New-York tribune., 1895-10-07
GOSSIP OF THE TROTTERS.
STANDARDIZED HIGH-STEPPERS AT
WHITE PLAINS.

BINGEN PHENOMENAL Two-YEARoLD-THE
$4,000 KENTUCKY FUTuRrTY TO BE DE-
cIDED To. .MoRRow-EAsTEKN TRoT-
TIERS IN THE TRANsYL-
vANIA STAKES.
While there was no important harness racing up
a. White Plains fair last week. some OF the de-
velopments In the show ring where the Westchoster
County Horse Show in progress proved to be
decidedly interesting There sas the usual NUMBER
OF classes az the horse show for high-stepping'
dock-tailed park horses Of the English hackney
ty pc and in nearly every one OF these competitions
a well-known firm OF New-York dealers eXhipied
STANDARDIZED trotters with their tails chopped on.
and their names pulled according 20 the laes London
style They were not the Roman-nosed. ewe-necked'
fat.ribbed cat-hammed crooked-iegged carlcatures
horsefesh such one often sees on the raceFaeh
and sometimes the road. but fine specimens oI
the representative American breed. selected on ac-
count Of their beauty OF form and snowy action.
They came in competition with hackneys and horses
OF about all other carriage breeds In the classes IN
which they shown. and they came out with
flying colors in every exhibition but one, winning
seven blue ribbons and red rosette in all
MONARCH AND PERFORMER.
Monarch and Performer pair OF big, blood-iiKe'
finely modelled blood bays standing nearly siN,ee"
hands high. from six other pairs on TUESDAY
and Monarch. aftetWard shown In single harness ~
a stanhope gig. again in a field of six lie i
by Waveland Chief the sire OF olaf. 3D. and MS
dam Sea Foam. is by Stocking chief the sire of
Humboldt, 200 Performer. his mate, IL by Harry
Thorndae, grandson of ThorniAle. 2:22A.. ana ms
dam Corinne. is by Magic. the sire Of Clemmle L.
2l5i1 Superior and Surprise won twice IN 'h-
classes for carriage pairs not exceeding l'- hahuS
high beating such noted high-steppers as fra'N
Boards Monarch and Sensation. In the cass TOT
single drivers Superior also beat George T. hume
Golden Rod. Bazeaway and others. sam heN''T'
o. the firm OF Strauss HexteT. who o"" ihe
horses bought this pair in Western Iowa 'asi s"'"s'
and he says they can trot IN $50 together sAr-
prise Is by Dillard Alexander 30 son OF France
Alexander while Superior is by Clay Pilot rr d
son OF Clay Pilot. the great grands!re OF r" H.
Harrmans ex-champion trottne stallion STAN
bou 207l,. Strauss a. Hexter's little trottlng ma'e
Ruth by Charles Reade closely inbred gra"'So"
of the handsome oldtme trotter Ethan Allen mal>
a clean sweep in the classes for high-sieppe'- IA
which she was shown winning two first prizes ara
beating Superior. Sensation and Golden Rol. fdul-
inc L.. who won second prize for Strauss heN'er
in a similar Class 4 also by Charles keaGe am ".
dam is by Royal Bashaw.
Altogether this exhibit OF trotting-bred h.sh-
steppers was one OF the features OF the Nhite
Plains horse show. and their success created Sur
among the trottlng horse men, who see ne" heid
and a profitable opening for their good-ooKins
trotters that lack the speed necessary lot ud0N
purposes The growing popularity OF morse s"o"S
and park driving has created a boom IN prices ''i
strictly high-class high-steppers. and horse OF
this class that can win at the National Horse Sho"
e. worth almost as much money nowadays az one
that can win races on the circuit II was reported
last spring that Waiter : Hobart. Harvard student
from California had paid $500 for George g. huHis
cross-rnatched pair Superba and May Day. ana lhe
prices paid at auction by Oliver h. T. Selino"' .ol
sundown and by Howard Gibb. OF Brooklyn for /
he y,
below this highwater mark
SALE OF WINNERS
Soma q, the White Plains przewinners are 10 be
sold this week under the hammer by W H. urahu
at the American Horse Exchange. when 1t Is not
unlikely that the record-price for hgh-steppers d.
auction will be beaten
nv long odds the most important performance on
the trotting turf last week Was that or the t"o-
vear-old colt Bingen. who trotted mile III -'l-1s
AZ Portland Me- on Thursday This Is within TWO
seconds of beating the champion mark maze Dy
Aron in 1891 and is better by two seconds than |
any other mile eyer troyed oy % ear nreo-
performance apart from Aron's 2:loA4 Bngeh & mr.
came into prominence IN Nam Fs, a 'P' H was then
owned by +. II. Greeley, OF Ellsworth pIt i NJ |
recently been sold TO j. Malcolm Forbes; ot BostoI'
for s. 0,a Bngen Is not Maine-bred colt hoWrNel'
He halls from Kentucky, and MS SIRE Nay Htisi fri
800 was raised in California by Governor Stanior
the famous old campaigner May queen 90 tp 111-
nefS a don yonng MIS- is closely inbred George
Wilkes being by Young Jim out OF MISS MaIaDt'lo
much Of the Wilkes blood he has OF the Elecs |
tioneer strain. Mr. Forbes Is also tne 0"neI oL
tae ATion Son "f'i5s of Ei5ctianter Rar IN Issi.
Eastern horsemen were greatly dsappoineTn i - - =,
lower the worlds record during the IerIe bS hau5e
mammoth trotter turned the Fleetwood track In /
9o5i5 in August it mas been generally beiieyed /
fnat he wouid beat the besi time record when /
ba ad he facf
COULDN'T GET HIS PRICE
vr Salisbury. f. is said. dlckered with the Terre !
rau,e Trotting Association all the week without /
getting what ne considered adequate offer for /
starting Azote. and Mr.. Hamin encountered the /
same difficulty IN trying 10 arrange specd' Io' /
Robert J. The campaign Is now almost at an 'H'' |
and the recor-breaking Terre Haute track has been
nassed bat the great two weeks meeting at Lex /
ington which begins tomorrow viii give the star per-
formers another chance. Follov ing the Lexington !
series there 70 be meetings az LoIlsvlne ana ana /
at Red oak Iowa. and Lincoln Neoi Inc IN ~ TN. ,
ap1nIai renewal ~ the Kentucky Futurity Stakes
for three-vear-olds and its estimated value this /
wear is $500 cash all but 5000 of which goes 70 tle
winner The three most prominent aspirants are are
is the Kentucky-ored COLI owned by an undlss-
closed Boston horse fancier Lalabe won al 81 M, ms
deiphia where Fred Kohl unexpectedly beat MN
"a, Cleveland in Juy and George LeavI;i. who con.
trolls him. has said that he can beat 2lp Ihe cpIi |
was lame and stale at Philadelphia wheh rtg RE-
Kohl beat him. AMI NJ has not started In plphc |
since that having been taken AZ once ID Lex
ington 10 recuperate. He IS said 10 he GOOD asan;
Impetuous has record of 2l5, made early IN the /
season in hard-fought race against aged horses she
is known TO be wonderful My nut FOR some , I'M
past she suffered from peculiar throat iroube
which nterfered with her breathing and threatened
10 ruin her for racing purposes.
USED HEROIC MEASURES.
About two weeks ago her owner. Major II. C. Nc
DovyeL. the president Of the Kentucky Trotiing- /
Horse breeders Association. decided to resort 10 /
extreme measures as the Futury was close at hand !