New-York tribune., 1898-10-24
HARNESS RACING.
SQUARE GARDEN AFTER THE HORSE
SHOW-GOSSIP OLE THE TROTTERS.

SHOW-GOSSIP OF THE TROTTERS.
The champion PAGER Star Pointer. l:59H, Is TO be
sold at auction in Madison Square Garden next
MONTH James A. Murphy having yesterday
signed the famous horse 70 the Fasg sale, which
follows the National Horse Show. Star Pointer
has already passed under the hammer two occa-
sons He sold at Cleveland in the spring OF
1896 for about $500 Smith q Mills OF Boston. being
the buyers They consigned him to one OF the
Garden sales in the winter Of 1861. and he was
purchased for s5,G0 by his present owner. James
a. Iurpmy' , ui CncSSo nGs .!", nnd b. % naceG ave
exhibition miles below 200 Although the stallion
failed 10 lower his record this season he has shown
better form than ever before. and there is likely
to be some lively bidding for him when he passes
under the hammer.
The reported sale OF the fast trottng stallion
Pnatus. 2:O9ti. by onward. to Austrian horsemen.
has not yet been consummated. When the for
eigners made the bargain Terre Haute. after the
horse had gained his record there, they paid only
sloo TO bind the deal and repudated the contract
the following week, when Platus was beaten at
TTansyivanIa at Lexington he Austrans we're
again willing TO buy for 5000. hut they found that
the owner. j. NJ. Mcclellan had bought him in the
mean time.
william f.. Spier. OF Glens Falls. has purchased
from George A. Fuller. OF Lincoln ILL.,, the three
year-old trottlng fly JAMIE r., 2:li by Bow Bells
2:i9i. out of Nida. by Monon. OF Nutwood. She
will probably be retired from the turf and used for
breeding purposes. JAMIE T. gained her record OF
turity for trotters OF that age. She has made
poor showing the turf this year, having been
distanced In the Kentucky Futurity for ihree-year-
olds at Lexington.
Cut Glass 2:iOh Is the last American trouer OF
note that has been purchased by the Austrian
horsemen who are now in this country. She Is
seven-year r-o,d bay mare by Onward. 2.234, out or
Crystal by Crttenden: granddam. Mile Wilkes; by
George Wilkes. Mrs. 5. L. Stout, Of Faywood. KY.
bred Cut Glass and sold her 20 the foresneGs f2r
long price. The mare gained her record or ;lo4 al
Boston last September In the Grand circuit meet
Ing.
II Is reported that Thomas Keating and NJ. f.
McHenry have formed partnership for the pur-
pose of training and campaigning stable OF trot-
ters and PAGERS next year. Keating Is the Caii-
fornIa rensman who brought Dione. 209N.. and the
great PAGERS Searchlight. 2Oii4: Anaconda, 2Nis+.
and Klatawah 2N5Ia. over the mountains this year
campaigning them with remarkable success In me
Grand Circuit. He s known as one OF the best
trainers and condtoners in the craft, bnt ms
health is delicate and ne was unable t 10 nrIt NE ~,
ing taken his place several occasions, WIN
consider McIIenry to be the greatest driver WI, VINO
ever mounted sulky. but he hardly ranks with
Keang as trainer.
Frank Cation. the Michigan reinsman who has
been training trotters in Russia during the Ias'
three or four years. is back In the United states
for a short stay. Cation says the winnings OF MS
stable from Apr!l 49, 1897, April %, 1898. were
sS3oo which is something like four times the
amount won by any string OF trotters In this
country during the same period Passe Rose. a
hve-vear-old bay stallion by Patron. liza that
Cation took 20 Russia from Cleveland won the In
ternationa prize at Moscow. trotting two heats IN
2Iis and beating all previous records made In the
land OF the Car. The pronounced superiority OF
the American horses the native Oroff trotters
ha. lately led 10 a change OF policy on the part OF
the Russian turf authorities. which Will. II Is
feared. destroy the growing market for American
trotters there Heretofore five or six races az eaGn
meeting have been open to the Americans. ana the
purses in such races have been very large eaton
SAYS that hereafter only two races for snaI purses
will be open 10 the Yankee trotters Halt a dozen
or more prominent American reinsmen are now
training troters In Russia ami nJsGtnsiG,ns o., are
York which may result in adding another name 10
the list.
one OF the newest aspirants for the championship
Of the Speedway s Albert c.. 2l6is. Virginia trot
ter OF speed and stamina recently purchased by
A. B. Gwathmey from w. J. Carter. of Richmond
He IS a seven -year-old bay gelding by Floyds
CLAY n son OF Walkers Morrill,, and his dam was
Wilkins's Daisy, by Signet. a son Of Eyre's Ham
betonian Pilot. The horse was raised on the
Eastern Shore Of Virginia. For three years he has
hean compaigned on Eastern tracks and has rarely
failed to connect with the money. He started thir-
teen times in 1897 and won ten races gaining ms
record OF ?l6is at Baltiin3re ms yeal rne,and ne
where ii is said he was started IN the SLOW GIsses @
under The name Wd bmd becSme @ sn outlaw on the
rating turf since coming 10 New York ne has
beaten such noted spSeGway {eTS T,d,son al brf
III. and Mr. Gwathmey now has designs on the
scalp of Cobwebs. 2l2. the acknowledge N'hs VI
the road
,rho recent action of IT,. Horse Show judges at
,rh,,a plains and Morrisown in refusing to recog-
IN ohm
,to,,o,,s road horses has stirred up something OF "A
oro,est from several Western horsemen and horse
tournaIs Their criticism Of David Bonner Albert
Hall and Joseph Agostini the three representative
New-York road riders who acted as Judges. Is
haeed on the admitted fact that the fastest PAGERS
can heat the fastest roters. both on the racetrac
o,d ON the road But, say the trotting horse advo-
Gates In reply a runner could beat them both-why
not harness the thoroughbred If speed is the only
thing you want? Their objection 10 ne pacer a. a
cannot according 10 their ideas. be compensated
co., hv any amount OF speed 1t is often said that
unsightly swinging action which characterized the
L The mefest Hoyce standing on Washington
Bridge. detect at glance the woDbe OF the
as the furthermost md OF the Speedway. Al,
though many PAGERS are 70 be seen on the ROAD
no cwadays they are not IN favor among such horse
men as Robert Bonner Frank Work. Colonel Law
renee Kip. Nathan Straus: Colone, F \ Lawrence
and others who set the fashion and the STANDARD
for light ht-harness horses and driving turnouts In
NewYork.
The Hamlin string OF trotters and PAGERS has
gone into winter quarters at the head OF all WIN
ming stables for the season OF 1s9S. During their
CO mpalgn which began at Hartford on the Fourth
Of July and ended at Lexington last week. inc
IIamlin horses started I'm seventy-four races, WIN
ming first money in twenty-eight. second money III
fourteen third money In six. and fourth money III
five besides dividing third and fourth money IN
one race. They were unplaced twenty times ihe'
sIi i5O or nearly one-thlrd won by the four-
year-old PAGER Lady of the Manor. 80. G onG1
storted i'm thirteen races winning ten or them anu
being twice third and once fourth NO o'her 49,
on the turf has 80 large an amount sr ,Sni 49,
Tho Young mare came out green AZ the beginning
OF The season She is a fun sister to Genrral b'
Tracy's well-known troting station Loru Ht t,.e
nllio of