New-York tribune., 1898-10-17
HARNESS RACING.
GOSSIP OF THE TROTTERs- SALE OF COLTS
BY DIRECTUM


| BY DIRECTUM.
Four yearng colts by Directum (2o5i4) were sold
at auction in Kentucky last week for 500 The;
| were fne-looking youngsters possessed OF natural
| speed and horsemen who frowned Directum
when he retired to the stud a couple Of years
say he is destined TO he a remarkable
trotting sire. The champion stallion was so lit
| tie liked In the East that his owner. Thomas II
| Green took him back to Dublin Cal. last spring.
| Frederick Gerken has bought OF John F. Gibson
the brown trottng geldIng Luxon (2:lii2, to drive
on the Speedway Luxon is large. handsome
! horse. and a model roadster His record was made
last year at the Detroit Grand Circuit meeting
| He s closely related to Maud s. C20SA). being by
| Chichester OF Harold.
Klatawah C2O5z). the champion three-year- old
PAGER, is to be sold in New-York next month. He
is owned by John F.. Boyd. Of Danville. Cal.
| who bred him
| William L. Spier the wealthy paper manu-
facturer. OF Glens Falls. has purchased from
| Harry Stinson the crack two-year-old trotter
Mary Celeste (2l7I2, by orc Wilkes cad. out OF
Eide Wilkes by Guy Wilkes (2I5tD. At the re-
cent Louisville meeting Mary Celeste the
Kentucky Matron Stakes. gaining the fastest rec
ord made by two-year-old trotter this season.
on the day that she this race her dam
sold at auction in this city for $3.50, while a
yearling sister was struck off for the paltry sum
OF $40
Bessie owens winner Of the 227 race for trot-
ters at Lexington last week. is owned by James
Shevn. the Brooklyn politician. who also owns the
successful campagner Niger Jack. 2:l5ia Mr..
Shevn bought Bessie owens last spring to drive
on the road and she will be used exclusively for
pleasure driving after the campaign is ended. The
mare has trotted only three or four races this
season. having been sick In the early part OF the
summer. She won her first at Dover. n. H..
a couple Of weeks gaining record OF 2:19i,.
AT Lexington. where she was an outsider In the
betting she the second. third and fourth heats
In 2:l3a. 2l5 and 2:lGl,. Bessie owens IS fun
sister to Dentine. 2:l3i4 her sire being the old
New-York horse Aberdeen. and her dam Rena b..
by Cyclone. She bred by James +. Clay. Of
Paris. Ky. and eligible to the 300 class at the
beginning OF the year.
Willis O. Foote the driver Of John Nolan 2:0s.
has made a record in the last two years which no
other reinsman ever equalled In 1897 Foote
brought out the green trotter Rilma winning with
her the $1,000 Merchants and Manufacturers
Stake at Detroit. the 5000 MassaC 1usetts Stake
at Roston, and the S5,ooo Transylvana Stake at
Wilkes to a record Of 2:l0 in this race This year
he took the green horse John Nolan, VINO
won with him the $1,000 Charter Oak at
Hartford, the Massachusetts At Boston, the 5000
sylvania at lexington At Louisville he drove
Nolan to record of 2:0s the fastest ever made by
he won with him the fastest hve-heat race on rec:
ord placing the Montana four-year-old at the head
credit. Foote is a native OF Wisconsin. He was
formerly bookkeeper at Kansas city. and has
been prominent driver only three or -FOUR
years lie is now a resident Of Houston Texas
Peter the Great winner Of this years Kentucky
second to JAMIE r. in the division OF the Futurity
for two-year-olds at Lexington last year forcing
the Illinois hly 20 trot in 2:l5i. TO win Peter V:
Johnston, the old-time trainer. who had charge or
the colt kept him under cover all this season never
called. about week ago He just missed dis
tancing the field when he rotted ms third neat IN
he can beat 2:lo He Is a HANDSOME bay colt 3y
Pilot Medium the son OF Hapgy Medium ana hI5
shadow. by Octoroon. d. d. streeter wealthy
business man OF Kalamazoo. Mich, who pred the
great colt and still owns him, gave Peter Johnston
onehalf the winnings for his good work IN training
The stake was $3.50 In the kentucky Stakes, to
viii meet one Of the best fields of three-year-olds
Cuprum 2l2s.. by Prodiga; Laurels 2;l5i2 by
Prodgal DR. spelman 25 BY I Proaiga Ta4Tlsy
3;1ei. by Nutwood wilkes: Nowaday 2:144. by
I.ookaway ana some others that have beaten 2;l5
European horsemen are making the most OF ,e ne
low scale of prices for trotters now ruling IN tnls
country Some Of the best horses on the tuT5
Kentucky in the last two weeks, ana foreigners can
be depended upon 10 pick up many S m oTe 1 ort
next month. Pilatus. 2:04, is one or the idst ana
best horses sold for export He IS an an, eshtyearc
PHYLLIS bv Egbert; granddam. Goquette, oy Aie8-
anders Pilot jr. He bred by Colonel K p
Pepper Of Frankfort. Ky. and was soli III lNt lof
less than 500 to J. NJ. Mcclellan. Of Des Mones'
T,1is season he has been one Of the big winners at
western meetings cutting his record down TO
g:Ogi. at Terre fiaute about a month ago 1t Is
his horse Pilatus Is large. substantial. hand
som. stallion with SNOWY action, ana Is a illoIel
mark horse ae well a. a trottcr. Caid. 2;0''A, ny
Hiehwood: Sternberg. 2:15i2. by Wilkes Boy DoTis
Wilkes 9:l4, by Bourbon Wilkes; Osiund IT,
2.lsi, bv Iockheart: Seraphina 2Iti.. by ConS'an-
tine and Mabel Moneypenny. 2:@ by cyclone are
among the other fast ones that have been sold
w.itLjn tWo weeks for shipment abroad Map"l
Noneynennv is the gray four-year-old MY tnat
forccl Marguerite A. TO trot three heats IN -I%'2'
ola and PA to beat her at Louisville.