Leyburn is the one being most
admired of his string, but Autrain' ~
is expected, will help materially IN
winning the honors at the races. Mr.
Bennett has promised to be present az
the fetes at Kiel in commemoratlon OF
the opening of the Baltic ana Nortn
sea canal.
In an interview Mcdowell sensibly
said. 'There is no chance of race
between Alix and Directrum before the
horses leave California. Dlrectum VIII
have to go out and do something De-
fore his owner can ever expect TO race
with the mare. After the poor showing
made by the horse in the east last
wear" explained Mcdowell, lit would
he bad form to arrange race as pro-
posed. for the public would regard IL
as a fake
II is announced on excellent author
ity that there will be a race meeting at
Morris park this summer. Some
wealthy horsemen. among whom may
be mentioned James r. Keene and Au-
gust Belmont. have decided to lease the
| course and conduct a meeting. Sub
scription books will, it is said, be
opened and those who wish TO share
in he irofits and losses of the meeting
may take stock.
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