, 1876-09-30


tCrs of America.
Ia June, 1S49, the famous gray mare Lady
Suffolk recorded mile in go, and the
world wondered at the astonishing -peed. For
a laspse Of yesrs no very formidable rival
threatened 10 reduce the record, until, in
/ 1856. little bay mare made her appearance,
on the turf, ana the old scythe-bearer had
only moved > minutes and "a seconds
when she completed a mile Ia the follow
ing >sasoa Lantern and mate trotied against
l. han Allen and mate. At Tie three-quar-
ter pole lantern was many lengths, seeming
insly hopeless il the rear, but, with 4 msg-
nitieent burst IF rpccd. he came down the
stretch at a rate Of Ibout 33 seconds for the,
quarter, and eollar.as Ethan, made dead
hea; in 2.2i' .. The excited owner shouted
,0ciieroUzIy: II don't care a fg for the
heat, but Ia give $4,000 if he'd only rub
bed that half second o.. flora Temples time
. Ia 1859 Flora again clipped the record in the
great race with Princes, the celebrated CAL
( if1rnia mare, reducing the figures to 2::2222
AMI the whole community fairly lavished
( euJcarmen, ON the queen oi the terf. Later
IN the same year She cut of another half Sec
+ oul, making mile ia 2..2I >, Finally at
Kllamezoo, Michigan, the venerable bearer
Of the scythc aud hoHr glass was astounied
to find that Il mile Was finished in 2.l91i-
Public excitemeut ran high, and midst it all
came expressions Of douJt in regard 10 the
length Of the cUUrSe, with many sage pre-
die;ious that it would be impossible TO beat
2.20. \ mile at the latter rate necessitatesa
speed OF thirty eight feet within fTacti0Dl
per second. and thc great mass Of 'I-,eIl-you-
So" yaople said that Flora Temple was
. phenomenon not likely TO occur again in
century. To the quiet looker-on, the real
Judge Of merit, the performance Of Lancet,
Blown Dick, George u. Patchen and Others,
indicated that Flora was not beyond the pos
sibili.y Of recurrence, while Mr. L. Bonner's
acute Judgment I'D him 10 discover Lanterns
F. speed, and purchased him at what Was then
considered an enormous IEice Tor u single
I horse Iu 1864 Dezrer then made his appear
/ aucs on the Fashion Course, and was pro-
uuuucrd by the coguCscsuti a wonderful
horse In 1850, under tho saddle. Dexter
made 2.lS 10, aud his fame was widespread
at once as the victor over time against Flora's
b-st tally
( The year following brought this perform
nuco TO 2-lS; another season, 1867, showed
2:l7' i. IN harness.
1 Ir. Bonner made famous speech on this
occasion, which was almost as short as Dex-
,er's record. and Immediately purchased the
Lor-e for s.. 500.
What might have been Dexter's future,
I had be remained Oh the track, can only bs
conjectured, but we think be would have
shown very fur below 2.l1la Meanwhile
Goldsmith Mad and American Girl were be-
coming flIDon~ ihe Latter ultimately achiev-
Ing Il record Of 2,l6i.. Goldsmith Maid has
continued cutting down the seconds, until ZIG,
2.lJ. 2.I1Gf. 2:Iii. had followed III such
order that people fairly expected 10 see Father
Time carried out exhausted At last the
Wonderful figure 2:li was reached, and since
then the aged mower has had a rest on single
mile O.her noted horses had appeared, and
2.20 horses were scarcely a rarity.
While Goldsmith Maid was bearing tie
scrper the mare Lula rushed into notoriety,
in the summer Of 1874, with fast heat Of
PIG, aud the subsequent season brought her
still further celebrity as the winner of the
three ll-t heats known-seoond third and
four h-rbe three fastest having been taken
BY Goldsmith Maid. The separate figures
were 2:15-2:I6 s-2:IJ s-2:l7. Lula soon
after won a heat III 2:lJ. wi L :As opening
Of 1875 the great mass cast their prophesies
on Lula a. the mos; likely to snatch away
Goldsmith Maids hurels, though Hopeful.
who had won three heats IN 2:l7I2-2:iSl.
-2.lslt /. wa prime fIvor.te with many. As
the --a-ou advanced the keen observation Ots
:. f-w was centeTcd on '5muggler, celebrated
stallion, the p,operty Of CI- Russell.
i short time ago, a. Cleveland, Smuggler
Won splendid race from Goldsmith Maid,
ia which the two together trotted the fastest
ire consecutive heats ever shown for public
yra,ifcatiOr. Goldsmith Maid won the first
and second. Smuggler the third, fourth aud
f.:h, showing remarkable speed, steadiness,
and, greatest Of al, endurance The time
was: 2.I5 .--2:I1il il--2:l8i 8i4--2:l9l4-
2.l7iI. .-T57t, Fsi3 asG Eay71.