The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-08-28


The las, tro,ting horss c''u,vs TO he sur
face in unsx pected places. Bat when an Oh
scure animal asionishes Us by the sudden de-
velopmen: Of those powers which have made
Dexter and Goldsmith Maid AZ formidable,
we will pretty generallv find, when we clme
20 hunt up it, history, that good blood flows
| in its Veins. Dunhle-s there are hun>ireds
OF horses in d H,rent parts OF the country,
who p,--sss :he latent ahiii;: 10 tro; in the
front rank, In. who are never heard Of, tor
lie reason iha. 81: cUi,is;,nce doom. them To
,an;,y Ia show ci wha, stuff they STE made,
the ,r,Impei ~ tain. is forever s.ie.it 1t. far
IA ihes are ctuc-f,vi la this respec: horses
stand SyYu t;te -a.,e :.l. form With men.
N..i.Is me las !e~ weeks the attention Of
the n,li-.n hss been called to q new trot,iBg
light, wa:c!, has risen On the fertile plains OF
Kansas. Smugsler is the name Of the horse,
and his age il Sven years. 10 the latter
part OF July he trotted u mile. in the pres
epce of numerous witnesses, over the track al
O.a,he, in 2:l9i. This was a great per-
formance, and all who heard OF it began to
ask a, once, Who and what ia Snug
gier? Since then the h0rse has been brought
East, and quartered in box at Prospect
Park. lie is an animal Of powerful build,
stsndinp sixteen hands. In cnlor he Is a
rich brown, q white stripe running down his
face and ever his nose. There Is also little
white Just above the coronet Of the right
had foot His hips are somewhat ragged,
but the quarter is heavily muscled, and the
hooks are large and clean. The back is short
and strong, aud the forearm immense. The
head il not beautiful, but it is full Of char
ac,er The eyer are resolute, but not over
large aud full. The feet are good, and at
the time we saw them were loaded with
he,vy shoes His nose has something of
Roman twist, aud when the horse looks at
you with his head out Of his box, you cannot
resis, the exclamation, "How like Long
fellow" Smngs!er was bred near Coium- |
Inns. in Franklin conn'y, Ohio, BY john NJ. |
Morrs,. is sic MAS Bianco. who was by |
Iron C,dnius, he by Csdmus, and he by |
the srea, racer, American eclipse. The dam !,
OF Smugsler was large brown pacing |
mare, by Tuckahce, and his grandsm,
il il said, va. a fne and well-bred
road mare from Kentucky. When Smuggier
was . years old, Mr.. Morgan moved 70
Kansas, taking the colt and his dam with /
him The young horse was strong, and "a
soon as he was able to wear the harness he
was compelled to do farm work, such as
pulling the pillow and the heavy wagon. and
doing duty IN holiday times as saddle
horse. As his ordinary gait was = single
footed rack, he sas quite . favorite under
the saddle; and il vas under the saddle that
he frs, gave any indications OF possessing
high qualities Of speed. On the Oh OF
August. 1872. Mr.. Morgan rode the Brown
horpe ovrr the O.a,he track, where Messrs.
Mnci,-'i ard Msfvin, too young trainer,
had small number of horses 1t york. He
aid TO there gentlemen that he thought tie
horre ~ss d, fos something better than the
p.uw. and he m.l- = proposition To them IN
take him and give him short seasons
work. They to * the matter under con-
asi on the 18Th Of August Mr..
Morgan accepted their terms, wkici, were
nne-half interest in the snirisI for the
trouble AID expense q: training him
for the turf. In the early part
Of November the horse was given trial,
md ii II stated that be trosted the mile in
$50. With the cid Of heavy shoes it vas
,ounti an sasy matter to cfsn e his gait
rom the rack 10 the trnt. Lsa sPrins he
inferred upon his second ors!eze Of training. I
md 70 rapid vas his development that he
rss able to finish mile in the latter part OF
Iuly n 2:l9;. What his future will be is I
. hard to deiernine, but certainly the Won
ierfal record Of sinxl. year warrants the
,eIief tia, it will be brilliant Smusxies's
esion is aos the not Pleasing: The move
neus Of his hisd p : exesedia9H vide Of
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