The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1895-05-23
THIRTY MINUTES
With the Trotters at the Driving Park
News Notes on the Flyers
Here and Elsewhere.

morning. Everything is n nummlnR OUT
there. Talk about horses--why the place
is full Of them, and they are good ones,
too. There never was such a crowd Of
genuine, professional race drivers perma-
nently in this city before.
And the new track--its beauty with q
big "B. Canton trainers have never had
an opportunity before to develop horse
without cooking him on sharp right
angle turns and practical macadamized
course, where every joint was made sore
and every set of muscles stiff But, there
has now been delightful change and the
boys are up behind their horses in grand
circuit fashion and without the slightest
fear Of stiffening up their trotting steeds
| They have banished their foot tubs and
hot water and not n few will train with
out using the bandages, for the strain has
been so thoroughly taken away by James
Williams mastery work I'm race track
architecture that n horse can now propel
himself without injury and with the very
minimum of muscular exhaustion.
Therefore, the faces of the old and the
new trainers are all wreathed in sweet
smiles, and Billy Williams, the custodian
of the new improved regulation track, Is
as happy and as good natured as q mock
ing bird, basking in the balmy sunshine
of q summer morning. Jim Williams, of
Columbus, who built the new track, told
me the day he left, that If this Canton
course didn't prove the fastest Of the half.
mile pattern i'm the United States. he
would be very much fooled. He says the
soil is right here And as / saw him off
on the train for his home he whispered
in my ear that his namesake, whom the
driving people have made custodian of
| hn apI tranly xx-ap hn MT
student in race track care whom he had
instructed in many q day.
Mr.. Williams was right As / drove
over the course yesterday with smart
pair, l could not help thinking of race
track "Jack" in Cleveland, for the splen-
did condition in which found the home
track was, indeed, u pleasant surprise.
AS soft as the Sturgis Kite, in its balmy
days, without the Michigan sand and
dust as springy, almost as the old rec
ord breaker that Williams built at Inde-
pendence, after the dawn of the telegraph
boys fame in the sulky, behind the great
est of all colt trotters, Axtelle, (3) 212.
Heavens what record to high wheels
With such course in such elegant
shape, Canton is bound to be a place in
which trotters-work- -a-day trotters-are
manufactured. We make about every
thing else in this city. This is another
Infant industry. Let's encourage 1t
by our attention. and our commendation.
HORSE NOTES.
n. Armstrong, of Portland, Ore, is the
, latest arrival among the trainers. He
, has quite reputation on the Pacific slope
as teamster who drives to win and was
called here to pilot the fast four-year-old
? bay pacing mare, Mary S., which Ed
Hamaker brought here from Indiana last
week and sold to Mr.. Klein, of the Roll
ing Mill Co. Ed. told me few things
about this mare one day before he bought
her. l guess she's n good one, for l saw
her rel off a quarter to road cart the
other morning in 36 seconds, 2;24
: gait. She is by John S. Wood, the Indi
ana PAGER, and her dam is by Jim Wilson
r a great pacing and brood sire, by Blue
Bull, 20. Good ones sell readily in Can
ton and at living figures.
Jack Logan has been gelded Mt last ant
placed in Mr. Armstrong; hands. Nor
ford gave him n reord of 2:36A a couple
of years ago. He is by Abdallah Eclipse
out of DIR. Catlin's Hambletonian driving
mare. Jack has needed gelding for 4
/, number of years. He Is known far anC
4 wide as "the cross horse from Canton. ,
III law ilt hto pNCi 90 uh OhbliC ilOlSS' q
=. regular man-eater. 1t is expected that hC
f will be more docile as gelding. Frank
!; A., (p) 2:22, by Rex Hiatoga, was also g
e cross horse when entire, but when gelded
: was brought to this city by Jim Fry
: His temper was better although 1t wa:
always necessary to handle him, like
glass, fright side up, with care" He
soon became fast, when Milf. Ashbaugf
began training him, and the second yeal
out stepped to his mark in a merry race al
I Cincinnati, which he won, winning also
for his game owner a hat full of money
in the pools. / trust that Jack Logan
. will do as well for DIR. Catlin.
Lewis Hoch arrived at the track on
: Wednesday with Massillon string OF
! horses. He has the following: Grover
Cleveland, b h, (S) 2:28 pacing, by Rock
! ford, out of mare by Red Fox. Grover
Cleveland is a very good PAGER and in his
! race at Orrville last fall showed a lot OF
$ speed in mighty hot company. He
= ought to get mark of 2:15 this sum,
mer. He is owned by Vogt Brothes beer
' bottlers, of Massillon.
Maud L., b. m. (5) 1901, by Seaside,
dam by Sunshine, which Billy Bloom
field marked at Alliance at the fall meet
a ing last year, is another member of the
Massillon stable. She is owned by Geo.
W. Lucas, the laundryman, of that city
and think she will learn to go away be
low 2 :20 at the pace this year. She wears
the machine" (hobbles) but acts quite
p handy in them and Is dead game.
S The Massjllon contingent also have the
tour-year- chestnut colt, Ingomar, (p
9 that won the first two heats of the thre6
year old combination race at the Msasil
Q Ion matinee last summer, when Pauline
@ the contending horses He got pretty
q tired that day and Pauline and Siberia
out-winded him, the former landing the
, fourth heat and the latter the sixth heat
and race. That was one of the most
memorable colt races ever pulled off in
Stark county and lasted all afternoon
Ingomar demonstrated his possession OF
great speed at the pace on the occasion In
! question and he is considered to be o good
0 prospect in the 800 class pacing this
summer. He is by Contender, sire OF
Lady Contention p) 229A, that Robert
johnson owns at Elyria, and his dam Is
0 by KY Grey Eagle. His breeding will do.
: G. G. Robinson, Of Adrian, Mich, came
down from New Berlin with Jake
Breem horse the other day. Mr. Robin.
son has reputation in the Wolverine state
as driver and manufacturer" of equine
speed. He has Walter Wilkes, b. g. (3)
. by Socks" out of a mare by Orange Boy.
This gelding was trotted good deal as a
yearling and was distinguished for his
! size. He wasn't quite so good in his two
year-old FORM but Is acting right now