The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-09-18
GENERAL NOTES OF HARNESS TURF
AND NEWS OF TROTTERS AND PAGERS
Defeat Ten Days Ago Is Still Exciting
Competition is Fierce Along the Grand Circuit and but
Won Four Races-Sweet Earned
Among the TrOtters.

Disputes over me merits or hernerit. OF
Angio!a's defeat in the charter oak
Stakes ten DAYS ago haze been numerous
in the Western country OF late. tn. mare
being considered a strong representative
OF ta;. section. That she had hard racing
luck Is certain. and her showing az Rad
Vile vas somewhat OF an improvement.
The soft going a; Hartford proved iis-
astroUs 80 many high-class horses OF the
Grand Circuit
Tn. number ~ crack. that cam. to grief
1T the latter place Is amazing. Sweet
Marie f2nsis,. the hitherto unb-aten
reached the turn IN the lane ~ last She
came second the frs. heat. then broke ia
the next tvo. finishing 5 and fetched
up with fourth place in the running Con
suela g. who won the $3.50 Massschu-
s.tts purse AT Readville and had been first
or second IN every race previously this
year. vas unp!accd-slxth. George q.
t2.o1i.,. who had been bottled w especially
for the race. and was heavily played ny
many of the talent" was dis.snc.J in the
first heat. And 20 the tale OF ACE pro-
cecis
BY winning Il Tiverton at last got out Of
the hard luck class where no has hitherto
occupied a consistent place by just missing
ono rich prize after another. In the first
heat he got his tongue over the If; and
was far hack. but after that he ran i'm
pressively. The third heat IN 2.q.1.. pulled
UP. over the SLOW Charter Oak track
shows iIts class
GOLD CUP RACE.
The air is still full Of echoes OF I'll. Gold
Cup race at the Intarcity matinee at
Cleveland race at the Intercity and the
impression prevails In sorne quarters that
z. r.. Smsthers vas robbed Of the cup
II IS painful for amateur sport To have
anything so nearly approaching . scandal
deser-ed-
Tine Facts ar. thc..: In the race Sir.
Equity and MIR Bevereuy Asroiite. Mr.
Billings had entered both Lon DilIon
and The Monk. but as either would have
taken al the interest out OF it. owing
TO their superior class. he Withdrew both
an act characteristic - his genuine
craftsmanship. which n"v"r varies. no
Mac vas allowed ." start through coTr-
t@sy purely According TO tho conditions
governing the cup. she had not qualified
for the race. but n enable Mr.. Smat Tiers
TO compete these were disrezardcd-
HISTORY OF HORSES
As " well known, Practically all 90
Americas ro-ters and PAGERS to-day are
descendants of Rys1yks Hambletcnian
also known az HamblctoIian 40. R-It
formerly II was \ question as 20 which
OF his sons would figure ultimately 49,
tho most successful sire. Many horssrnen
placed their faith in EiecfionSeS. but this
weeks stable Of winners gives George
Wilkes 30 emphatic = lead that the aus,-
ton no longer rernsins
OF the seventy-Gve horses in the 81 80
list sixty-one trace through the male line
To- Hambletonian 10. ana, of the siNty-one
thIrty-six are credited to George wilkes.
eight to Abdailah Il. seven 20 E-ectioEeer.
riI to Dictator and four TO Sfrsthmo1e
these stations being Hamblstontsn's lead
ing sons.
81 the thi-ty-six credited to George
Wilkes that famous proeenIto- Is the
grandsire OF ten. the erest-ersndsre OF
eighteen and the great-sreat-srsndsire OF
eight Five OF these descendants trace
hack TO him through his son. Aicyon. sire
OF Mckinney: four through Bourbon
WiIxe-. two each through Wilton, RED
ViIke<. Guy Wilkes and Villa m l.. While
thirteen Others trace through as many dif-
Tn. winner. 10 Abdaliah's credit trace
three through Major EdsaIL Stancsre Of
c,ssreirs. and I'VE through Be mont.
Dictstor's descendants in the list are AZ
AeSoendspts q bis son. Dictator. While