The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-07
HARNESS RACING FAIRLY ON
THE PHILADELPHIA MEETING
PROVED A SUCCESSFUL ONE
Was Not Destitute of Sensational
happenings, as 1t Brought to the
Front One Remarkable Young
Performer - HiEh-Class Stock
Finds Market In New York
Weeks DoinEs in the West.

The principal event in New York
horse circles recently was the sale of
high-class carriage stock at the Ameri-
can Horse Exchange last week Though
it is very late in the sales season the
results demonstrated what has often
been said before that New York is one
of the best markets of this continent
for really first-class horses A few
years ago c. j. Hamln, as an expert .
ment, crossed the French cCacher with
the American trotter, and got two or
three nCttd prize winners. Other breed
ers followed his example, and several
Of the hiehest-priced ones at this sale
were bred that way. The crack pair
Romeo and Robin, beautiful brown
geldings, sixteen hands high, with
grand shoulders, well-rounded barrels
and splendidy developed hind quarters,
would be hard to beat anywhere. They
brought $4,000, while an exact mate to
them, Royal, brought $500. Several
other teams went from $1,000 to 81, 500
each, either half or all trotting bred.
For sale at the end Of the season
the market was exceptionally firm.
The number of fast trotters and
PAGERS at present in training at Cleve-
land may be equaled at Lexington, but
nowhere else. George Sanders has in
his stable Elloree. 2:09A; Iago, 2:11
Pasonte, 2:13, and Mackey, 2:13%
Charles Tanner has Praytell, 2:O91a ;
Newcastle, 2:11A; Cephas. PIN; Peko,
2:11A, and Marguerite, 2:14. Vance
Nichols has Courier, 2:15 and Incense
2:17A. Tom Galliger has S1dmont, 2.10K ;
Harry Sanders, Dan T., 2:O6%; T. KEEL
ly. Adam, 2:13A, and Harry Jameson,
Minnie McGregor, 2:14A.
The New England Breeders associa-
ton will hold it's twelfth annual meet
ing at its fine track at Readville, near
Boston, on Sept. 10 to %. and has
issued a list Of early closing stakes for
trOtters and PAGERS. There are two
purses Of $1,000 for two-year-old trot-
tiers free-for- alD. and for three-year-
old PAGERS eligible to the 2:30 class
Two purses of $1,500 each are open for
three-year- trotters eligible to the
2:25 class, and for PAGERS Gall ages) to
the same class. The 2:40 trotting class
has a purse Of $4,000. and the Puritan.
of $4,000, is for trotting stations eligible
to the 2:10 class. All horses must be
named on June Is, when the entry list
will close. The association has also
opened a $500 futurity for foals of
1898, which will have three racing Sec
tions one section for trotters, to be
decided In 1900, when the candidates
are two years old, the prize being 81, 500,
| and two sections year later, consist
Ing Oh S0,UUU IOT lLICG-y edI-Olu LTOl-
tiers, and 81, 900 for three-year-old
PAGERS. This, stake is opened to the
world, the mare to be named on June
Is, when the entry list will close, with
a payment of S.. On Nov. Is pay
ment of $40 is due, when the nominator
must give the sex, color and markings
of the foals, and they are eligible to
compete both as two and three year
olds.
The entry list for $4,000 of purses
and stakes offered by the Louisville
Driving and Fair association will close
| today. There are two stakes of $4,000
each for 2:1S PAGERS and 2:14 trotting
class. There are five stakes of $4,000
cash for the 2:11, ZIG and 2:24 trotting
classes and the 2:09 and the 2:13 PAGERS
and two stakes Of $1,000 each for PAGERS
three years old and under eligible to
| the PIT class, and for trotters of the
same age eligible to the 2:25 class.
The season Of harness racing opened
last week. The real racing center CT
the week was at Philadelphia. where
the Belmont Park Driving club gave
its annual spring meeting. 1t proved
an enjoyable and successful one, and
was not destitute Of sensational hap
penings. All the races were we'll con-
tested in good time, and at least one
brought to the front a remarkable
young performer. This was the 2:40
class trotting on the first day, in which
Cleovice and several other horses that
had shown well at the Baltimore meet
ing the week before were expected to
provide good race. Both SPECTATORS
and public got hard fall, however,
as the winner turned up in the almost
unknown mare Vaieo, by Erin, who
won easily without ever being headed
trotting her three heats within herself
in 2:1SA. 2:21A and 2:2OA. Considering
the fact that she was starting in 2:40
class, had previously never won a heat
and was Just at the threshold of the