The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-01-09
THE FLEETEST TR0TTER
The History Of the Ware Bnuahi mud sold
Tor a SOU Dan -tys -Ic Couid NO n
Vile in 2ii0 SsO.OHO Lo.t h, n ,Ii.sIs.

! nm NH %. VIA . p. ~ d. ~ Itufs
The rrcur,t irottci' tmt the world has
! over produced wls uld rhttn. Altho. III sbs
| w"- tg my b mas but a short u'uc. aud my tndi.
! NhHl tNprtl"n.e win her " confined TO a
| trrt few mu It'-' lrtfuirg. rud - nlreiy three
%. c-. vet tcel tn sho observes nnd must hive
nc "'t 81 u"n"r. = = wears soc was the &C.
ces win the Colds uiih mar' 40" Latter never
| succeeded IN beating her SINGLE hent. |
| bought her IN the sprng VI 1870 from J. d. Mo
! Maun aud A. Neicn. she hai ~ murh speed
| tnet It wis ~ trouble for her to trot IN ar -
| with the test Of the ~. ami the fastest that she
! ever snoWrd IN a race was only pla' Tor her. It
| Is no trouble Tor horse That can trOt below 20
to Last out q race OF six or seven ne IT, when the
st time Ia not lower than 81 to- sicn gait 10
20 tral upon the endurance at ~ horse. n he
| Ia driven with jud sment Hat the vi N tn.tsh ws
| Won wnelne morse Is slayer or not, i raje
| ~ four or i've heats, right down to the very
best OF his speed. If horse can live through
such "A race and come "di fresh and ready To 10
agtin. ~ m call TINT horse siaNer whether
no trots IN 2:l7 or 2sT. hut the old Lady never
liau any such test, aiter knew htr' ana o ths
day that She met with the accident TIA 1t dis
abled her for lie, IN re- was no horse IN the
world that tUle to make race with her.
his, know, sounds Ike talk, aud tax N
cheap; but YOU NAV pa, 1t down a. an abso-
lutc certainty ina on IN dlt Lady horn
| couId trut uiila In 2:lO In harness. or 2.l5 10
wagon. Will not say now much faster tan tbis
tho old m re- could trut 1 never saw her trot q
flll mile at her best but once, and there two
other men living besides myself. Nho can tell
how last that wdS, but I al mover tell, aud 10
is pr ,bahle that they viii not. 1t waa 80 fast
tnat II would not be credited nv the public and
20 we reed that WI would never mention
the time. But viii say tnis much: IL YVES .
faster KAT for the whole mile than ever saw
Kept up by any other morse Tor single q iarter.
rms mare d IA tho Joints Of the stoutest
thoroughbred, ana was Of Hue qualify lie legs
and f.ot were remarkably GOOD IN every point.
md she was "A regular, smooth, ana even trDt-
ter. " men sine was two wear. OH shew sold TO
Harry Dunn 49, Of Lrxlngton. ky.,fur 40 ana two
bpxes OF cigars. lie drove her. both single and
nnda and al ali bours uf the dlv aud night
vt three years old she trotted aud received for
tet-, ana II became eytocnt tuat she co I'D tfot
fast Al four wears oin sne iost her iced, and
a q 4 OK H..
well, anu wa- tue picture ~ health dong IN
short al mirAnly Ia every particular, except that
she could MT sond ner-eif alonx the ground TO
make time. he next -prins, when she was i've
year old, her speed came to hef again aud shs
could 20 very fast. and continued To do well
every season unit he sold her 20 Dr.. Herr,
which he did when she WIS seven wears old.
rHK LADY AND DEHrBH.
In the fail Of 1885 Lady Thorn was handled BY
sam. McLauRnltn, VINO drove her In ner hrst
race Win Dexter ~ the on Union Course. 10
WIS Dexter's second wear on the turf, and he
mad already secured record 81 2243. Tue
mare Was twO Yeas older, but Dexter vas re-
gard"d 80 cert ttn winner, I r ui To That lime
no had never been beaten. Dut II W lhorn's
day. She won the nr-t neat IN -. The second
In 2:26s. ID xter took the tnirI IL -, a. the
mare Il tsned tue &c by aking the next ueat
Ia 2.-Ua. la lhj, sue won nye Races, one uf them
uc,ns twp-hiie race 10 WAGON, bat the bes,
one OF tue ye vs. At iashi Jour e, sept 70,
W On she beat Mount in Boy. l. cy, ami un.
morn got the first hcat IN 2..j,t. In 1865 she
beat nearly a., ,ne best horias on tno tu,f;
Just Rhode Island, AiOunthp Boy, G~orgs
Palmer. aud got her record down g. 2.sO4 Daa
phfer drove uer tue n,st part Of Ia9 aud zeal
American Gul twice nd Colds ritn daid onos,
| uut m Au .u-t j. d. Nc iaun took urr him
SELF, a. IN er was sick 1nr last rsoe
IN t P0fer drove her her first tit
with Goldsmith Maid. ana 1t was % hot
one. out morn di3Josed OF II IA three meats IA
As"in month later, in Prospect fArk, aud a. 10
was the INST time that Nc lam mad driven her
good deal OF interest was awakened IN the
race. Aueric n Ga " S IsO ia this GGht, but
Inurn WAS ugdin able to wlu IN straight heats,
Il AN8n NM In slt
2;2uS .a,ui, wnicn was the best roe sue mad
ever lrltted ~ to In limo McNann felt very
much ella ed over tnis Performance, ana he con.
tinned from tnat time on to drive her himself
- long as ne owned her. lie won FIVE more
great races with her III season, The last and
bcs. being a Nam gausett PARK, oct <, when
she beat q 20. Palmer, Goldsmith Mad, Lucv.
ever irotted w TO that t.. Thorn got the nrst,
,cc0ni. and fourth In 2:9' Elsa, @:2l, ana Geo.
faimer got the third in 2l9t. inIs WIS the
fastest race the ODD mare evcr trottod, aud the
time lI"1e IN the second neat IS her best record
HIGH PRIoB.
In the spring OF 1870. think in the month OF
MAY. buu nj the 0iu mare. When grst went TO
buy her. McMann had her over at Prospect PARK.
! ,.,w HIM. nnd asked hin now nucn ne wanted
for her, and he ID S.naOJ. SAYS /. MOn't
you take half tnat r h,rf n ! zee laws, No."
any he sad '"'H' "weif" Az ~ Tx e.t.
her" just - quick IA TIA { hi, rather took
nim by su prisf. ana he looked at me, and
Welsh ami / own ner'f well" sa,, l. YOU
are ectung ali you a-k-I Tor ber, amt you ?"
And ne saws; "Yos, that's so.'' We
turned riehL around, went back TO his
bought her Wv hadn't been TO see ner. aud
when We went 10 get her we found mat sne
was uulte Lame ON her blg ankle, winch rather
surJii>eh me, Tor did not expect 10 Dnd her
l'ine' although knew Of ner nig ANKLE. Of
c tuIse, ! wurked ncr "a little. and sue gOt wurso
Ia ncr aukle, snd let her up. then went TO
bathing her leu with wormwood and brandy,
hegan to get all over II. NV second race with
her was at Prospect PARK win Goldsmith MAID.
pretty nearly an even thing for al
though the Thorn had beaten her In every
race he previous ye,r, yet poupie thought mat
II was doubtful II Sue could do 1t now. They
would come aud look the old mare over. aud
wnen they saw her dig leg aud now fat sue WAS,
they thodEht she couldn't trot. But her leg
wasn't rs big 49, they thought 1t was, for kept
| II bandH'ed. with the spOnges under tue oand-
axe Whlch made II LOOK very big Mel ughin
came To the stable when | was away, and asked
the boy to let hin look al her lie com hed,
| ana, when he looked her over, he ked tue boy
! how much work she had had. The boy replied.
-, On az NJ ~ &c as dr,ven her eopgs o. We.
| replied The Toy Does Dan think no viii best
tue mule mare = Ing ,ired SAN. " Yes rephed
the boy, "Out don't know ABOUT thIt. he old
crltter's got mighty big leG here" Sam turned
round and said, "O thunder sne cant troL
! She's hundred pounds too hig, aud she'll quiI
! liNe an old SOW" And so he went aw y, nrm In
| the belief that the old mare dead lame,
snort OF work. and IN no Tx to trot, anu he pui
! his money ON the liItle mare at about s. OOJ To
tl,vO On thorn. The Lady won easily tue nsD
race
DISABLED roR LIFE.
The next was at Rochester, August o.
! Ihis was inorn's last are. GA the ma at daV
We Intended To snip from Rochester to II Nal o.
! and IN loading on the cars the aocldent Occurfed
when ended the Old mares career ON the turf.
We were lo9 log the horses into car At Tue
! Rochester depot, just opposite Congress II IL.
! We were using movable platform, or bridge.
| winch hooked on 10 tne car, anu reached t. tbo
| ground, forming an inclined pl ne, up which
| the horses were led from the una INTO toe
! car. II was very substantial h d low side
! railing aud was entirely safe. We GOT all
tue horses Ia excepting the old mare, AMI va
| leading tier Ia myself. 1 was in irJnt u her.
| aud mau was on each side. Sne stopped nor
rght foot up on the bridge, theu made step
| with her lett, which was her BIND side, Uut IN
stead OF setting TINS foot on the platform As she
| Intended, shr msse It, aud II went over on tho
near sidc. She sank down with II As me foot
went down. and went clear TO the ground She
DID not struggle, but went down very quietly.
! In the mean tlme her nina feet mad never lefb
| tho ground and mad me man VINO WIS on the
near sue had the presence II mind To place lis
| hand against her AS she put her foo "a, she
| would nave taken herself up, ana all would nave
| been right. BIt he WAS litte BIT frtghtened,
| ana dlu nothing. No sooner had she got to the
| ground than sue made a snddon spring to gel
| up, her hind feet slipped from unuer her, sue