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

primo Patchen, and was bred in Owos-
 so, Mich, the same town that produced
 that other great stallion trotter. Jerome
 Eddy, 2;16 1-2, that after his racing
 days headed the Jewett farm stud for
 so long. The two stallions with names
 so similar were bred by rival breeders,
 and many predictions were made as to
 which would be the more successful in
 the stud, but the records show that Je-
 rome Eddy stands away ahead in that
 respect, as he has thirty-six standard
 performers including four in 2:15 or
 aet ter Jerome Turner sired only four
 standard performers, but all four are
 In the 2:15 list It will be long time
 before another Michigan town will send
 out two trotting stallions that will at
 tract the attention of the public and
 sell for so much money as Jerome Tur-
 ner and Jerome Eddy did.
 Entries for the meeting at Elkwood park on July f. and 6, closed on June 20. The principal feature of the pro- gram will be fast miles to wagon, and such pacing stars are expected to com pete as Joe Patchen, 2:Ol IA, Anacon
 da, 2:02 1-2, Searchlight, 203 IA, and Connor, 2:03 IA and Daniel, 2:O7 IA. the latter as team, while the trotting stallion champion, Cresceus, 2:04, will | probably also go an exhibition mile to | wagon. The Parkway farm stable, l which has been in training at the half mile track at Goshen, has been shipped to Elkwood park, and the members will get their finishing lessons on the mile track, which is very fast. There are 12 in the string, including Joe Patchen.
 The final entries for the Horse Re- view futurity for 3-yearold trotters have been made and the IS youngsters named show that the event will make as good a race at Hartford this year as it did at Fort Erie last season. when Nobel defeated big field of crack colts in fast time. How much breeders are depending upon the blood of George Wilkes and Electioneer is shown by this list of youngsters. Seven trace to George Wilkes, three to Electioneer and five combine the blood of both those horses. With all but three trac ing to either one or the other, or both of these sires, it looks as if no other family stands a very good chance of re- ceiving the honor that will result from furnishing winner to such an impor- tant event as this first big futurity of the season will be-
 This is a busy week with the harness racers In the west there will be three big meetings over the tracks at Terre Haute, Ind; Minneapolis, Mlnn.. and Pekin, H., which will give the public a line on a lot of Grand circuit candi- dates that have not started before The first big meeting in the east will @i7o be held over the fast track at Read vile. Mass, and another will be over the Elkwood park track, near Long Branch, N. J. The Lake Erie circuit followers will race at St, Mary's, Penn, this week, and those following the Hudson and Mohawk Valley circuit will be at Newburg. There will also be meetings at Cleveland, O., Valley | track); Mansfield. O.; Startford, Ont; Jackson, Mich; DuBots. Penn; Barre, ! Vt; St. Joseph, Mo-, and Dalton, Penn.
 In his maiden race at Parkersburg, | w. Pa, the other day Montricola, by | Weston, won in straight heats, his best | time, 2:1S S-4 He is entered in six | stakes to be trotted in the fall and looks | to be a dangerous customer. He is one | of the first sons of his5slre and the only | one in training. He is the property of | Judge w. q. Bennett of Weston, w. Va, who also owns his sire and dam.