The morning times., 1896-10-05
BASEBALL AND RACE TRACK.

The champion PAGER, John X. Gentry.
. UO 1-2.
Five PAGERS have gone in 2:o3 or better
so far this season.
Trainer Charles Green is row handling
the speedy Reflector, 2 G7 81.
There are eleven youngsters sired by
Kremlin. 20T 34, 1t Allen Farm.
The great race horse. Larable. 2: IL 3-4.
will probably not start again this year.
Ten thousand dollars was offered and re-
fused for star Pointer. 2:O2 IL. recently.
Emma Offutt, 2:11 1-2, wears a two
ounce toeweight and seven-ouncc shoes IN
front.
The cha mpionstallion Directum. 2:05 IL.
will he shipped To California for stud duty
soon.
May Morgan. 2:l4. by Onward. was re
Gently hrcu to j. J Audubon. the sire of
Miss Rita. .OS 81.
The PAGER W. W. P. EOS IL. 10y Ben
LuIuonu recently reduced the wagon pacing
record to . 0S flat.
Junn E. Turner has turned Roetta Soap.
2l4 Ia, hy Pdtchen Wilkes. out FOR the
balance Of the season.
X. Cortland Horr recently purchased The
bay mare Ivy Medium, 2: "a Ia, by Prince
Medium IVY shows quarters close 10
thirty seconds.
The stallion Allie A. 10y Allie Wilkes.
2l5 broke one OF his legs just two wears
ago. and AT the recent Salem meeting reduced
his record 10 2.lS IL. ...-.-
Wien the great PAGER Rubinsteiu lowered
the record or Z %. IN paced the first half
in :02 IA ana finished the last quarter in
90 "a seconds in race.
Pilgrimage. 2:lOl-2. contracted 4 Sc
we're cold ut the Mystic Park course: there
fore his owner has decided To rest him Tor
the balance OF the season.
joe Patchen, 2:O3, is said TO be 4 loafer
and ready 10 get sour ON LIS work II auv
time. However. when handled rightly.
Patchen Is a great race horse.
Frank Agan. goa. won the fastest five
heat race OIL record when he recently de-
featet Robert J aud SphnNetta i'll 2:O3 4.
2:U5, 2.Oo IL, zoo Ia, 2:o5. at Prov
dence
Onward. the noted sire. was sold last
Wednesday at Lexington. kr. He was
purchased by Mrs. W. E. u. Stokes. OF
New York, through Peter .Duryea. for
So ESQ
AIeidalia is about as good mare az
may be found anywhere this year. HeriIEst
public appearance was at Mystic Pars.
where she trotted three consecutive heats
in 2:l2.
Tom Lynch does not entirely depend
upon his salary as an umpire. He has an
outside venture that nets him considerable
money in the winter time. Mr.. Lyncli and
partner are the lessees of an opera house
in Meriden. Conn. r'-r' '''' ..
Roy Miller the well-known trainer, has
i been exonerated in connection with the
death OF Norman. 2:l2 1-.2 IL was claimed
that Mr.. Miller overworked the horse IN the
extreme heat, but the autopsy showed an
enlarged heart and congested lungs.
"a ball player who leads temperate
life should be good for actual service till
his forteth year. l will say. however.
that the players in these days take better
care of themselves than they used TO do,
and niue out of ten Of them save their
money" saws Uncle Anson.
Bayard Wilkes, 2:1 l 12. promising stall
lion died at Lewiston. The cause of death
was blood poisoning. Bayard was foaled
in 1885, sired by Alcantara, 2:23: His
| dam was Barcena, by Bayard. 2:31 3-4.
Pat L.. by Republican, 2:l9 Ia. lowered
| the world strotting record over half mile
track last month, when he won the free-for
all in 2:12 3-4, 2:1O 1-2. 2:1l S-4. The
previous worldrecord was 2:11 l 4. made by
1T gives me pain to read In the papers
| that such and such player isn't doing the
| work he is capable of and that he is
| playIng FOR his release SAYS Ed EaDiou
| "During my experience in baseball never
| have yet encountered a player who dc
iiberately tried to gain his release by
! shirking his work. or course. there are
| shirkers on the ball field. but they are til,
| kind who are playing for n record. fol
| often read that Il pitcher of a tail-cnd
| club is letting down in his work for ne
| other purpose than to secure his transfer
| TO ancther club. What tommy rot. indeed
| A player. especially pitcher. las too
4 much pride in his work aud is too am
| bilious to think OF attempting such thing
| If he would play for his release from one
| club how could he have the confidence
| of another manager? or course. "a good
| pitcher is disheartened when he is wGrkinl
his arm to death for an inferior club. ant
it discourages him all the more when d,
| is charged with playing for his release
All of which argues the sturdy honesty o
| baseball"