The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-09-05
The Celebrated Horse Edwin Forest

The Celebrated Horse Edwin Forest.
At Cleveland, Edwin Forrest won the
2:24 class In 2:l93. 2:20a. 2:lsa. Edward
taking the first heat In 2;20.
The winner OF this rice, Edwin Forest,
Is the sensational horse OF the day. He
Is bay, Is hands-an inch higher on his
withers than on his rump; he has good
| legs, and feet, and in his general outline
not unlike Grafton, whom he resembles In
many peculiariiies Of gait. He cannot be
called horse heavily muscled, as his
quarters are, In appearance, not unusual.
He Is good, not remarkable. over his loins;
he trots with his head well up, and makes
a grand appearance when In action. His
gait is rapid, and as square and level as
ever witnessed; he trots with ease to him.
self. and Is easily handled in his perform
ance-tO-d he demonstrated clearly that
he could have trotted in 2;l6 or 2:l7, and
we see no reason why he should not train
on until he becomes equal to any living
horse. 1t is certain that he has trolted in
los to l:O4, and quarters In Cos, and we
certainly have never seen any horse finish
his last quarter In more resOlute manner.
He was fOaled the property Of his present
owner, Mr.. James HaddOck, at Harrison
vile, Cass county, No.; he was sired by
Brannock's Edwin Forest. jr., and he by
Joe Downing, who was the sire Of Dick
Jamelson-dam Of Edwin Forest, IT,. by
Wagner; dam OF Edwin Forest was by
Flight, by Leviathan; grandam came from
Tennessee, but his dam was foaled In
Missouri, he was foaled In April, 1871,
broken 10 q saddle when years old, pre-
viOus to this he had never struck a trot
nor q pace, was natural racker and fox
trotter, this is the way Mr.. Haddock
stated It. He was broken to harness and
converted q trOtter by G.. A. COnkling,
trainer Of Kansas City. He was converted
by shOeing with pound shoes and twelve
ounce tOe-weights. In ~ he was entered
through Michigan.
His career was very unsatisfactory that
season, for he was shut out In every race
he started in. After the circuit he was
turned over to A. T. Miller, OF George
town, KY; Miller entered him In race at
Lexington, where, after showing half a
mile In Los, he got shut out In race. He
afterwards, atLexingtOn, trotted another
race, and got his record 2:25&. Miller en-
tered him through Michigan in 1878; get
ting sick at SacksOn, he returned home,
and Mr.. HaddOck gave the horse to Gus"
Glidden, who has no superior handling
double gated horses. AS soon as Gus
drove him, he assured Mr.. Paddock that
he would make better and faster horse
than Grafton. Mr.. Gldden may be sound
In his cOnclusiOn-it seems so. Gus drove
him in pound shoes, with six-Ounce toe
weights on one, and four on the other
foot The horse now weighs LOCO lbs. !;
when not In trottinG form, 1850 lbs. He
was wintered by Mr.. Miller. who turned
him out In November, fed him literally on
oats and boiled barley, and took him up
to jog in February. Mr.. Haddock has
been offered $4,000 for him since the
race, and will probably get his prico, Sl5,-
900. We must add, that We consider the
performance OF Old Woodford Mambrino
remarkable, now fifteen Yeas old, We
think, never having campaigned to any
extent before this spring, and In the last
heat Of his race, in which Trampoline was
second In 2:l9, he was certainly third In
2:l93-he was timed separately from wire
to wire In same time. He is well and
skillfully drove by Charley Myers, who
drives Lucille.