The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-12-22


down the oEio 10 Lou syillc, where she beat HIM
again. shc was then sent 10 New Orleans where she
met aad defeated Green Aonnia.n Maid two races Ia
January. 1904 Flora had trcttcd twenty.one races
~ 1855, winning seventeen. She also beat
a AZ NE horse .ha, naa beaten ner, am anu
Flora in l554 returned 10 New York, ana Was pur-
chased By u. /. pettce. He had 1t hat time Lady
brooks and hc drove the two together tue season AZ
Newport On her fcturI to New York she was
matchc: against Mac horse that had twice defeated
Lady Sunolk Flora beat him on the Stu Of October
capltnl time the 18Th o the same month Flora
trotteJ against Jack WaIcrs match for s. coo on the
Centrcy!lle Course aud beat him thrcc strais Ut
heats. Flora Temple changed hands again, having
been purchased by james irving but ne soon SOLD her
johannes d. McManu Snc trutted against Soniaz a
match Tor -, 600 10 wagoa and driver weighing 3UO
pounds Suntag won IN = OIL. 35-2;3o. Flora WAS
then matched Tor 50 900 10 tfot twenty miles wtn an
hour TO wagon. TINS she lost on the eighth m lc she
cast shoe ana cut horseu aud was stopped. ftora
next taken 10 Boston, where she trotted a match
for $1,000 with the back seding Lancet fne race
was milo heais, IN harness Flora eeat MN when
the little mare came back 10 Long Island she rottcd
against Soutas match al two mile heats and beat inc
biz gray mare easily. She next troitca Lazy Frinkn
peat her. This was Two male ncns, 70 Wagons Flora
won IN a snort rubber In o:l24a-5:lla. she then
trotici Chicago Jack aud Aluc, and than easily.
Tho Two mite heats, 10 wagons, wagon
and lrver weighing 2I5 lbs Frank Forester, Chicago
Jack aud MIXERS painscl wer. IN IT, There
trouble IN Flora winning this in 5:lots-5: x.
On TIE 10th oil October, 1895, Frank Forester pid
forfeit 10 Fora, IN match Tor S2,0oo and on the
1,tD she went u mach against Hero, the PAGER, Tor
s., 000-snc IN narncss, the PAGER TO wagon; two
male heats. Hero captured the irzt heat aud Flora
the second and third. Time, 4.J0-i o7-J.2l1a This
closed the year 1860
he mrs, match ID 1856 was with Chicago Jackie
under saaGc aud Flora IN harness. Inc race took
place on thc 2iih oi june and Flora won III three
straight heats Ia exactly 2:30 each. She was next
matched with Lancet Tor the 2d OF July. but ne
paid ioreit, aud they trotted Tor the gale money.
ihen Tacony came forward try CONCLUSIONS with
the mare asain--he TO saddle. She beat him.
Lancet went 10 saddle at the Fashion Course
und beat Flora, tnu track not being suitable tor
The little marc. Then shc trotled racony, no under
The saDdle, IL the Union Course, September Sue
"A Tann h.,ut Ipt rAnA hn rnii-
dton VI the mare was very hnc, ami her speed very
great Hiram says-''shr dartea away and was soon
IN the lead some three four lengths pulled her
hard round tue turn up Inc hui, anu she was 81 Sec
unds going to tie quarter. On the second quarter
along the backslrech, she was under strong Pull al!
tho way aud dld II In 80 onds tho hall mile ueug
trottcu III LIB. All this time the mare was Wen
wtnin hcrc' fully collected ami pulling very hard.
She Lad lroltcd second quarter III third heat In
June when he was green bciug her first race that
year, IN 30 sccunds She was now well seasoned, III
splendid speed wind ana lul Of ardor aua deter
She went into the III ri quarter, where there
was iittIc decent, with such speed aud resolution
that deemed 1t unsafe to pun her any harder than
doing. could havo pulled her back unless the
bit had gwen way bpt 1t was my Judgment then aud
is now that II | had done 50 II would have been
at great risk oil tangling her up and perhaps causing
her hit herself The mare was SO lull OF resolution
and pulling hard that the oaly safe pan was 10 let
her 60 IN a FUR degree AID SO and me consequence
i''I July believe mat i could have driven wen
her that day In 221, and | think it prob
able that she hi ghL even have got home III 2: q. !"
Flora Temple was thcn eleven years old, and on tho
:5Un day oil september she trotted against Lancet
the Centrcv.o Course Tor 900 SIDE under saddle,
the harness. The mado or shine,
ana raned hard ali the morning and tho track was
Il quagmirc WHOM tue race had TO bcgin Lancet beat
her III 22S-2:2S-2.25la In October shc trottcd him
in u similar the Fashion Course and bca him
easily. THIS was on the Slh OF October These horses
then went to Boston aud before 80 900 people
the Agricultural FAIR Flora won IN three straight
heats Flora was then matched against Ethan Alien
and tho race camo eft on tho 9th oi November She
the favorltc ana won easily III 2:32 az 36} on
heavy track. This finished her trotns tor 1856. Tho
Flora trOttcd her rst against Rose oi
Wushin, ton, the former to wagon the latter in har
ness; not being IN coalition Flora was beaten.
match followed between these Two during the same
month, Flora in harness, Rose vi Washington under
the saddle. Flora dstanccd Hose the lrst neat. She
also Belle OF Portland in two-milc heats.
Alter the races with Rose OF Washington arrange
mcnt VAS entered into, and Lancet and Flora began
hippodroming, during which period II Is UNNECESSARY
30 ioiow her. us such business Is irregular und un-
worthy Of recognition by honest turfmen. Alter her
campaign with Lancet she had another with Princess
This hippodroming continued throe or four years. In
1893, when fourteen years old, she first encountered
George NJ. Patchcn. In The fail OF the year sho was
brought TO York entered Tor purse 81 OOO
gwen by The Union Course on the 2lsi oi November
IL was milo heats, best three III tive, G. III. Patchcn
under the saddle, Flora In harness. Three heats0 this
were trotlcd the third bcin. dead heat and dark
ness coming on II was postponed, but never decided.
Patchcn The troted several races aiterward
1T different points. but as tney were generally ior
gate money delails are not required Flora lnshe ed
with Patchcn III 1860 She hnisned the year with a
race at Danbury, Conn, with Widow Macree
1861 II was dilicul tor Flora to get further
gagoncnts, but candidate brought from he
West. 1t was the chestnut geding Modoc, John
Morgan, Kentucky horse. de was brought TO New
YORK and arranged tor three lrots with Flora--the
nrst milc heats tho second Two mile heats anu the
third three mile heats The first troticd June A.
tho the 1lth and the third lotD Flora
won them aii. Alter hs Flora trotlcd against Ethan
Allen and running two Or three races, and tnon
was seized by some DELICIOUS persons VINO attem ted
connscatc her, bu. the government ordered her
TO be restored 10 Mr.. Mcdonald, OF Batimorc, who
her owner. Here she remained until MIR. McDon-
ala IS death. SIC was then purchased by Mr.. A.
wclch at MIR. McDonald's sale IN Baltimore on the
18th 0! October, 1864, Tor $4,000
The last time Flora Temple appeared in public was
when General Grant reviewed the trottcrs at the
Dubois track Harlem lane. Her last lrot
IN 1861, in tho ial She bred by
Nr. WEIGH three times her foals being first.
By Rysdyk, son Of KysdyA's Hampctouian, dam
Lady Duke. by Lexington, which a illy, ioaed
April 3D. 1865; sold Mr.. A. b. Conger for 800 and
now owned by Robert Bonner. The Ioal was u
colt called Prince Imperial foalcd Juns 2, 1862 by
William Weich son OF HamDIetonian; sold to Ruucrt
Bonner Tor 50. 0U0; and the third loal Il bay ly
foacd January %, 1871, ny bennington; sold 70
RoUert Steel, OF Philadelphia, Tor 81, 000 when he
tred 10 Happy Medium. The last years Flora
Temple has been gradually wasting away, and was
kindly treated by AR Wc.cn TO box stall aud every
comfort un,ithc old Queens spirit took its fight Tor
tho laiil where all last trottcrs 30.