The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-23

campaign by beating the best horses
IN training. in the fastest five-heat race
on record.
The California gelding who-Is-It
still heads the list of 3~-year-old t~rotters
with his record OF 2:1R. but his honors
will hardly be secure until the classic
Kentucky stake race Is decided at Lex
ington to-day. In this race the futur-
ity winner. Peter the Great. 2:12h. viii
meet Cuprum. 2:12%: John A. McKer-
ron. 2:i2h: DIR. Spelman. 2:13h; Char
ley Herr. 2:13k. and Nowaday. 2:16k.
and IL will not be surprising II one
or another of the crack youngsters
trots a mile in 2:12 or better. The q
year-old trotters OF the year look like
a commonplace lot when their perfor-
lance are compared with the cham
pion record for youngsters Of this age.
Mary Celeste. the black flly by Orc
Wilkes. 2:i1. hat won the Matron
stakes at Louisville. stands at the head
OF the list. but there Is n vast differ
ence between her mile In 2:11lz and the
wonderful record Of 2:10k made by
Arion to a high-wheel sulky in 1891.
The scarcity OF high-class 2-year-olds
II. Of course, largely attributable to
the fact that very few trotters are now
adays started in public at this age.
IL Is the universal opinion among horse
men. however. hat IL every trotting
bred colt in the unit were trained
as a 2-year-old the best part of n life
time might elapse before another such
as Arion was discovered. Mary Celeste.
the holder of the record for 1898. was
sold in this city last year at William
Corbitt's closing-out sale for s410. r..
G. Stinson of Brantford. Ontario. being
the buyer. on the day that she trot-
ted in 2:17A at Louisville her dam was
sold at one of the horse exchange sales
for $3.50. and a full sister Of Mary Gel
este. l year old. was struck OF for
$40.
The performances Of the PAGERS have
been unusually brilliant this year. not
withstanding the failure OF Star Point
er thus far to accomplish the work cut
out for him. Among the 5-year-olds
Anaconda holds the first honors with
a mark of 2:04&. which is only a Sec
ond slower than John r. Gentry's
champion record for PAGERS OF this
age. Searchlight's 2:04h Is high-ws-
ter mark for 4-year-olds. and Is prob
ably the fastest mile ever actually
paced by a colt of his age, although
Online's 2:04. made at Sioux City. Ia.
I'm 1894. is technically the champion 4
year-old record. KIatawah's 2:05h
beats all previous performances for D.
year-olds. s~upplanting Directly's mark
OF 2:07L. Directly still holds the 2-year-
old championship. however. his mark
of 2:07% at that age having stood since
1894. Ectasy's mile In 2:10h at Lexing-
ton last Saturday Is the best 2-year-old
record of 1898. and the best ever made
In a race.
THE number Of ~trotters tina have
entered the 2:10 list this year has
reached 10. At Los Angeles. Cal. a few
days ago Toggles Joined the select list
by winning a heat from Monterey In
2:l0. The newcomer is a brown geld
ing. Z years old. by Strathway. 2:19.
n son of Steinway. 2:25%. and Count
ess dam Of Dawn. 2:1s&). by Whipple's
Hambletonian. The Year Book states
that his dam Is untraced. but this is
an error. as Toggles is out of Fly, by
Pasha. son of Sultan. 2:24. and his
granddam is a running bred mare.
nearly II not quite thoroughbred. by
the noted race horse Hock-Hocking.
Toggles came out as a 4-year-old.
gaining a record OF 2:i7% in his first
race. and cutting II down to 2:l6 two
days later. He started only twice in
1895. In 1896 he trotted seven races
against such horses az Ottinger. 2:09A:
STAN r.. 2:11; Jasper Ayres. 2:09. and
Altso. 2:09%. and lowered his record
to 2:l2h. He did not start last year
Matters have come to such n pass
that "A really first-class race horse IL
useful only as a piece of bric-a-brac
or a rich mans plaything after he has
passed his 3-year-old year. The prac-
teal professional horseman doesn't
want that kind. The racing opportuni-
ties of a really first-class horse are few.
and his earning capacity under the fiat
footed purse rule is not as great as hat
OF an ordinary selling platter. The ideal
racing establishment OF this time and
place consists OF two or three smart 2
year-olds and three or four useful 3
~year-olds n upwards. A useful horse
Is one hat can be dropped into a SELL
ing race at $500 without exciting any
body's desire to claim or run him up.
and can win or lose at convenient times
without exciting judicial suspicion. The
fact that one n one-quarter eighth
miles may be too far for him, or that
1875 pounds woul seriously embarrass
him. does not necessarily impair his
usefulness. His chances come all the
more frequently as he helps to make
good betting propositions.
Rumor again has It that after next
season Morris park. New York. will be
converted into building lots. While this
rumor has bobbed up many times with
In the past two years. IL Is said that the
present Is authoritative With the on
ward march or a great city, prices for
real estate i'm the vicinity of westches-
ter have zone upward. and II is now
understood that a big deal is on To pur-
chase the home of the thoroughbred.
and that something like $4,000. 900 will
be involved. With the passing of the
famous course, the question naturally
arises. where will the association go?
Not only will the matter OF westchester
be involved. but indirectly Sheepshead
bay and Gravesend. An ideal spot Is
thought to be in the vicinity Of Hemp
stead. as the land Is level. and while
the drainage Is good. IL Is not at all
perfect. However. this could he easily
remedied. Railroad facilities are excel
lent and direct transportation can be
had from Brooklyn and Manhattan. and
II would not be surprising that II the
Westchester racing association should
lose its home, Hampstead would afford
"A new one.
Work has snmmanaad ON tho noxy milo