Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-08-11

This week the grand circuit horses will
have try for the money at Poughkeepsie.
Three meetings only have been held UP to
date, and yet five trotters have already
beaten 2.10. and three OF the Ave trace
their bloodlines to the most famous brood
mare, Miss Russell. dam of Maud S.
Twelve OF the thirty-one 2.10 trotters of
last season trace their descent to the same
| wonderful producer OF extreme speed. The
blood Of no other thoroughbred has blended
| SO well with the trotter as that OF Boston.
Sally Russell. dam Of Miss Russell, was his
daughter. Boston was the greatest racing
machine of his time, Out OF forty five
starts he won forty-three races. most OF
the heats being three and four mile ones.
Unlike many previous years the present is
emphatically trotters' year For the past
three seasons It looked as II race meetings
were to be given over almost entirely to the
pacers-they came so fast and in such num-
bers. While the fastest mile Of the year in
a race has been covered by pacer-the
Canadian-bred gelding Angus Pointer
Highball has shown a mile In his work a
second and a quarter faster, and can trot
eighths and quarters as fast as any PAGER
that ever lived.
The vets seem to be at sea as to the ex-
act cause of Highbalrs lameness He was
too lame to start at Cleveland and Buffalo,
and 1t Is a question whether he will be
sound enough to start at Readville. al
though Geers hopes that he will be. So
noma Girl is none too sound. but she seems
to be able to race at a wonderful clip-a
clip that Is a terrible one on bone tendons
and feet. Next to Sonoma Girl the best
trotter out this year is probably the black
mare Beatrice Bellini, by Bellini. 213A
out of Trixy Nutwood by Nutwood Bel
lini is himself black in color. He is by
Artillery, 2.21h, by Hambletonian 10,
dam by American Star Bellin is the sire
of two 2. 10 trotters He is the property Of
w. B. Dickerman Of Mamaroneck, N. Y.
Up to date eight 2.1O trotters have ap-
peared: Highban. 2.Oe1.; sonoma Girl.
206A; Watson. 2O71a; Beatrice Bellni,
209A: Lolita, 2.OoA; Margaret O.. 209A.
and Claty Latus. 1904. Four OF the eight
trace to George Wilkes in the paternal
line. and two of the eight trace In the ma
ternal line to Nutwood. son Of Belmont
and Miss Russell. The fastest three-year-
old developed thus far this season is the
y
seven highly bred and fast youngsters she
reeled off two heats in the sensational time
Of 2134 and 211A, and did 1t with such
ease that those who witnessed the feat
claim that 2. 10 would not have stopped her
had she been driven out. She is by Jay
Tine a son of the dead Jay Bird, her dam
being the famous broodmare Nancy Me-
dunn now owned near Baltimore. Her
breeder Is Richard Cromwell, jr., Cations
vile. Md.
The fastest green PAGER of the year is
Reproachless, 2.O44. She is a daughter OF
Direct Hal and Regents Last by Prince
Regent. She was behind the money at
Buffalo, her two previous races having
doubtless dulled her speed and made her
sore. Ardelle, the queen of PAGERS last sea-
son. seems to have recovered her old form
by the way she paced the last quarter Of
distance in 291a seconds. and pacing her
day last she repeated her victory over
Nervolo, pacing a third heat IN 2.O514.
The sensational Nutboy OF last year Is
still lame, but McHenry hopes to be able to
get a race out of him at Readville, the
meeting at that point following the one to
be held at Poughkeepse this week. Thus
far the Crabtrees have been compelled to
depend upon the black mare Lolita for oat
money, and yet this same mare two years
ago at this point was not able to earn a
dollar in a field of mediocre trotters Then