Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-11-10
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HORSE TalL

Horse Talk. i
"H Lady Thorne and Lucy are matched to
trot for So, 900, mile heats, best three in.
five, in harness. Lucy has improved SO
much lately that her owner justly thinks
that she is a match for the big one-eyed
mare, after the great race she made at
the late Narragansett meeting. In that
remarkable contest Lucy, it will be re-.
membe1ed, took the first two heats in
2:221, while the Lady won the last three
with nothing to spare. The race ought
and no doubt will attract large crowd
at the Fashion on Monday, where it is
to come off. r. i-t - = .t asdI i.,W
.aJ The trot between Mountain Boy and
Lady Thorne, on the WaYerly track,
disappointed everybody, although the
racewas conceded to the Boy, on account
of the sharpness of the turns and the
general unevenness of the tracks sur
face. It was expected that the mare
would make a hard struggle, but she
could not get within length of him in
the. three heats, 1t will never do to
trot the mare on a half mile track.
= The excitement consequent upon the
election did no good to the proprietors
of the race tracks, as the horse was for
gotten in the turmoil. Now that it is
over, the. trotting will begin again and
rapidly close up the season, which has
been very successful. i;g naa. Silafat
American Girl made such an excel
lent trot at the late meeting on the Fash
ion Course that her owner is confident
in her ability to compete with the fast
estnags in the country next year, which
means. that Lady Thorne, Lucy, Noun
tain Boy, Wilkes, Bashaw, and, others,
will have to look to their laurels. Gold
smith Maid will be tough customer for
the "fast 'uns" next year. I'7hofa y-Dia~4
r'.J chm j. Bradley is improving rapidly
and is proving good money" horse
for his owners. He took two of the
best purses at the late meeting at the
Fashion Course, beating two good fields.
At the Woodlawn trotting meeting; at
Louisville, the gray gelding, w. K.
Thomas time is the fastest ever made
in Kentucky, viz :--2:31i; 2:26; 2:2s1;
2:295;s This lisa grand record. tuarnez
Tattler, who competed with the above
horse, is another fast one, as he made a
dead heat with him in 2:26, and was
close behind him in the other heats
thus proving himself to be the, fastest
five year old in the country and credit
to his sire. He is by Pilot Jr,, out of
Tizzy, by, lebanon; he out, of Medoc.
Cassius M. Clay, Jr., is doing nobly
in the stud, and adding additional value
to the trotting stock of this country
He is the sire of Rhode Island, Ken
lucky Clay, and many other noted fly
ers at present on the turf who have
made great regulations. He is splen-
did specimen of a stallion, being Is
hands high. of a rich brown color, with
plenty, of, bone and muscle, and good
sound feet. The following is his pedi-
gree, which will De found to embrace
two of the best strains in the country:
O.. M. Clay, Jr., lis by old G. NJ Clay;
he by Henry Clay out of Vestris, the
dam of John Anderson; Henry Clay by
Andrew jackson out of trotting mare
Surry; Andrew jackson by Young
Bashaw, dam by Why Not; he by imp.
Messenger: Young Bashaw by imp. Ara
bian, dam Pearl by imp. Messenger.-
Dam of G. NJ. Clay, Jr., by Old Alb
dallah, the sire of Hambletonian, gran
dam by ,Lawrence's Eclipse, he by
American Eclipse. G. NJ. Clay, Jr.,
is now standing at the farm, of R. S.
Strader, Esq, Bulletsville, Kentucky.
The stud horse. St. Elmo, by Abdalr
lab (known as Edsall's Hambletonian)
dam by Bellfounder, won the three min
ute race at the Woodlawn Meeting in
three straight heats in the admirable
time of 2:30; 2:329; 2:33. ..s.l, -ir.
The last trotting meeting of the sea-
son will take place at Norwalk, Conn,
on the 10th. 11th and 18th of this
month, under the auspices of the Fair
field County Agricultural Society.
Nearly six thousand dollars are offered
in premiums, and many of our fastest
horses will be present to contest for the
rich prizes. American Girl and Rhode
Island will meet there and renew the
contest for superiority between them
begun at the late meeting on the FASH
ion Course, There is every reason to
believe that the meeting will be grand
success. -rH ,,,g t-~.... . .',.-.s.. ..I, ,-I.,
Goldsmith Maid has again won the
admiration of the trotting world by
beating George Wilkes on, Friday last,
at Philadelphia. The race was a. deci-
dedly hot and fast one, the four heats
being made in 2:229; 2:274; 1929; 2:25.
The famous gelding John Stewart has
again accomplished twenty miles within
THE FASTEST TIME ON RECORD. sgg
One mile. pacing under saddle, ,Au.
gust LIST, Billy Boyce, 2;153; 2:141. q;
2:2O IA. -,,-~-To-o ,, "a -,r;-..
One mile, pacing. in harness, 1852,
Pet, second heat, in 2:1S4. 1'sF.r.-rsr
One mile, pacing, to wagon, June 21st,
1855, Pocahontas, 2:175. rq.,r.,s .e-fgF
Two mile, pacing, 1929, Bowery Boy,
under saddle, 5:O4 1-2. ys "a. s,ismsi
Three miles. pacing, 1s43, Oneida
Chief, under saddle, Beacon Course, N.
j., 7:44. aal sf 4isaag1 .sas.,aGnt 2
One mile, trotting, under saddle, Dex-
ter 2:lS. fsG5Ifz 5Iau a.. .rrGE q. t.s.t
One mile, in harness, Wednesday,
August 14th, 1861, Buffalo, Dexter
against time, .2:17 Ia. ',fl. eEi.lI q.
One mile, in harness, over Riverside
half mile track, Boston, July 3Oth, 1867,