The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-08-29
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Who Owns John n. GentryI-Grand Ciroui
Horses at ReadviIls This Week.

The wise men Of the trottlng turf who hav'
been industrously guessing at the explanation
Of John r. Gentry's sudden and mysterious
shift from the training stable Of Z. r. Bovine tc
that OF w. J. Andrews are now generally dis.
posed to believe that II the former champion o
pacerdom should some day regain his laurels
b. beating the record Of Star Pointer he would
turn ont to be the property OF E.. II. Hartman,
The owner Of Stamboul has shared with Rob-
ert Bonner. Gen. B. F. Tracy and other promi-
nent New York horsemen a strong dislike Of
the PAGERS. but nearly everybody lie willing to
be known as the owner OF q champion. II is
pretty well understood that Hartman was rep
resented In the bidding for Planet last winter,
when the son Of Bonnie McGreRor looked like
the coming horse. Rensselaer, Weston, who
looks after Harriman's turf interests. said the
other day In RESPONSE to an Inquiry about the
On Wall street we meyer tell our private
bus business s. for p|1 1 I is enough to say
wears the finest set OF harness ever made for a
PAGER"
UP at Goshen last week a reporter put the
met with q sttopy stare Al sorts Of Questions
him ~"
$500 in purses for the. four-days' trotting
meeting which will be held Oct. ~. Secretary
w. ". hllpn announces In0 IODOWlnR DTO-
gramme for the meetinR:
T~uesday.s2:17 class. trottinE,, purse $500; 2:4o
class, trotting, purse $500; 2:a5 class. pacing. purse
wSdnesday-2:le class, pacing. purse $500; 2;27
'l Thar rSGstInE; .PS sls sso9 trott,n0. nur,o $500, a,ab
class, pacing, purse $500; 1882 class, trotting. purse
.Friday-2:24 class. %trotting, purse $500; free-for-
all class. trotting and pacing, purse e+oo.
Entries will close on Sept. 20.
The horses and horsemen OF the Grand Cir
cult Will ramD this week mt the Rnn0vil0
course OF the New England breeders Associa-
ton near Boston; where a six,day meeting is
very large one. and some OF the races promise
to be uncommonly interesting In, the I'll
Alcidalia, 2:1Qk, and GeorReanna, PIX. OF
the Eastern division will meet, for the first
cracks as Tommy Britton. 2:0ex; Grescens,
2:09I, and Emily. Pill. from the West. But
the me- feature bn,t SS Of ,ft the meeting Meet g:d promises dSa h tG be the
Kelly. 2:9Sk, in, the $1,000 Massachusetts
purse on Wednesday. This race will probably
Winner VIM ' Of the $50 $1,000 6" Charter Oak p1HT,SS Which, ieS
will be. trotted for at Hartford next week, as
believed to Be the best rioters engaged. Bos.
I6,i 2;0a 9r bet better S5;S While t SsT turtles VnIF 1 %hO h nNS
the line from Detroit are confident that he can
beat any tr9tting horse in the goIld from
laid up last week and Rireetup Kelly
Ilhu III easy race dJ 1l6nb rdllb, 30 JIldJ DOIH
young ~trotters ought, to be in readiness for a
battle royal, on Wednesday. Star Pointer is
T h9S4Esdd to start Ia sS5H ain t1 his record sS0%r Of sn l;Se g6E on
KNOCK q point or two or the mark made by him
horse and driver, weather and track and the
man who drives the rater all happen to be in
ler's second great trotting stallion. Clayton.
2;l9SS, who has swept everything rs before SIors him i'm
ice nf CLEVELAND NAV bn forced RI atnn
S s%sS ass 2:i 1.sG gg '.s, cr Sss?2 ;11 e sn %S sSs
day. At Dubuque last week Rose Croix forced
Eagle Flanagan to trot two heats below 2:10.
s sSs she en @ g g i to the fha%dSSp !f2 eIsss t at the Sse kiit as
shaped track. where the horses OF the Great
Western Circuit are due for a tour Mr. days, III meet
eopjunetion with the State Fair at Syracuse.
Spa. Cambridge, Carmel, Hudson Newark VAL
ieG 6;t f sSs two volt %tFo ae9yf tRSs ): S MsId s2nd Forbes is
campaigning this season both have entered the
select 2;lo list iRR,winn winning races Sssso during Hio the
P598Edtlan;d last wesk trotti99e e q record Of
and was bred ~ David Bennett Of Lexipgton:
800, by AIexander's Norman. that was for
merry owned Dy JoSepn -HarRer OF THIS Guy.
i HRisEea aGn dam 3, is 6 {SaPs M Willf 6y 10s snS Ji h;
grandam, was Miss Mambrino. by Red
Wilkes, also a son Of George Wilkes. DR.. BEN
nett sold Bingen when he was coming two
years old for $500, the purchaser being I. u.
Greeley Of Ellsworth. Me, In September, 1895.
the colt trotted an exhibition, mile in 2;;12h
2:09k last week. Although not a technical
record. this was the fastest performance ever
made by q two-year-oldt rotter, with the excep-
ton Of Arion'S 2:1OS at that age. Forbes paid
for Bingen a few days before he trotted
this mile. He developed into a poor actor in
flag as often as he was in front OF the
field. but he gained O record OF 2:12k and de-
feated the winner of the Kentucky Futurity.
Rose Croix. He did not start last year. his
owner having used him in the stud. The
youngest foal of Nancy Hanks. 2:04. is dmiral
Dewey. by Bingen.
Owners and Jockeys at Saratoga.
SARATOGA. Aug. 28.-The firm OF @. Fleisch-
mann's Sons. by winning the United States Hotel
and Hamburg stake with George Keene. the
Stakes with Irish Reel. and the Wor-
Stakes with Alpen. head the list OF
Louis i. Bell, with one horse. comes second.
Tor his flly MatanZa, by winning the Pepper
Stakes and the second portion OF the Grand
Union Hotel Stakes, earned $3.50 for him..
Laimbeer finished third. The full list |
Of winning owners follows:
G. Fleischm'n Sons. 81. 1888 W. Keyes..."... 485
L. I. Bell.......... 5,S15LP. j. Miles........ AGO |
W. Laimbeer. ...... 4,SS5 W. Oliver. ......... 44O |
J. f. Seagram. 49,. 1000 Bromley Il Co... 48O
sydney Paget. see. B.dS5I II. w. Smith. ....... 400 |
o.. Pepper. 49,. 3.+70IM Mrs. L. Curtis $50. 400
Mclaughlin. 2.V75iW. H.. Barrett-...... 865
James Galway. 2,9I0iW. II. Hum. ....... 815