The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-09-19
WIN Taorrra lrD rlorn
Star Pointer nay xovrsr HIs Record y
TeTre Hhuts THIS week.

ANNNN AA1uNt AuNn MeNks
Star Pointers half mile in o.b7k at Belmont
Park On last saturday has strengthened the
belief lately current among horsemen that the
big con OF Brown Hal can beat his record OF
1:5ek whenever he strikes the right day and
track. Belmont was mover accounted a record
breaking course. Although there is quite a
decline all the way from the wire to tho half
mile pole, the footing II mealy and far from
being perfect for a long. stridinR PAGER like Star
Pointer! The great horse should receive the
best opportunity Of the year. II not Of his REQ
ord-breakinR career. tits week at Terre Haute,
and his admirers will be disappointed II ho
does not knock q full second of his present
mark. The records OF harness racing show
that the southern Indiana course is at least as
fast as any other In the country. Nancy Hanks.
Mascot and Robert ]. having made their cham
pion records there. while AK turned the four
cornered track In 1904.
There is a striking similarity IN the prepare
ton which Nancy Hanks and star Pointer re-
ceived Just before they went to Terre Haute.
both horses being pointed for q supreme effort
BY moving half miles at unprecedented speed.
yet finishing the miles In slower time than
their best previous records. For two or three
weeks before Budd Doble drove Nancy Hanks
In 2:04 at Terre Haute in 1892 he pursued the
same tactics that McClary has been following
apparently with Star Pointer. Every time the
mare started she trotted either the first half or
the last half fast enoughto make mincemeat Of
the then worlds record. but her time for the
full mile was never faster than 2:06. At Hart
ford two weeks ago McClary rated Pointer
slowly TO the half-mile pole. and then let
him step homo at q record-breaking clip.
Last week at Belmont the programme was re-
versed. This week he is likely to go both ends
OF the mile. Horsemen say his half in 0:57k
at Belmont indicates that he can pace the first
half In 0:59 and then have enough left to finish
the mile at the same rate Of speed. II not q
shade faster. which would set the record at
1:5S or better. Star Pointer will make his race
against time wearing 6h-ounce shoes forward
3K ounce shoes behind. He is protected
In front by quarter boots. tendon boots and
knee boots. the latter being held in place by
elastic straps passing over his shoulders.
Cutting boots alone are worn behind.
Although horses from the Pacific Coast have
been unusually numerous n prominent on
tracks this year. the summer cam
paiEn in California has shown that some OF the
thrssSyear,oid trotfer Of the season up to date
Escently gained a record OF 2:i2 at Santa Rosa.
He is by Nutgood Wilkes. 2:17X.. the. son Of
Sutyood 2:ls3. and his dam is LassIe Jean.
grandam t~6orouehbred Lexington Belle By
Lexington. he Is said, to, be a finely formed
that he can beat 2:10. At the Sep
meeting at Glenbrook. CAL, Monterey.
s:i s55EKI' snsePsd S the g:io f its. SR tf Ss isis4sS e :
record of2:o9S In a race. He is out Of Hattie
belmont. by Commodore. Belmont. grandam
Williams OF Milpitas, Caly bred the horse and
1rove, hin TO his record. Monterey made a
5 NESTING q 4 2i bsy m 6Sss s ssiied B 81 saH ssn star EGss
Tor the hrst time, gained q. record of 2:16h,
:EIOttinE the /, last quartz. Of one Of her win.
Be a prospective champion The mare is by
Stamboul. 2:07k. out Of Bon Bon. 2:26. By Sim
n So many any f SfaHG are i Rx Se Sow bi M1lEss' for the
harness horses that managers OF straight-out
meet meetings g If P1 Al t. difficult 70 secure %ES
proposed September meeting at Troy had to be
abandoned for lack Of entries. and the meeting
,hree days. Friday s races having been declared
on. Two OF the most successful meetings OF
Re- P ssafon w IN eh BED Gla G1 t dircai tre sa@s In y }q aSs
lelds dwindled down to three or four horses.
md the meeting vas almost a failure. This
New England Breeders Association, which is
Sss 4 IN tSe t %e esg Mii So5bs Be- ~ T Teslge rHiP s { IN sSo
sseRs @tSsseF WITH SRirs sRe % ShS at i3il Stssa fai H.
III; festpre Of the New England Breeders
PlSSssi4Es Il. t aent Teet a: ~ be sh sae 5 Eose P RstSssn
,:01H, which IL set for next Thursday.. Patch
defeat Of Chehalis In the remarkable time
:01x at Portland with an amateur driver up
that the big black stallion is at his best
ust now, and that G. W. Marks, his owner. is
me Of the cleverest amateur ,reinsmen, in the
until this year. He is a wealthy Chicago
who paid SIS. 900 for Joe Patchen to
lave fun with. and he was the proudest horse
nan In the country when he drove the horse
asst week as creditable a mile as ever Geers,
Jury. ;Ames. or any other professional had
him.