New-York tribune., 1899-07-24
HARNESS RACING.
TALK ABOUT THE GREAT TROTTING
MEETING AT DETROIT.


racing received fair trial at Detroit last week.
and. according to all reports and appearances Its
working satisfactory in the extreme. Out OF
nineteen races decided during the meeting. ten
trotted or paced under the rules, and In nearly
every instance the rate of speed shown by the heat
winners bordered the sensational. The fields
were uniformly large. the betting heavy and the
contests sharp and decisive. with little room
for complaint about laying up heats Nine races
OF the meeting decided under the old three in
five system. 1t is interesting and instructive to
note that seven of these nine contests would have
gone to the ultimate victors If the shorter style
of racing had been in vogue. In other words. the
horse that first won two heats was also the first
Of the two exceptions was the race for the $4,000
Merchants and Manufacturers Stakes which would
under the two IN three system All horsemen agree
that his performance was better than that OF the
applause than the victor when the long drawn out
contest ended The other exception was the 2Is
es Pnee up % dd 0d two the on d ana
finished in front. on the whole, the advocates Of
the old three in five system OF harness racing can
in the turf history that was made the Blue Rib
bon meeting last week
The speed rate at Detroit last week fairly
dazzling the trotters and PAGERS in nearly every
race having surpassed the best time ever recorded
in the corresponding class at the Crosse Pointe
In the ten trotting on the card thirty
nine heats were trotted at an average rate or 2l2,
the slowest heat having been by the Providence
horse Wilask in 2l6 while The Abbots mile in
2:O71a the fastest of the meeting. Thirty-hve
heats required 10 decide the ten pacing races
Of the programme The miles ranged from T the 2OS @
in the last heat Of the 5000 Chamber Of Commerce
trotted in 21O or better and but three during the
meeting were slower than 215 The PAGERS put In
number of starters during the meeting was 229, or
average of eleven TO each race
Kingmond. 2:lO,1. whose for the $4,000 Mer
chants and Manufacturers Stakes at Detroit last
week was probably the fastest gamest and most
consistent performance ever made by compare
lively green troter. halls from this city. He was
bred by the late A. B. Darling. of the Fifth Ave
nue. Hotel. and purchased from his estate
when two years old for $40 the lucky buyer hav-
ing been ex-Congressman Frank Jones, Of Ports
mouth " H., who now owns him King Darling
ton. 2:l6 the sire of Kingmond, will be remembered
by metropolitan horsomen as the handsome and
extremely promising bay stallion that died from
pneumonia at Fleetwood Park in 1891 after getting
mixed up in a collision and runaway at the Sep
tenber meeting. lie OF King Wilkes
2:22l2 and the great brood mare MarguePte Soain I'm
Kentucky Prince. Kingmond's dam was Rosa
mond by Red Wilkes; granddam by Herrs Mann
hands high handsome in form and very stylish
NO ma artifcial appliances He is entered at the New
York Grand Circuit meeting in the 70 class lass
Bel Esprit. 21213. and others
Roval Baron. winner of the $4,000 at De-
troit is a six year old bay stallion, owned by the
New-Haven turfman. y. w. Hubnger. He Is
horse of fair size and bocky build and is son Of
Colonel John f. Thayer's noted trotting sire Baron
Wilkes 21S His dam was Daisy Backwood. 2;29I2
by Wilson's Blue Bull, this mare being ful sis'er
to Carrie Backwood. the dam Of the crack PAGER
Atlantic King. 2:09a4 Colonel Il. c. Stoner, OF
and cnld
young to one Mower, Of Georgia. Mower cam
paigned him in the Southeastern Circuit last year.
driving him to a record of 2:-SA at the NorfoiK
spring meeting. A. j. Haves q wealthy horsemah
Of Johnstown. Penn soon afterwaGd 01Hsht s NE NE
Hawes died, last winter. Royal Baron was sold at
own To- bny the horse and bid $4,000 for him, but
\ ". Hubnger's bid Of $500 carried off the prize
The winner he OF saTfc9 f 9 at Detroit Royal Baron is
entered In the 2:2O race 10 oe uotleu here iI ST.
em0fT M nbnser fng ne in T the Charter oak Purse at
Hartford.
q r Hamln's black mare The Queen distin-
guished herself in the $4,000 race at Detroit last
week by trotting the fastest mile ever made by any
trotter in the first winning heat of its turf career
The Queen had never started in puohc until she
started at Detroit. and when she flashed to the
frort at the finish of the third heat in the big
race she scored a maiden record OF 2lo12. Less
than twenty years ago this performance would
have beaten the best time on record for trotters'
no horse having up 10 that time covered the mile
in 2I0l2 This remarkable green Totter IS
daughter of Chimes. and her dam Is Qneene KING
by Mambrino King. She is fnH slSter 10 ,n tne
double gated Long Island horse King Chimes, wita
a trottjng record OF 2:l4 and pacing record OF
a.,sT Although The Queen went TO Detroit with
out record she had shown mile IN ZIza2 on IN @ nea
"f Wor1 he a. HewYork Grand circuit meeting where
she VIII start against S R0ya, aen BarGn s ye vears old
She was bred at Village Farm by her present
owner.
The first new 2lo trotter of 1899 appeared at De-
troit last week when Jack Currys gray stalilon
sorno lowered his record from 2l5A TO 2:lO In the
race for trotters Of the 2:li class. curry cam
poiened this horse all last year. driving him IN
eleven races without winning a heat. He is big.
powerfully built gray stallion that requires lot
of boots and rigging 10 balance and control him.
and he was not very highly thought of among turf
last The new 2o r915eT in IS Pogdet
where he was foaled in 1893. His sire EIectrlcity
27 Is i9n 81 ESQ and his dam was sae
Benton 2:l7%, the champion four-year-oid uo''er
OF fifteen years ago
Two other new 21O trotters were added to the
extreme speed list the closing day at Detroit
and singularly enough. both OF them are owned IN
this CITY Copeland, the brown geiding that totted
,n 9oes. in winning the PIP race belongs 10 Will
lam r Spier treasurer Of the international Paper
Company and owner Of the champion trottlng stal-
Hon Directum 2:05i4. This horse gained record
Of 2:11l5 In 1896 and by many turfmen believed
TO be outclassed when he started against j. b. u.
and other Western cracks at Detroit. Copeland Is
eight wears old and Is by Mr. Spier's noted trotting
sire Del Mar o:16A. the son of Electioneer, while
his dam was the pacing mare Miss Copeland, 2:252,
nv Almont Star. James Buffers bay stallion Gay
ton that lowered bis record from 2:0i4 10 2;Os% In
the second heat OF the 2.lO race at Detroit Is a
even-year-old son OF the former champion Aler-
ton 2:oeIl and his dam was Lucy Milton. by WI
ton 2:l9N the of George Wilkes He was bred
az Independence Iowa, by c. w. Williams, who
drove him to a record OF 2:lSh a four-year-old.
Mr. Butler bought HIM at auction year ago last
winter for 81 $50. He one OF the big winners
in the Grand Circuit Of 1895. and could beat 2:lO
until he struck his leg in race at Boston, causing