New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-11-17

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OF young man who had for time been enuS' oi7
To- dispose OF her IN connection with anohcr Nm nor i'm
which he had vanly endcayOred to drive VII i,at tbe
double harness The fault of the team lala ~ a have
crazy disposition Of the little creature WHOM foTed for
now under consideration; so, when they were Lawn
sale together. in place where both OF e rejected
ntractable little beauty was luNailapI , ~ her
and finally the obliged to uspooo 'iN'' -
This was all the drover could tell about the matter ap
| but had he been thoroughly lhstrit have told HIM
tecedents of the little bay mar, otX near Utica out Of
a mare Tn. very picture of herseli, VINO n Cna Isved
H nHlty vino was by Kentucky Hunter. vel K t
among the thOrOughbreds OF tue fre she was
States She was locked with JACK XIII ti,ne having
an hour old and stood on her feet at thaI ;t She
the gray hairs at tne ToOt' W rres TO this day
r Irner Mr. Tracy kept her till she was ouT Se ms
ora, %ns ne her 70 Mr. William H. Congdon of smyrna
P Gsv" Comfy for the Of thirteen dollars nj,
SCpgdSR aeI for sixty dollars and after
changing hands once or twice more se io hrirhf sun
day morning the center Of Washington Hollow; s.um
| between the drover and Mr.. Jonathan Nlelee. ~ a
Now if the little bay mare could nave l0rese S a
tbe droyer and Mr. Vielee to have upon her
destiny she could not have eyneed more JOY tnan '
did this bright soft sunShny summer I'M thn t Of
the drovers wagon, and led into MrVelees cOm0rape,
weared stable She danced around MN a. nc h lei
| across the road, TO the full stretch OF her haer
she tossed her head gayy up ana doWn sne l
forward, and put her nose payIuy over iS sian
she whnnied long and slowly and repeatedly with pro-
But if this pleasure on the part of the little bay mare
proceeded from any notion that she had iOund an esa
shed home her calculations were very lnch %s %s
/ Mr. Vielee was "A practical Of business; ana MS
main idea in the way of business was TO turn Iapiu
penny, and invest the profits OF one goCu b bad most
! medatey into another He knew tnat ne naI np h
promising piece of hOTsehesh-One that unteu AZ tne
outside conceivable marks OF merit ana WIN tbe
Judgment he concluded that the CITY OF New
great where the best trOttlng Dloou Vi ne % NJ
is collected and pted in continual md the
,,1ao arr1ta tho
highest mark There's telling what she may not ~. ~
able TO do in time Thought Mr. Ntsee az MAKE and I'M
mense muscle, only settles into HANDY Syt ti oi
gong-a style don't waste any OF her power III Ia'e
action-she may yet be able TO beat EN- al ,,,, br
With such thoughts this in his head MT Iielee KIP
the mare his stable barely two weeks ahaai e eu VI
that time he took her NewN Ork As ne TOOK her heI
to sell it is not necessary this history that we snouu
trace his steps further than 10 say mat hnung an
unity 10 donble his money he sold the rOugcOaed I'M
known little bay mare TO Mr.. George l. IeIIlh Va inns
I'm The hands of Mr. Perrin the little bay mare who bad
proved sointractable Eighty, so harem-sGarel anu
TO down To the true term SO uCrhteSs, 20 ,',
original owners favored with more ADVANTAGES an
ever she had enjoyed before she was NOT o1y p iC
duced TO the very best society OF is sotis vi 'e ,
ingdale and Long Island Roads, but she was 'ausn'
when Hnging herself out with eNnOeran' anu sup %a
abundant spirit all over the ROAD az IL "eIe 10 l"y
limbs true line ana give heI tAlIauI' ~ yI i,
ties chance TO show Their actual worm. ~ W ISL enS
made skip. quick adholllVh anu a $3.50 ~ .v
brought her her senses; and when III her lrthIy VI
element at being challenged Dy some uP,Op fov, ~"
would, TO sportsman phrase ",. NJ 60,
and 20 "up" into the air. she was sleauSu aI 9o'u
ny a
in instant. The crazy fhghty nan .aChlnS aq na
frottiug little bay became true stopper ana very
sort of cong into clean even, long, low, locomotive
trottiug stroke. Many man VINO came up 10 d IV"u'
tavern after having been unexpectedly peSen W hCI'
oi sav to her oWner "a they took drink 40 the BAR
That mighty nice little mare Ol yours anu u sue
only big enough 10 staLu nara "oIh' you might "a
/ pcct good deal from her. , a.. a., ,..
There was at there has been for the last
twenty years many horses OF great repue upon the oaus
| i'm the vicinity OF NewNork; ana, among the horses
which and then came IN dlsdmhlul contact WIZ tno
little bay mare, was one q cVAsluei"Oo S4o'" "" 1'
called 1.-THE Waite Pony" -,
II his oats had prouiel into salt hay under his touch
the proud and supcrCliOus Waite Pony could not nave
been surprised, one hne afternoon ia inh naie
Summer Of 1850 50 often already noticed ~he ~ ine
contest i'm stretch of road which lies between Burn
hams and Elm Park the little bay mare beat MN 10
what IS called a stand st" and deposited her owner
in dvaUce of ms AZ strykes Bay This caused the little
bay mare l0Okedat very closely by on the
st0op OF the house at Strykers Bay and while tie lders
and horselarps were desCantug on her points tie own
ers Of the respective horses made match mat they
shoud 20 against each other the Red House Track on
The following afternoon. II road match, this
match between the Waite Pony and the little bay maI-
Sa m%cf the Si pnSioH OF the little mare had cc grow
ing so rapidly of late that large number OF The hdO"s
! of the road were present OF the contest, ,,,
The track was halfmle track, the same that u SIM
SINE mile In harness AT starting the odds were all
against the but they changed as soon as sue ko
power as was plain every lookcron 10 have reduced
the time OF the performance by several seeohs, A. &
ever the time considerably over three minutes, IL uu
not increase the reputation OF the mare as nnc az " ais
connted her competitor. match WAS Therefore, soon
after made between her and fine horse known as van
derburgs gray stallion, for 500 side mile meats thc
stallion 20 90 70 $50 pound WAGON aId ihe mar 10 90 w
harness This match came of on the Union ,ourse Long
Island, and was easily won IN three meats ~ the nay
% eyf xpoit OF the little bay mare was the winning
same course for which she entered after arriving on
the ground. She not III racing trm ON the picyl-
ous day she had been driven very hard and on coming
home that night, was treated win warm Hdsb ana
virtually put to bed. ON the next morning, however.
looked fine that her owner concluded TO 20 aud see
fine race and ON the road she behaved WELL and beat
70 many going down. that he determined, Just Tor
flyer" TO Jet her Try her metue Tor the purse Inc race
race OF mile meats IN harness an1 " hpls,S r
tered were Whitehall, Delaware Mud, Napptoil ana
tered nv James Wheplcy, the contestant Of the
greatest promise; but all the others were Wen ihougI OF
and their owners being among the most popular patrons
Of the trottiugtu had given 70 the race considerable
interest . A.. .,., $50,
known little runt Of mare, under such circumstances
against such horses and when her owner unable 10 Oh
tain trOng skeleton, determined put hel thfongh
in common road suky, his conduct was looked upon as
audaciOus IN the extreme
The five horses and suues were al well together Tor
few seconds, when whitehall WIN a. nne nH stioh ,
drew Of the cump aud took commanding lead ihe
little bay mare however IN the battered roadsulky
kent making her long low sweeping stride directly IN his
wake with the regularity machinery, and threatening
10 travel past HIM the first moment ne shOuld lose MS
foot Al first quarter pole there was but one length
distance between the stallion and the mare AT the half
mile but barely two; while the Others WIN inc eXcep
ton Of Delaware Maid, who wa toepDy wen up were
beug tailed OF IN most disastrous manner. In lsOrde
tie heat was by Whepleys slal4Ohi INC niue Day
mare with the heavy road suky whom nobody thought
would have lie least chance the world, being second
Delaware Maid third while Napoleon aud Hiram were
distanced" The two latter being now out Of the race
tile little bay secured tllhgsuky Ior heIeIi
and the record gives the three succeeding heats IN
the improving time OF $3.50. 252, 249; Delaware Mad
being third each OCCASION The greatest excitement
attended the conclusion Of the third and fourth heats
and when the done, the spectators advanced
and felt the little heroine all over As u hey conld no
c0mpreheud how such petite lndierentlOOkngc creature
could stand the weight and fatigue ana yet maintain the
speed she did. .,,.,
The latter was the first exploit that introduced the
little bay 20 the pages OF the Racing Calendar
She was recorded under the modest name OF fIora"
and il was little thOgght by those who placed after her
uystlCal figures il, that