New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-08
GOSSIP ABOUT THE TROTTERS
WINNING HORSES THAT WERE TRAINED
AT FLEETWOOD.
LOCAL. STABLES CAPTURED MOST OF The H[-~H'
LAST wEEK-A FORMER BROKER As hoi'SS
suoER-MIsMANACE MENT OF HARNESS
RACING-TRAfNERS OFF FOR
TILE CIRCUIT.

,,o loc,, borsas won five out Of nine races at the
spring trotting meeting OF the Driving cum Inc
! success OF the Fleetwood contingent in competition
with the circuit flyers from Baltimore was the feat
ure of the June meeting, and a matter OF much
satisfaction 10 Metropolitan followers OF the sport
BETTER stlll ia the fact that all Of the home-raned
winners OF the week. together with some others
from Fleetwood. which were not winners or START
crs At the meeting BID fair to train on and cut
prominent figure at the leading meetings EdS' anu
West later in the campaign.
lanes Butlers Baron Crisp. which cut his recoru
from 224 to PISA in the 22i class. gives promise OF
being one of the sensational trotters OF the year
end IL his trainer. John Kelly brings MIN nome IN
the fall with a record slower than 21O. great
, many keen critics will have to acknowledge that
they have oyerrated the geied OF Baron Wilkes
and Maria The PAGER Valeau 212. also OF MI
Buffers stable. should beat the 2lo mark the next
time he starts his winning hve-heat race at Fleet
wood having put the Sentinel Wilkes stallion right
| on edge according to his trainer. Kelly 1t Is
worthy Of note that both OF Mr. Buffers Fleetwood
winners were got by sons Of George wilkes out of
daughters OF Cuyer.
w. II. Mccarthy has another prospective 2lo per-
former in Ernsc. the five year-old daughter OF
Wilkes Boy owned by William Kelly. that surprised
the talent" last wednesday by trottins easily to
the front in the 2:l5 class and cutting her record
down from 2:lCia TO 21nz The owner OF Errlsie was
liberal buyer OF trotting stock last year. having
paid a large OF money for this mare ara ior
Dan Cupid. 2O9t7 L. S. Bond, 2IS+, ana others
only to meet with series OF disappointmentS III
campaigning Them and his victory IN the 2;l5 CLASS
was q popular enc. The performance OF G. w kel'
logs young stallion Azmon In the S1s class on the
closing day OF the meeting goes TO show that Johh
H. Powers had not greatly ovcrrated the horse wren
he offered recently to match the grandson OF Eiec-
tioneer against Z. T. Bedford's crack uotter Gil
lette 2Ilt. for 500 side. Azmon was not fuly
driven out when he gained his record OF 2l0'z at
III nj los,
perhaps oversGngulne In asserting that he can now
trot In 2ll or better. such record seems 10 De
within the possibilities OF the stallion for the cam
pa.gn 81 1895
4 BROKER TURNED HORSE-TRA1NER
Not the least popular victory scored by the local
flyers last week by the Wall street trainer,
T. r. BOVINE with the young mare Mystery owned
by John H. Shuts Mr.. Bovine was formerly
member OF the New-Yorl stock Exchange, and
when the amateur horssman took 10 training
tro,ters a couple o. years some OF the wise men
of the fraternity looked upon his efforts VIVA a
patronlzlng smile. The material mat ne hai TO
v ork with was for the most part secondciass DIX
he Matched 10 the broken-down trOtter Sol!'er.
gained the confidence Of the nervous raiile-heahed
bay mare orphan CHI. and Won some Brilliant races
with these two. which srcurcl for him fair stap'e
the next year His success with Mahogany, 9l-'.'
Nutshell 2l5. Minnie c.. el9'.. Dick 2iS. Gambia,
?l3l and Others that he drove to fast records Was
quite remarkable last season gnd N 1884 Mt BOVINE
IS no longer referred to as che dude trainer
After the close OF the last canYaign In tn East 'h'
young man got abcar! The cars and went oni 20 the
Terre IIauie and Lexington faN meetings. JUST y"
see what new Wrnkios n rgsing and training iro'-
ters the Western ro.usWen had 10 on"r lie made
study Of horse shoclng aal foot balancing. oac ~
the nrs, requisites % the trainers ar. no"hihys
At the Fleetwood meeting Iast week Lewis :"
Tcwksbury Rensselaer, weston AMI some "'h''
downtown friends enjoyed hugely the spectacle ~
hts ID e.
up working away at anvil set upon beer k's
I'm the shade Of his training sahle snoeing Mystery
for her race Although the daughter 81 Phalas
trottei three heats below ? - IN her winning race
on THURSDAY. she finished each mile with speed ~
reserve She - a nervous senh!iive animal, not
altogether trustworthy IT, the excitement - race
a, present. but her trainer. who has handled her
LEGS than a month. think hat Mr Shuts I'D have
a great marc IA Mystery one oil those days
SAMPLES OF WRETCHED MA%AGEMENr
In spite u the fact that the Fleetwood spring
meeting was wret eh.dly managed Ia most respects.
1t proved to be- n'anc'al succ S. netting = sub
stantal surplus for the treasury " 'he Driving cub
II IL. perhaps too much 10 erieft that uDiilis
races will ever be coniuciel OF tho bgsnrasl 10.
methoiical systematic plan which obtains at the
Metropolitan running meetings. but the followers OF
harness racing IN Sew York have b,'n led 10 h.r.
r,se above The s,9i!ai'l u he county far Ao,-
ro," N the management u trottns at Flce,""ol
Pork Shcepah'nd BAY n The managers ~ ihore
meetings omitted. a. ~" but.ns ia" omli'l, "
single poster or o,nrr announcen.nt - thr races,
and how 10 reach them. in all Nc"-Nofk' AM
MIA: would the followers Of fhc thoroughbred have
to # ia" races were begun an l"lf "r more 10
n ME-. ' ~ +. freuy she case a, Fcc,vool9 Or
what II the Judges for The day hal no, ben e"ccief
when the appointed nDur arrived Tor Starting u"
horses? or Il 81 The men hually chosen 70
decide the nice qg"sons o. igrt law nsl nfssr
read the rules 81 racing or u on 81 ne !"ag,ss
should be seen during the rcn1rncy 81 a heat WIN
his ya.h n ,h isn u" b snoher see ugr"G over
"A rocordb )ok and a third Looked FOR Information 70
ne , 6,erH 81 ne uh he o par 81 Ne glasses
visible IN the Judges stand or II the treasurer Of
OF his family small boys and other outsiders. should
rush into the Judges stand white the officials were
engaged In deciding closely contested heat or
ronn s u5Tn9e"siona starter and put in his place
when the horses were strung out for half rrlong
o CnS IN" the recall Se whch nobody has the rr
10 sound under any circumsiances after the word
a race should deliberately pull his horse night under
the noses OF the oilio als not. PERHAPS. with view
for the purpose OF avoiding handicap penalty Of
some sort such ar a recosd In troiiing race, and
thirty minutes later. IN full view Of the clubhouse
and grandsand. and repeat ne offence thlrd time
without being censurcd or questioned! ANYBODY can
Answer the question.
TO FOLLOW THE CIRCUIT MEETINGS.
Nearly all OF the local trainers at Fleetwood Park
will leave the track this week to follow the circuit
meetings. John Kelly with Baron Crisp 2l6A;
Valleau 2.l2; Pepper Sauce. 227ii. and three prom
Using two-year-Ods OF James Buffers stable. goes
to Chicago Tomorrow accompanied by Ktmball Pat
terson. who trains Roseieaf, 21r.. Sally Simmons.
2l3ia Cocoon. 2l5. and Soon for Major S. T.
Dickinson. Both stables viii make their next start
at the Northwestern Breeders meeting at Washing
ton Park on July 10 I. afterward moving on 10 De-
trot and down the Grand Circuit line TO Ncw-York;
f. X. Bovine, W. II. Mccarthy, Isaac Fleming and
]. p. Gibbs off for the New England circuit.
ich heytu af omh pafi lark
ton. Bovine will take with him Mascot, 20i. who Is
entered IN The frse,or-a paging race a Mysiic
Lang. 22i. Mystery, 2l9h. and green mare
owned by ex-Corporation Counsel w. II. Clark. Nc
Carthy's campaigning stable is large one, com
prising Frank Agen. 2Olk Dan Cupid 2O9la En-
ste. 2ir; Combine. 2:l5h Nutbreaker. jr.. green