The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1908-03-26
DEATH o. apIREcrUM1 LIZ.
Was One Of The Best Known Trainers
Of The Trotting World.

John Kelly, one Of the best known
horse trainers, died q few days ago ai
GAINESVILLE, Wis Kelly began his early
career a. d trainer near Chicago where
Ne came into public notice BY many vic
tories in the palmy days Of the once.
famous Dexter park truck From there
ne moved to GAINESVILLE, Wis, and was
training large string Of fast horses
when he was engaged BY Monroe Sails
bury, at that time at the hight 81 his
fame as the owner Of the most form
liable string Of horses ever brought
East from California. The first and
most noted horse Kelly raced when in
/ the employ Of Salisbury was the stall
lion Directun, for seven years the
worlds champion trotting stallion. On
September 4, 1898, Kelly drove Direc-
tum to record Of e.07, lowering tho
worlds championship trotting stallion
mark from 2.07M, held BY Kremlit On
September Is, Of the same year he gave
The stallion mark Of 2;06ia in a start
against time, at the Washington park,
Chicago.
AT Nashville, Tenn, on October rs, he
reduced this record to 2,o5A, which
stood until 1900, when it was lowered
10 2:04M by Cresceus, and then 2;02h
! hy the same horse year later, which
still stands as the worlds REGARD for a
trotting stallion Because Of the won
derful showing Of Directum Kelly was
/ pcpularly known as John "Directum"
Kelly. Other noted horses which he
trained and raced were Direct. 2:05A.
rying jim, 2s04. and several others.
After leaving the employ Of Monroe
Salisbury, elSlly trained the East View
tarm string Of james Butler with great
success, among Others marking Direc.
tum eklly, 2sN8A He abandoned the
turf to conduct training and boarding
stable, and for several years was quite
successful ia the business. lie handled
4 large number IL the fastest horses
driven on the Harlem River drive.
among his regular boarders being Peter
Sterlings 2il1iA, the worlds champion
trotting gelding, owned by Frank Work,
Early last spring Kelly was once more
attacked by the racing bee and sold out
His stable to Dave AIcClary He went
down tile line Of the grand circuit with
the trotting mare Tuna, which was left
in his stable during the pending suit
ktbWteu LNn UNABF OF tue mare dha
@Jack" Curry, who raced her in 1906.
Kelly had only partial success with
Tuna. and near the close Of the season
he was reported 10 have sunk a lot Of
money IN trying TO race the mare.
While the title OF "Directum" Kelly
was given to him for many years and
was written ID big letters on walls Of
his stable, vet to the thousands Of
trotting horsemen he was merely
Honest John Kelly, as few race driy
ers Of the harness turf enjoyed as
good reputation during their long
careers as Kelly, and surely few were
a, popular as the deceased. Throughout
his long ana honorable career on the
turf, driving some Of the most famous
trotters and PAGERS Kelly was always
looked upon as reinsnan who drove
bis racers 60 win, and his name had ncy
cr been linked with any scandal Of any
nature. Immediately after leaving
New York Kelly was taken sick and
bad been confined to his room with d
malady from which there was no cure.