The sun., 1900-07-25
TRorTIye AND PACING GOSSIP.
". r. Redmoods Trottsr Henry $. Back From
Detroit.

W. F. Redmonds fast trotter, Henry s..
2iSn. returned yesterday from Detroit very
lame. Those who saw the race for the slo.-
900 stake In which Henry 8. was entered say
there Is no truth in the story sent out from
Detroit to the effect that the judges ordered
the horse OF the track after no had scored
few times for the first heat. 1t Is said. on the
contrary that his withdrawal was voluntary
and was permitted by the track officials only
after a veterinary surgeon had examined him
and had found him to be unfit to start IT
was stated yesterday by one who ought to
know that Henry s. had been sold for $4,000
to c. X. q. Billings Of Chicago on condition
that he won the big stake at Detroit. Mr.
Billings wanted the horse to drive on the New
York Speedway. Many horsemen believe he
could beat Cobwebs, 2;i2. Carlyle Carne, 2llh
Lucille. 2.o9H. or any other trotter yet seen
on the road Mr. Redmond refused an un-
geding several weeks ago; His lameness
has not yet been located. and Il is not known
whether he will be able TO start again this year
who owns the PAGER Baby Ruth 2osil, drove
his weu-mannered mare q mile In 2lSn yes
terday at Empire City Park. repeating her
merits Of Baby. Ruth and Del Whitehead's
crack uotter Musqueton. 2lt. whersupon
the two read riders agreed to drive them a
Ss amer for 't ten n'fe persons The M contest Is
are 70 drive Mr.. Whitehead drove Musaue-
Scott. & t. who ' was sa,' " ciassmate of ". j. BRYAN
at college, Is opposed 10 hve-dollar dinners
on political grounds but the apparent dif;
10 be too much Of a temptation and h, made
the wager. afterward bantering his opponent
70 raise the price to sloo;, Politics coming
to bet $500 to $500 on the election OF Mckinley.
and that viii IL Be- IN WA walk, was wa. Farmer SCOTS
~, IN bet $50 you daren't take my bet. rejoined
You're on, both ways" said Scott. and the
mSnsE cafIy PUT s pY open the campaign at poush
cSanty. sisI. Electric @ Wilkes. and the lisht.
ma PscSsn Sweet chan H
drove the white-faced chestnut horse an easy
mile in 2:l6 yesterday. and sent Electric Wilkes
srsand sresn hs MARION ae T Wilkes IN ss r
From Poushkeepsie Curry will take the Croker
trotters to Glens Falls and then to Boston.
where Chanty Is TO start In the $4,000 Massa-
chusetts Stakes and where Electric Wilkes Is
entered in the 5000 race for 2:so trotters
:. Jerome .Whelpley drove Thomas j. Brady's
little black pacing mare Siamese by Direct
mile in 2;iSR, aud sent the black trotter Lady
Travers mile in 22OH. The latter mare is a
green one BY Griswold Wilkes. She is owned
by Cyrus Travers Of Peekskill who Whelplev
SAYS is the man who bred American Girl. 2l6n
Miss Fullerton, roam mare b. Young Fuller
ton. In Elmer Stevens string turned the track
in 2io. losing something by a break near the
half, She looks like 2lS trotter. Frank
Watson Is her owner. Red Line, promising
youngster by Woodllne, 2l9 trotted for
Stevens In 223 and Pepita, another good one
In the same stable. trotted very easily In 225,
moving the last quarter In 0:33.
The two heats trotted bv Cresceus at Cleve-
land In 207k ard 20o4. are the fastest con-
secutive heats ever trotted by stallion, The
best performance Of the kind previously on
record was made by Col. John i. Thayers
fast young horse Ralph Wilkes, at Nashville
In 1894, when James Golden drove him two
heats against time in 20sH and 2Oat Peter
the Greats performance in the 2l2 race at
Empire City Park last season, appears, to be the
best previous record made in actual contest,
Mr.. Forbes's great four-year- Fold hay ing reoled
of his miles in 2n714 and 20sH The fastest
two heats ever trotted by Directum, 2O5h
were made In his race against the PAGER Mascot
at Fleetw ood Park in 1903. His time was 2O7i.
and 2OSl.. BinGen. 2O84. won two heats from
The Abbot In 2O7i+ and 200. at Lexington last
fall. These are the fastest consecutive miles
ever trotted by the eratic son of May King,
Caid trotted two heats In 2O7lt and 210L In
his great race against Bingen at Louisville
two wears ago. William Penn's best consecu-
tive heats we're trotted In 2O7N and 200 In a
brilliant race against Pilot Boy and Dandy
Jim at Springfield, H.. In 1897. Stamboul
2O7H. never trotted two heats faster than
against Arab to high-whceled sulky twelve
years ago. Only these stations have eoualled
the time made by Cresceus In his slowest heat
at Cleveland.