The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-04
Gossip Of tho Harness Horsss.

Jack Curry. the weli.known Western rsIns-
man who brought out ex-senator John
NcCnrty's great pacing stallion Joe Patchen.
2:0l =. anil who drove AK to her champion
four-year- Old record OF 2:lO. came into town
the other day under an oklahoma sombrero OF
umbrella-lke proportions and announced his
intention to stay. Curry Is clear gone on tho
new trotting track at Empire city Park when
ho says 10 the finest course out Of doors. and
he 10 going to train a stable OF tro.ters and
PAGERS there next year
The rivalry between the two trotting families
founded by George wilkes and Electioneer Ia
about "a keen in the horse world ma that OF on
posing parties ~ the political arrIa One class
OF breeders and !nrfmep. Ike 6 J. hsmlIn can
school dub the Electioncers cutters and tin
cup trotters. just now the rar,i-ans OF the
doinss Of his descendants on the turf this year.
They point to IN. fact that The Abbot. 2;O5'i:
,nI Bnggn 2VIa: r. Ias's', Two .to',srs OF
| The Abbot being by Chimes, a son ~ ELECTION
ser while s'r ,ES j. 6y Nay rd kns.
| ZIP. and Bofalmn, 2.l2'.. the two crack three
year-old trqttsrs ofthe year and Endow. 2:l+t,
the sensational two.year.o!d Of $3.50 are all
! Waiter 7 Chester has shown that the winnings
OF the Wilkes family far exceed the earnings OF
me ElectloE"afs at tn" leading tTotting meet
meeting where the purses averaged az much
George " likes have won $40. 900 rs against
slIJ 800 for the deScendauts OF Electioneer.
The supremacy OF these two families over ali
Others IN the stud book IL shown by the fact
that their com hnsd winnings are nine times
more than tho winnings Of all tho other trot.
ting tribes taken together. Orange county
breeders boast that both Of the great trotting
Sires. whose blood thus dominates the turf.
were fonled within few miles OF Goshen.
Nrs W W. Shuts. the wife OF SUPP rintendent
Shuts o. Parkyiile Farm. made an Investment
in no sefrsh about a year ago which promises
"a a
in the KlondSe When Capt Henry Hormans
trott-rs were sold last year. Mrs. Shuts gave
Of the co Is for her account. When the cal.
was uvsr Shu!ts returned $50 OF tho money and
Informed his wife that she was the owner OF
the black col: Legal Thlst 70. by Thistle. l3..
?ut, Of III" good old mare. Lowlnnd Girl. 2:lyh.
by Legal Tender. Jr. The youngsters sire IT. n
PAGER and his liam il n trotter. He took TO
the isra gait when first broken to harness last
y-hr anu within ak months after Mrs. Shuts
lad paid $50 for him he turned the PHrkvills
Farm track IN 2:sl 4. al this way OF going. One
day last July he suddenly shifted TO the gait OF
his dam and he never aitcrwnrd took pacing
step. Five weeks after he first struck n trot
Shuts drove him mile IN 2:2O. the last half =
:uS and the last quarter IN O;32-n 2:OS gait.
farm. believe ! could drive him u mile In
= IL right now" SAID SHUTS last week ut tho
Parkway meeting. The Joke Of 1t il that the
fast young trn't"r was bred at ParkNIile Farm
hands md Capt. Iioimnn's hands for a mere
song. only TO turn ont n regular wnd.splitter
In the possession Of Mrs Shut
At Los Angeles on saturday afternoon John
II. Gentry, driven by ", j. Andrews Of Goshen,
bent Joe latchcn and Anaconda In 2;Oi4 and
2 :O3a, surpassng oil previous performances
over any track, in California and making new
record for the Pacific Slope