New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-21
GOSSIP OF THE TROTTERS.
STAR POINTERS PERFORMANCE A
FEATURE OF THE YEAR
THE PACING

HIS BRILLIANT TURF CAREER-To MEET
ROBERT J. AND FRANK AGAIN AT PORT
LAND THIS wEEK-MR. HAVE
MEYERS TEN TO rRor
AGAINST THE RECORD
The performance OF Star Pointer In the pac-
ing free-for-all at Boston las; Friday fur
nished the feature OF the week and OF the
sensations OF the season in harness-racng circles.
His winning miles in 2:02i1. 20Sis and 2:09A
stand the fastest three heats record surpass-
Ing the average time made by John r. Gentry In the
free-for-all al Fleetwood Park September by
the narrow margin OF one-sixth OF second The
performance is the more remarkable because Mystic
Park. like Fleetwood. is comparatively slow track.
where champion records seldom made. Now
tina; John r. Gentry has been withdrawn from the
for-all class 10 wind up the campaign
exhibition PAGER. Star Pointer be the
ter OF the situation and some Of the admirers Of the
low-headed Tennessee stallion confident that
neither Robert J. Frank Agan will be able 10
beat him again this season Other crcu!t-followers.
counting upon the uncertainty OF form which has
characterized all OF the star PAGERS since the begin
ming OF the campaign. look 10 see him defeated the
time he starts
The Boston furnishes important verihca-
ton OF the record OF 201ia made by John r Gentry
In his with Star Pointer Glens Falls.
for K Is secre; that many horsemen doubted the
accuracy OF the time announced In that when
they read that the stallion which had been dis
,snced IN 2:O3l4 at Fleetwood finished within length
Of Gentry in 2:Ollz at the fast track in Northern
New-York. Star Pointers subsequent performance
at Mystic Park shows plainly that he is capable OF
doing all that Gained for him. and when the
difference In tracks Is considered Il is surprising
that Gentry forced pace the greatest mile
on record 10 defeat him al Glens Falls
A DESCENDANT OF PAGERS
Star Pointer IS one OF the few pacng-bred PAGERS
OF prominence In training. John r. Gentry.
2:Oli9, Robert j.. 2:Oli2: Joe Pachen. 2:Os: Frank
Agan 2C33. and all Of the other crack sdewheelers
OF The day are trottng- bred horses without a recog
nized pacing In their peigrees three OF the
four being descendants OF George Wilkes. while
Robert J. Is grandson OF Harold. the sire OF Maud
S. 2osa. The phenomenon. however, is a scion
OF the Tom Hal tribe Of PAGERS which has 1ourished
In Kentucky and Tennessee for nearly half a cent
ury. The original Tom Hal was a roam horse OF
unknown blood that was purchased in Philadelphia
by Dr. Boswell. OF Lexington, KY. al early
day. when merchants from the North and West
travelled back and forth on horseback. and tradi-
ton has Il that he Canadian. This horse a
plucky fast PAGER himself got Kttrels Tom Hal,
which taken from Kentucky 20 Tennessee. and
there In turn. got Gibson's Tom Hal. the sire Of
the o,d-tme champions. Little Brown jug AHA;
Hal Pointer. 2:0l9; Brown Hal 2:l2i1 and others.
Star Pointer Is the son Of Brown Hal and the
Sweepstakes. latter being the dam Of the famous
Hal Pointer
l, has been said tina; Star Pointer was never de-
feated until he Joe Patchen on the half-mile
track al Boston abou; month ago. but this is
mistake The horse distanced through an acct
dent after having won two heats. in the second
race OF his career al Fort Wayne. Ind two years
ago He then driven and controlled by Edward
F Geers. who gave him record of 2:l1a4 Chicago
the first time the stallion started IN race
Las; he down the line from Buffalo 10
c ne he hes. horc
IN his class and defeating them all withou; once
meeting his match. At Terre Haue. September
30. he In straight heats from Frank Agan and
,arge field. placing his record 2O4i7. where 4;
stood until last Friday
Before his great a. Mystic Park the Tennessee
stallion had started only three times this season.
Joe Patchen distancei him In special a; the
half-mlle track In Boston last month. and ne
again shut by John r. Gentry in the Fleetwood
free-for-al Star Pointer IS years Cd and Is
owned by Mills Smith. OF Boston, who purchased
him at public sale in Cleveland last May for $500
McClary the who has trained and driven him
this year, is comparatively unknown reinsman
never having handled a hgh-class horse until Star
Pointer passed into his hands
THE FREE-FOR-ALI AT PORTLAND
Star Pointer John r. Gentry Robert j. Frank
Agan and Joe Patchen are listed prospective
starters in the pacing free-for-all AT Portland Me
this week. but, Mr. Simpson having decided since
the entries closed to withdraw Gentry from fur her
racing engagements this season, the champion
stallion is likely to he a starter in this race
He will instead start against time In an effort to
beat his record. The Rigby Park track at Portland
is perhaps the fastest trottng course in the East
and sensational developments may be expected II
the weather conditions happen to favor the horses
Next week the crack PAGERS VIII return TO Boston
course by the New England Breeders Association
After that they go to Lexington for the Kentucky
Breeders meeting and the wind-up of the campaign
a late fall meeting at Fleetwood is still talked
and if the plan should be carried effort will
be made to bring all OF the crack side; wheeiers in
GLIDING John r. Gentry and Joe Patchen, together
in a special race at the meeting next month. There
is not much life or enterprise IN the managemen,
the chances are that this opportunity TO arrange
New-York racegoers VII pass without action
The Parkway Driving Club has claimed dates for
a fall meeting to be held In Brooklyn on October a.
An interesting matinee is scheduled for to-day at
sernblyman CaT - ~ h}cI viii he be 9tfempt ~
/ u q Havemeyer's trotting team. Harretta. 20sa..
and Ida. 2los. to beat The best time IN record
great speed in their work OF late and hopes are en-
tertained that they will do something notable To-
dav Mr Burr drove them a mile TO pole in 2:l3 one
d day Ia t week To III the programme there will
be purse for rotters OF the Z'zo class ana an
| other for 2:37 trotters
NOTABLE SALES OF TROTTING STOCK.
,.x, week will see the beginning of a long series
=, be public sales of trottng stock in Kentucky
/ 80 %ew-York The deaths OF Colonel K. i. Pep
nor and his only son. r. p Pepper. jr.. have thrown
non the market all of the horses Of the great South
/ r1,Lborn Farm near Frankfort. Ky. which has
/ 80 hee, the largest breeding establishment Of the
hue grass region About 800 animals Will pass under
! no auctioneer's hammer at the farm next week
Among the lot are onward. 225l., the sire OF nearly
B 1o5 trotters and PAGERS having records OF 2N or
better; Acoyte. 2:2li.. the horse that j. 5; Coxey
r,rcha sed for $40 ago; NorNal, Elsa
he son Of Electioneer. and many other noted ones
/ A. the Lexington meeting in October. Captain Bar
/ nv Treacy's Ashland Park trotters VIII be closed
/ oIy under the hammer. followed by the dispersal
sale Of b. W. Fords Castleton Farm horses some ~
Of the animals this collection are TO be SOLD IN
-. Hnrse Show TreNillian.