The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-01-18
Flora Temple Dead.

Flora Temple, the world renowned
trotter, and the fastest on the turf while
she was in active sporting service, died
lately at the stock farm of her owner,
Mr.. Aristides Welch, near Chestnut
Hill. She was foaled in 1916 and bred
by Mr.. Samuel Welch, in Oneida county,
\. Y. Her sire was One-eyed Hunter,
who was by Kentucky Hunter, and her
dam was Madam Temple, who was got
by a spotted Arabian Horse owned at
that time by Mr.. Horace Terry and
brought from Duchess COUNTY, n. Y.
When four years of age Flora, being re-
garded as willful and unserviceable, was
sold by her owner, a Mr.. Tracy, to Mr..
William II. Congdon, OF Smyrna, for
thirteen dollars. After passing through
several hands for remarkably small prices
she was purchased for three hundred
and fifty dollars by Mr.. George E. Perrin,
of n. Y, and while with him she be-
came a true stopper. Her first regular
appearance on the ttrf was at the Union
Course, Long Island, in September, 1850,
defeating Whitehall, and five others, in
2:52, 2:55, 2:52, 2:49. In 1858 the most
important part of her career began. In
her first race at Hunting Park Black
Douglass defeated her, but she turned
the tables in two subsequent races. Her
only defeats were by Tacony, Black
Douglass, and Green Mountain Maid,
but her victories included seven over
Tacony alone. The next year Green
Mountain Maid beat her once. The gray
mare Sontag defeated her in 1855, and
she lost a twenty mile heat against time
through casting q shoe. After defeating
Tacony, Ethan Allen, and Lancet, in her
~
ing attained a 244 record, Mr.. VIM.
Mcdonald, wealthy Baltimorean,
bought her for eight thousand dollars
and thirteen victories crowned the year
record. In 1859 she defeated Ethan
Princess. The latter won the second
race, but Flora never allowed her any
other revenge. In the race at Kalama-
zoo, Mich, for two thousand dollars,
against Princess, she made the astOnish-
1 ing time of those days of 2:193, and alter
another victory over Princess and Ike
/ Cook, and at the Union Course, Novem-
/ Der q. in harness, against George NJ.
/ Patchen, under saddle, made :28 and
/ 2 %, the third heat going to Patchen
/ because the mare crossed him. The
/ concluding heat was run after dark, and
although Flora won it was not given
/ her. The postponed race for the
next day was not run. She de-
/ feated Ethan Allen at Union Course
/ November "a Her victory in the spring
/ of 1860 over Patchen, at Union Course,
/ III 2:21, 2:24, 2:9l4, was said tie be her
/ best. Patchen won the two mile race at
/ Union Course, but she beat him in the
one mile and two mile races at Philadel-
+ phia, and again at Union Course, and
also defeated Brown Dick at Fonda
/ August % she won a one thousand five
! hundred dollars race over Patchen at
Boston, and also beat Ethan Allen at
( Kalamazoo, but failed to beat Dutch
mans time atterward at New York. She
! then made tour with Patchen. In 1861
John Morgan was the only competitor
( who offered, and he was beaten in one
mile and two mile races, the best tim
/ being 2;24$. The government conhscated
her in 1861 because of her owners seces
sion sympathies, and her trotting days
were ended Mcdonald died in 1864
aud Mr.. Welcb, of Chestnut Hill, bought
her fer eight thousand dollars, and hel
last public appearance was at Dubois
track, when General Grant reviewed the
great totters. Her hind legs failing bel
soon after, she was thenceforth kept foI
. breeding.-P hdadelDhiG Times.