Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-10-07
won $10.25O. This year ORC. 2.05A. almost
squalls those figures by winning s9,145.

won s10,25O. This year Orc. 2.05A. almost
squalls those figures by winning s9145.
Turning from the trotters to the PAGERS,
we find that Ihe two 81 eatest nloney-win-
ming PAGERS of last year. Al'erson and
Nathan Strauss. won 1866 and s4.195, re-
spectively. This season Ardelie. 2O4A,
won s101II: Rudy Kip 2OiA. s5.o51. and
Hal c.. 2o5la. si.717. OF the eight meet
ings held in the grant circuit in 1905 Ar
deHe was seven times first and once third.
Rudy Kip started in seven races at six
meetings and never lost race. Out of
the nineteen heats contested he only lost
two. The average time Of the heats trotted
ana paced during the season of 1906 was
2t3.5o. Last seasons grand average was
2G.S5. Tie record for the best individual
meeting was twice broken this year-at
Readvtlle and Columbus. At the for
mer track seventy-n ne heats averaged
20S "I-1S: at Columbus fifty-ive heats
averaged 2.0S 2H-2l0. this list worlds
record. In the matter of speed at the pace,
Fan Michaefs 2o3 at Cincinnati. last sea-
sou was beaten this season by Bolivars
heat in 2.toa at Readville.
ran MichaeIs mark was also beaten this
year by three other PAGERS: Ecstatic, 2.01A:
graft, 2O24: and Angus Pointer. 2.o2A.
Last year Wentworth trotted the fastest
neat In race on the circuit at Co umbus,
which was in 204ia. This year. at SYRIA
cuse, Sweet Marie trotted a heat in race
in 2;o3A. Her time record is 2.o2 which
shades Cresceus mark by "a quarter of
second. AS she had no wind shield il front
her performance is better than the 1:5S1a of
Lou Dillon. That she is the greatest light
harness race mare that ever lived, and sur
passed by no horse in the world trot-
Ter must be conceded by every intelligent
horSeman. -.
The money was distributed throughout
the circuit as follows Cleveland, SIG, 725:
Buffalo, sos Poughkeepsie, s23. 800;
Readville, 55,T2O; Hartford. $4,000; SYRIA
cuse. $31.?CO; Columbus, s4O.O5O, and Gin
cinnau 100000. The only member of the
circuit that lost money on it's meeting was
Cleveland owing to the enforcement of the
non betting law in Ohio. Upward of $4,000
IT Is estimated was lost by the Cleve-
paid out of their individual pockets. The
total of races this season was 146, as
against IA last season. The total of
heats on the circuit this year was 42). as
against 49, last season. The total of
starters this year was LAP as against
lo22 last season. The difference in totals
IS owing to the fact that the three
heat system prevailed this year almost en-
tirely throughout the circuit The largest
fields of starters this year were II, in the
2.l3 trot at Readville, the 2.1S trot at
Columbus. and the 2.13 pace at Cincinnati.
Last years record was Is, in the 2.16 trot a
Cincinnati. None of the contests this sea-
son lasted over five heats in the 2.17 trot
at Poughkeepsie and tie 2.15 trot at Co
lumbus. Last season seven heats were
raced in the 200 pace at Providence and
the 21S pace at Hartford.
Andy WEIGH, the race horse man Of Hart
ford. and manager of the track at that
point, must have been gifted with unusual
knowledge or judgment when he declared
a few days ago that neither The Able.
2.1o12: Ed Custer, nor Governor Francis
would win the rich Kentucky Futurty
stakes at Lexington Wednesday, Siliko,
the winner, was good colt last year. He
had great speed. but few in addition to
WEIGH believed that he could beat The
Able, and it is an open question now
with some whether he would have beaten
him had not an unexpected accident hap
pened in the third heat by The Able
stepping into the wheel of Siliko, For foul
ing the latter the of Chimes was sent
to the stable. 1t was an accident of
course. but turf law is plain on that point.
Ed. Custer, thai rough and tumble fight
ing son of Barunmore. had to be contented
with third money. The fact that Custer
lost the fourth heat only by a neck in
2.13A shows how good a three-year-old
he is. 1t also demonstrates how much
better colt Sliko Is than he; for after under
going the Shake-up in the third heat by be-
ing fouled by The Able he ran driverless
around the track, was again started in the
fourth heat and won the race in fast time.
Siliko's heats in 2.11h, 211a and -.131i
show that he must have been in good
form and trained to the minute.
The noted colt trainer Charles Marvin,
had Siliko last season. and taught him all
the tricks of the trade No man who has
ever drawn rein has driven as many
champion colt trotters as Mr.. Marvin. He
drove Bell Bird. Manzanita. Adbel, Arion
and Sunol to their records-wlicI were world
records at the time made-and held the
reins over Palo Alto when he captured the
stall ion crown from Alierton, 1904 which
he held until Directum took ii from him
in the fast time of 2OIl4, which, in turn,
stood until the mighty Cresceus wrestled 1t
from him. Marvin first came into public
notice way back in the early seventies.
when he brought out the wonderful stall
lion Smuggler, 2.154, sire of the dam of
Nutboy. Smuggler was a PAGER. converted
after many disheartening efforts to the trot.
He was not fast enough at the pace, and
time in the United States So Mr.. Marvin
schooled Smuggler over fence rails laid on
the ground to begin with. Then, when he
had succeeded in getting him to break into
a trot: he shod him with eighteen ounces on
each foot in front and put on enough of toe
weights to equal twentyeight ounces on
each front foot
1t has always been a mystery how the
stallion managed to carry such enormous
weight at speed without going to pieces
in his front legs in a few days. instead of
going to pieces. as he finally did, in a few
years Thus shod. the stallion marched
forth to victory. His bursts of speed were
marvellous to witness. His greatest race
was that which he won over Goldsmith
Maid at Cleveland. Thousands of dollars
were in the pool box. with the Maid as
favorite. Doble, who drove the mare, tried
to score the stallion to death. When they
were finally off, Smuggler would fly at the
mare like a tiger In one heat he threw
a toeweight in the home stretch. and all
though he faltered for an instant he came
again with a rush, and the Maid lust beat
him at that. Doble sa that his doom was
sealed and that the thousands in the pool
box on the Maid We're burned up
With features ashen, face drawn he
sought the Maids supporters and held a
hasty conference. 1t was decided to score
the stallion until he would grab his front
shoes and bullyrag him SO much that he
would su,k. He did grab his front shoes
and tore them off, but he did not seem to
mind the scoring any more than did the
Maid. When Doble saw that his scheme
would not work the word given and
they We're Off and thus it came to pass that
the little bar CT. for