New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-03-15


below 210 owned in the metropolitan dis
trict and among them are two of the three eX-
champions now living, as well as the prospective
queen Of trotters
The distinction Of possessing the fastest record
holder Of them all belongs to Mrs. w. T. d. Stokes
whose collection CT famous flyers is probably the
most notable and select owned by woman in
this country. Mrs. Stokes Is extremely fond OF
her trotter Beuzetta, 206s, whose portrait and
tabuated pedigree hang on the walls of the music
room at the Stokes home, in West Seventy-second-
st. Beuzetta, as all horsemen W " know. was the
biggest winner the trottng turf in 1894, while as
q four year old in 1895 she defeated everything she
met except Azote trottng a fourth heat at Buffa.o
in the unprecedented time of 2:o6s,. The great
young mare Is now in Orrin Hickoks training stable
at Oakland. Cal, preparatory TO making campaign
on Eastern tracks this year. Those who have seen
her within few weeks say that she is in superb
condition and the belief general that the daughter
Of Onward and Beuah Will give the champion
record Of Alix 2:O3$ close CALL if not beating, in
1896
Besides Beuzetta Hckok is training for Mrs
Stokes the three-year-o;d pacing FLY, Miss Rita
2:092., who with Angie D.. 207, another member or
the stable. lowered the worlds record for double
teams to 212A at Lexington last fall. Miss Rita's
record is the fastest ever made by fly OF her age
and she has yet to meet her first defeat in race
Many horsemen believe her to be the coming PAGER
Mrs. Stokes is deeply interested in the dongs OF her
across the continent within few weeks to sec
Beuzetta Miss Rita and the take their work on
the Oakland track before HicSok starts out on the
Campaign.
E. H. Harriman's $4,000 stallion Stamboul ranks
next to Bsuze;ta among metropolitan flyers. &C.
cordng the records. His mark Of 2:Olla was the
fastest scored By stallion up the time that
1t was made in 1892. and the only ones that have
since equaled II D.rectum, Ralph Wilkes and
William Penn. Stam5ou has been called the hand
soonest stallion that held the champion record.
having almost high honors In the show ring
ss In races on the turf He is now in the stud at
his owners Arden farms in Orange County. and
IS the sire Of twentyfour trotters with records OF
230 or better. STEAMBOAT is yet comparatively
young horse. and he may perhaps be trained this
year for the series Of stallion to be trotted In
the Orange County circuit.
MR. BONNERS NOTED TROTTERS.
Robert Bonner's two turf queens. Maud s., 2:0SA
and Sunol 2:0Sh the most noted Of all New
York trotters Others have faster records. but the
Bonner mares both gained their marks before the
pneumatic suky introduced. so that the true
measure of their speed is not represented by their
records. AS Mr.. Bonner expresses 1t, their speed Is
measured by the old yardstick which was three feet
long. The famous chestnut mare whose record OF
2:Os% 10 hgh-whee sulky an oval track has
stood unequalled for ten years. Is now twenty-five
years old. She is up Mr.. Bonners breeding farm
near Tarrytown. and Is still rugged and strong
eral years yet before her. Great results were eX-
pected when Maud S. was retired to the stud and
mated with the fast horse Anse, 2:2O son OF Elec-
tioneer Unfortunately. however, the fashionably
bred old-tme turf queen has never raised colt,
and the chances now are that she never Will.
Although Sunol gained her record of 2:OSA five
years ago. she is still in the prime of life having
been foaled In 1885, She. too, is at Mr.. Bonners
farm where she is being regularly logged through
the winter, and 1t is among the possibilities that
the Swapping daughter Of Electoneer Will be seen
in public again this year. One OF Sunols hind legs
gave her some trouble when Charles Marvin trained
her in 1892 but It is believed TO be sound and strong
now after three years in retirement Mr.. Bonner
was asked when on the witness-stand In
patent nfring cement case before the United States
Circuit Court in this city what horse he considered
the fastest trotter In the world. This after the
advent of the pneumatic sulky and Nancy Hanks
and Alix. but the famous horseman's prompt re-
ply to the lawyers question was 'Sunol."
A great many horsemen besides her owner would
daughter of Eiectcneer and WaxaEa 10 be jus,
what she termed. "a cyclone in horsehair.
UNFORTUNATE LEsA WILKES.
The purchase Of Lesa Wilkes fortnight ago gives
Henry O. Havemeyer the three fastest trotters ever
owned in the same stable. Lesa is something Of an
anomaly among fast trotters for while her record
ts 200 and she has made three campaigns she has
never won race At the Cleveland Grand Circuit
meeting last Lesa Wilkes wen the The first two
s assss cracks Ga as as IS! william S Penn
Nightingale 2os; David B. 2ys Dandy I'M I 1
msre sffs ri In the thru heat the
seemed to hold the race secure, klamath came on
With one Of his Irresistible PUSHES through me home
stretch and beat sa just snGr Circuit fo
lower. says that finish made difference of nearly
s him klamath went oa a dauSHer '1 of
Vatican and Neil Eric is the fastest of Mr.; Have
meyers trio Of gao troters according 70 she rec
rae, at Terre Haute In 1882 The performance was
then the best made in a race. and Belle vara
her in 1894 for ico from the late s. 4. Browne and
Senator Stockbridge. OF Michigan Since that time
she has been kept at Mr. HavemeyeT Ss hsnds Of
CARL s. Burr, tr She Is a natural PAGER OF sreis
speed Mr.. Burr having driven her a mile In 2;l2
Odds the greatest tro,ter owned by Mr. Havemeyer:
Is Harrietta the bloodike little brown daughter OF
Acyone and Harriet Clay She won the Tran noy.-
with a 20opound driver in the sulky and brilliant
turf career apparently before her when Mr..
breeder Erastus Corning of Albany for $40 600 after
the close of her campaign nve-year-od. She Is
be Ssr 70 be M asa asr pans n
have her trained again this year and may be that
she will have opportunity 10 show her quality in
Besides the trio Of 2:1o trotters Mr. Havemeyer
owns. Miss Ida, 2:loS. and the closely inbred
STss Ee I he so OF GUN Ws Wkss ere y
whose dam. Kinda Wilkes. Is also BY Guy Wilkes.
All Of these mares will eventually be bred to Mr..
c.ntss that Is out Of Merry Clay the e" dam q" Of
W. h. Dickerman's fast horse Beilini, 213H. /.
PASSED THROUGH MANY HANDS
Martha wilkes. 2,os the champion Of the free
for-an class in the Grand Circuit of 1892. is now
owned by J. W. DAILY. who has extensive stock
farm 1T Mount Kisco. with the noted stallion Del