Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-06-29
Dixie, the TrOttius Horse.

Some weeks since, we noticed the sale, by
Messrs. Bryant & Baker of their trottine
horse, "Dixie," at one thousand dollars
cash; as Dixie had been used and known up
to that time only as a saddle horse, having
only been handled by trainer for about
two weeks previously, some seemed to
doubt the correctness of the statement. By
way OF showing that Dixie was not over
estimated, we will state that we have il from
reliable authority that the present owner OF
Dixie has declined az offer of ten thousand
dollars for him, and furthermore declares
that twenty five thousand would be no
inducement fer the young prodigy.
Dixie can already trot his mile in two
minutes and % secondhand after thorough
training Dexter may look to his laurels.
Dexter's best time is 2:l7!!, showing a diff
ference of u seconds only; whereas, Dex-
ter was well matUred, properly and
thoroughly trained, while Dixie is young,
uusc ustomed to the turf, and has only
been under trairing for about five or six
weeks. Dixie has as yet made no race,
from the fact, no doubt, that should he en-
ter the ring of green and untried horses at
Nashville be could win at most, only q
purse of $50, and then, having made a re-
cord he would te excluded from the
''green ring" in the fall races of the East,
dreds. Whatever Dixie may be
known to have accomplished be can
not under the turf rules be excluded from
the green ring, or the ring of untried
horses, until be has first made a race, and
it has been recorded on the turf register.
If we are correctly informed only 20 horses
in the whole country have trotted their
mile under 2:23; and half of those were of
the Rysdik Hamiltonian family, from
which we claim that our Dixie has de-
scended, 1. e. Dixie's dam was by Cana
dian horse raised in Bourbon and brought
by n. E. Nicholson TO Caldwell, Dixie's
grand dam was of the Philip and Romulus
stocz and Romulus was said to have come
from the Hamiltonisns.
Mr.. j. l. RGeSes of this place owns the
dam of Dixie and her two year old FLY, and
We learn from Mr.. r. himself that he has
just received g letter from Connecticut re-
questing full descrintion of Dixie's dam,
also to know whether he will part With her,
an at what figures.
IT'S truly wonderful how q Kentucky
scrub of only five or six weeks training
could have at aimed so wide a reputation.
Yet, the celebrated trotter, S'Bob O'Blen-
n s." who, in the first race that he ever
made, entered against the far-f-med Lady
Jane Suffolk at St. Louis, and although he
failed to win the race because of breaking,
yet in the one heat only in which he was
kept down to bis work, he N. de better time
tasn Lady Jane had ever been able to do
on thai track, and in a subsequent race, two
weeks later, be beat her fairly. Ttat horse
was bought in this State for sixty dollars
only.
Other hcrseshave been sold recently in
our county for as much as Dixie brought.
Messrs. jess Up & Means shipped two to
New York since The sale of Dixie, for which
they got $1,000 each. Mr.. VIM. Bacon
shipped one at $1,000 to Texas, and has
since sold others at from $500 to $1,000.
Mr.. Jas. Parrish has declined an offer of
$1,000 for his trotting mare, "Loucile, !" from
Bacon's ExchecqHer. Loucile is young and
thought quite promising, and if she is going
TO make any man a fortune we would as
gladly have it tall TO our generous friend
Parish as to any gentleman in our county.
-HOpkinSuiLte (Ky.) Conservative.
We suppose the Dixie referred to above
is the now famous Harry Todd hat has re-
Gently taken down so many purses.