New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-07
FAST HARNESS RACERS.
NOTABLE TRoTTING EAST AND WEST.
SOME OF THE HORSES ON WHOM TCRFMEN AnS
KEEPING THEIR EYEs-PRoMIsE OF FINE
TRACKS.

SOME OF THE HORSES ON WtOA ASi''
KEEPING THEIR EYEs-PRoMIsE OF A FINE
YEAR on TRorTING TRACKS
Taking the performances of the spring campaign
a. an indication OF what may be expected lateT J."
the season, the followers Of harness RACING arc
looking forward to big year on the trot'i"s .u'.
Horses that are trained and conditioned as trot-
tiers and PAGERS are TO stay through races VI i,o"
three to ten heats do not often reacn 'heir pes'
estate early in the year. and 1t IS usually '''.s
NOR before the season for record-oreaKihs se's ''
Some OF the fashy performers, to be sure occa
slonally show speed In the spring which tney canno
equal in the fall. but tho trotter Oh really "'s"
class II he meets with no mshap and does not get
mixed up In ten-heat. horse-killins contest oeio'c
his muscles are hardened. can be depehoea upo"
to train on and improve from week 10 week
,,,ohor, Tho caunairn Thus fast miles In May
and June presage phenomenal performances IN Au-
gust. September and october. the period OF recoro
breaking the trotting turn
TIL. spring campaign this year. both East and
West has developed an unusual NUMBER Oh prom"
is,ng Young horses and has been productive OF
the fastest miles the part OF the oloer hols.'
ever known early in the year. In the East "''-
lam Penn and Norman among the trotters
whose early performances give promise OF the srea'
est speed later In the year. Both are hVeyea'-oiu''
but OF widely different types. and the rivalry ue
tween them Is keen. Norman Is DIG coarSe eo'',
with n head on MIN tne siAe VI Z" $500
foe, like those OF Clydesdae draughthorse his pohe
"a enormous and his muscular development Is un-
commonly great for a speed horse OF any preed'
but he lacks in some degree the iuii' rou"o oapa
cious middle piece that horsemen ike 10 see OH
horse Of his size and power. Monroe n""sou'''
the leading turfman and trainer OF To-Day says
that no ght-bodied horse can be really great
campaigner that will train on anu i"Pio'e N"e"
q long series OF races
sa1JsRr,RY,s TRAINING IN JUDGING HORSE
FLESH
Salisbury got his knowledge OF horsehesh on the
rl,irs IN the davs OF overland freightng from the
Missouri River 10 the Pacific Coast. ana ne USED 10
be called upon to go among herds OF horses' nu'es
and oxen and pick out such hardy ones as "ou'u
live and thrive through a drive OF ~" miles o"
short rations and at hard service. Speaking one
day recently about this experience the man WIN
brought out Drectum and AK SAID
II learned one thing about horses In this business
that has been worth good deal to me IN harness
racing I found after having tried thousands OF
animals that a good. big dinner-place was inc
mos, nportant point OF all The light-bodied TEL
lows would almost always fall by the waysde o"
an overland tourney and the same thing holds true
~ tro,ters when you ask them TO stand the TEST
In a long campaign"
Mermans strong point is his pure sWoo'h e"o'
Iess action. In this respect he mas peen as MUG"
admired as any horse on the turf ana there are
10 hOrspmen VINO touDN tnr iti''''NS
ability TO beat 2IO under favorable conditions. ne
,,, all his races in the Baltimore Philadelphia anu
xev-york circuit In n big JOS. not being forced 10
boat 2.l5i, and n great race was conhdeh'y IA
nectel when the strapping son OF Mcfwe" ."'
Nvrts wilkes met william Penn at Boston ie"
d,ys ago The track was heavy ana slippery ho"
.v.r and this caused the defeat OF the pg-ga''eu
,or,o,, without the scmblance OF a contest.
viu,m Penn Is one Of those small. why wear
and-,e,r-ooking trotters that have many admirers
among horsemen Of the old school his gait "Ae
his form and temperament IL just the oppos'e :"
Nerman's for ne goes with quick nervous SUM-"
altogether unlike the big. round. rating stride OF
hi. rival IL Is ~ effort apparently. TOT 'he oou'
l,,le stallion to speed at two-m'nu'e gait ..,'
,brs. heats In 2lls e.i2a. 2l2t. at Fleetwood won
Il, , romn although they stand as the lastes' '"'ce
consecutive miles trot,ed on the ola 'ra'" Ny
any horse except Drcctum show that ne posseS'
Stamina "a nell as speed. Many horsemen expect
10 see him defeat the best horses IN MS ''a's o.
the Grand Circuit meetings this season.
HOPES FOR CEPHAs.
co,,,. tho nea, n,,le New-York rotter who was
the contending horse against William fehh al r''.
wool Is another Eastern campaigner whose cary
.ork evcs promis~ OF brilliant future ne 10
r,e,sa IN all Of the big stakes o! the year TOT 'ro'
,ers OF the 2l5 class including the Tran'y'a"'"
Stakes TO be trotted at Lexington n.y. III o0'oo,''
which usually develops about the best race Vi Wv
season Cephas Is a Maine-bred troiter ina, mas
hcan on the turf since 1884, Improving MS rsro'u
nearly every year until II now stands a, -'lf+ ih"'
he viii beat 2l0 this season is doubted py II"
maj, y,bo have seen him In his work ana MS one
ra,e since the spring campaign opened III MS .'oS
ing contest against William Penn AT r'eet"oo' Az
led the field around almost to the threequa'','
n,,a ~ 4 rate OF speed which II maintained wouia
have stopped the watches below 2'io' Out "he"
Penn came along at two-mnute gait ana "'po'
- that his horse WAS oedtc"
no wisely took him back and finished at ease fr'o'
to that race Cephas had not trotted '"i.e ''''
wear as fast as 220. He was entered al hunl's''''
Lang island last week TO trot against W'iliam
Penn in the free-for-ali. but rain interfered Win
the meeting. and the race did not take pace.
| Gibbs has another trotter In his staoie 'his yea
that has We, TO meet his equal In his class. lhis
is Bayreuth a hve-year-o son OF stranger VIM
in turn is son Of the famous oldtime trot'ins
queen Goldsmith Maid. The young morse "as
picked up at Kellogg's combination sale TWO years
ago for $40 which was then low price ior
trotter OF any promise lie developed fne turn
OF speed In Gibbss hands last year. but mis- own
ers tried hard TO sell him only few months ago
FOR $500 Starting once at Fleetwood twice at
Parkway and once at Huntington within the tas'
three weeks nayren,n maj han hall the amount OF
money which would have purchase. nun. III ,o ong
below OH. None OF hts competitors has been able
to extend him yet. hence nobody KNOWS now last
he can trot when called upoH pu' -i' 10 "PPa'
entity within his limit ~
He has shown himself TO be level headed horse
that can trot fast any kind or Track, ana as
he Is descended from campaigning families on both
sides he ought to prove "A stout dashlnB troter
himself. Gibbs has entered him In NUMBER OF I'M
portant stake races be trotted later IN the sea-
son. Rayreuth is horse OF large size powerfully
built and yet smoothly turned at all points IN
like most horses OF his size. he Is as QUICK as cat
on his feet going with rapid. reaching stroke.
which enables him 10 get around the sharp turn
OF a half-me track handlly as pony. Both
Cephas and Bayreuth will probably be taken TO
Detroit next week for the Grand circuit races,
which begin there July -
FASTENERS WHO MAY GO WEST.
The Fleetwood trainer John Kelly Is also con-
temp,ating a campaign through the Grand Circuit
with Colonel W. r. Thompson's Dudley Olcott.
PISA and James Buffers Eastvew, 2lsl.. as we'll
as some other promising flyers. Olcott has shown
2ls In his work. and he won good race last week
Huntington. trotting three heats which av-
Gagged better than go Eastview should have won