The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-21
JOHN n. GENTRy.s Rrconp.
The Wonderful PAGER Won Twenty
four Out of Forty-five Races.

The Wonderful PAGER Won Twenty
four Out of Forty-five Races.
A neat little pamphlet entitled Life ON
the Turf Of John r, Gentry" has been
printed aud Is a very unique affair. the
like Of which have never seen before in
honor OF any horse, writes Griffin In the
Turf. Field and Farm, His track per-
formances constitute the bulk OF the book
let. and it is shown that his first race.
which he won, was at Higginsvtlle, Mo-,
August %. 1892, when he was a 3-year old
time 2:55hs. 2:ash. 2.4lM. The same year
he won In straight heats at Holton. Kan,
september s; st. Joseph, Mo-, September
~ Wichita, Kan, September rs, and
Mexico. Mo-, October H. His best time
WAS 2;1Sh in the last named race. but
TWO days later, over the same track, he
gave an exhibition In 2.1S. He did not
start as a 4-year-od.
In 1894, when years old, he started hrst
IN the 2:l2 class at Detroit Mich, July 20.
aud beat fast party of thirteen in 2:l3.
2:oels. Ell, AT Buffalo. August Ii. he
llrst met his great rival, Joe Pstchen. who
won In straight heats, time 2;09%, 2;0el4
2;0sA, Gentry getting second money. He
won at Terre Haute, Ind August t6; at
Chicago, H.. August 2S at Fort Wayne,
Ind August ~; at Terre Haute. Ind.
t'NbeSiuuNT Los w pnlO, OClOpSf
D. and was peaten by Robert j. at Nash
vile, Tenn. October Is, and by the same
horse at Philadelphia Pa, November ..
In his race at Terre Haute. September IL.
ne took record Of 2.03% a mark excelled
at the time only by Robert j.. 2;0ils.
In 1875, at Freeport. H., July "a, he
beat Joe Patchen in straight heats; at
New York, August "a, was second to Rob-
rrt j.; at Philadelphia September 1, he
paced remarkable race OF seven heats
against Joe patchen. OF which the score
was, Patchen 2, 2, 0, /, 0, /, |: Gentry l. /,
y. 2, o, =. 2. Robert j. beat him at Louis
vile, KY, September II. AT Milwaukee,
Wis, September is. he won, beating Ion
Patchen and again defeated him at Du-
nuque, Iowa. September "a, but Patcnen
turned the tables upon him at Sioux city,
Iowa, September -, and Lexington, Ky.
October .. lie was defeated by Robert J.
at Lexington. October 16, ana by Franz
Agsn at Louisville. October 20 October
20 at Reidville, n. c.. he beat Joe Patch :
en- over half mile track. and Patchen
in turn beat him at Richmond. Va, No
vember Z. Gentry did not lower his rec
ord this year. but he equaled IT at Du.
I buque.
4 He began the season in 1898 by taking n
new mark Of 2;0SIa in a race against tin,u
at Red Oak, Iowa. Joe patchen beat him
! at Chicago July ?, and Robert j. n
Elkhart, Ind, July 10, At Columbus
Ohio August {, he paced in 1903 Ia
against time. Robert ]. beat him at Boe
ton. August IS. Al New York. Septemhn,
! ?. he beat Frank Agan, Robert j. and Star
| Pointer, in 2;03 "a, 1903 IA, 2:03 Id, The
fastest three heats paced In a race 10 that
date. September TO- at Glens Falls. n.
! y, he beat Star Pointer and lowered his
mark to 2:0lj2, and at Portland Me- Sep
tnmber "a, against time, still further re-
dueed 1t to 2;001a. He paced three more
! exhibition races In 1896
/ In 1897 he started twenty 1--WE times
but met other horses only three times
Star Pointer beat him at Hartford Conn.
July ., and he heat Robert J. at Louis.
Vile October 20 and at Nashville o..
tober rs. In 1898 he showed 2:0s over thC
half-lnile track at Goshen, was beaten b,
1 Joe Fatchen at Boston. September %, bsa
Patchen at Springfield. ILL.,. September 90
and was beaten by patchen at St Louis
Mo-. October 6. This year he took III,
first prize for pacing stations al the M.
! tonal horse show.
Last season nearly all of his perform
ances were specials with Joe Patchen with
another horse occasionally added Honor
We're easy between the two chamnions
each horse winning four races All TO-
gether. he appears to have started seventy
nine times. He started forty-hve time
against other horses. winning twenty-fou
of the races. He met his most freduen
rival. Joe Pstchsn twentv-six times an,
each beat the other thirteen times. Their
Is no other such nip and tuck record Al
this IN the history of the turf.