New-York tribune., 1901-07-22
HARNESS RACING.
FAST WORK AT DETROIT GIVES PROM
TSE OF GREAT DOINGS LATER
IN THE SEASON.

IsE OF GREAT DOINGS LATER
IN THE SEASON.
An inkling OF what the present season has In
+or for the devotees Of harness racing was afforded
s., the Grand Circuit trotters and PAGERS at Detroit
- week Never before have such performances as
tbose OF Cresceus. Eleata, Coney and Anaconda
Sdicage Regn wonderful dongs later in the when
the record breaking is usually accomplished
-seceus's mile in 2:05 In the second heat Of his
erst race makes his owners prediction that he
o,ld trot 2.02 this year look like conservative
estimate of the great stallion's power. Nobody In
the horse world longer doubts that he will give The
Ag,bot 2:03i. the hardest contest that horse
.xnerienced when the two champions come together
+ brighton Beach three weeks from next Thurs
day Unless something unusual happens in the
mean time Cresceus Will almost certainly be the
favortte in the betting on that race
His Detroit performance shows that his speed is
greater than and that he will off and race
iB front without pacemaker. There has been much
doubt on this latter point and many shrewd horse
.aen who believed him TO be gamer than The
Abbot have heretofore expressed the opinion that
t te head Of the homestretch and then beating him
10 the wire, thus making the race turn on short
Iaoe Pos" on his courage. with nothing to push him.
going 70 the half mile p post & aSne a5 n i @ and stsn
have 70 trot at top speed from start TO fintsh to
tpToueh three heats is not generally believed by
those who are qqaliaed to express % an opinion But
far the greatest race in the history Of the trotting
world.
Adyices from Cleveland where The Abbot is In
,raining state that the record holder has beer Ill
with distegnper But he is now taking his work
egain and there is ample time 10 lit him for his
race here on August Is. Ed Geers. his trainer
eays that neither The Abbot nor Lord Derby. 2:o7
will be run in public until the Brighton Beach
meeting unless his present plans changed. So
far as The Abbot is concerned this is not a sur
prise but it generally expected that the other
trotting wonder of the Hamln stable would be
entered in the 2:G class at Cleveland Columbus
and Buffalo.
for all race of the New-York meeting, Lord
Derby is entered here against such horses as J.
Buffers Directum Kelly. 2:oSl.; Frederick Gerken's
The Monk 20slx and David CahilPs Charley Herr
e @ race ace & at Bghon eR nd th the for on
SUPREMACY among these great @ tr0tteTs VIII be the
and The Abbot Lord Derby has trotted a half
report. and horsemen are at loss to understand
why Geers does not start him "a at earlier meetings
10 the effect that he is lame and sick but his
trainer says he is in fine condition and Is taking
fast work regularly.
Eleata winner of the Merchants and Manu-
facturers' Stakes at Detroit, is the most prom
Using young trotter Of her age and experience ever
seen in the Grand Circuit Starting in public for
the first time at Dover. n. H. two weeks ago, she
trotted easily in 2:13ss that John E Turner, one
OF the oldest horsenaen in the country moved
TO assert that she the fastest. best gated and
best hammered trotter he saw. AT Detroit she
be II1,t af Ser snad nd an tbaz,sh sbe bss ste1taS
only twice, circuit followers are already saying she
can beat 2:o7
This wonderful four-year-old trotter is owned by
former Congressman Frank Jones' Of Portsmouth,
n H He bought her at auction two years ago for
sSVO. She was trained last season by Thomas ID.
Marsh and could have gained fast record If her
owner had not decided 20 reserve her for this
years campaign. Mr. Jones has entered her in all
the big stakes. and unless mishap befalls her
Circuit. Winning the CHARTER oak eP Blue Hi and
Transylyania- Her earnings may be the largest
Though Eeata was bred at Mrs: Jane L Stan
ford's Palo Alto farm. In California, most of her
ancestors came from Orange County, N. Y. Her
sire, Dexter Prince was raised at Stony Ford, and
sister to Dexter, 2:i7H Eden. 2.isz, the dam Of
6lsata, was Esr. by HEsphew grandson OF Robert
dam OF Eleata. was by Electionser another prod
uct OF Orange county's famous Stony Ford Stud.
One Of the features OF the Detroit meeting was
the remarkable of trotters and PAGERS from
New-Yorlz. several of which were well known
Speedway flyers. Palmleaf a trotter driven on tho
road by Thomas T. Byrnes last winter. the
eontending horse in the first race of the meeting,
forcing Lady Thisbe TO trot IN 2:11A, 2I1N and
2113s TO win. The Monk. 2:0SA, winner OF many
brushes on the Speedway last winter, when driven
by his owner, Fred" Gerken, finished second TO
Boralma, in 207sl. in the 2;os at Detroit
ting the best heat of his Alice Barnes.
2:ll1=. rival of The Monk the Speedway last
winter. made brave showing the closing day
OF the meeting, though she did not win her race.
as she met defeat in 2:1l4, while The Monk forced
Boraln2 out In 207S, the chances are that II their
owners had made the match for $1,000 which was
talked about last winter. hr. Gerkens horse must
have won. His trainer, Frederick Noble, deserves
great credit for the performance Of The Monk.
This horse had twice broken down in the hands of
kTeSrS before he came into NObie'S possession.
and was believed to be worthless for campai gntng
purposes Mr.. Gerlsen paid only about $,5oo for
him. CoXey, Speedway trotter without record,
that was prominent on the road last winter, won
the 2:ZI race and record Of 2:lslx
Metropolitan PAGERS made brilliant per-
fornances. Star Pugh. the green horse that won
the 5000 Chamber of Commerce Stakes, gaining
record of 2o91z is owned by EDGAR Bronx a well
known New-York road rider Hetty c., the bay
Is owned by James Butler. proprietor of East
Farm, near Tarrytown- Another Westchester
. County winner was the bay pacing mare Helen D.,
owned and driven by Daniel Moloney, OF White
Plains She lowered her record from 222X TO 2:I1A
n winning the 212o race. This bred by j.
w. DAILY, OF Mount Kisco and she is a daughter
ms horse Crafty, 2OS1z. Sphinx s., 2eSz winner Of
tAe race Tor 2-US PAGERS, was driven the Speed
way last winter by T. z Snaat hers. owner of Alice
the Speedway horses at Detroit go show that
New-forkers drive the best trotters and PAGERS in
the country in their brushes the road.
A $4,000 CLAM.