New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-29
GOSSIP OF THE TROTTERS.
,,or.Rr,B HARNESS RACING ON WESTERN
TRACKS
,ouv r. GENTRYs RECORD BREAKING MILE AT
RED oAK-JoE PATCHEN AND GENTRY TO
MEET IN CHICAGO THIS WEEK
A. H. MoOREs TROTTERs
TO BE SOLD.

n.
TO Re SOLD.
.. the singular phases OF harness racing was
,,s+ra ted last week when the most important trot-
.,g meeting OF the season thus far TOOK pace "'
49, little town Of Red Oak. Iowa. Red OAK is
- vav-statkon on the Chicago. Burlington and
Quincy Railway several hours ride from nowhere
IA about as unpromisng any place that track
manager could hit upon in the Hawk"ye state LOT
siding A high-class meeting 81 large pro-
,,rion OF the fastest harness horses now on the
.,rf we're gathered at Red Oak, racing for larger
rsss than New-York Boston Baltimore or any
:, ,he Eastern associations have hung up Tor ther
.,-ing meetings this year. Morris j. Jones the
oaner Of AK. 2oSs,, and Palmer l. Clark fouhder
=, .rrae Horse Review" were the managers oi inc
ee.iug and they conducted the sport with que
asne,, for the prohbitory laws OF Iowa. when MAKE
ha sale Of either auction pools or lager beer
ni,sntiarv offence. Although there was no oppor-
mt for those specuatvely inclined TO lay
wager On the races. the press dispatches Sd! 'n''
.0 persons attended the opening OF the mee'lls
On Tuesday. while the crowd that saw John ~
Gentry set the stallion record for PAGERS at zo''2
r,-,sav was considerably in excess of the normal
,,,,.iou of Red Oak Strangers filled the town,
and the hospitabe Inhabitants slept three IN De"
nnue the visiting horsemen occupied the spare
rooms o.oo,, -.
When John r. Gentry paced his mile IN -3o5+2 al
.b. Iowa track he placed to his credit the fastest
sson nearly all OF the record-breakinS perform
auces having taken place heretofore In the months
n, August and september. In view OF the iac' 'id'
similar treatment proved injurious 70 Robert j. III
,Sqi many horsemen VIII doubt the wisdom OF send
ing Gentry along fast at his first appearance IN
,nhlsc for the year. but the Ettle bay stallion went
;,,o training on the covered mile track al BuilaIo
soon after William Simpson bought him last feDru-
ery and he is probably about as well seasoned a'
this tile as most Of the horses Will be two months
hence The fractional time of the great PAGER mile
would seem to indicate that he was not all out al
Red Oak Trainer W. J. Andrews having driven MN
,ha las; nalf in and the last quarter In 2s2 sec
onds-a l:ss gait-accordng to the press reports.
Conflicting reports come from Chicago as to the
condition OF John r. Gentrys great rival joe
Patchen 2Oi one story having it that the big black
horse is in the pink Of condition and faster than
h ar,s last wear while another report states that
J,hn KeNy's Fleetwood PAGER Valeau, 2l2 out
footed him in working-out mile al washington
Park last week The two stations are scAeouieu 10
meet next Thursday in a special race at the Nor'h-
western Breeders meeting in Chicago, but the COM
,ng contest is attracting comparatively little at'eh
zion among horsemen. People have not yet FORGOT
tan the d,sgrlceful scandal growing out OF the
"match" race between John r. Gentry AND Joe
Paichen at Philadelphia last year which drove one
OF the best patrons of the sport on the turf anu
gave 10 the whole harness racing interest d uec"eu
y black eye and 50 long Joe Patchen is con
trolled and driven by the parties VINO were mixed
up in this hippodrome affair his value as drawlhs
card Wall be likely to remain impaired. For the good
OF tho turf it is be hoped that the black morse
Will not be fast enough to manipulate successfully
during the campaign Of 1896
With John r. Gentry, Joe inatohen, Robert j.
Frank Agar Star Pointer. Bright Regent and other
sensational sideN-heelers OF last season again IN
training the pacing fre--for-all class bids ialr 10
furnish great sport this year Inc Followers
o. harness racing in NeW-York VIII hardiy Witness
another contest between the champions such as that
which drew 1900 people 10 Fleetwood last Septem-
Der however, If the Driving Club adheres to the
plan Of hanging up only 1850 purse for the
fres-for-allers which was decided upon by the FIX
ocutlve Committee at their meeting last week mere
are dozen or more enterprisng little towns about
the size OF Red Oak in various parts OF the country
that can he depended upon offer more than $3.50
for the stars and il goes without saying that the
pioayune purse proposed by the Fleetwood managers
VIII attract no such LAS Of horses as took P ;bt
Grand Circuit meeting Of 1895. Detro; recently o.
ered 80 as purse 9r b 5ae lax. Frank
Agan, the owners OF Robert j., Joe Fatchen ana
Jonn R. Gentry looking upon the amount as being
The fastest mile of the was trotted at
d Gs 1sd p Pat tnf ' ssrts r. Mcvs
Abnet Pactolus and Atlantic IN the 2:l2 class, step
daughter Of Aberdeen. who Is seven years old,
was o05 upon at one o TIM e BY ss aes %
rectum with consummate ease at Independence NE
days later. the track. she won a great race
from field OF ased horses, taking a record u
fnl lilly down 70 d mere shadow before the close
OF the season. however. and Directum turned the
he had 10 beat the threeyear-od race-record TO 90
4. The nervous sensitive young mare was never in
has mus far failed 10 fadh he promise Of her
frs; campaign. Eras;us Eckers patient. pains
taking old-tme Western trainer has charge Of her
this year. and her Red oak race would indicate
that she IL herself again. Tne mare could beat 2lo
however
The Western circuit meetings at BED Oak. Lincoln
Omaha and Denver have developed some phenome-
nal young PAGERS this spring. together with num-
Der Of nlgh-class troters Thornine, green shree-
year-old by a grandson OF Nutwood, out OF Dyna-
mite, BY the old Long Island trotting sire Hylas'
ers having won his races with great ease thus far
record '''t q 2iss Which rs he lowered 10 sas.
Ing day at Red OAK That good horses are, are
cheap IN the Vest s shown by rhe fact that this
la;er meetings further East, sold for 81 90 after
his winning performance at Lincoln. Nette Jeffer-
son year-old chestnut mare. BY Jefferson. son
o. the New-Jersey stallion Charles Caffrey, created
M at LG e dea ss se c hy S S pscs
the first winning heat OF her career in 2lOl2 with
that this fas mark is not a Measure Of her speed
another great fve-year-oid was uncovered at Lin
ne 2l9 race In straight heats, cutting her record
IRON 2;3)s+ 10 2l4l+ on heavy track She Is by
her dam was by Patchen wilkes. the sire Of Joe
Ps;chen singularly enough. the mare that thus
pacing stations the turf is herself a square
trOttcr
II IS reported upon good authority that all Of the
IIotting stock belonging to A. II. Moore of Phila-
celpAa, Will shortly be closed out at auction in
New-YOrk The collection embraces 200 animals and
IS perhaps the select lot Of like extent ever
owned by any breeder In the world. Nearly all of
ne animals purchased In the period OF inflated
values. and Il is said that the 100 broolmares and
three or four stations at Cloverdel Farm repre-
sent an outlay Of more than $4,000. For Director
z;I. VINO is at the head Of the stud Mr. Moore was
Ieported 70 have paid Monroe Salisbury $500
sDSlt i've years ago although the actual price
ago Red Wilkes. the sire OF Ralph Wilkes 2OC}. and
yearly 100 other fast trOtters purchased from
": c. France. OF this city and added the Clover
eel stud. Among the broo1mares Nancy Lee
ne dam Of Nancy Hanks. 2Ca; Josephine Young
ne dam Of Joe Patchen 2:o4: Lotto. the dam Of
P.NleY o-lslL Srli.h h. Aar,