Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1896-09-25
VARIOUS NOTES.

The question recently arose as to the
first horse to take harness record of
better than 40 The records show that
Sally Miller, bay mare by Tippoo Saib,
won a five-heat race at Philadelphia in
November, 1884. and trotted a winning
heat in , 81. Sim Hoagland was asked
bv us to refresh his memory, and he is
of the opinion that the credit of first
beating ? 40 belongs to Sally Miller. Mr..
Hoagland knew well George Janeway,
the owner of Dutchman. and describes
him as a good horseInan, liberal in the
expenditure of money. He sold him
Rifle and Crowder. Dutchman was
bay gelding foaled in 1928, and by Tippoo
Saib, Jr. He trotted great many races
at two miles and three miles, and de-
feated such horses as Rather, Lady Suf-
folk, Awful, Washington and Rlpton,
and obtained mile record of , :32. This
race against Awful. Dutchman died the
property of Mr.. Janeway. The first
horse to trot i'm , :2S was Pelham, bay
gelding that came from Maine. lie
weighed only 700 lbs, but was Of tough
fiber. This was at the Centerville
Course, Long Island, July ,, 1919, and he
was driven by Bill Whelan. Pelham
was formerly PAGER Turf, Field and
Farm.
The week just closed will long be mem
orable in the minds of TURTLES. Sensa.
tional as have been other race weeks of
the year they all pale before the marve-
lous achievement of that grand meteor
of the race track John Il. Gentry, who at
Glens Falls, y. y, September TO-
lowered the worlds race record Of ;024,
held by Robert j., to 2:0l4 and equaled
the fastest harness record of the world,
also established by c. j. Hamiiu's
famous sdewheeler 50 recently sold to
the New York banker, Lewis G.. Tewks-
bury. Gentry's wonderful performance
was made in a match race with Star
Pointer and when he finished in 0l5
Star Pointers time was 2:013, which
shows that Boston may yet become the
home of another world-beater. Gentry's
miles were in , :033, 2:0l4, ;05a. At
Fleetwood Park, New York, on the I'd
inst. John r. Gentry paced the three
fastest heats on record :033, :03t and
, ;03i ian average of less than :O34. 1t
was in the free-for-all class, and Frank
Agan, Robert j. and Star Pointer
finished behind John X. Gentry in the
order named. Star Pointer being dis
tanced in the second heat. The record,
0l4, which John r. Gentry equalled,
was made by Robert j. against time, ac-
cOmpanied by runner at Terre Haute,
Ind, September If, 1894. Robert Us
best race record is 2:02!, made at In.
dianapolis, Ind, September 6, lS94-
Exchange.
All of the PAGERS that have records bet
ter than , :0l are so evenly matched that
one cannot beat the other all of the time.
The least difference in condition throws
the balance in favor of the one on edge.
Apparently that was the state of affairs
witnessed ~ the 10000 people at the
Rhode Island State fair. 1t looked to be
all over when Robert j. won two heats.
as in the second Agan did not appear to
like the task at the end of the route
Both horses were given hard miles, and
Agan was beaten only short head and
neck in the fastest heat of the race But
Agan came back with as game a perfor-
nance as was ever seen on the race track,
took good grueing without hinching,
and carried Robert j. to tired break.
Then, with the pole in his favor, Agan
did not have so hard task to win the
next two heats Mirror and Farmer.
The talk about the motor wagon driv-
ing the horse out of existence is not
taken seriously by the we'll informed.
The National Stockman and Farmer
tersely presents the case: sit is well
known that on ordinary steam tracks the
more powerful the locomotive the more
weight it must possess and the more per-
feet must be the track. The same con-
ditiOns must govern the motor wagon.
With roads specially constructed for it it
will run; hut with the streets blocked
with snow, the pavements coated with
Ice and the country roads submerged
with mud, then you will see the coun-
tenance of the farmer Illuminated with
an electric smile as he puts his own price
on his horse, and the next season, in his
ride to town, views the electric wagon
alongside of the abandoned steam pillow,
ornamenting some fence corner" The
winter storms, which will put stop to
nine-tenths of the wheel riding, Will he
upon us before long, and the horse will
then prove the dependence of those who
want to get from place to place. lie