New-York tribune., 1896-10-26
GOSSIP OF THE TROTTERs.
THE HARNESS RACING CAMPAIGN VIRTUALLY
ENDED AND THE Two MINUTE HORSE
NOT YET HERE-JOHN T.. GENTR-

TO SOLD.
With the close OF the two weeks meeting o. ne
Kentucky Tro,ting Horse Breeders Association al
Lexington :he Understanding campaign OF 1896 vir;-
! uaI.y came to an end although minor meetinE' are
scheduled for this week az Rochester. Boston and
Philadelphia, and trong Is still in progress in Can
ornia and Texas Nearly all o. The hgh-cass norses
excep John X. Gentry have already gone into WIN
Ter quarters. and 1t is altogether unlikely tna' any
more importan, performances will be seen mis- year
Gentry has been engaged 10 pace an exhibition mile
at Belmont Park on Wednesday, but few horscmen
expec, ;he record-hoder do anything wonder
fu. Six weeks the belief was general tndt ne
would reach the long -aimed-a; two-minue godi De
fore The end Of the season. His owner. William
Simpson. made the fatal mistake. however. Of keep
ing the great horse Maine and Massachusetts.
where ne weather cod ana the tracks were
for the par, poor uni. winter was almost a.
hand.
When Trainer Andrews AZ las; took him 20 Terre
Haute he had los; the nigh form necessary 10 'n-
able him carry his ,errihc hish, of speed d fnIi
mile and ne result his atiempt 20 beat he record
las, Tuesday Was a failure.
II il not generally known that the king Of PAGERS
is to change hands at public auction next month
W j. Andrews who trained the horse so success
fully this year has severed his connection with
his old employer to open public stable next sea-
son. and Mr.. Simpson has accordingly decided to
consign John T. Gentry to The big pubic sale
which follows the National Horse Show In Mad
ison Square Garden. The stallion was sold there
last winter by his former own,rs. l.. Banks Holt
and James +. Scott Mr simpson pure chasing MN
on the advice OF Andrews for f'ts. After ne had
won his great race a the Fleetwood Grand circuit
meeting MIR Scott tried 10 repurchase the horse.
secured a OptiOn him for about doubi" the
that he had sold him for few months earli.r
but the parties failed 70 agree on ne details OF the
deal and II fell through Shortly aiterward Gentry
lowered his ark 10 ?ali2 and then 10 2o''9 adding
greatly TO his value. He will doubtless sell for
long price at the Garden next month -
Pursuant to his contract with Lewis G. Tcwks-
bury. G. r. Hamn shipped Robert }. 10 MS New
York owner last Thursday. and the former cham
pion is now quartered IN the box stall that was
formerly occupied by Hopeful AZ Fleetwood PARK
TIL. bloodlike little gcldinc looks surprisingly well
and strong after the long. hard campaign through
which he has just passed and although MI
Tewksbury bought him TO drive on the road, II
the turf noxt season. He Is at present I'm charge
OF F.. Y. Bovine. and he will be kept IN training
until his hears from the Australian horse
mer who recently offered TO back their trotter
$1,000 side. l. i 1of unlikely tha. Mr.. BOVINE
Will drive Robert i. exhibition mile over the
Parkway half-mile track in brooklyn within
few days
Pointer toward the close OF the campaign nave
led a good many horsemon 10 believe that Robert
J. has seen his best days. and that he viii be
less Formidable In the freefor-all class next year
than he has been heretofore. u should u" r"rnern-
bored however that he through much
more severe campaign than any of his rivals, "N-
cep Frank Agar. starting or carry IL the SUM-
mer and racing nearly every week until tn" clos"
Of the season at Lexington star Pointer ana John
Y C;entrv on the other hand. took f. easily until
well along IN August. when Robert J. begin
ming TO grow footsore and stale from TOO much
work. II would he quite a fea her In the cap or
Trainer Bownc II he could bring the former cham
pon out IN winning form next season and defeat