Omaha daily bee., 1898-08-14

fornia horses are now occupying the leading
places in the public eye, During the eight
years since the death OF Eieotioncer his
fame has constantly been increasing. and
this season his speedy descendants are more
numerous than ever.
Among the record-holding horses who
trace their speed to Electloneer are the
champion y~earling Adbell, 2:23, a son; the
champion 2-year-old Arion. 2:10%, a son;
the champion 3-year.old Fantasy, 2:OSA, a
granddaughter. and the champion geldinG
Azote, 2:04M, a grandson. All these records
were obtained prior to this season, and still
hold good, The seasonal 1898 has added
the following proofs of Elcctionecr's great
ness as a progenitor OF speed:
The fastest mile trotted this year is the
2:0Sh by The Abbott, a son Of Chimes, son
OF Electioneer and Beautiful Bells.
The fastest mile made by a 2-year-old
trotter this year is 2:25, made by The Mer-
chant, son Of The Conquerer, 2:12ja, son OF
Egotist, son of Electioneer.
The fastest 3-year-old colt trotter up to
this time is 1atan. 2:lS%, by Norcaur, son
of Norval, son OF Electioneer.
The fastest 3-year-old nlly trotter is Ellen
Madison, 2;19%, by James Madison. son of
Anteeo, son OF Electioneer,
The fastest mile trotted by a stallion this
year is 2:09A, by Tommy Britton, son of
Liberty Bell, son of Bell Boy, son of Elec-
ticneer.
The fastest new stallion in the list this
year is Milan Chimes, 2:13&, by Chimes,
son of Electioneer.
Klatawah, 2;O6A, the champion 3-year-old
PAGER, is a son of Katie G. daughter OF Elec-
tioneer.
Inferno. 2:15, the champion 3-year-old
pacing gelding for 1898, is a son Of Diablo,
2:O9h, son of Charles Derby, 2:20, son of
Katie G, daughter of Electioneer.
Quickly. 2:1iA, the fastest of the Agar
old geldlngs, is by Hummer, a son Of Elec-
tioneer.
The fastest new stallion in the list this
year is Donnough, 2:14%, son of Electioneer.
The 5000 stake for the 2:16 %trotters at
Buffalo, during the coming week, is arous-
ing considerable interest, as it is the first
time that the sensational %trotters, Matte
Patterson, 2:09A, and Directum Kelly,
2:11A, will come together. Neither has lost
a race so far this season. In the entry
list, also, is the Kansas stallion, Asley,
2:11A, who will have plenty of hackers.
Another event of interest is the POS class
for %trotters, where the t%rotting record of
the year is expected to be lowered. In this
race The Abbott will have to meet aged
performers in Grace Hastings, 2:0S; Ken
lucky Union, 2;O7A; Klamath, 2:07h, and
Onoqua. 2:OSA. This will be the first start
this year for the two latter.
A scheme has been sprung by some Cleve-
land horsemen to establish trotting tracks
in Havana and San Juan, when peace is de-
clared. They argue that the %trotters and
nno. ,1,,, ,o,,-,11,l 10 a,,oa; il1n oil
winter-could be sent to Cuba and Porto
Rico, and kept in training during the cold
months in the states by competing in races
there. Porto Rico's climate is especially
adapted to the trotting horse and it would
be an ideal place, so horsemen say, to fit
the flyers for the early campaign over
there.
Matte Patterson, who took a record of
2:09A, not long ago, is the first 2;10 per-
former to be scored by the Dakotas. The
mare was formerly owned by R. b. Mathie-
son of Pierre, S. d.
When Andy Mcdowell won a heat with
lena N in 2:05M at Cleveland recently, and
established a worlds record for pacing
mares, he placed five championships to his
credit. The others were gained with Alix,
A.UoN, AEOle, E'ut| al, -'OoH, ahu
Directly.
Owners Of pacing horses are of the opin-
ion that the size and speed of the pacing
field has reached the point where it has be-
| come essential to classify II in some other
way. At Dubuque, Ia, recently twenty-siS
PAGERS faced the starter in the 2:07 class,
Four of them were only eligible for the
purse, and of course the owners of the other
twenty-five were disgruntled. So many re-
| cruits are coming into the pacing class every
day that 1t will be necessary, it is said, tc
copy the methods in vogue on the running
tracks in order to cope with the question
Local horsemen advocate the idea of a diff
ferent classification than that which obtains
at present. They say that it is something
that managers of harness meetings owe
their patrons. and that the one who takes
at vantage of the opportunity to please
patrons and owners alike will be the
gamer.
1t is stated that the Oakley track in Gin
| cinnati, owing to the fact that the runners
meet, has been declared off, will be devoted
in the future exclusively to light harness
races. 1t was a trotting track before it be-