New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-04-17
HARNESS RACING.
NEWS AND GOSSIP OF THE TRACK AND
ROAD

GENERAL B. ,. TRACY TO HAVE STRING OF
YOUNG TRoTTERs IN TRAINING THIS SEA-
son PROSPECTIVE STARTERS AT
THE GRAND CIRCUIT RACES
General B. F. Tracy will have string of young
trotters from his breeding farm. at Stony Ford in
training at the Goshen track this year Robert
Mcintyre. OF Columbus. Ohio, has been engaged to
handle the youngsters One OF the last things
General Tracy did before going into the Cabinet OF
President Harrison to sell all the trotters he
owned. excepting Kentucky Wilkes. 22lh. and one
OF the first things he did after ceasing be Secre
tary OF the Navy to begin making another col
Some Of the colts ne has raised are now old enough
to train, and they are to be given an opportunity
much Of A turfman, but he scored notable tri-
umph in 1884. when he entered two three-ye r-ods
ting meeting s Of the Nstonai BREEDER ASSOCIATION
and had the satisfaction OF seeing them win three
important stake races. worth 500
William E. spier Nathan straus. ex-senator
John McCarty. James Devereaux. James Butler and
Frederick Gerken among the New-York sub
scrbers TO the 5000 purse for ZIP trotters Of the
Grand Circuit meeting Horses in this race are
not to be named until next August. but most Of
the prospective starters are known at the present
time Mr.. Spier's subscription stands for Copeland,
2111. jefferson Wilkes. 21f.. Mr. Straus in
tends to start Cuprum. 2I2a.. Mr.. McCartys can
ddate will be either Fred Kohl. ?l21.. the green
horse by Baron Wilkes that he has named James
shevlin. The subscription OF Mr. Devereaux ind-
Gates that the stout little mare Van Zandt. 2l2.
that bred by J. Lyon Gardiner. OF GARDENERS
Island. is TO be campaigned again this year James
Butler has half dozen fast ones to select from.
but he probably relies on the black mare Drectina
2l62.. Mr.. Gerken expects to start his well-known
horse Luxon. 2:llIb: Among the prospective start
Peter r'f the Great sisi5: G j. Hamiin's HeiT-at-
Law. 2:12: Frank Joness Tomboy, 212a4: W. R.
2I2l4 and J. V. Collins's Doctor speman. 21s1..
Of the features Of this race is the NUMBER rSs Of
Doctor Spellman and Who-Is-It being OF that age.
Returns from the six Grand Circuit meetings. for
which entries have thus far been published. afford
some interesting information relative to the hop
pied PAGER and his lack OF popularity among horse
owners and trainers II may be remembered that
Boston and New-York barred the horse that wears
two sets OF harness. while Detroit, Cleveland.
Columbus Hartford and all other track managers
In the big league opened their races 10 him. acting
under the belief that they would receive about 30
per cent more entries by so doing. Now that the
returns are in from the six leading meetings in
the circuit. it is that the two tracks which
declared for the elevation Of the sport have Jared
far better than the other four which opened their
races to horses that cannot pace without having
their legs tied together. In eight races New
Boston received 14s entries for six races. an
average Of to race e. Then :, comes snss
races. Cleveland falls still further behind New
York and Boston having only ia entries in six
has 100 entries in six races average Of IS
10 a race while Hartford brings up the rear with
!2s entries in eight races making her total nearly
races and her average only Is horses TO race, as
against q for the New-York meeting.
Men who drive in the road say the opening OF the
Speedway has caused the number OF fast horses
used for pleasure driving to multiply more than
tenfold within the last nine months. Less than a
year ago. when New-Yorkers were without SOFT
earth road over which to speed their flyers. one
could almost count his fingers the crack" trot-
tiers and PAGERS seen In Seventh-ave. and the up
town drives but their number Is legion now, and
new ones are turning up every day at Speedway
Park Among the strangers on the road last week
was a little gray mare that surprised everybody
by outrooting the noted trotter Newcastle CilD
IN n brush from High Bridge down TO the macadam
paveuent at the foot Of the hill. Al one OF the
matinees of the Gentlemen's Driving Cluo' IN
Cleveland two years ago. Newcastle. driven by an
amateur reinsman trotted mile In 2lOlz 70
road wagon and ne has been accounted one OF the
fastest trotters in the country this way hitched
Metropolitan roadItes were astonsneo, therefore
see the unknown gray mare snow MN cteaa
Grand Circuit trotter Brunhide 2I6iQ that W; n
Mccarthy campaigned with much success iour
halls from Manchester ~ H. and Is a daughter
OF the $4,000 trotting stallion VIKING NIsyl; HSr
dam was Daisy Wilkes. by ex-Governior John s.ns,B =
the Sire Of Colonel F. " Lawrences crack road
horse CLAYTON C2l5il). Brunhilde Is now owned oy
NJ Boynton wh %sw wss on tss speedWay It
is only fair to the latter horse to say that MS
owner J. w Cornish. attributed his defeat 10
msft road wagon