The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-30

Boston horseman sold the splendid marc
Immediately and without trying her.
Later, as all know, she trotted Fleetwood
track with the famous Maud S. 2:OSN
record then 2:o9%D, mile in 2:15k,
made her world famous, and money
would never have tempted the multi-mili-
lona1re reinsman to part with her. I
nave lately heard 1t said that Aldine vet
lives on one of the Vanderbilt estates,
and is regularly Breeding. She must
be well above twenty.
HIGH CLASS TROTTERS OF THE DAY
Space forbids mention Of all the high
class road trotters of other days, and a
number that come to my mind as really
ilrst-class as compared with latter day
stars must be passed at this time I
will larry moment to say that those
who recall him would, l fancy, like to
see one. with old HopefuPS ne tural turn
OF speed try turn over the Speed way
hitched to a modern wagon with all
corners, PAGERS or trotters He could trot
half to old sulky in :O5, and was gait
ed just right TO have been a model speed
way high light. Matinee drivers would
pay $4,000 or more for this sort without
murmur Or even momentary hestancy
Ihere never has been but one Hopeful
lie was a cripple even at his best, yet a
thoroughly good little horse. Mace and
Old Hopeful to cutter, from the brush OF
4. Is. Fish, furnish thought fer winter
evenings, and Mr.. Fishs efforts certainly
were successful
COBWEBS FAMOUS ROAD HORSE.
In the years to come, without a mo-
| ments hesitation, I think 1 can say that
Mr.. Straus grand road trotter, Cobwebs,
Will ever be mentioned as the greatest
OF the road horses of his day and date
IN this city. He was not a bulldog race
morse, as compared with his fellows, and
when sold brought but little money
around S2.0OO-yet for speedway purposes
many man Is ready right now TO aeaw
CobWebs."
Mr.. Straus is sentimental and would
not think of parting with Cobwebs.
Many, seeing Cobwebs sweep down the
road at a 2:15 gait to wagon with that
one-two-three-four stride of his, little
imagine that the liver-coloied mach ne
ike trotter was a PAGER when they start
ed with him
These doublegaited horses, after set
ting on the trot as their preferred gait,
become somehow very rapid, very brushy
and make the very best of road trotters
Tor a Igentleman's use. They are many
times "quitters" at the races, but for all
that the hose that can be 'driven into
the ground" and die on q trot is the ideal
speedway brush horse. So far as that
busy gait can be maintained they usually
lead the bunch. but the power behind the
machine fails them, no matter how well
bred they may be, and they cannot en-
dure mile out at their gold medal
brush clip.
DOBLE AND NANCY HANKS.
Inc Happy Medium mare that
was once Queen of Trotters," Nancy
Hanks, 2:04, was SO fast a natural PAGER
that. even after reaching her highest ca
pacity, Mr.. Doble, l am told, pleaded
to let him pace her, believing she would
become the two-minute pioneer.
Today as she roams the Forbes farm
pasture lands she invariably goes away
at a pace il startled, and we in all prob
ability lost O. second two-minute perform
er when she was obliged to adopt the
trot as her public gait by MeSSrs. Ken
ney and Doble. l have heard Lewis Ban
ii, her old caretal1er, say that she paced
quarters in 32 seconds like a genuine Ten
nessee Hal sidewheeler. Nancy Hanks
never was roaded, as she went from the
track to the harem. Perhaps she would
not have been bright particular star
because of this unsettled determination as
to striking out at @ trot. However, as to
this we never shall know.
JOHN NOLAN WAS A PAGER.
Last week the Montana bred trotter,
John Nolan. POS, sold to O. G. Kent, a
Cleveland amateur driver, at $4,000. In
his earlier days Nolan was a PAGER and
promising one, too, but they converted
him to the trot, and as four-year-old
he won the Charter Oak $4,000 and the
Pennsylvania stake of $1,000.
All last season he was unsuccessful,
| and it may possibly have been that he
wanted all the while to pace; Mr.. Kent
| finds him all he expected and more and
| has driven him some fast miles to wagon
| thus early. He will try for the world S
wagon record probably, If he holds his
! present high form, and may sweep the
| Cleveland roadways and snowpath, and,
| too, let me say, they have many high
| class trotters in the Forest City at pres
| ent. as they always have had.
A WORD ABOUT ToGGLEs.
| While West in 1898, I saw at Oakland,
| Cal, a little brown gelding named Tog-
| giles that once impressed me as the very
| highest class road candidate 1 ever had
| seen. He wore but q scalper and never
| made false move In scoring or racing.
| Few of our 2:10 trotters go without at
| least quarter boots, as all know, yet
| Toggles does not wear nor need them.
| He trotted quarters in 80 seconds as
| true as possible to imagine, took a race
| record of 2:09A, and to a wagon on a
| track like Cleveland's splendid course
| could have shaded all records, I fancy.
| His present owner paid 81 1855 for him, or
| about that, as few thought him race
| horse" Mr.. A. B. Grathmey offered in
| vain 5000 last winter for Toggles to use
| on the Harlem speedway and never
| would he have regretted the purchase
! had the great little second edition Cob
webs landed here right side up.
MUST GET USED TO SPEEDWAY.
Trainers go the first half of all work
| ing miles slowly while training their
! horses, as q rule, and a horse retired
| to the speedway does not at once get ac-
cuStomed to the flying starts and quick