New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-08-26
GRAND CIRCUIT TROTTING.
THE MEETING AT FLEETWOOD BEGINS
TO-DAY
AzoTE. BEJZETTA AND KLAMATH TO COMPETE
FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP on WEDNESDAY,
OTHERS TO START IN THE 5000 FREE-roR
ALL. AT FLEETWOOD But THEY ARE
oUTCLASsED - AzoTE's CHECK
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ALL. AT FLEETwooD But THEY ARE
ouTCLAssED AzoTE's CHECK
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The Grand Circuit Trotting meeting at Fleetwood
park begins this afternoon. continuing on Tuesday
Wednesday. Thursday and Friday. The stables at
IRE old track in Morrisania are filed with the best
harness horses on the turf. and some notable per-
.crmances are assured. Turfmen say that the
meeting promises to be the best ever held In New
York on the card for to-day the 2:O pacing
,s perhaps the chief contest The entries in this
class include "Knapsack" McCarthy's fast but err
,atc horse Paul who is said be good for miles
IN eO7 better just now. Paul Is likely TO be the
,avoritc II the winner. but he will have TO
heat some good PAGERS in c. j. Hamlins Moon
stone by Mambrino King; Frederick Mobiles chest
nut stallion Sterling. Monroe Salisbury's Ella T..
y 4 Vptons Nitello w J. Andrewss Whirligg.
George c. Menzies Henry F.. ID. y. Van Duzen's
Fred X. and Isaac Sandersons Alcyo.
In the $50 class for trotters there several
,orses credited with ability to trot 2:l5 the
race ought TO be a good one. FL Rami. fouryear-
ola owned by p. J. Radeker, OF this city, made a
-arord OF PA few days ago. and he has been a
n,c winner in the Grand Circuit thus far having
Not only one defeat. Prince Purdy, little horse
hat was prominent at the Fleetwood and Park
nav spring meetings. but has not started since
,,an is another OF the good ones He trotted the
rYeetwood track in 215 In his work few days ago.
"Knapsack" McCarthy's gray mare Anna Mace
has likewise shown 2:i5 speed but she has not
20, won a race. Bayreuth is good. stout race
horse but he TO be slightly outclassed in
mint Of speed Roetta Soap. owned by James Null
s,u ~ Tonawanda and Nomad, fast horse that
ras sold on Saturday last by MIR Sammis. of Long
Island 10 a well-known New-York horse tancer,
are other good ones
:, the 2l7 class for trotters the entries include
william Scattergoods E. l.. Robinson, James Col
ae,.s Benlon Wilkes, William Simpsons Orange
lander William Kelly's Ernsie. "Knapsack Nc
carthy's Sacaza. William Corbitts Double cross
charles S Green's Ora and Monroe Salsbury's Red
Knitting. besides some others Robinson is credited
ut,b trial OF 2l2 and he is likely to be the IA
vorite
THE 5000 FREE-FORALL.
,s N. time draws near for tie 5000 free-for-all
- q. Fleetwood which is to be trotted on
Wednesday all indications seem to point 10 Azote'
klamath and BeuZetta as the probable contehuihs
horses Fantasy, 2O6; Dan Cupid. 27S's; Lesa
wilkes 2Os; Dandy Jim. 2lO ana Hamhh
Nightingale 21Oi. are also entered, but Fantasy
has heen turned out for the rest of the season at
Village Farm. having cut her quarter in the recent
race with Azote Buffalo. so that she VIII not be
among the starters. Mr. Hamlns second entry the
champion two-miler. Nightingale. is clearly out
classed in the company of a trio of 2Oo trotters.
she was not good enough on Friday to beat Dandy
lin in the 2lO class Rochester, although she won
the fastest heat of the and cut her former rec
ord down a point by trotting In 21O1.. Dandy Jim
is likewise hopelessly outclassed and nothing snort
of an accident TO of the cracks can give him
any sort of a chance for the victory. Lesa wilkes,
who looked like formidable mare when she
finished ahead of Klamath in 2Os at Cleveland d
few weeks ago. seems to have gone back since 'hat
race for the daughter of Guy Wilkes barely saved
her entrance money at Rochester In the race won oy
Dandy Jim Friday last
Dan Cupid. the entry of William Kelly OF TINS
city has been at Fleetwood for several days He
is a grand looking stallion having size hnsh range
and power. and he trotted a trial at Mystic PARK
Boston a few days in 2Oll2. Some New-1o rk
horsemen believe the handsome son or Barney
Wilkes will be inside of the money next "Wednesday
IL he does not win a heat. but with all his speed
there apparently little chance for him to defeat
such cracks Azote. klamath and Beuzetta, as ne
has yet started in race this year heslues,
the fast horse shows some signs OF iameness ana
soreness and is plainly not in condition 10 trot
hard race.
AZOTE WILL PROBABLY BE FAVORITE
Azote will unquestionably start favorte for
the most important trotting race OF the year lie
has beaten everything he has met since the be-
ginning OF the campaign. including Hulda 2"S's;
Fantasy. 200: Directum, 205l4: Ryland j.. 2O7$..
and other fast ones. and nobody, except, perhaps
his owner Monroe Salisbury, knows just how fast
this wonderful horse is. Not few circuit followers
believe that he beat any trotter In training
and do Il easily. and that when Salisbury gets
ready to send him for the worlds record, he will
Dowen. who drove both Azote and Alix has main
ta,ned for more than a year that the big Call
fornian Is faster than the little mare from iowa.
although his record Is nearly three seconds slower.
Other horsemen equally competent believe there
Is a soft spot in the mammoth son Of Whips. and
that when he meets another trotter with speed
enough TO carry him up to his limit. Azote VIII
give up the fight Heretofore this season. ne mas
been able 10 trot within himself and win. most
OF the horses he has met pnd defeated having oehg
either crippes. counterfeits or back NUMBERS out
In klamath and Beuzetta he will have TO measure
strides with a pair that fought out fourth heat
in 2S;s. only a fortnight ago. and that appear 10
be good for miles in 2:05 or better on fast track
The owner and driver OF klamath says his morse
can stem a Quarter at a twominute gait. or even
faster ~ necessary. and that he Will surely hhd the
soft spot I'm Azote II there Is one
klamath has been at Fleetwood for week past
and he is the centre OF attraction Tor horsemeh' a
small horse. horses are measured s'ahdihe only
A fraction of an inch over fifteen hands high he IL
really above the average in size, having body or
enormous length and grth set upon short legs with
muscular powerful hind quarters. His build In TINS
respect is very much like that OF AK, zSF+ pu' ne
ia bit rough. lacking the round. graceiui contour
OF the queen OF the turf and the resemblance
doesn't extend beyond a striking similarity IN con-
formation. The Old campaigner has suffered all
sorts OF Ills since Tom Raymond discovered him' a
Wild. hawkish o-year-old In the wilderness oi
Southeastern Oregon. near the hiaiha'h ii'u'a
Reservation. a peculiar lameness having witne'eu
his right foot when a youngster. only to be Followed
by chronic rheumatism For five years the horse
thus prevented from showing ms Wor,n ou az
RAYMOND never for a moment lost confidence IN
Kamath's ability to make pnenomenai RECORD
when in condition. and he patiently nursed tne more
along until now has about the pest winner o tile
year Klamath still shows the effects OF ms ioIier
ailments wnen first brought upon the track; golnS
Short and sore until he has logged few miles and
imbered up. Then his gait is the perfection OF
trOtiing action, and he moves as 1ghty anu sidce
fully as a bird on the wing. Klamath was raised
on the range running wild until nearly two years
Old and The ace OF cubs brand now TO be seen on
his left shoulder is the brand of his breeder Mr
Cgle. RAYMOND bought the now famous morse ior
$40 in remote region more than one hundred miles
from any railroad. where II is probable ne woui1
have remained drudge in obscGrity If the practlced
Of the old time horseman had not discovered al