The Washington times., 1908-07-26
Prediction of Record Season
Fulfilled on Western Tracks
Hghbalrs Performance at Peoria Sets New High Mark
for Trotters- Minor Heir Shows Signs of World
Beater-Local Turf Gossip.
By I. D. SALE.

II has been two weeks since the writer
announced that From over a thousand
training camps, where high-class horses
are receiving their preps,' comes the
intelligence that the racing season of
1905 is 10 srrpass all previous seasons
in the matter of extreme ~speed and
racehorse ability"
The prophecy has not only come true,
but sooner than was expected. For, be
IL remembered that this is the month OF
July, and that racehorses are rarely
at their best much before the middle of
August or the latter part OF September.
Never before In the history of the light
harness horse, so early IN tie season,
has so much extreme speed been shown
as was demonstrated at Peoria, H.,
from July to July IL, and at Terra
Haute. Ind, week before last
At Peoria, HighbaII, the sensational
gelding OF 1907, broke all records for
trotting geldings by marching a mile in
a second heat in 2:0324, disQlacing the
former record Of 2.O4lk made by liver
ton in 1904, and equaled by Wentworth
in 1905. on July 8, in the 2:26 trot. the
bay stallion Fleming Boy. IN fast
field. stepped two heats in 2:0Sst and
2:O7I1, beating one of the fastest fields
OF trotters that ever appeared. Fleming
Boys record displaces that OF Kinney
Lou, 2:O724, made in 1893 In the 2:25
pace, July II. the brown stallion Minor
Heir. paced a third heat in 2:0534, after
having paced a first heat in 2-ilA, and
the second heat I'm 2:0714- The heat IN
2.O5Ik displaces the previous record OF
2:O54L. made by Walter Direct at De-
troit In 1905. Nor does the story Of the
meeting at Peoria end here. On July
S the bay mare Amy Brooks that was
out in 1907 and excited no special atten-
ton. met a fast field in the PIG trot'
and led II to the wire in the fast time
OF 2:O6E. and 2:O51s-
The meeting at Terra Haute began
July IA, and ended on July II. The
meeting was remarkable-indeed, ultra
sensational-by the reason OF the tact
that Charley Dean uncorked that
creased streak of lightning-Minor Heir
in the 2.25 pace, to which he Is still
eligible. II was a five-heat affair, In
which the Heir paced the first heat in
2:O0lk, and the second heat in Just 2:O1
fat. The next two heats went 70 that
slick paeer, The Eel, In 2;O51z and 2.Os,
the fifth heat going TO Minor Heir in
2:O7. In the second and third heats
Minor Heir vas unsteady, but not be-
cause he was distressed by reason Of the
terrific pace he nad set in the two
first heats. As evidence Of his marvel
Gus speed he paced the last half of the
mile in which he broke in 1904.
In virtue Of his wonderful perform
ances at Peoria and Terra Haute, It is
the opinion of veteran turfmen, and Of
men well fitted TO judge, that Minor
Heir can beat the worlds record for
green PAGER, regardless Of sex, and, that
right now, under favorable conditions,
he can pace a mile in 200. and, perhaps,
a second faster than that mark. Prior
20 July 4, the stallion had no record, and
only a years regular training Two
months ago he had never paced mile
as fast as 2-10. Even Dan Patch, 1:551z,
never paced two successive heats in
2:O2 or better in any part Of his turf
career, either in a race OF against time
Minor Heirs five-heat race at Terra
Haute establishes an average Of 2:O4 2-5
per heat The best previous average
was 2:05.
Minor Heir is six years old, bay in
color, and was bred by J. B. Ewing,
RoseviIle, III. Heir at Law, his sire,
YVES bred at Hamlin farm, Aurora, N
Y. and has a record Of 2:05 81 pacing.
2.l2 trotting. The dam Of Heir at Law
IS the famous brcodmare Estabella, by
AleantarG, 2:23. The dam of Minor Heir
IS Kitty Clover by Redwald, and he "A
son Of Lord Russell 0uH brother of
Maud Sd and tnat celebrated daughter
OF Abdallah XV-PrimTose- For a PAGER
bred in strictly trotting lines Minor Heir
IS unique in turf annals.
Amy Brooks, which marched to a rec
ord Of 2:05z at Peoria, and which won
worldwide fame by winning the 5000
and 5000 purses in the same week, is
a bay mare bred by David Cheuault Of
Richmond, Ky. Her sire, MaxaII, is a
son of the William l. that sired the
champion three-year-old stallion Axtell,
PIP The dam Of Amy is Little Anne, by
Hugely Boy, he a son of Vatican. 2:29I4
Highball, 2:032l, also carries the blood
OF Vatican Anent the latter: IL is believ-
ed by those who witnessed his perform
ance at Peoria, that if specially prepar-
ed he could have trotted a mile on the
day Of his race in 2:02.
word as to Fleming Boy, which
some think has the classic NJ & NJ,
which will be pulled of next week at
Detroit at his mercy. He is a five
year-old bay geldjng. bred by J. B. Day,