The sun., 1899-02-05
WITH 1RoTTER AND PAGER.
Planning for Great Pacing Raoo ut No,
York's New Track.

Planning for n Great Pacing Raco Mt Now
York's New Track.
| New York's new trottIng track may be
| opened with novelty handicap race In which
the three great pacing stations. Star Pointer
:5DH: John r. Gentry. 2:00h. and Joe
Patchen. 2:01it. will be the starters John
Splan said that such contest would be the
biggest thing in harness racing that could be
arranged. and he suggested means of
evening up the chances OF the horses that
Pointer pull n wagon. Gentry a sulky. and
Patchen go under saddle The managers Of
the New York track are trying to get up such
race for the beginning Of the Grand Circuit
meeting on Labor Day. and there Is every rea-
son to believe they will succeed L. H. Harri-
man. the owner OF Gentry. ia willing to start
the handsome son OF Ashland Wilkes. c. W.
Marks, who owns Joe Patchen. said to Secre-
tary Toman few days ago:
Call on me when you get your plans mapped
out. and If Joe Patchen can do anything TO help
along the success Of the New York meeting
he'll be there to do it,"
Marks who is n wealthy merchant in Chi
cago. trained and drove his own horse last
year Whether he would get on the black fell
lows back to ride him in a race under saddle
Is regarded as doubtful. however IL Fred
! Taral. Snapper Garrison or Jimmy McIaugh-
II,l
proposed race would be novelty. Ex-Con-
gresham W. J. White. the owner OF Star
Pointer. has not been consulted in re-
gard to the thrce-cornered affair but
the Cleveland hurseman was never known
to let a good race fail for lack Of his
support. and those who know him bcst saw
that he will send the champion stallion to New
York to do battle with his old rivals With the
great PAGERS handicapped as Splan proposes,
f1 t,lIl ..l.-
start favorite. Hooked TO a wagon, Pointer
would be conceding TO Gentry and Patchen
anywhere from two to three seconds. accord
ing to the opinion OF many horsemcn, and
whether he can do that and get away with the
race is at least very open question. Patchen
under saddle would be an uncertain quantity
Whether the popular white faced horse would
be helped or handicapped by this substitute
Tor the regular harness hitch is about as un-
certain as to whether he can take the measure
sulky. w
Many successful meetings have been held Mt
the historic Goshen Driving Park in Orange
county. but the one that is being planned for
the races; E H Hartman will hang III up ali ike
John McCarty Of Brooklyn has offered $1,000
purse pIn for third race. Another feature Of
and sS sh%02s 9hn Both a fSsnt"y Sorses
nnrfOFmnrS
ever seen on the turf. Patchen having paced in
She 2yeT hs BoW6s Park track Bs
2:05H over tho Malone half.mie track rack at
the S Franklin county fair in 1897, ~
ParE Association says that all races at that
rules OF the National TrottinG Association.
competition The purse hung UP by L. IT, Har-
rtman is known ms the Arden Farm Prize. and
purse offered by Robert Goelet is for trotters of
ne R go class s and Is called the Goeet Prize.
Farm Prize and is for trotters OF the . :23 class.
tbe dnTes tGr thGse R races will close April
idence, after al. Secretary Dexter Of the Mar
ragansett Park Association has written to Sec
retgry Tomap OF the Empire City Trotting Club
SAYING say, that Providence win change, its plans
Island track by the stewards Of the Grand Tiro
Sn,t Stbo Dexter further says the Rhode Island
usual this yenr. and h" wished 10 bring on the
oTda %rnnd Crent hn meeting rs early as possible in
tw" meetings in Providence To this end he
requested ted Toman TO exchange, dates In the
The Empire City Trotting Club win % open S9
TINS I'M week seven or eight early closing purses
to to be ,nt trGited t @ 2r at IT. the Grand Circuit metnE
Ge and for pscers Of Of the iSF 3s 35!S'eFs class
dash races during the meeting. These will he |
M one mile and Il quarter, one mile and n half |
and two miles, and the purses will he large
enough to attract the best horses in the conn |
try that nre believed 10 be capable of cnrryinp
their clip beyond the one mile post, Ali othar
races OF the meeting will be at ono mile and re- |
peat. or best two in three" The proxramma |
each day may include threc'of these races and a |
dhsh race. or four events at one mile and re- |
peat. ~ ~
The $4,000 Horse Rerie,o Stake race for |
three Iyear-old trottors will not lie decided in |
Now York. as many Eastern horsemen Ind |
hoped it would be- C., r. Hancock. who Is |
booming harness racing in Dubudle bm |
5000 for the contest and got it Tor the tircnt !
Western Circuit meeting there This arranpe
ment may not please Eastern nominators who |
Will be compelled to send their colts ont he
yond tho Mississippi for this one engagement |
Hastings. by prodiGal. is looked upon as beinG:
one OF the most promising colts in the Eastern |
contingent. ''
AZ index TO the summaries of 1000 races
o. tie cprreHt numbcr Of Men and Korsqs. pub.
lshed hy Nathan A. Cole. 1t Includes the
names, records, descriptions and peCiigraes Of
more than 5000 horses. together with refer.
enccs to all the races IN which thoy started IA |
soon as the campaign ends each year horsemen
have need for key to the performances OF the
trotteGs and PAGERS that helped 10 make the
harness racing history OF the season. but thav
nave not heretofore been able TO find snch n
thing in print until the next campaign was
nhoutto begin. ""'