, 1878-05-04
Ioun Distance Tr0ii:a..

| There Was fair attendance on the Bay
| District track yesterday afternoon To WIT
ness the race IN which Controller was Il
attempt the difficult feat Of making twenty
miles within the hour, one Of the condi-
lions being that he should haul Il wagon,
| The weather WAS rather raw, though the
! track WAS IN fine condition for fast time,
| and what little betting there waS showed
the horse the favorite. Notwithstanding
! the task is an arduous one, never having
been accomplished but once, the speed
/ and endurance exhibited by Controller a
short time ago, when he made ten mics
III 27;2.ll, long way the best on record,
"bulled' his side OF the question, until
there were few to risk much against HIM.
The action cf the society for the prev IL
! tion Of craelty u animals, which fore
shadowe,i interference with the race, pre-
vented many from attending; but the
official detailed became satisfied that 1t
was not cruelty, SO far IS this horse was
concerned, and the match went on.
The horse rated along at about Il three
minnie gai-, making every quarter of the
mile ia nearly that ratio until the man
who was selected to keep the driver posted
made hlunder by telling him he was 60
inc faster than WAS the ease, and the pace
was slowed for two of the miles, 50 that
at the finish of the ten mileS- -3D:lo-he
was outside OF his time ten seconds. This
appeared to throw White ouy Of his bal
ans, and he drove one mile in 2:43; but,
after he obtained the proper che he went
along steadily, regalnng what he bad lost;
and the question from that on was Heyer
IN doubt. Controller goes with remark
ably even stride, and expends as little
force as Is necessary. This is the secr,t
OF his wonderful endurance, and when lii
the condition IN which White brings him
10 the post, twenty miles At ii three minute
pace is not more severe than two miles at
Il thirty GAIT Is To majority of horses.
In the patrriial line he traces TO imported
Trustee, who Vas the sire of the Bridges
Trustee, the first horse which trotted %
mills wii;in one hour. Trustee was also
the sire of the Great race mare Fashion,
the best four-miier Of her Gay, and he
WIS brother To Mundig, 4 winner III The
Derby. .IhSttt Nsts - N'itN'4i, i''> '''i'i
Emma by Whisker, the - stnutest " blood
in England So that there IS Il genuine III.
heri;amce of '.hard hGttnrn." The sire of
Controller was Aiayboy hy John y lsnn,
a son Of Taustee, his dana by AGdaliah.
John Stuart trnt;ed 70 miles to wagon IN
81 % q; seconds slower than the time
Of Controller.
California has now the credit Of the
fastest 90 miles to wagon, the fastest 10
miles, 21:2..as the fastest > miles, 1890,
and the fastest miie, 2:14!s J, ever trotsed
in race. The fastest two miles either
trutting OF pacing was paced in Sacramen-
10 by Defiance, IN AZ J. And miles
has also been made at this peculiar gait
few seconds within Is minutes. This
tells fayGrs.'Iy for California tracks and
climate, as Nell as the high quality Of the
horses Henry White, who has trained
and driven Controller in these races, oilers
to WAGER $500 against S;J333 that ne can
trot Il miles in an hour Inas,nuch as
ihiS has never been done, it is justiiiabie
il him III ask the odds If Two to one
When the race was over, The attention
Of oiiicer Burns was called II the coGdi-
tinn Of the horsc, ard he was satisfied
thai The humane tenCtS of the soclety had
not hccn violated. The only time he was
tapped with the whip was when his driver
desired him To break 10 relieve the tenslen
on one set Of muscles. es.-Caa 1t1'fI 2Ist-