The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-10-31
r1rr rnorrrn ANp PAcER
GENTRY and Klatawah Are the Only Entrie'
for the Horse shows Special Prise.

ny LNUNNOANA ANAE0 bASN -
hung up a special prize Of $500 for PAGERS hav-
Ing records Of 2;06 or better. The published
conditions governing the prize state that the
horses are TO be judged BY their breeding, In
d~ividuality and RACINE qualities rs shown by
performance. Three entries were required to
make the new class 60. but, so far rs could be
learned last Saturday. when entries closed,
only two horses had been named. These
were f. II. Harriman's crack stallion John r.
! Gentry. 2;00h. by Ashland Wilkes. and o
+. Boyd's champion three-year-old colt Klata-
wah. 2:05K. by Steinway. II was expected
that James A. Murphy would enter Star
Pointer. 1:5ok, but the Chicago turfman' re-
fused TO do 30. While declining TO show che
record holder for any prize, Murphy has gem
erously offered to send Star Pointer to the
Garden and exhibit him free Of cost. AL
though New Workers have never seen the two
minute harness horse since his wonderful
record was made. the Horse Show officials
have not yet decided whether to accept the Of
fer or not, and IL will take a meeting OF the
Board of Directors to decide the matter. All
devotees OF harness racing regret that Star
Pointer and John r. Gentry are not to meet
on the tanbark after their repeated contests
for supremacy on the turf. The horses are
about as unlike rs they well could be. and
good judges would differ radically about tie
I'LL L1o IluUOub IL ic btAiliOub ChuiO tOAObhOL
in the show ring under the conditions govern
ing the Horse Show prize. A group Of en-
thusiasts were talking it over in an uptown
cafe last Saturday. Said the partisan Of John
r. Gentry:
Il would give It to the red horse and give It
to him quick. He is the prettiest PAGER In
the world. smooth as a roach In every line.
blocky and cocky. goes with head up and tail
up. an ideal show horse. And look at his
breeding. He's the fastest descendant Of Rys-
dyk's Hambletonian. and the fastest descend
ant Of Mambrino Chief. the founders of the
two, greatest harness racing families In the
world. Star Pointers record Is faster, but
remember that Gentry beat the big horse in
two.r races out OF three"
Gentry may be the prettiest. but what Of
that. Characters the thing that counts when
brouze statue or in horsefesh. and Star Point
er's got more character than any Of 'em. He
VIII Why. PTFs ~" heard n1 Id Eff Bow aR1 s agG sta Sn Po sHT s
conformation was the best he ever saw in a
When it comes to pedigree the big horse don't
have hay b to SPO ai mS SEsn f 4, he n hH aetr got w NPS Of
or Mambrino Chief up his sleeve. His sire
and did DO it. He heat ali their records. too:
s anS t bsaa 2 81 SuP ri d a a fsW ys sRa Fo &n aiTf PS SG1se
Pointer; 2:64h, the best pace; Of his day:
on edge. Gentry's a great, little horse and can
greater and he can beat 1 :59E Just as sure"
Although more high;class %trotters than ever
c SsiR5e t The e entry oM iist for RI this hsw division 1Hao Ao Of the he
coming Horse Show is considerably below the
usual STANDARD ard in nj point iI az Fl numbers ,Hn An OBJ.
he remarked. "The decisions. in. the. show
the prominent citizens who break into the
judges stand on our trottinR tracks. and still
1penh keep sD. on G "a nj y .G In Eit their 5d horses 9no The The
man has another deal very dI9erent. maybe.
horse. the one that looks p~rettiest In the show
ring. Another picks out the horse that he be-
that would sell for the most money Under the
riGhtY There isn't any standard for judging
judges themselves would be puzzled sometimes
to tell you just why, the winner got the blue.
together and define the type OF horse they are
trying to RRro siaSe TT, They os , ought to decide
for, and fix a value in points for each one OF the
main things that make a horse worth money
for the purpose. for which he is intended. Then
the judges would get a chance to be consistent
and horse owners would know what to ex-
The sensational three. year-old trotter John
A. McKerron. 2:124. BY Nutwood Wilkes. has
been sold, BY, his California owner to Charles
MeKerron was believed to be about the best
colt Of his age ever seen on the %trotting turf.
mile in 2:l3a In his work on a slow track. and
had moved a half in 1:05h In a race; But he
three races Sa du ring the iRee ca anp EGn o ais T TssoF I'd
was made at Louisville in the first heat Of q
FSee pr %Sh Sy IN Sq Marcus : b sfn9e s tt9IEee-Year-0id
Percy, 2:13. one OF the most promising young
%trotters IN the country. died last week n Cleve-
1 PeTay At vii Snf be s re@sS St Rls BY SyR New e 2or {, h Hs1t.
men as a. the dMot green IN. ftye GyIe1rro a. that g S yss sold
M Rere a a ho aae'i 81 in leSs TABLE Shirt IST S'i much RE RE
permanent, He gained his record in a running
The horse was prostrated By the extreme heat
last September and never recovered: He
and was BY Ponce de Leon, 2:13. out Of Flora
Ewing tdam OF Five Points. 2:19. by Bassen-
Henry A. F%leischmann has purchased TWEEN
ty-two ~trotters for shipment to Vienna. The
horses will remain here until after the No
where more are to be secured. Fleischmann
is now negotWiatinG for Pilstus. 2;0SH, by On
GGrsesGGo:ra. nd am wHaeT 9hs i 5iassi pd ny haSSsF of Me Me
By Sidney. dam by Don oossaSk; She won
fI CAPT. b. ssf H.. tf TStSii hn 81 this city. who figured
owner Of the fast PAGERS b. B.. 2:iOk, by Veto,
Jr.. and Dan, O.. 2:07h, by Simmocolon. has re-
and PAGERS to his training stables at Goshen.
From james B.. White. Richmond. Ky, he has
purchased the tWo-year-old chestnut geldinH
Billy -Abshire, 2:30l. BY Hahall. son OF VIII
lam L. This young trotter was second to The
Merchant In the race for the Lexington Stakes
credited with ability to beat 2 40. From a New
Yorker Capt. Tuthill has bought the iive-year-
dam by Favorite Wilkes. Dick Russell gained
trottinR record Of 2:34A in a race against
time when one year old. He has not started
since 1894, The black trotter Judge Rice.
2:16H, by George Willis, Is another OF the new
In Capt. Tuthills stable.
KeanO Wins Again in England.
A cablegram received by a sporting mar in
this city contains. the information that I. F.
KeAne. the American professional ~snrintar d.