New-York tribune., 1900-08-27
HARNESS RACING.
To TRoT AGAINST TIME AT
THE NETWORK STATE FAIR.

Creseeus, 2Os is at Syracuse. on the new mile
track at the State Fair Grounds he VIII make an
attempt next Wednesday 10 beat the best time on
record for trotting stations. The record is now
held by Direetum. 205k 1t is understood that
Cresceus will start again next week at the Hart
he Will be at the Empire City track, near Yonkers.
agaIns The Abbof s154 or in an exhibition
against time is not yet known.
Thomas w Lawson's great four-year-oId trotter
Boralma. 2;OsA. is quite lame, and experts say his
racing career must soon end He has won all his
races the Grand Circuit this year, losing only
one heat His earnings now aggregate s. 25O, max
Poelma won the Kentucky Futurity and the
earnings within the last twelve months have been
Only four trotters have entered the 21O list thus
far this year. These are Letah S.. the daughter Of
Fred Keyes that opened the campaign with
record of 2I1A and It down 2:O9% in
at Detroit Boralma. the four-year-old Of
Boreal, 215%, whose record has dropped from 2:1S
TO- 2sH since g the seesTn opened Seorgen the ne
2I5% in 1897 and lowered It 70 2Og1 at Boston last
record has been cut from 225& to 2O924 within two
months
Seven trotters previously in the 2:10 list have
lowered their records since the beginning Of the
season. The Abbot by Chimes. heads the list
the fastest performer Of the year. with a mark Of
2:O5&, made at Boston last week His record at
the opening OF the campaign 20614. Cresceus,
by Robert McGregor, 2:17h has cut his record from
2N7h TO POS. The California mare Dione, by Eros
2:291. began the with record of 2:O9h,
which she lowered to 2074 in exhibition against
time at one of the meetings the Pacific Coast.
Tommy Britton's record of POS, made at HedricR,
Iowa, last year, has fallen to 2O7 this season, and
mark James Buffers stout hearted trotting
stallion Gayton by Aerton 2:osA from m East East View View
2H9A 10 2QSA Charley lderr's four-year-oid record
Alfred G. 21sA. when he defeated Grattan Boy at
Boston last week; Daredevil the big black son OF
to 2:os '''' i'''e' '''' ms MAJ ''''
York Boy the bay trotter that gained record
of 209s4 in winning the PIP race at Boston last
week. sold last winter for $3.50. His record
vas then 2:25al. He trotted his first race in the
defeated a formidable field, trotting the fourth
& beat in o S2 York boy Is s rgp9rted bTsa to be by
been verified by the who raised him He is
A. B. Cummings of Harrisburg, Penn. owns the
horse.
Members Of the Parkway Driving Club, and
James Gormley in particular, are very proud of
the showing made by the chestnut mare Georgena
in the Grand Circuit Mr.. Gormley bought this
little mare when she year old. and he
developed her speed in driving her the Ocean
Parkway and the Parkway trottng track. She
trotted her first at the Parkway fall meet
ing in 1896 gaining record of 2:25A In a winning
race at Fleetwood Park. the following year, she
lowered her record to 2:15s4 which remained her
best mark until she started at Glens Falls a fort
night ago. There she defeated c. J. Hamn's
fast young trotter Lord Derby. in 2:12A. At Bos-
ton last week she met field of fifteen horses, and
beat them in straight heats trotting the second
mile in 209A and the third mile in 2l0. Georgena
was bred by Frank Ferguson of this city, and
foaled in 1891. Her sire Epauet, 2:19, one
of the finest and fastest trottng stations of his
day. and her dam was Ida Howe, 2;5o52 the best
three-yea trotter of 1878 in California. Ida
Howe by Whipple's Hambetonian. The old
mare exhibited at the National Horse Show,
and a ribbon in the class for broodmares
not many years ago. Andrew Mcdowell, the man
who drove Alix TO her record of 2034, is train
ing and driving Georgena this season
James Buffers trotters and PAGERS have earned
in Grand Circuit purses and stakes thus far this
season S2,925 ior the New-York horseman The
black four-year-old Bonnie Direct, 207%. in Mr.
Buffers string, is the largest winner among Grand
Circuit pacers having earned $4,450 up to the close
Of the Boston meeting The other winners OF the
stable Hetty G., 205A with $3.50 to her credit
Coney, 2:02% with 81 800: Anaconda, 2:02l5. with |
81 .S75 and Gayton, 2IS14 with $3.50.