The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-09-13

| /" e majority OF owners would ccrs,d.,
| iha' nei 100 visionary. However nnvthinc
sr a' can DC done 10 interest the naonis
artnei aw thetr attention favorably 10 ths
| ni,b voItess OF speed VIII be Wclcorrd
MN open arms. and MS Tho Er,,,rio,,
| fnr,Sn people are going 10 do nothinc
49,, IN the matter until August Rej'
be pienty WITS nf rom ENGLAND, there VIII
NJ peSpie Interested think over details
~, ~ heilioni Is to be consulted as tn avarv
ali ' - vi the plan and the co-operation Of
circle is associations in the metropolitan
cn,nas ~ 20 De requested when the time
Godi'es, II Mr.. Belmont and the otber -
,nS lowers 80 into the scheme with Rrigb-
suecoes sen tns prohebil Ties are chat it win
assistance 1 is likely that lie n,af,ar w "i,i
ont y" At ttst, Tor the pres
-, HEATS AND AVERAGES.
ms, -" a., iforsenlan has the following regard
yc5r. "e re'iorttance of SIDE wheelers this
TWENTY-FIVE meats have been naeea this
ILL en. IN l;Oo or better. These are 1iyiJe9
sev" "Vch I'VE performer rs. Robert j. having
Zoe pstoh' SIeaii John X. Gentry i've.
m,aplisielh two. John Il. Cientrv's mis-
I'm the nest showing, as far ns sneen
While JJ ee 81 5heir average being 2O3 l.
da.VnsIt Us eight 2.W Frank Ar,u,s 80,
S ,o,Ds ana Kubinstein's two gO5. John r..
Hohtry went marvellous race over ina
ma n, redwood track last Thursday.
dos, tHc three miles In 2.03N eOSi,
no one viii deny the wondcrful ma
~, Vi the performance. but he mas vrt
niucn 10 accomplish before he can 'he
ha n, as me cqua of Robert j. one has
it,n " run over the performances OF In.
,it,ie brown geding during The mast tbrse
i95is 10 SATISFY himself as 10 now Oar be
mas peen and is still ahead of nh rnin-
~ '.ons. re mas paced six winning heats
-. aces ana seven exhibition nitl,s Ia
ulle rang ng from 2:0Iia to g:O3l, the mir.
.V,n miles showing an average of 9.05 ~
1911, 1911 Is faster than any other PAGER or
H III mas yet been able to show In a
s,,'sit Hiilc under the most iaynra bio com
uiuo!s Altogether Robert i. has ,wpnfv-
eiEnt meats to his credit in 2:Gj or ncttSr
Iuii eighteen or these were won I'm races
w, W. nsh we consider. moreover, thai ne mas
I@NcI ~ very fast time large number
OF exhibition miles against limo nrti-r
circumstances wldch pr-cluied the nogsi-
nlNty OF his equaling or beating the state5
,v.oau When We consider that ne has
IN ~ eu more thon once In time better than
:; V1 ana yet Obtained no official recorj for
me performance; when W., consider INN
ne paced TWO miles at Detroit IN a:Oa 20yi,
W Two fastest miles ever paced In ons
a. ,cl noon ny any horse. Wlen we CON
Elder that he has been given extr,orli-
,HIty hard campaigns ever since tho bc.
sIN"lnS OF 1884 during which ycar he
paced upward OF thiriy-9vc miles I'm a.l0
1r pyVcrp and finally when We consider
n l ne mas won the fourth heat of a hard
'uught race In me faster than that ,n11
ny any other horse I'm harness. we are
forced TO the conclusion that he Is tn |
nhrhtss horse of the century, ana his do !
the fact '' ''"'''''S'@es
This was written before John II. Gentry
made ms fast time of 2:0lis Thursday. !
"neh ne elualed the worlds record and |
covered his own mark, made inst n ve"L |
Ia seconds,