The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-07-05

2:10 3-4, where it still remains. MI
 Leavitt paid four thousand dollars fo
 Todd about six weeks ago, and he ha
 recently refused an offer of six thou
 sand dollars for him, believing that il
 time he has coming world beater
 The pacing brigade of the harnes performers has started out with a won derful bound this season, no less thai
 twelve having already placed thei
 names in the 2:20 list during the thre, weeks harness racing has been in pro sress. Just how great this showing i
 will be recognized when it is said tha
 only two trotters have joined the 2:2
 list this season. The list of new 2.2
 pacers for the year is as follows: Win
 field Stratton, 215; Lola Mix, 2:15 1-2 | Dr. Shorb, 2:16 1-2; Birdina, 2:16 1-2
 Ormus, 2:17 IA; Ellie, 2:17 IA; Louise
 Jefferson, 2:1S IA; Aline B, 2:19 IA
 Irwin c, 2:19 1-4; Ohio, 2:19 IA; Walter
 F, 2.19 IA; Suffold, 2:19 314 With such list after only three weeks racing or unimportant tracks, 1t looks as if the
 pacers would make new record this
 year and give further cause for uneas-
 mess to General B. F. Tracy, who ex- presses the opinion that unless breed- CTS take some action to preserve the trotting action in their sires and dams
 the paeer will drive the trotter out of existence.
 Some fast miles were stepped by the trotters and pacers in their work last
 week. At Lexington, Ky, the veteran
 rio M,r yi,,
 trotter Captor, by Electric Bell, mile
 in 2:14. He also drove his M. and M.
 candidate, Chase, by Keeler, mile in
 2:17 Over the same track Charley
 Herr, 2:07, trotted a mile in PIP 3-4, and Quoddy Gil, one of John Kelly's pupils, trotted q mile in 2:13 At Fort Wayne. Ind. O., 2;06, mile in PIP 1-2, last half in 1:04, and last quarter in 30 1-2 seconds. Over the same tralk Grace B., 2:12 3-4, paced mile in 2:11 1-2, last half in 1:O3, and last quarter in 30 IA seconds. At Wheaton, H., a sen sational green four-year- old pacer showed up in John R. Potts, by Ernest B., son of Hambletonian's Last He is in the stable of Levi Turner who stepped him a mile in 2:13 3-4, last half in 1:04 3-4, and last quarter in 30 1-2 seconds. The most notable perfor- nance at Cleveland was that of the California pacer, Key Direct, 2:10, by Direct. He worked a mile in just 2:10, with the first half of it in 1:01 3-4. Jack Roche, the three year old brother to Boralma, trotted the Louisville tack in 2:17 IA, last quarter in 31 1-4 seconds, and The Maid, 2:05 S-4, the mare that was reported hopelessly lame last fall, poced the Readville track In 2:11.
 Jack Curry was heart broken when he returned to his stables at the Elm pie City track, after trip to town the other day, and learned that the favor ite of his sting, the four year old pacing cold Country Chimes, had been sold by Ed Valentine to Harry Dyke man for fifteen hundred dollars. Jack had shown that the youngster was a grand prospect as money winner. He believed he had one that would make a great season and was congrat- ulating himself on his good fortune in developing a top notcher, He had only hooked the colt to a silky three times this year and had worked him q mile in 2:27, half in 1:0S, last quarter in 31 seconds. Country Chimes is by Tuscan Chimes, 2:24 IA, son of Chimes, out of Country Girl, 2:16 IA, by Blue Vein, a son of Blue Bull Un- der Curry's handling he gave indica- tion of possessing extreme speed. Jack has other excellent prospects in his stable. but Country Chimes was the apple of his eye.
 Ed Geers was at one timaaknown as the trainer who annually had the great stable of pacers, but this year Snow will have to be awarded the palm in that respect. He has In his stable five two of the five are expected to take records right close to two minutes if they remain sound. The five are: Hal B., 2:04 1-2; Fanny Dillard, 206 IA; Charley Hayt, 2:07 3-4; Council Chimes, 2:1S IA, and Prince D., no record but that showed a mile below 2:0S last fall In 1899, it will be remembered, Hal B. was the greatest money winning paeer lut. That winter, through the care essness of his groom, one of his heels became so contracted that he was, not | able to race last year. Last fall, how ,ver, Snow took him, and by this spring he ailing foot had become as sound as ,ver, and the horse will be seen in the ast pacing classes in the seasons 1, 1rand circuit meeting. In his preimi- | lary work Snow stepped the bay stall ion a quater in 29 IA seconds, and a | title later repeated in 2S 3-4 seconds.
 No race horse in his time had a high F reputation than Kremlin, 2:07 3-4 Ie was great three-year- old and won everal hotly contested races He won he Pennsylvania stake in one of the reatest races of the year. and then ,ent out and won the stallion chompi- nshp in 2:07 3-4, losing it month tier, when Stamboul trotted in 2:07 1-2. Ie has not come up in the stud to the xpectations of his friends. but a new reen one by him, with the peculiar anne of Kwanon, is likely to create a ensation. He Is out of Erica by merica 2:23 12, and is owned by J. [. Johnston of Calais, Me, who re- ently sold the two-year- colt Todd ,r four thousand dollars. Kwanon on
 half mile track has trotte in 2:15, n5 has shown ability to go faster, and { i'm of ability to go far faster and will kelly be very formidable fellow in 9e slow classes. The matinee wagon record for the ,ason is now held by the Gentlemen's { riving club of Cleveland. At the last