Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-01-22
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/ trotted in min. Z3k sec. At the Fashion
under saddle. At Avon Springs Dexter beat
/ the Californf stall ion. At Blff 40 he bea
I the stallion ana Roll Golddust. He al % be al
| Butler, under saddle, in 2 min. Is sec and
| trotted the last half mile in / min. 70 sec. AZ
I Cleveland he beat the stallion and Butler i'm
harness. Instead of the California stallion
being able 10 beat Dexter, as some people
claimed, the latter could nave distancei him
at any time after he got over his lameness.
He beat him at Chicago, and the time in the
hrst heat being bad, the people began 10 boot
and manifest their displeasure, whereupon
Dexter trotted the second and third heats
virtually alone In min. "a sec, min, q
sec. With impudence and candor so SUBJ
lime mat admire them to this day, Eoff,
The driver Of The California stallion stood up
ana said: "Gentlemel, / have never pre-
tended that my horse can beat Dexter; L
pie chance to see the best trotter in
the world" To recapitulate the further
races In which Dexter beat Eof and
amazoo the former tried to beat Flo
ra Temples time. He trotted the second
neat In min. n sec, and the third in 2
when she made her min. I9s sec, and this
Is one OF the great things which make the
Llme test q very uncertain one. Mammona,
stances, made faster time for mile than
ldlewild ever did. Yet they were both In the
Same stable, and Capt. Moore knew that the
one eyed mare could beat the other 30 TO 40
third year upon the turf Dexter won % races
or heats, three in five. and lost one, which
was when he was off. In 1861 he was matched
against Lady Thorn TO trot mile heats and
two heats In harness. and the same
races 10 wagon. Before they came Off he
met Goldsmith Maid at Middletown, and
beat her with great ease. On the 28th OF Nav
he met Lady Thorn at the Fashion Course
mile heats, 3 IN 8, in harness. The mare was
tanced la the second. On the It'll of June
they trotted 10 wagons. The first heat was
slow. The mare broke twice, and Dexter was
I heid oa 4 Tor Der. The second was an anna
sec; and then won the third, under a hard
pull, In 2 min. % sec. On the 2Ist they trot-
t I Two TO- mile 1 meats in harness, and Dexter
On the 2lst Dexter trotted a race on the
Fashion against
ETHAN ALLEN AND RUNNINGsMATE,
mile heats, three In five. The team won the
nrst heat in min. Is Sec, and Dexter got
nome In min. 16 sec. In the second heat he
trotted on the outside, round the turn, and
went TO the half mile in min. 6 sec. On the
lower turn the pace was still very hot, and
Elnan broke, but the runner enabled him to
catch without loss, and, pulling him along
beat him three lengths, In 2 min. l6 sec. The
team won the third heat in min. 10 sec.
This, though a losing one, was the best per-
To trot mile after mile at such rate, against
winning opponents, runner and trotter, on
the outside, and never to finch an inch,
a. ID
never broke, and was not forced out at the
end OF the heats. never saw another trotter
that could, in my estimation, have stood the
plncn nave seen some very fast ones that
would have gone all to pieces when collared
In the second heat, as Dexter was. On the
18th OF June Dexter beat Lady Thorn, two
drawn from his previous races with her and
with the double team, but he beat her with
ease In min. Sec, min. sec. On 18th of
July, he trotted against Ethan Allen, and
y h hov Lott L
the half-mile track at Morristown, and they
won very fast race for that course. On the
10th day of July, Dexter encountered Lady
Thorn at Trenton, and beat her. This was
the last time they met. On the 10th he beat
Brown George and running mate at ALBANY,
and trotted the second and third heats in
min. 2OS sec. He beat them again at Proyi-
dence, July %. And on the 30th he beat them
again at the Riverside halfmile course, BOs-
Ton. In this race he made 2:214 PIG, 2:211.
After that at Buffalo he beat his Boston
time by trotting in min. Il 4 sec The course
was then over a mile in length, and much
slower than IL now is. At that meeting no
horse save Dexter beat 2 min. 80 sec He was
now purchased by Mr.. Bonner, but the de-
livery was not to be made until he had
trotted at Chicago. he was then sent to his
new home, and retired from the turf, During
his career OF less than four seasons
DEXTEk WON EoRrY-SINE RACES.
The great majority of them were mile
at three-mile heats, and at two-mile heats,
In harness, and to wagon he was never de-
feated. Dexter made the best mile under
saddle, the best mile In harness, and the best
mile TO wagon that had been made. His two
miles 70 wagon, second heat, was perhaps
the greatest performance. He had lots of
speed left at the end OF 1t, and could have
gone another mile without pulling up at a
tremendous rate. II is manifest to those
who carefally consider the breeding, the
form, the wonderful exploits, and the rare
never had an equal, In speed, he surpassed
everything that squared away with him
when he was all right, and for endurance no
the nearest. He had all the elements OF grand
Improvement when he left the turf to those
he had so often defeated, and IL is certain
ner: His feats to road wagon when driven
by bis owner proved it. Still, there Is moth
Ing like succession of contests on the turf
TO bring out the capabilities OF really great
horses, and the temperament of Dexter was
SO exacting, his spirit was so high, his am
bttion so devouring, and his capacity to
stand work 30 great, that he was eminently
the horse TO improve upon the race course.
Many thought Mr.. Bonner would never be
able TO drive him, but that was mistake.
HIS courage and determination resembled
those OF Dexter. The latter became calm and
patient in his hands.
Mr.. Bonner has driven him half a mile to
his road wagon In min. 6H sec. On another
occasion he drove him to mis- road wagon q
mile over Prospect Park course IN min.
2la Sec, which was truly amazing. The
horse had started with him from his stable
streets on this side and those of Brooklyn
before he made the trial. 1t was timed by
three gentlemen whose ability and Impair
TALLY are unquestiOnable. His picture as
he appeared In that trial, has been published
and II is good, but no artist ever has caught
or ever can FIX with brush or pencil the mar
Vicious spirit and determination which glow
In every lineament Of the living Dexter, Son
OF the Morning.
The STATE SEAL of Indiana, which repre-
SCENTS "a full grown buffalo bull deliberately
rushing up 10 granger who is chopping
down tree at sunrise" is not by any means
the mostren1arkable of the devices employed
for that purpose. Georgia offers something
more astonishing in a picture of an absurd
summer mouse supported by three pillars
and guarded by Continental soldier with
weak legs; and Kentucky actually presents
hgure OF General Washington in the act of
holding up an intoxicated friend in order TO
Keep MN from falling against a bookcase
IN the background. After this California's
device OF Minerva sitting on a stone, while
cinnamon bear nibbles her left leg, seems
artistic and nice.
ENoCH ARDEN IN kANSAs.-As he entered
the cabin he found the old woman and her
new husband engaged In the double-work-
ing, back-actlng. reciprocative performance
OF pulling each others hair. They reversed
engines for a moment as he entered.