The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-01-16
WITH TRorTER AND PAGER.
William L. Spier Seems to BE Cornering
Futurity Winners.

William E.. Spier. the Glens Falls horse fan
cier. who recently paid $4,000 for Dlrectum.
2:05A, has a unique collection OF champions at
his Suburban Farm. In addition to the match
less trotter that set the stallion record. the race
record and the four-year-old record at 2:054.
he owns the champion yearling trotter Adbell.
2:23. by Advertiser. 2:15k. out OF Beautiful
Bells. DOB. and by recent purchases has
acquired five trotting FLIES. every one Of which
is a futurity winner. One Of these is Nellie A.,
2:13. the big bay daughter OF Wilkes Boy, that
captured the first Kentucky Futurity for two
year-olds in 1893. and that piled up something
like $4,000 in winnings before she was four
years old. Another Is Bermuda Girl, 2:2l4.
that defeated lmpetuous. 2:13: Oakland
Baron. 2:O9k. and Larabie. 2:l24, in the
second renewal OF the race. A third is
the bay flly jamie r.. by Bow Bells. that beat
Peter the Great. 2:l24. in the two-year-old
division Of the Kentucky Futurity In 1897.
gaining a record OF 2:15A. which she lowered
to PA the following week. The fourth is the
roam flly Lady Alley. 2:13. by Alcyo. son Of
Alcyone. She won the New England Futurity
IN 1894. Still another Is the black nlly Mary
Celeste. 2:l7E. by Orc Wilkes, 2:ll. This FLY
will be remembered as the champion two-year-
old trotter OF 1888. She gained her record in
the Futurity for two-yea -olds at Louisville. and
Vas on the point OF winning the Lexington
she was dlstanced, Besides this remarkabla
Quintet, the Glens Falls breeder has the chest
2:l6a,. that pulled down the New England
Stake at Boston, the year after Lady Alloys vic
THE sun the other day, and said. when asked
how he came to buy Directum:
lost the best young trotting sire | ever
saw when Del Mar died not long ago. and /
Wanted another jqst as great to take his place.
the Iaf breeSers' M MgleI at e KIN tSLa p saw aiLe ~
yearlinGS by Directum sold. for nearly IL. 800
each ens ,n under Hs, the ! hammer NINE That is a high aver.
worth the money on what they could show.
to think about their sire. / had seen him trot
some Of his races as a four-year;9Id and l
was greater than Alix or Azote or any |
tr2tter that ever lived. i liked hin
always want to see in q stock h%orse~rapid ac-
ton and plenty Of it. My experience teaches
Directum's breeding suited me because he
comes down from Dictator, the full brother to
Old Dexter, and because his dam was II game,
fast mare and a producer OF fast ones. deter
mined to buy DlIectum II L could. lie was then
wire"
TrqIner, Charles Baldwin, will campaign n
bay stallion Jefferson wilkes. iii by Al!
belmont Prince. ,2;fH77I4i, by Jefferson Prin5Sss.
Baldwin drove him u milo well below ,2:lO in
ms NbIh lhsl year, mary celeste, lhut tfOtttu
II trial IN 2:l5 the same day she was distanced
% the Kentucky Futurity. will be a member OF
the stable,
The movement in favor OF shortening har-
ness races seems to be gaining ground in all
parts OF the country. New York and Louisville
have already declared Tor the tWO-iu-thrpe
heat plan in 1879, and a number ofotncr prom
inent tracks arc likely to follow suit. Hartford
Will Igr the question to tho men who enter
horses Mt the Charter Oak meetings and abide
by tbs decision Of the majority. This plan an
phren'Iy ignores the interest of the mceEoiug
public IN the matter, and would seem 10 have
the further disadvantage oil leaving hOrse-
whether they are TO race their horses At one
mile heats. two-in-thrco or threG-iu-nye. j..
" alter LOvatt Of the Bethlehem. Pa. assu-
citation, writes to. THE SUN that lie is
strongly in favor Of the twO-in-thrro man.
and will advocate It for both the June
fastest half miletrack. Ioyalt says that several
carly closing stakes will be opened next month
for both the Bethlehem meetings. h * said
that Goshen and other tracks In the Orange
Circuit VIII try thetWO-in-thTee plaintiffs
year. From the track managers. point Of view.
OF the strongest proofs Of The cNprdicncy
OF HE plan, aud It's popularity with horse owners
is, found in the experience at INDIANAPOLIS.
whore the throe-in-tive system was discarded
three years ago, The number of starters has
increased, with each succeeding year. and tia
have been uniformly short, snAIp,
and free from scandal. Al tho last meeting
there l72 horses started in the twelve class
than fourteen actual starters In each race. two
Of which were open classes. where the entries
are always light. The entrance fees from these
horses alone. paid 30 per cent. OF tho purses.
and. adding the profits OF the non -starters, the
association was on velvet before the gates were