New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-11-17
NEW PUBLICATIONS
- ,,,np1cAN TROTTTNG HORSE.

Ford Il Co, Ne"-1"iA' ~, .r ~ his
is'' the ripened product Of forty years eX-
pio,,oo in handling. training riding, ana driving
t.;,, Uorae There is no book like II III any
,a,aoe on the subject of which II ueats' IL Is ac-
tad a. authority by the owners OF racing tr"'teIs'
nd of fast roadsers Its publication has been hailed
~, gentlemen as critically appreciative as Robert
Ropner and by trainers and drivers as distinguished
~ Sim Hoagland, Dan Mace and Dan Phier' Inc
hook is unauestenaby one of great value For III
America and England the development OF the horse
has long been considered second only IN Importance
40 the developement of man. This work contains
the results of forty years uninterrupted labor III
bringing the trotter up to the highest speed and
the greatest endurance of which he is capable How
10 do this beginning with the animal when he Is a
smoking colt and ending with the art which Iahus
him over the score with a winning lift IN @I'4
Hiram Woodruff tells in this volume. Before We
read it, we had seen with curious surprise very ne"''
commentator Of il and euOgy OF ITS author Al 'O
leading Presbyterian. Baptist, and MethoulS' Jo".
mails No wonder for Hiram Woodruff system Is
based on the law of love. He was thorousnlS ~"
NAME lie loved his horses. His horses loNeu niiii
He established perfect accord IN the stable anu on
the track between the driver and the trotter. Mr..
Poster, his biographer, speaking OF MS maglcai
power over animals, illustrates II by flOra lehpics
affection for her trainer He says;
She loved him with an unmstakable cordiality and
when he and she engaged in some OF helr most no
table struggles the man and horse seemed 10 9c u
Of the same creature, animated by the fury OF ouo
purpose Many drivers have been heard 10 WOlueI INV
Il was that Hiram Woodruff obtained such mysterious
mastery over his horse ON all occasions DH' nv oec
was that be gained their confidence through Inel aueC
tons aud after that everything was easy Inc S"sn
WHY women so easily ascnate horse Is because OF inc
Tenderness Of Their aRTodchh M 3 na To Of Woman
Apart from the great value OF this work as teach-
ing humanely and wisely the art of training the
horse it is of remarkable interest history OF the
performances ON the turf of all the most celebrated
American trotters from the day of Topgallant down
10 the wonderful exhibition of speed privately maze
by MI Bonners horse Auburn, last Fall. OF the best
and most famous of these animals there are almost
complete biographies OF the attractive style III
which they are written and indeed, the whole work
is composed. the extracts following are samples
The scene is the Beacon Course in 1913. Lady sui
folk Dutchman and Americas were entered iorthTee-
mile heats. Dutchmau the first, Americas the
second and the third was a dead heat Lady Suffolk
being ruled out, Dutchman and Americas started for
the fourth
The long Summer day had drawn rapidly to close lose,
At the same time the heavens were overcast; ana WIN
fading CLEANS OF dm Yellow o g Sig and higher
and seemed to be like a load upon the weary eaIth'
ino 70 breSk t6e ominous repose With the last flicker
Of day the swift scud began to fly overhead and me
moving mountains Ii was dark when got into our
sukes; and after the start the storm burst upon
us with fury that / have never since seen equaed
The wind blew hurricane ana the He d ram lo zen
IN torrents as IhUush o ,S - o,,r,,rorod ~
mighty rush Of the Wild and the furious splash OF the
rain lint the dread, tremendous thunder. 1t seemed
10 be discharged right our heads, and onlNa lew
yards above us Nothing could have penetrated the
blue blaze Of the forked lightning could not see in
the short interval between the flashes the fantest
trace of the horse before me- and tnen IN the twink
ling of eye, though the darkness were torn away
by hand Of the Almighty, the whole course, the
surrounding country 10 Ihe nihuesI anu iost
thing would be revealed. The spires OF the churches
and houses Of Newark eight miles or we could see more
plainly than III broad daylight ana we holceu lnd ~
the faced the bowling elements Their ears lay back
Cat upon their neeks Between these flashes OF aper-
yading light ana the succeeding eaps oi tnnHeI' me-
suspense and strain upon the mind was terrible. We
we were silent Then i'm the blank darkness. "a we
went on side by side We would exchange cautions
Neither could see the other nor hear ne wheels nor the
"LOok ont, Hiram" Spcer would say, or we shall be
into each other"
care. George; yOu must be close 20 me
horses coTd not be heard in the roar Of the wind and
patter of the and voices could be ana were
this Titanic Of the syey elements, we went side
by side. Then Dutchman lost ground Inc traek "t5 7
cayey and he, having flat shoes, began 70 slip ana
slide at every stride. Americas gradually drew away
from him. aud when reached the stand al the end Of
the second mile l stopped ] have seen great many
Summer storms my time, and have been out IN not
Few of them but Of al that remember none quite
eqnaed IN terrific fury and awful grandeur that which
the Beacon Course Just Is We began that neat
5picer says the same.
The story of the worid-renowned Flora Temple is
thus graphically told:
On one of tine finest Of these kind Of mornings Wash
jDgton Hollow the month OF June ~ the year OF grace
aforesaid jonathan a. Nielee stood Hstiessy AT Ms
stabledOor looking out into the road. thinking, doubt
less as was with the inhabitants Of thai village
mat he had never seen the shine 80 bright before
when his attention attracted by the faint cmk OF
bell; and, turning that way he saw stout droyer com
Ing down the road with fifty or sixty head Of cattle one
of which the bell that had struck ms ear Tue cattle
hled before the praeeed ana admiIing eyes 81 pr
by stout mares. driven by sleepy LOOKING negro;
and on the other side Of the road but enough 10
change nod with Mr. Jonathan A. Nieet, rode the
drOyer graceful gray stallion, Keeping ms charge In
line Mr. Jonathan A. Vielee looked apprOyngly upon
many Of the cattle he thou&ht the Drown mares that
drew the wagon very servceable pair OF "hOrsesoal
work; 1" and he admired the tall stallion on which the
drover rode as piece Of fesh that showed good
many sgus Of "blood;" but, in all this scrutiny, Mr.
of tranquility which the soft and quiet beauty OF the
morning had put him in Just however as he was about
turning head again 20 the advanced part OF the ue
something riyeted his attention.
This something which riyeted the attention Of Mr.
Jonathan Viclee, was little, rOug-cOaed bay mare not
over fourteen hands inches high ee l0 tied atthe
tail Of the by ropehaer some three OF four feet
little bay deserve this attention from the prac
tced eve OF Mr. Nleee. she was gong query aoug NOT
tuggng NJ halter but yielding 10 H. aud apparently
enjoying the bright sun OF Washington Hollow as II laved
her sides and back and bathed the landscape far aud
near as If she had belonged 10 Washington Hollow Itself
To Judge by her manner she rinlnated over sweet
auid which was occasionally replenished by a sturdy
little boy Of six years Of age who held handfus OF succu
lent fresh hay the tal-bOard she In much
the same TRANQUIL shiny morning mood as Mr.. Velee
himself Nav II not impossible Of certain theory OF
anima intelligence be uej that, as she dropped her
large, intelligent eye rehectiyely upon Mr. Jonathan
Vielee abe thought just at the moment when Mr. Veee
mentally exclaimed That mighty looking little
mare I'VE say 1t is impossible that, that very
moment she might quietly have thought There's man
% who knows something about hOTsev
resented by the little mare had even given uterance
10 this idea. lie had sharp eye for the points Of a
horse he had dealt great deal U that way and as he
azed at the little mares PQ0dike head traced her fine