The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-13
WITH TROTTER ANDPACER.
PRosPEOTIVE sTARTERs ZOE TIKI
10000 CHARTER OAK PURSE. Z

$4,000 CHARTER OAK PURSE.
Programme Tor the ernna Circuit Meeting ut
eiens Raiis-A Noninator Can Enter Two
Eaerses. the starter To ne Named on the
Wight Before the Race-petroirs Card.
Although subscribers 10 the $4,000 Charter
Oak Purse will not be required to name their
~trotters until Aug. 10, horsemen are able to mako
close Ruesses as to the probable makeup OF the
big field that will start in the race at Hartford
next September. Six Of tho subscribers are New
York horsamon. The subscription Of John II.
Shuts was doubtless made with a view to start
ing either Lillian Wilkes, 2:17N,by Guy Wilkes.
or Falfa, 2:2O. by Allorton. Both mares were
Sensational ~trotters when last seen oil the turf.
Lillian WILKES enjoys the distinction Of being
the only trotter that ever defeated Robert
Bonner's ex.queen Of the turf, Sunol, 2:osA, In
a race. This she did when both %trotters were
three year. ODDS out in California, gaining her
present record In the second heat Of the con-
test. This was In 1889. before the advent OF
the pneumatic sulky. The late John Goldsmith
once said she was the greatest trotter he ever
drove, and few turfmen doubt her ability to
beat 2:lo, provided Trainer John Cheney sue
goods in getting her UP to concert pitch. The
marc went wrong In her three-year.old form,
and has since been used a. q brood mare at
Parkville Farm. She is now twelve years old.
Falfa made her record as a two-year-oldi in 1893.
She was severely campaigned that year. start
ing once or twice againsthged horses, and she
has mover done anything since then. Sam
Browne and other old turfmen thought che
was tho making Of q world beater until she
was overtaxod in her two-year-old form.
Tho subscription of William Simpson prob
ably stands for Hustler. 2:2OA, the full broth.
er of the Now York breeders Pennsylvania win
ner. Bouncer. 2:1O. Hustler 10 in tho class
vvtth LILLIAN w tlLna a 80 kratt,r khat want
wrong in his three.year-old form. and has since
boon laid up for repairs. He is now eight years
old. Hustler is a bay gelding by Hummer out of
Musette. a noted daughter of Mambrino Patch
en-. formerly owned by David Bonner. Abe
Lapham now has the horse In training at Sci.
ma, Ala. Should he fail to stand training Mr..
Simpson has several PROMISING young ~trotters
with slower records that might DO good enough
to start. William Fl. Fearihg's prospective
starter is the fast young marc Ixia, 2:1sN, by
Prince Eugene out of Sandal, the dam of Ma.
hogany, 2:12A. She il in the training stable
Of E. r. Bovine, and has shown SO much speed
that her owner hopes to see her gain q record Of
2:1O this year. The fast green trotter Nathan
Hale Is said to be the standby Of Thomas II.
Brady, another New York subscriber. AL
though this horse has no record as fast as 2:30,
his owner thinks he Is good enough to start
against the crack %trotters of the country in the
o:l7 class. He Is by Tarrytown. q stallion
raised by Robert Bonner and got by Nut
bourne out of the famous Lucy Cuyler. that
trotted n mile to wagon in 2:l5t many years
ago. Ruby, 2:31, the dam of Nathan Hale. is
by Mr.. Boomers Startle. the first horse % trot a
mile Gs fast as 2:l9 over the old Fleetwood track.
James Butler. the former President Of the New
York Driving Club. holds n strong hand with
Gayton. 2:1sA. by Allerton; Intact, 2:19&, by
Allerton: Unique. trial 2:1i. by Betterton, and
other fast ones in his campaigning stable. The
wcll-known Brooklyn horseman John +. Dingeo
will probably start the f%vc.ycar. old bay gelding
no }. Malcolm n'i FORBES 9s M Of the Boston contingent
has a phenomenal young trotter in Nike, accord;
stallion Arion gained a. record of 2:i6A last
season IN his three-year-old form. and more
as ssH much h speed %etdI as any froe.for.a ii trotter in train.
ing. Charles W. Whitecomb, Of Boston has
already named the black stallion Blackstone
by o,'WS oodbrine;. The eprescnta,ive Of c.J. Ham.
Inns Village Farm will probably be one Of the
King, or Equity. by Hcir-at.Lnw The Buffalo
breeder having entered them In the 2;i6 class
trainins at selma, Ala. in charge Of Ed Geers.
Marcus Days candidate is likely to be the
1aIs's she viii pi By r emems S,,st I as the vi rsg" Of
the.two-year.old division Of the Kentucky Futur.
ity in 1895 and OF the 81, 500 sweepstakes race
for thrceyearolds at Goshen last year: 1t Is
understood that ex-Congressman Charles NJ.
Reed intends to start the dve-year.old mare
sensational twoyear-olds of 1885,, gaining a
record of 2:2OA, and showing speed enough to
It IT'S Is "a ff that George H. Rsotcham, the : Toledo
millionaire. who breeds, trains; and drives his
own fN;, s irotte rs ke s;p E to start start ihras.vo amber 81 =
R fsss tr MsGreso a;it out Of aDs Mabel t dam OF An.
S seTiGp' BY y'fae o@srd' M MANS; naa The r%s'i Hon.
Frank Jones OF Portsmouth. n. H., has another
honors in the black mare Kilda. by Cecilian.
Joe HubinEer OF New Haven may start the
tEereyd % Isst y Ssno in 0 The T 1880 ot ri. and sds n. n stake Sa,
at Detroit. r.. II. Plant, the railroad magnate
e. aoi Macon FsnpI;. S Ga hp pToR seIls e OK soan to meme sod2s either hSe
daughter of Bow Bells and 10, 2:I3A, that he
purchased for 81 LOO at the Hermitage sale in
Candidate. George ii. Smith Of Chillicothe,
siircder. &c GEORGE rye 4: Richards, Dover, \. j..
owns Carrie, 2:17h, by Autograph. and relies on
her E;n1 to o rsars'9 M E him = in th Riu big Il sa ,Sc p Nsnoyy
candidate OF Huntington Brown, Mansfield, o.
A str9ng progremme has Just been arranged
tion for the Grand Circuit t~rotting meeting to
be held at Glens Falls Aug. - to 20. Thirteen
days meeting. All are purses on he cash for
felt plan, closing April A.. Secretary, ". NJ;
purse OF $1,000 may bc opened later on the sub
s%cription plan for %trotters now now elieihle to either
the 2il7 or the 2:2O class. The aggregate value
OF the purses thug far opened 10 S21 800. of
which 81 900 will go to the %trotters for seven
races and 10000 to the PAGERS for six races.
Under the conditions governing all races, nom
inators will have the privilege OF naming two
horses and electing the night before the race
which one to start. This privilege Is some
thing of an innovation In the published condi-
tions governing harness races, although certain
associations have for q long time extended 1t to
certain nominators. The Breeders Association
will follow the new rules of tho n. T. A. in
making its race for three-year.old ~trotters at n
mile and repeat instead OF mile heats. three In
five, as provided by the old rules. The pro-
gramme for the Glens Falls meeting is this:
Adirondack Purse. $4,000. 2:l0 class. ~trotting;
T.conderoga Purse. $1,000. 2:l+ ciaas. trottinR;