New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-09
HARNESS RACING.
BRILLIANT END OF THE GRAND CIR
CUT MEETING.
SPEED AVERAGE FOR TIE DAY NEVER EQO NiA''D
NINE HEATS At THE RATE or 2o''.-I1ib
,rnn.r rIlnTa IL 206l. -ANACONDA


ABBOT TROTs ~ 2.oe'. ANACONDA
urr-rATs LADY or THD MANOR
WIN q snccd average for the days sport which
nrol,all, has never been equallcd in the Grand
Circuit or elsewhere. the inaugural mo'uns OF the
Empire city Trotting club ended yesterday al me
now track near Mount Vernon. -Four races were
nm the card and the average time made by the
horses I'm All these races was a shade faster than
9o7s. Five heats were trottcd At an average OF
200 and four heats were paced M an average "'
2o6 Every trotter that won heat gained No"
record below 2.lo. while the PAGER Anaconda ""l"
the breeding stud Of J -. Haegin. came WITHIN
half q second Of the time made 10y Joe Pa'chen
I'm the heat that gave Star Pointer his Knockout
blow. \ crowd OF 400 persons saw the hrih"h'
sport.
James Buffers local trottcr Clayton. scored
brilliant victory over bunch If high class horses
I'm the elO race The California stallion Monterey
and the little Cincinnati marc Louise Mac were
the pick Of tho talent for this race. Gayons as
Amounting Performance down the circuit causing
him 10 he ignored I'm the betting. Scott hu"S""
hustled Louise 10 the front mt the start ana she
had the pole and the lead before the horses passed
the clubhouse She never surrendered her adNan-
tagc until the wire passed. Ih" ol" gray
horse Success entered by tho late Frank g. ives
~ Billiard iam" gave her stubborn hrEum'". ~
the head Of the stretch. but fhc clip was too fast
FOR him and he went ~ n break. Clayton coming
up fast and Diminishing tho Hamlin entry BAT
Teton for the place Tho time WAS &@"s. new
record for tho neat lttlc chestnut marc from the
West She IS five years old and Is ty littI" Tor
poral the son of W +. u Siokess noted ir"t'nS
sire onward and tho oldtmc tro'ting mare Catch
fly. 21Sis
hudson kept her in the lead until we'll down the
strotcs next time with Clayton on her wheel All
the way Myrou p. McIcnry. who WIS up behind
tho Nev-Yo stallion made one Of his "hrl"ind
drives ln the stretch. landing Clayton first 10y
couple Of lengths. I'm eo9i4 This is new record
FOR the handsome son Of ANertou. and he IL IN"
second A1erton trotter that has beaten go for
the first fime az this meeting. The chestnut marc
led of again in the third round but EaYi"n ""-
lasted hor at the end. winning easily IN 2l''4
Monterey was never factor in IN" race" The win
nor was bought at auction in SOS for aho'. Aoro
u>I. b. HAS his own WAY.
Dr John J.. Wcn,z's Scranton stallion Hal
mad everything Ills Own way in the $50" Duuwoodie
r,ree FOR nacors OF the 2lo class The rugged little
stallion had not lost this year. and The talent
were willing 10 hot 800 go $50 that he would not
meet his Waterloo al New-Nork The miles were
paced I'm 24sa. and 2.sf2 but It was not much more
than a ios for the winner apparently. In the sec
ond heat Do stepped out T. the half mile pole IN
/ l,2 and covered the second quarter at 200 gait
Hal billiard. tac sire of Hal D.. IS son or
! Brown Hal, the Tennessee pacing sire that got
Star Pointer lssi4
/ While Hal g. was showing two-minute speed or
! the track. his great relative. gallant old Star
/ Pointer lay stretched out on his side i'm his stall
| near by so lame that he could hardly &c per
sIadod 10 get up on his feet The pioneer two-mln-
ute PAGER. the John j.. sullivan of harness horses
IS said TO De completely knocked OUT and his turf
career Is PROFESSIONALLY ended. according 10 III"
opinion Of all turfmen.
The 30 !aeeIs made ne race 9f rne Gay
%@,coGs uamlins nbsmn'on mar,
| Lady ~ the Manor 20+i. and the crack pacing
stallion OF Ncw-ltngand Roam Wilkes. -"iNt i me
C,t. mare eSsle .oil'nli -.'9'4 oMle- ~ i ,,
Ueiz. was the fourth entry. but she MAS generdiy
ffrrr HHtyNf sold
before The start Anaconda brought 400 Lady Of the
/ Manor so and the hcld SO The iayorlio took me
frSi furong Roam Wilkes gong az his wheel
around The turn 20 the quarter I'm 0.S2i. 2eie
ease forr lengths back % he horse that she had
70 beat over The wonderfully fast piece OF track
,' HIS Lima ~ me Saif ys IN e.
Roam Whk,s Wa SIN a. his wheel Here GeGrs
crowd rose In cxpectation Of great inish They
saw one. Although The racy bag eeding going
a, Zo2 eait or better ne chestnut laughter Of
| H. Inn. me ,rio strIck The homcsfr.fch she had
her nose at his saddle and the excited spectators
were shouting ., -. c
,r,. GIN i, r,,,s ,,,. ,,,d so sto v.ss lr, ,ho
hnnoetr,frh moved ~ he Zoo shorf for her IN Get
| her nose I'm front II was a battle royal all the
WY 90 the wire Gocrs and McIIcary two Of tho
were ar stake. Anaconda wanted to give it up.
! but the man from Freeport wouldn't let him do
Inc NE d'u.hter Of Mamirin" King lost the
nrat hv only n head I'm The remarlabIs time 81
| 9.oai. '
Glance At the fractional time Of the mile hest
shows The Character Of the performance. The last
hic ,'v S,'' a. az oio9i c"if ads. oe a..
H. ~, NO. l.rgtt 1r r-,r,, hnh,,,I ty,rnfi ,
~ MAI noint so mat -he must have come from
,Ic ~l'" ' ,t' ,,,, a., ,r,athIrg liz. a % 5sti
~ ti,o. f1r tt .l.onG nf,ar,a@ vas o 2qi q IN
r4,, and the middle half from the quarter to the
fhree-quarters vas covered in .oos. "A 2oiis gait
The time for the last three-quarters was lN a
| clip which II maintained from wire To wire, would
have lowered the record Of the winner to 2ola4
Auaconda's best preyiol record was Io4il made on
tho fast track AT Glcns Falls.
This sensational heat seemed % take all the
1phf ont 81 the La IS. Sh, acted SOUR in scoring
fnr the ucNt hoat md did not want 10 20 away
with The p.ldirp Gers LOST his patience at las
and struck her Sharply two or three times with the