New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-01-09
GOSSIP OF THE TRACK AND ROAD
NOTABLE NEW HORSES FOR THE SPEEDWAY
NORTHERN STABLES wINTERING IN THE
SOUTH ST. LOUIS IN THE
GREAT WESTERN CIR
CUT FOR 1899.

NORTHERN STABLES MlNTERlNG IN lHE
SOUTH ST LOUIS IN THE
GREAT WESTERN CIR
CUT FOR 1899.
Brayton Ives one of the prominent members of
the Suburban Club will drive notable
double team the Speedway within short time.
He has recently purchased the two fast trottng
mares Margaret Worth 2I5. and Ixia PISA. and
has placed them in the hands of Assemblyman
CARL S. Burr. at Commack. Long Island to be f:-
ted for road driving in double harness. Margaret
Worth is a brown mare. nine years old. by Alex
ander Buttcr-Adelna Patti by Efhngham. She
was bred and onmpaigned in California. gaining
her record in a at Los Angeles in 1881 Sam
Ib ppetum me last N9yembr xa her new
pole mate is a seyen-year-old bay mare by Prince
any a1rse 2i2. By J Jay Gould She was bred by w.
H. Fearing. Jobstown n j., a In gained he n rec
drove her a mile in 2:l2 in her work at Hartford
last year
Frank c. Ives the expert billardst. has lately
Joined the ranks of the road riders, and is now
the possessor Of of the finest light driving
turnouts to be seen on the Speedway Ives re-
Gently went up to Syracuse with view 10 buy
ing the handsome little PAGER Planet 2OiA, by
Bonnie McGrcgor He came back, however with
the good gray trotting gelding Success, 2l2ls.
that Mart" Demorest campaigned last year In
the New England circuit. The horse was s Pur-
man 223ia. the OF George Wilkes, and his
dam is sister to the veteran campaigner Derbee:
that Success had been sold for export turns out
aisi Se by Amonarch, 2:24. The recent report
peans.
Although c. j. Hamn and William Simpson have
not sent their trotters 10 Selma. Ala. this win
ter the colony OF Northern horses and horsemen
there is quite large. s. A. Paddock. OF Brooklyn,
is again lodging cold weather at the Alabama track
He mas recently purchased five green PAGERS from
the farm In Tennessee where Star Pointer was
raised and has engaged the Glens Falls trainer
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OF the lot are by Brown Hal az the sire 81 star
out Of A fun sister to Star Pointer Rennick will
also gave the fast PAGERS Flirt 2loit. by Armont'
who trains for r. H.. Plant Of Macon. Ca: Harry
Nethaway who handled the horses OF ex-Congress-
louisville and sam Gilbert Of Nashville are
among the winter colonists at Selma. The Jewett
ter resort OF Northern trainers this year
Electric Bell. the trottng stallion recently pur-
chased by Congressman j. w Bailey and placed
at the head OF his stud farm in Kentucky, Is
to be trained for record this year by Charles
Marvin. The horse is son Of Electioneer and
Beautiful Bells and Is a full brother Kinda Rose.
2lgla: Chimes, 2:3C2. and other noted trotters II
Marvin succeeds in putting Electric Bell into the
that has gained a record OF 2:so or better The
Texas Snr. has be An seee tho to
employ Of ex-Congressman j. c. Sibley. OF Penn
| sylvania from whom Electric Bell was bought
| St Louis is to be restored to n place the har-
! ness-racing map in the campaign of 1899 The an
nual meeting in conjunction with the st. Louis
! Fair was on a plane with Lexington fifteen years
ago but Of late years the runners have had the
call with the managers Of the track and harness
racing has been abandoned. 1t IL said that the big
Sses W Star Pone last john r. Gen
aud Joe Patchen. 2Olt, caused the association TO
track may be a member Of the Great western
Circuit. which promises this fairly to rva. the
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racing.
| Andy" Mcdowell. who has been In the East
ever since the close Of the last campaign will not
| return 20 California this year. lie IL under con-
tract train for Edward Winter, the philadelphia
stud farm Of II. $; Henry. OF the three trotters
that have beaten 206. Alix 2cSs and Azote, 2:ois.
the other good ones he has marked are A.tao
| 2l3ia: Homestake. 2Iih, and Don Lowell 21iia.
/ Something new in trotng tracks is to be built
| on the Iowa State Fair Grounds Des Moines IL
present plans are carried out a mile track has
| long been talked about, but the is not room
| enough on the grounds lay out a regulation
| course; 1t Is proposed therefore. to shape ne
track IKE the letter a. with The st, start at the end
long stretch and then making the circuit Of the
Joins the stretch The present half-mile track
| will probably be utilized II the plan is carried
/ out
Frank Smith the Boston horseman who mana ged
Judge Austin. 2:i2h. and other crack trotters for
/ j. r. Flanagan a few years ago. has purchased
from John W. Flynn. OF Connecticut. the black
/ geldng Captain Jack. 2:l9i4. by Black Wilkes The
/ horse troted some great races In the New england
/ circuit last year. lowering hs record from 2lOA
10 219i4.
Although hairless racing has hourished at
either Point Breeze Belmont Park since the
stringent laws against poolsellng were enacted in
Pennsylvania, more hgh-cags trotters than ever
| before are being driven on the road in Philadelphia