The sun., 1896-10-18

Outside Of tho Grand Circuit. and especially
pacing events is considerably gre ter. many
Of the driving clubs dividing thoir classes and
harness horse. With the proportion m OF psc. e
ing horses and pacing races increasing 50 rap
Idly and steadily from year to year. horse
ton, Where will tho invasion end?" II is
easy to see that unless there is soon a sudden
despised PAGERS, they will within a short time
outnumber and overshadow the trotters.
few observers hold to the belie' that this will
come to pass. and that some day the trotters
years ago. They base Their belief on the we'll
known fact that the PAGER ts much more
economical racing machine than the trotter
from the owner's point Of view. As general
time re reored to deysop % the m same d.Eree
trotting speed. and while full season or
longer time is usually required TO make a trot-
often come to his speed and learn to carry 1t
fairly well inside OF six weeks. AS rule, too,
a campaiHner. for the reason that he goes with
greater ease to himself, carries less weight on
his feat and is nth therefore in less danger Of
pense involved in developing HIS speed Is
doubtless responsible for much OF his popu-
larity among trainers and owners. but ma
jority OF horssmen will probably take issue
with those who believe that these ADVANTAGES
of Ti the turf or to come con s neag doing %. ' ''
also worth n great deal less whe. he becomes
outclaSssd and his profitable racing days arc
at An end. The dictum OF Alley Bonner that
few gentlemen drive PAGERS ON the road is
still very near the TRUTH although there are
now some notable exceo otions 10 the rule, and
where an out t;lassed trotter With fas: rec
road use, back number PAGERS usually go beg
ging for buyers. With their rapid increase
In numbers there Ia a corresponding slump in
prices, and II the present tendency Of the mar
ket keeps on they will soon be selling for so
much q bunch, like asparagus. Comparative,
ly few breeders will nowadays use stocH horse
n world DeDter.
like John r. Gentry. and while the mares are
looked upon with less disfavor for breeding
purposes, they are still at a big discount in
comparison with natural trotters of equal
breeding and speed. No less an authority than
r. Gentry, gave it as his opinion few days
ago that this rapidly growing tendency, 70
prices Tor outSas,ed PaSers ;bs w9Sa Mard ra
march Of the side-wheeler.
"Tho t.me IL close at hand" said he, when
an outcassed PAGER will sell for little II any
more than the price Of n thorough bred horse
that has seen his day on the race tra ,x si aud a
a turn in tho tide and a rapid decrease in the
number of PAGERS in raining" :,
Perhaps the most notable circumstance in
connection with the growth or pacing horses
and pacing races Is the increasing number OF
trottinE bred horses that nowadays take TO
George and the Big Four were on the turf,
and for many years aforward, all or tho ia't
With saek r.: an
other Simon-pure pacing tribes In the south;
west, when their Inheritance could oe trhcod
at all. Such " thing as trotting-bred PAGER
was then almost unknown, for instend or en-
couraRing tho tendency to pace which was
often displayed by the trot,ing- bred colt, the
owner would speedily pnt n pair OF toe weights
on the younRster. forcing him to shift to the
more fashionable aad profitable habit OF
,tion, the trOt Less than ten years AK" Con.
b. +. Tracy voiced the sentiment Of Eastern
| breeders by saying that he looked upon every
PAGER got By. a trotting stallion a. a black
mark TO the diScredit OF his sire. aud the aver.
age breeder in those days would sooner think
| OF cutting the throat OF one of his fashionauly
| bred young tIOtters that persisted IN pacing
| thRn OF bringing out the hack sheep In public
| at his natural way OF gong. hisRed uut with
perhaps q pound OF iron on each front foot "a
| keep him from pacing, this same youngsteI
| would make his appearance on the turI as q
| trotter and like enough earn lasting Teno"n foT
hinssl f.Rnd his sire, while all tho lime he was
| a natural PAGER 10 the manner Go"n. Toe
| Weights, heavJ front shoes and hOppes male
| hundreds OF ar .irial trotters in those day.
and the 2.30 list was swelled year after yeal
J by horses that under natural condition;
might have gained records AT the pacing
| gait without ever striking a fast trot in al
| their lives . -
| oftentimes treated In the same way aftsr th'
| unknown Canadian horseInhn appeared a.
| Buffalo away back in the sixties with pecs
OF lead pipe fastened to the too OF MS trolIsr
! front shoes 10 keep him from pacing, an6
I American trainers, Improving on the crude