The sun., 1897-05-17
WITH TRoTTER AND PAGER.
Matches and Rumors or Matches at Hleet
wood Park.

Matches and Rumors or Matches at Fleet
wood Park.
The harness racing campaign in the East will
be opened this week at Norfolk, Va, with a
four days meeting on the half-mile track owned
by John Mariner. Owing to the cold. changeable
weather, which has given q setback to training
operations all over the country this spring, few
Northern horses are yet ready to start for tho
money, and the indications are that trottors and
PAGERS from the South will have tho Norfolk
week to themselves, barring one or two stables
from Philadelphia. From the Virginia track the
circuit horses will go to Baltimore for q two
weeks stay at tho Gentlemen's Driving
Park and Pimlico, after which they are
due at Fleetwood Park for the New
York spring meeting. 1t is doubtful whether
any of tho local horses will respond to the start
ers bell before the circuit campaigners reach
the home tracks, so backward is their prepara-
tion this season. Over at Parkville and Parkway
a few Of the flyers have begun to step along at
speed, but slow miles are still the rule at Fleet
wood. Robert J. worked a mile yesterday in
2:26ie, pacing the last quarter in O:35, which is
about as fast as any of the other horses have yet
been moved. Trainer E. r. Bowne will probably
ship Robert ]. and John r. Gentry to Hartford
this week TO finish their preparation at Charter
Oak Park. where one or the other Of tho Tewks-
bury champions is to start against Star Pointer
and Frank Agan in the 90, 900 free-for-all race
on Independence Day.
E. C. Walker has leased the old Simpson home
stead iu Mott avenue, near the entrance to Fleet
wood Park, and Is training notable string of
trotters and PAGERS at the track. He has Charles
II. Kerner's fast little marc Bush, 2:13h, by AL
cyone; Loughran W.. 2:l7h, by Newton's Al
lie Wilkes; Gray Dawn. 2:22lo, q trotter of Rob
ert Bonner's breeding, by Startle, out OF Day
break, by Harold; Abdul Ameer, 2:3O by Stam-
boul. 2:O7la. out OF Silverone, 2:l9A, BY Alley
Cartridge. 2:I4L; the California.bred PAGER W.
W, Fpote 2:lbio, by stsinway and a number
trains for George II. Huber. is now quartered
at the track wit n eight horses that he will cam.
IN e tnTa and sa
stall ion Red Virgis mile in 2:3Ole yesterday,
the last quarter St 9a gait bay
tho PAGER Little Gem. by Alcandre. stepped a
The remarkable performance of E. t. Bedford s
newly matched trotting team. Gillette, 2:114.
and sally Simmons. 2:l3l, at the Parkway open.
among tho road riders at Fleetwood yesterday.
Fred Gerken and and other double team Sharpe OK;
Rs haf and Of
Riley uncovered another fast team yesterday In
GSny, 2;0sA; ~ and ARENA. gh7it driving them
in 1:O9A.
1t win be hot Saturday at Fleetwood this
match race for $500 a side between the rival
Love, and Russell T., owned by NJ J. Leonard,
assistant custodian of the Custom House. Rus
sell 7. defeated Prince A. at Fleetwood last fall
and Love has been waiting all winter for an op.
portInity to get back at Leonard, the present
match being the outcome. There Is more feeling
involved in this contest than in any match race
which has taken place at Fleetwood for years.
and II win be fought out to thu. bitter end on
both Sides Owners are to drive. Another match
race Is 70 be trotted on the same day be.
tween William Boyles chestnut road mare and
George a: Coleman has matched his trotting
gelding Kingwood, 2:17A. against r. L. Ander-
cided June IL at Fleetwood. Kingwood trotted
half yesterday in 1:054. NJ J. Leonard tried
yesterday to arrange match for ~, 500 a side
to trot Cephas, ,2Il4. against Charles Well
and California-bred trotter James L., 2:O8ia,
but there is little probability that the race will
be made. Entries will close on Wednesday for
the two races to be trotted at the Fleetwood
opening next Saturday. The classes are for 900
PAGERS in harness and 2:25 trotters to wagon;
entrance free in both events.