Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-13
NEWS OF H0RSEME N.
Speculation as to Selling Price
of Nelson and Terrell S.
Peter Turney to Go Into GilIies' Hands
This Year-Worcester Horses En-
tered in Big Stakes at Hart
ford-Other Gossip.


campaigning string and would sell his
two fast PAGERS, Nelson, 2:l4l4 and Ter
rell S. at the coming Hicks sale in Bos-
ton. Since then local horsemen have
been doing a lot of figuring as to the
probable price these two horses will
bring when they pass under the ham,
mer. The estimates that weIl-posted
horsemen have placed upon the pair
vary widely Some incline TO the belief
that Nelson will bring about 5000 more
than his stable companion, while others
1gure 1t out that Terrell S. is going to
sell for the higher price. One we'll
known horseman told the Spy man that
Terrell 5. would be cheap horse for
$1,000, and he had put Nelson down to.
bring about $500.
1t is generally believed, however, that
II Dr. Kendrick gets $11O0 or $1,000 for
the pair, he can consider them very well
sold. Those who have followed the
morse sales pretty closely this year, both
In New York and Boston, say that Mel
son should bring $500. Every one knows
he is race horse and game to the
core, but that mark of 2:14A, although
showing his speed, detracts from his
value as a race horse, and will compel
win much of the money Terrell S.
is considered one of the best speed pros
poets in New England today, and his
mark of 2:201z is but little detriment to
him. If the gelding had not encountered
little accident that threw him out of
training the latter portion of last sea-
son, he would bring $1,000 easily. But
horsemen are inclined to fight shy of
any animal that has ever been laid up.
however strong the proofs may be that
the injury was only temporary, and so
few believe Terrell S. will be sold for as
much as he is really worth.
In some years the Park avenue snow
path has afforded rare sport up to the
middle of March. Not so this year, how
ever, and last weeks fall of snow
while being several inches deep disap-
peared almost as rapidly as it came
giving the horsemen no opportunity for
final brush before the season of
spring mud and bespattered buggfes.
The cutters have been stored away
again, quarter-boots are put upon the
hooks for the season, and what has
proved to the roadites a most unsatis-
factory winter is over. Livery stable
keepers say there have been as many
days of sleighing as usual, but neverthe-
less the days when the avenue has been
in good shape for the speeders can be
counted upon the fingers.
No champions have been crowned, nor
has old Abbie V. been dethroned. The
sieghing has demonstrated little aside
from the fact that Abbie V. is stiN a
great road mare, and that there are
others who are no mean foes for this
daughter of Aberdeen. The season has
shown to the observant horseman that
the first six of Worcester's fast sleigh
horses for 1913 were Abbie V, Major
Wonder, Peter Turney, Arthur Wilkes,
Valence and Floe Spencer. Next year
there may be some changes made in
the unwritten laws that tacitly govern
the sport. The feeling has steadily in
creased among road drivers that Wor-
cester drivers brush for too far a dis
tance. In most cities a half or at best
three-quarters constitutes the course
but here 1T is mile and an eighth from
the start to the finish. Something may
pc done in this respect ere the snow
flies again.
Nominations in the early closing purse
events to be trotted or paced at the
Charter Oak meetings in July and Sep
tember have closed, and announcement
is now made of those who have made
first payment in them. The long string
OF horsemen who have made first pay
ment in whatever purses they are en-
tered must be very gratifying to Man
ager FaSig, and al the same time it is
unusually interesting to horsemen, as
indicating the horses that will probably
be campaigned on eastern trotting
courses this year. Included in the lists
are the names of two Worcester horses.
John KerVick has named X L., 213A
in the "Old Colony 2:11 trot at the July
meet, and again in the "Old Glory 2:14
class, for the grand circuit meet there.
o. c. Houghton has entered the brown
gelding Paddy D. in the 2:14 and ZIG
classes at the same meets.
DR.. F. S. Billings, in the current num-
ber of that ever-interesting morse paper,
Turf, Field and Farm" has a bright
and entertaining article of d couple of
columns upon George B. Inches Edge
wood Farm in North Grafton. There is
but one fault to De found with the dis
tinguished doctors dissertation upon the
stock to be found there. 1t is that he
unblushingly talks about that neigh
boring suburb of Grafton, Worcester"
Last fall A. B. Brunell about decided
to dispose of his grey PAGER Peter
Turney 2:11A. But now he has changed
his mind and will campaign him again
the coming season. Last year Mr.. Bru-
nell trained the gelding and drove him in
nearly all of his races. Ed. Gillies will
sit behind Pete the coming season and
will begin rounding him into shape for
fast work about the middle of next
month. At present Turney is being
logged upon the road.
Giilies will have some other good
PAGERS in his string. One of these is
Tugboat, by Barada (2:221a) out of
mare by Gambetta Wilkes. Mr.. Gillies
III, r,fa Ind IA
$3.50. AS a three-year-old, he showed
quarters in :32, halves in 1907 and
mile in 2:1SA in a race. His other un-
marked one is by Make B., son of
Ashland Wilkes. She was bred in kan
sas, and last year paced a mile in 2:14K.
AS every horseman knows, this year
it will be necessary for a driver to Sc
cure a license to drive from the ma
tional association before he will be al
lowed to participate in races upon N.
T. A. tracks. The first trainers and
and drivers license was issued last week
and tine man to whom it was issued is
Allen Lowe, who has recently forsaken
journalism for the track. Allen has
had a comparatively small string for the
past two seasons, but will have a larger
number this year One of the first horses
that Mr.. Lowe bought and developed.
by the way was the stallion Allen Lowe
(2:12A), by Alcantara. He secured him
at auction when green for $1S0O-that
was the time when everything that wore
hair was bringing big money-and after
campaigning him a year, including a
couple Of starts made over the fair
grounds track here, he sold him for
$12,0 900
1t looks as though we should have to
go to the side-wheelers again in 1893 for