Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-11-06
American Trotfers.


| required 1or bis predecessors to accomplish a
luxe distance, when Andrew Jackson was Presi-
cent OF the United States, between ISIS and
1856. TRADITION says that 10 1918 Smolensko
won the two thousand guineas In a minute
ana half, and although it is certain that races
were lneccnrately timed oy the stop watches OF
IeVe that any subsequent winner over the
RoWIey Mile at Newmarket has a letter time
record 10 show than that OF Sir Charles Bun
July famous olack colt by Sorcerer, whom Al
IDlfal RcuS always pronounced TO have been on 2
OF the BEST three ear-Olds that he ever saw
stripped. Turning, however to the trotttng
RECORDS IN which our American klnsnen take
such Iust rride we shall find that Topgallant,
columbus, Collector, L .dy jackson and the best
trotterS OF whom Hiram Woodruff makes men-
tlon as having ftourished about 1880, could not
knock on their mite in less than $50. All,
however. who take an interest In the America
uot'lDg turf are aware that at present there
are six animals in the United States which have
| done mile In 2:15 and less. The names OF these
six superlative trotters are st. Julien, Maud s.,
RaruS Goldsmith Maid, Hopeful and Lulu Add
another second to the record and there are u
host OF other trotter5. such as SInuggler Araer.
can Girl Darby, Occfdent and many more which
have travelled over mile course In less than
2:li: Thus 1t VIII be seen that in the Hast haIt
century there has been an advance OF hall
minute and more per mile in the speed Of Amer
lean tfolterS. 50 steady ana sustained, indne J.
mas this Improvement been, That last month
MAUD ). surpassed the feeteSt OF her preda ;eS-
sors, and achieved at Chicago the wonderful
ieaJ or covering mile at the trot in 2:10iI.
We have lately been told In a contribution -
the Nineteenth Century from the DeD of Mr. W.
Scawen Blunt, that between them the Darley
aud GodOlphin ArabianS may be said to have
reCreated the English Thoroughbred and fur
I0er, he alleges that every horse now runuirC
deduce5 his origin from these TWO sireS Mr..
Blunt seems, however, to have forgotten that
many other SirPS, bred on both sides from east
ern importatlons, We're foaIed 10 England long
peiore the barley and GOdOlphin ArabanS had
peen heard of. For instance, the blood OF
most OF turkish and Arabian SiTes anterior to
the two giants named by Mr.. Blunt may be
traced In the pedigree OF our best horses, ana
II Is out justice TO confess that the Heldlsley
Iurk. imported by the famous Henry VillierS
Duke OF BucklDgham- IN the reign OF James L.,
from his importer, Nj. Leedes, have done
quite as much Tor our Thoroughbred stock as
me pair OF sires quoted by MIR. Blunt The
American trotting turf. on the other hand
owes its present proud position mainly to a
strain OF blood derived from England. In re-
cara 70 which Mr.. Charles J. Foster, OF New
c 9Ih remarks remark that The highest type of Amer
thoroughbred horse Messenger. imported into
Ihls country toward the end of the last century.
ne ne proceeds 10 say that when the old gray,
messenger, came charging down the gaagDlank
OF the snip which brought him over, the value
% not less than $780, 900 900 struck our soil y
me esilnate appears at first sight to be extrav.
.Saht; OUT when 1t Is found, upon Investigation.
mat The Messenger blood crops up 10 almost ali
Inc UeSt Amer ican tTotterS OF the present CEN
,GIs II Is 10 De regretted, for his own sake that
a :
BULLOCK, was not aware what q treasure no
was parting with when he sold the gray son OF
M l4l11,, 70 Yankee Spectator nearly
c5ntury since Tom Bullock had the reputation
Oh Delng the aStutest. WarIeSt and m 0St know
fDg turnte OF his time. According to the ga ircal
author OF The Jockey Club; or, Sketch of
appears that Tom Bullock was ian usurer. a
Jockey ard Greek," and in the QuaY'te,Ig Re-
ttetc Mr.. Apperley, or ''Nimrod," adds that he
was often heard to declare that he should wish
n hot
at Newmarket" Messenger was the best race
morse that he ever had, and won every match
tnat his willy owner made with him, Including
one upon which the betting Was very heavy
against the Prince Of Wales Ulysses Like his
son. Malnori1o was also gray. and was bred
Ia l.6s Oy MI Atkinson, or Leeds, from whose
executors he was bought by Lord GrosvenOr.
hanDrln0 stood as a stallion at Lord eros
VenOrS stud farm near Newmarket, ana. in
aadllonao string some good race horses, was
The father OF many excellent hunters and ne
tul road horses. ut is sid, remarks Mr.. las.
Christian Whyte, .that from his blood the
breed OF horses for the coach was brought to its
present state Of perfection
Hiram Woodruff tells us that nearly every
american trOlter OF superior excellence has
Messenger blood in his veins. The first Ken
lucky sire which seems to have done great good
10 the trott1ng stock OF that sporting state was
Aodailah, who was grandson OF Messenger.
rom AOdallah'S lO1nS Sprang by lar the best
Tottlng sire that the United States h5Re hitherto
produced, whose name was RySdyk's Hambleto
man. and In the List of TrotterS With Records
Of 2:25 or Better" given in our contemn0rarV
me Nott0ndt Lire Stock JO,uldl published at
chicago, IL appears that H. -nbletontan Is to the
rOttlng TURF what Tombstone Is to our own
Hiram Woodruff, moreover, believes that the
Messenger blood exist,d IN the most historical
morse ever bred In HiudOoStan whose name Was
Lylee, and who was the favorlte of Runiepr
Singh. 1.-The Lion of the Pun1ab" 1t is k01Tn
tn2I Runleet spent enormous sums upon his
stud; that his blidles and saddles were inlatd
With gold and studded with precious stones. am
that the Maharajah himself was a des oerafely
nard rider. In order to get possession of his
lncomparaoly gray stallion Lylee, Runjeet Singh
uS"d 10 BOAST mat he had spent GOO 900 a ri
the lives OF ~, coo men. When the fame OF fyIea
first reached Runjeet's ears the horse was the
properly properly OF lan Mohanmed Khan, one OF the
Punjabee princes, who had his capital at Peshaw-
Ut hunJeet opened negotiations to get hold OF
Lylee, and having failed went 10 war for thar
purpose. After long contest the arms of the Ma.
haraJah prevailed, and the first condition upon
winch ne offered peace was that LyIee should be
ceded TO him By mis- vanquisned foe After an Inn
nlte number OF eVasions and subterfuges resorted
10 Dy MOhanmed Khan the horse became the
property or Runjeet, but he had to fight another
war in order to retain him. Lylee, Who was be
Ieved 10 oe the son OF an English thorough
Orta, was seen 1n 1889 by some English officers.
and was "a fiea- bitten gray, very old standing
sixteen hands hfgh,' and With all the cnarac.
teristlcs OF the Messenger blood When the
urst Earl GrosVenor died, in 1852, it vas said
tnat Ne mad done more to improve the British
thoroughbred than any man that ever lived
lie mad been On the turf for more than half a
century. hau spent enormous sums uDOn IT,
ana, although noted as matchmaker and as
the owner or many admirable race-horses II
was Calculated upon his death that he aSmorp
IMAM s3tV,OU0 out OF pocket by his favorite
pursuit. -'
Ii Is satisfactory to know that this vast sum
was Lot spent In vain. The natural trotttoe
Qualities dfScernible in the descendants of Maso
seDger come from his sire Mambrlno. who. al.
thougn pred by another, was one OF Lord Gros
sehoi $ IaVorlte horses From Messenger are
Gescenqed ADdallah, HambletoBian. Volunteer.
MdLhDrlno Chief, Edward Everett, Alexander's
Ardallah, COnklin'S Abdallah, Dexter and a
most OF famous tr0tting mares. But richly
tIougn our American kinSmen are Indebted to
me messenger blood, IL would be Injustice TO
ueny tnat they owe still more to the skill. pa
uence and persi5tency layiShed upon trainfno
and bringing the trotter to perfection by sucb
men as Hiram woodruff and Dan Maze The
- stem OF training, teaching driving and riding
Inc trottlng horse of the United States Is an
art OF Itself, peculiar 10 the country which has
SItu 81, julien, Maud S, RaruS and Goldsmith
Maid- Inese horses are superior by az least
Iorty seconds In the mile to any trotters that
EuIope can boast, and 1t is reproach to US
sla we should be left so far IN the lurch in
, uISoaeIopiDS tne same useful gait at which for
In IN pGI poSeS OF the road horse can travel
I'M, Inc English had the stock all along y sayS
iilm woodruff, ''but 1t Is our method Of cnl
usatloh ana perseverance that has mada tha
Ihuerelce between their fast trotter of a mile in
. .niee minutes and ours In two minntes ana
twenty seconds. or less Tho cancor * -