The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-22
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Two races which give promise Of lively sport
have been arranged for next July at the Park
way track, Brooklyn. George Ihnkcn and
Capt. Henry Hoffman Of the Parkway Driving
Club have matched their trotters Crescent,
2:19h. by STEAMBOAT, and Thelma, 2:19N, by
Sidney. for $500 q side, to start on July /. The
race IN play or pay and tho money is up. On
July 10 Crescent and Thelma will start again
over the Same track In q four-cornered sweep.
stakes race with James Gormlcy's chestnut
marc Georgona, 2:15N. by Epaulet. and John
F. Ding ee's brown geldinR Bowman, 2:17h. by
Moquette. The stakes are $500 q corner. Each
owner has posted $3.50 forfeit and the remainder
will be due on July /. On public form tho
horses are evenly matched, and members Of the
Parkway Club are,looking forward to q red-hot
contest for the.money and the glory. Georgena.
Thelma and Crescent gained their records last
year. Bowman made his mark asa three-year-
old In 1895.
According TO indications there-will DO few
harness races at mile heats hereabouts next
spring. The new rules Of the N. T. A. having
made II possible to evade records by racing at
distances less than q mile, there ia great de-
mand among owners and trainers for opportuni-
tics TO start their horses at three quarters, seven
eighths and other odd distances. Arrange
ments are already being made for spring meet
ings at Parkway, Poughkoepsie and other
points with all races at fractional distances.
Something like the following conditions will
probably govern: Purse $500; open to all horses
that have never beaten $3.50 at q mile; the race
these conditions a horse having q record of
i :53N for seven furlongs would be eligible to
start and he. would gain no record to bar him
ont of o similar race at the next meeting.
Dates have been claimed for three ~trottlng
meetingg this year at Narragansett Park, Proyf-
dence.. The summer meeting. will follow the
one at HARTFORD, beginning July ~ and con;
be held during the Rhode Island State Fair,
Sept. 3 to 8. thus clashing with tho Grand Cir.
cult meeting at Charter Oak Park. A. second
fall meeting 10 scheduled for Dot. 8 to 4. The
stakes arc to be worth $4,000 each and the
purses 81, 000 each. 1t Is claimed that SIC, 900
10 to be expended in improving the track, which
vas Mt one time deemed TO be the fastest In the
that George'Wilkes. in 1863. lowered the worlds
record for trotting. stations to 2:22. In 1884
Make Cobb cut the stallion record down to
2:13A and Jay-Eye-See trotted the first mile
ever covered in 2:1O. Tho track was SO worn
last year : that! that John R. Gentry could pace no
James Butler, the former President of the
Driving Club Of New York, was q large buyer at
the recent sale Of ~trotters In Kentucky. Through
his trainer. John Kelly, he purchased tho fast
dve-year-old chestnut mare Unique, by Better
ton. out. Of Caro-. Simmons. by Simmons. Al
though thesmare has no record. she is credited
with having trotted a mile in 2:l4 in her work
year-old bay mare, by Baron Wilkes, that Is said
to have shown q trial In 2:1S last August.
Among the others were three young ~trotters
closely inbred to George Wilkes, each one being
by q son of that horse out Of O mare by another
SON of the great trotting sire.