The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1896-09-11
MEN AND HORSES.

The last of the grand circuit meet
ings was held at Fleetwood Park
New York, last week. The event of
the meeting was the fast time made
in the free-for-all pace, when John
r. Gentry, the erstwhile fast but
faint hearted stallion captured the
fastest three heat race on record, de-
feating the best in the land, Robert
j., Frank Agan and Star Pointer.
Although Gentry has been consider
ed one of the fastest horses in the
country for a mile or shorter dis
tanceshe has not been considered so
good as some of the other great pac-
ers when it came to race of heats.
Trainer Andrews certainly had the
Gentry horse in perfect form to go
this race over a track that is consid-
cred the slowest one on the grand
circuit.
The free-for-all trot at Fleetwood
was won by Ed Geers with Fantasy
in 2;09R, 2;08, 2il0, beating William
Pen, Kentucky Union, Onoqua, and
Buzetta. The Breeders stake, $4,000,
for two-year- was won by the
Tennessee colt Preston by Ponce de
Leon 2:l3, dam Tosa 2:l914, by En-
field, in 2:2313, 2:2114, beating Direc-
tum, Kelly and other high class
colts. We give below the summary
of the free-for-all pace. The cham
pion purse $2,500
John X. Gentry, b. S.. by Ashland
Wilkes, dam Dame Wood, by
Wedgewood (W. j. Andrews) ......l
Frank Agan, b g., by Mike Agan,
dam Flora; by White Cloud (W'
Robert j., b. =, by Hartford. dam
Geraldine, by Jay Gould (E. f.
GeerS) ....,........ ......................0
Star Pointer, b. s., by Brown Hal,
dam Sweepstakes, by Snow
Heels III. McCleary) .................4 dis
Time-2:O8s4, 9:034 2:93A.
The free-for-all trot at Readville
(near Boston, Mass, last week, was
the fastest four-heat race on record
Fantasy winning the first, second
and fourth heats in 2:09, 2:0S14, 2:0S
and Kentucky Union the third in
2:07A. The previous best on record
was trotted at Lexington, KY, ii
1898. Directum winning the first
third and fourth heats in 2:0914
POSI-, 2:0S and Pixley the second il
POSI-. 1t is to be observed, how
ever, that the Directum-PiXley race
was begun and finished on the same
afternoon, while the last heat of the
FaDtasy-Kentucky Union race wa
trotted on a second day, having beet
postponed.
The superior hOrsemanship of Ed
Geers should be credited with win
ming the 1924 class trot at Fleetwood
September |, with the chestnu
mare Valance from the Village Farm
Stable. 1t was very evident t,
everybody that the mare Bell G
possessed more speed than anythin;
else in the race, and had she beef
driven by such skillful reinsmaI
as Geers no doubt she would hav
been the winner of the race.
]. A. Barrett, whose farm is nea
Shelbyville, Tenn, has sustained
serious loss in the untimely death o
Catherine 2:l4, by Candidate-Dais,
Gardner. The mare was found to b
sick on the night of August % ant
died before medical assistance coulC
reach her. Catherine earned he
record at Galesburg, last year. He
owner was not at home when sh
died, being at the races with hi
good three-year-old Nobby.
Mckay Wins.
The Red Ribbon meeting of til
Gentlemen's Driving Club of De
troit, Mich, opened at the Highlan,
Park last Monday. The half mil
track was fast, though the time wa
a trifie slow on account of the chill
ing wind. OF the three races on tn
card our townsman Alex McKa
won two of them. The 2:lS tire