The St. Louis Republic., 1902-05-25
NEWS AND GOSSIP OF
THE TROTTING HORSES
Emperor MaineDrect Doing Well Memphis
Palmer in Personette- The Monk Re
peats Well Memphis.

! this season. wants to run away. and will
! not be rated. It was said his groom had
| been an easy mile IL 2:l0 at Mystic Park
! with him. and could manage him with two
! fingers handily. To-day the man who can
drive him with both hands has all the
| gymnasium exercise he requires.
| When in Tom keating's stable he was
| always hard to condition, being TOO amni-
, tiOus ana TOO full of life to suit the man
! who has to both fit and race him. In
Jack Trouts hands he did Wei. but ne
! had his anxious moments at times racing
| him. Early II tire season Trout allowed
! him TO step fast halls and that sort Of took
/ away the wire edge till he got To his races.
| Dickerson has handled pullers before, and
/ will probably fix him so he can hold him
! with more ease.
/ Harold II. (2.0n. last years hopQled sen
| sation, must be fair goods this season, az
| IS 600 has been offered and refused Tor him.
! fl is stated. brGCtors : price il said to be
$1,000 and that buys very good green one
to-day.
| The horse has the distinction of having
| won the first heat ever paced or trotted
| over Brighton Beach track Captain Sphinx
! beat him the race. but the Canadian was
/ sick at the time. Jim McGroc-T won =
heat that day with Dark wilkes. marking
him 209 and putting him il the 2:l0 list
/ only 10 have him die that night.
IL was - frlghtfully hot day. and several
collapsed other than these two. Harold II.
| rounded to and raced well out West, but
! Dan Patch was always his master when
! Mr.. McHenry has added a down East
! stallion 10 his little string at the Empire
/ City track. and they say he is oil in the can.
Reports said TO Toe reliable. credit him with
the second quarter in 81 seconds the other
day driven by his groom. who came on
with him. He went away intending to 90
very slowly. but something started the
horse. then something gave way. 50 he
could not take him back safely till he had
completed the quarter.
I'VE forgotten his name hut he must be
good. or the master mechanic would never
[ bother with his training Prince Direct
,2:liin and Dan Patch t2oii2l are working
very moderately to date, and ny the time
Detroit's g meeting rolls round both viii be
good enough to back. Prince Direct is more
like his sire. all agree, than any he ever be
got. If ne rep5atS the 2.05ig part he will
surely he accepted as frst-class article by
the followers of the house of Direct
Ed BenyOn is going slow with Fereno
t2.l9lD and others Of his horses at Walnut
Hi! Farm this spring. The double Futuri,y
winner should reach z-N4 or 2:tN. IS she was
right at ToEgles in 2:OSlz out West last fall
Fereno is one of the handSOmeSt mares
ever seen at the races and was bred by /.
Y Harkuess. who resides here and al
Greenwich. Conn. and has a Cleveland
ertY Gown at Muir. Ny. Mok9, her sire,
was hrothec OF Bumps (2:tS;l.
Too bad Moko was not given q record, as
lie surely could beat 2:3H. and thus help his
dam little further. He was Uhtainable at
S5VJ til fereno appeared as = 2-year-old
sensation: to-day it would take $4,000 prob
ably TO secure him His success led to the
selling of Allie Wilkes (2:f5l last fall
Pilot Medium, Jr..'s Record 10 Il Cart.
Pilot Medium. Jr t2:Gs34l about the. oniy
one / know that made his record to a cart
is in training again this season. He broke a
sulky 10 pieces two years ago at Dover o.
Portland, so they started him IN a road
cart that ne couldn't hit and established a
novelty worlds record.
DaTicl (2:O1l2D paced Island Park driven
by Mrs. Phelps last season. in 2:G9.. or 2:o9lH
to Il cart, SO II is not the fastest mile TO
cart ever paced in public
Old Alcyo t2:lW that Jack Trout had when
working Isaac Sanderson's horses at Wiz
liamantic, Conn, won a novel match race
out in California last week He and I,
runner. each drawing sulky and 150 pounds
up went three-quarters.
Alcyo won all in :SS, :32 :3015 As he
must be about l6 years old. it is very credit
able that he can step such clip.
In one OF Fasig-Tipton's winter sales
Aicyo went at but $40, John Payne secur-
ing him for a Canadian breeder. Recently
he was sold at stiff advance to 60. 10 Cali
fornia, and is doing heavy stud season
there. Mckinney (2:llI4) and he are prob.
ably the only sons OF Alcyone on the coast
Alcyo sired Lady Alley i2:l3ts). a grand
stake filly. and others. and. although under-
sized, was one of the handsomesf. earnest
little PAGERS the Eastern turf .4aas ever
known, -