The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-11

out of form now. Thisbe, # IS true, won
O. OStroLt' DuI was very easily beaten at
cleveland BY MetalIis, and Susie ] was
beaten at the same track in 2:f3 and PA
Neither hlly IS ready, and [ expect 70 sec
both beat 2:10 handiIy this season. Pete
huSer GID is another green trotter this
year that shows class. All Of these ex-
dates
Among the PAGERS Dan Patch f2:o710.
ana AUDUBON Boy (2:08%D are the only
ones mat look to me TO be OF stake class
among the new performers. McDOweTI's
Marshall mare might be included. and the
tennessee PAGER, New Richmond NAV do
tnoush we must wait to see him beat
USE IN race and stand a drive through
the Stretch before we call him a first
class PAGER. 1 must say that never be
lore saw so many cheap PAGERS wearing,
all kinds of topples and superfluous har-
rs 4. On tne grand circuit Were it not
Tor the tact that there are great many
good trctterS and PAGERS that have NOT
YET come from the training grounds I
should think the races down the line were
at the mercy OF the few horses I have
named, but we will see new Corners each
week from now on, who may change the
complexion Of things quite materially.
. Two OF the best new Corners this year,
the mares Louise Jefferson and Ida High
wood. We're bought by Mr. Billings. the
Chlcago road driver. and retired I sun
pose, rom racing. This Is q feature that
IS gradually resulting in making it more
=
their fast-claSs stakes, especially when
the European buyer is coupled with il
1t a mighty good thing for the horse
men and breeders. but il ia en- ha IRA sfre-
TOT the track managers Think of what
interest CentraltO (2:10) and Neeretta
lZ:tS94), both gone TO Europe would have
injected into our Mcdowell stake. AS
soon as a trOtter shows up -erea tfopa III,
some rich man buys il for the road ana
ltA IS lost to racing. 7 understand Mr.
lama ian o1ered $4,000 for Eleata while she
was IN Cleveland, but Millionaire Jones
llkeS 70 race and the offer was refused I
shouldn't wonder if the tracks VIII have
TO accommodate themselves TO the new
order OF things and cut out most of their
IasI-cIass stakes, substituting others FOR
a slower class.
"Cresceus? All. Cresceus. Seems 70
me We heard that name before. Well
he's it. all right. He is a typical cham
pion. and right now he is practically In
vincible. I hardly believe ANYTHING Int
free-ror-au PAGER could beat him NV
admiration for him as a trotter is tenn
pereG' however with regret at the man
! ner IN which he has so completely flat
tened out the special races framed for
MIN this season. l was 'guyed' good
deal by horsemen at the races about our
special race between Cresceus and Char
ley Herr, and rightly so, I reckon but
look mere, my idea is that a horse must
ether improve or go back. Cresceus is
good right now II he Improves you
couldn't catch him with a jack rabbit.
II ne goes back, and is the least bit of
in October. why. Herr has a diving
chance. The brown horse has 70 be
raced into condition. He has had no
severe work, no mile better than 2:r3 be-
fore he went to Detroit, yet in that race
ne trots twice better than $40 and IN
the Cleveland race he makes a break In
the second heat and trots the last half
IN 1:Oz4, last quarter in 0:31. smotherins
his field IN the stretch. He is a freak
Never gets off, and look to see him trot
three heats averaging 2:e6 this YEAR. II
ne can do that at Lexington. and the
champion Is anyways off form-well, we
Will see a boss race
The Abbott-Boralma race here for
$4,000 still remains the best attraction OF
the year. The Abbot has not been
seriously sick, as reported but he has
had slight attack of distemper He
has lost considerable flesh. but when 7
Inspected him at Cleveland his eve was
bright, his coat sleek and he was eating
three square meals a day. Geers work
ed him that day In 80 last quarter in
0:3ISl. under pull, of course. and he will
soon be all right. Mr.. Geers told me that
he expected to have The Abbot good and
ready to meet Boralma at Lexington m
he can win that race it will be enough
for the winner gets the whole $40 con
which would pay his purchase price and
campaign expenses People must nok
forget that The Abbot is a mighty trot-
ter, simply because he has not been per.
forming this year. We are too