The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-02-05

have but two minutes TO close the deal;
SO Mr.. Williams accepted the offer, and
ii was arranged to pay the money the
| following week at Lexington. Ky.
Before Mr. Conley left for Chicago
I for he missed the train he intended TO
take-he sold three-quarters interest in
! the horse to Mr.. Moran, Mr.. Brush and
Mr.. 1jams. who each paid their one
| fourth share of the purchase money.
! Mr.. Williams received $4,000 in cash
and accepted note for $4,000 due one
year from date and bearing interest at
I 6 per cent, so that actually he received
| sos, 600 for AXtell.
Mr.. Williams then proceeded to de-
velop independence. He built a kite
| shaped trotting track, then supposed to
| be the great means OF reducing records;
| electric lights, trolley cars and other
| improvements were instituted by Mr..
] williams. and mammoth trotting meet
! ings were announced. Then came the
! financial depression. and that, added to
the fact that there were not people
enough in Independence TO support
trotting meeting of any size brought
the whole affair to a collapse, and In
dependence is now remembered as the
place where Mr.. Williams used To live.
After Axtel had been disposed OF.
Mr., Williams proceeded with the de-
velopment OF Allerton, and it could not
have been very palatable to the Conley
syndicate 10 have Allerton reduce his
record to 2:09h Not only that. but IL
was not very long before the young
Allertons began to show that they were
better trotters than the Axtells; so not
only did Mr.. Williams keep the faster
horse i'm his stable. but also the better
sire. Axtell was retired from the turf
as soon as he was sold, while Allerton
was continued for some time as track
horse. and at the close OF 1896 AK
tell was credited with being the sire Of
% trotters and one PAGER in the 2:30 list.
To that he has last year added five
trotters and one PAGER. On the other
hand Allerton, beginning later as a sire,
had IL trotters and six PAGERS to his
credit year ago, and during the season
lust ended has added Is trotters and
two PAGERS, five OF which have made
records of 2:20 or better. Allerton is by
this record the best trottng sire OF his
years that we have ever had in this
country, and he is now IL years of age.
That would seem to be good fortune
enough for any man, but the end is not
yet. and there is reasonable ground to
believe that i'm his Galesburg stable Mr..
Williams has a mare that is as likely
as anybody's TO beat the worlds record
for trotters. This lis Elloree, who has
now record of 2:09h and is but years
Of age. Elloree was bred by Mr.. Will
liams, who. while he was ut 1ndeper@
ence. purchased mare named Flora
McGregor. who was n daughter of that
wonderfully game horse Robert Nc
GregOr and out of Belle Wilkes by
George Wilkes. Such was tie indomit-
able courage of Robert MCGregor that
he was always referred to as the mon
arch of tho homestretch." and although
his record rs hut 2:i1ia. IL was made at
a time when that was considered re-
markaby fast for a stallion.
Elloree began her turf career very
young. FOR as yesrling she started for
a 81. 600 stake at independence and
actually sot third money. finishing
third and fourth I'm the two heats that
were trotted. She was bred when
years OF age TO Allerton and was also