The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-11-08
WITH TRoTTER AND PAGER.
Talk of n Grand Circuit Meeting Mt Buffa-
los Old Driving Park Next Year.

Talk of n Grand Circuit Meeting Mt Bufa.
los Old Driving Park Next Year.
Buffalo horsemen are talking about rebuild
ing the burned grand stand and stables at the
old driving park and holding q Grand Circuit
trotting meeting there next year. The track Is
in good condition and there is no immediate
prospect OF cutting the property up into build
ing lots. 9. J. Hamlin, who owns the property.
has signi6ed his willingness to lease IL as it
stands for a term Of ten years. Col. W. Perry
Taylor. c.. +. Dunbar and other wealthy Buffalo
horsemen may form q stock company to carry
out the project. Col. Taylor holds a lease OF
the Fort Erie racetrack on the Canadian
side OF the Niagara River. where the Grand
Circuit meeting was held this year, but that
uIsr amo 3 either horsee owners or %raeesd peSr
and the Buffalo turfman viii, It 10 said. trans
fer his interests to the old driving park II salts
IS is'1 Worth somethins ike S 81. o0o.oioo AN and "a" anu
annual rental commensurate with its value
would amount to q sun so large that no assoc
citation could hope to make. both ends meet
after shoulderinR the, additional expense of
TfRhae sreiis IS SAID dn to be st a Strong SSaP probabiiity i that IN
Hamlin. Buffalo horsemen will build a. new
the growing northern suburb OF the city;
The gray %trT9ttinf mare Rene Nsx By wilkes
campaigned two years without winning a heat.
suddenly broke loose in Texas and won Ave
consecutive races at the recent Dallas meeting,
gaining a record OF PHI. Rene was twice en-
tered and started in the annual $4,000 race at
Detroit. but failed to connect with the money.
Hubinger thought so well OF the mare last July
that he started her instead OF John Nolan In the
big stake at Detroit. At the Dallas meeting o
green PAGER called Al Noble. by Noblemont,
eclipsed the remarkable performance OF Rene
by winning six straight races. He was entered
in every pacing race from the 300 class to the
2:21 class and won them all, gaining a record
OF 2:10A in the latter event. -Four horses won
fifteen of the eighteen races decided during the
Arson f. Alvord OF Syracuse has sold the
gray trotting Relding Success, 2:12A. by Sher-
man, for export to Europe. The horse gained
his record at the Hartford Grand Circuit meet
ing this year. He is. eight years old. and was
bred by George W. Holmes of South Wales.
Col. Lawrence Kip will exhibit four new trot-
tiers in the driving classes at the Horse Show
next week. As u mate for Emoleta, 2:24A. in
place of Mambrino Belle. he, now has the bay
mare SILK Purse, 2:2S. a daughter OF Congress-
man J. w. Bailey's trotting sire Electric Bell.
Silk Purse is entered also as q pole mate for
Gracesca. the daughter of Graystone recently
| purchased from NJ. l.. Hare OF Indianapolis
Watercress and Water Maid. 2:29H. by Water
loo. form a third team that Col. Kip will show
in the roadster classes. Nearly all OF the mares
are entered in the classes for ~trotters In single
harness.
B.J H.-The best time ever made by a pac-
ing horse for one mile is l :5oh. by Star Pointer.
He Is the only harness horse that has beaten
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