. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. September 28, 19011 ©ft* gveehev cwtfr Qpavisntan 1| EASTERN NOTES AND NEWS. S The Massachusetts purse may be for $20,000 another year. Mr. Sayles will breed Martha Wilkes 2:08 to Cres- ceus 2:02}. Creseeus 2:02} trotted an eighth of a mile recently in fourteen seconds. Joan is another good one for Joe Patchen 2:01}. She took a record of 2:14} over a half-mile riug-. Donald Sphinx is another 2:10 performer for Sphinx, having taken a record of 2:10 flat at Indianapolis. Over a dozen mares have already been booked to Bingen for the season of 1002. His fee will be


. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. September 28, 19011 ©ft* gveehev cwtfr Qpavisntan 1| EASTERN NOTES AND NEWS. S The Massachusetts purse may be for $20,000 another year. Mr. Sayles will breed Martha Wilkes 2:08 to Cres- ceus 2:02}. Creseeus 2:02} trotted an eighth of a mile recently in fourteen seconds. Joan is another good one for Joe Patchen 2:01}. She took a record of 2:14} over a half-mile riug-. Donald Sphinx is another 2:10 performer for Sphinx, having taken a record of 2:10 flat at Indianapolis. Over a dozen mares have already been booked to Bingen for the season of 1002. His fee will be S200. Almonarch Z:24j, died a few days ago at Monarchal Farm, Canastota, N. Y., at the age of 26. He was one of the great sons of Almont, having sired a respectable list of speed performers, and his daughters are becom- ing famous as broodmares. One produced Fantasy, 2:06, and another is the granddam of Lord Derby 2:061. Of the 450 nominations, made at the time of closing the Horse Review Stake of $5000, only four came to the wire and the event was won by Rowellan, a son of the champion yearling Adbell, and the fastest heat was 2:16}. The paid-up amount to start in this race was $115, and the fourth horse won $385 above its en- trance money. The Charter Oak Stake was divided this year with a view to rewarding a horse for what he did and each heat winner was to receive $1000 and what was left of the original stake of $10,000 was to be divided among the first four horses in the regular percentage. This gave Eleata $6000 as her share and Dolly Bidwell $2500, Alan $900 and Volo $600. Sphinx is well represented with fast pacers this year- They are Sphinx S. 2:081, Capt. Sphinx 2:081 and Frazier 2:09j. " From Consuela S.'s race in the $10,000 purse at Providence, Directum 2:05} will soon have a 2:10 trotter to his credit. It is said that outside watches timed Lord Derby the last half in 1:01}, after he madehis break in the second heat at Hartford. The average time for the five


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