Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-09-09
THE TROTTERS OF 1880.
lChiesgo Tribune, Aug. %. !


Below is given IN tabulsted form list
OF the principal horses that won money
IN the series of meetings which began q.
Chicago, July ~, and ended at Hartford
yesterday.
That the present season on the trotting
turf mas been one OF great achievements
and many surprises all are aware. Com
mencing ST Chicago, the route 10 Hartford
has been marked by series of unprece.
dentedly brilliant performances, and a
standard established far above that of the
past both in point OF speed aud honesty.
The rule adopted by the National Con.
gress last wnter-that no expelled man
shall be reinstated unless the evidence upon
which he WAS convicted is proven to have
been fase--had a most wholesome effect
upon drivers, and the complaints regard
ing races have been rare, and In many
cases untounded. With but a few trifilnc
exceptions, every race from Chicago TO
hartford is known to have been trotted on
It's merits, and no better evidence OF this
is needed than the fact that the average of
heats was reduced at the Chicago meeting
" point never before reached, and nj
chester reached 2:iS 10 OF course
inc extraordinary performances OF St.
julien and Maud 5. had much TO do with
(his result Al Chicago in the third heat
OF her race with Trinket, Maud trot,ed A
mile In 213l3, which gave her at once
the fastest Third heat on record, the fastest
neat IN race against other horses, aud
the fastest mile by 6year-old At
Rochester the mare aud st, Julien came
together in trial Of speed against time,
both making 2;tl4, They were to have
met again last week at Hartford. but a
cablegram from Mr.. Vanderbilt, owner OF
Maud s, ordered that she should not start
again until her record was beaten. ST.
Julien therefore started alone, aud sue.
ceeded in doing the mile in 2IlI-a
plump hall second faster than the time
made at Rochester.
But there have been other good ones in
the circuit, prominent among them being
STEVE Maxwell, who, at the first asking,
reduced the two mile record from sol,
to ASH. This was at Rochester, and
previous to this time Unsala, the sister 10
ST. Julien, had been winning the two.mile
race with ease, The performances of
Maxwell and Unalala will have a tenden-
cy to make long distance races popular
again, and in a season or two we may
hope to see the old-time style of contests
revived,
Another notable performer was the bay
mare Hattie Woodward, by Aberdeen.
This mare was bred by the notorious
Woodward Of the Tweed ring. He was
the owner OF mare by American Star,
which he valued highly, and one day in
conversation with Capt Rynders the
owner OF Aberdeen expressed his inten-
ton of breeding her. The Captain at
once offered the services of his stallion
gratis, aud Hattie Woodward WAS the re.
suit She grew up without any particular
attention being paid her, until years ago,
when Woodward's gardener discovered
that she had speed, and began giving her
a little WORK on hAltm track near by.
She soon developed amazing speed, and
early last spring was purchased by Mr..
| W. 9. France, wealthy citizen OF st.
Louis, who placed her 10 the hands Of his
driver, Gus wilson Commencing her
turf career early in June, Hattie Wood.
ward scored n dozen victories, with the
loss of but one heat in all her races, before
defeat overlook her, aud at Buffalo troited
the second heat of her race IN 2.l51S She
won again at Rochester, but strained her.
self 80 badly on the wretched track at
Springfield that any further trotting by
her thls season liz out of the question.
That she Is equal to a mile In 2l4 when
all right there is not the slightest doubt.
Wedgewood has also been an unusually
successful horse, while Wilbur f. Was
/ lucky in striking a poor lot In bis class.
| The names OF the others that trotied we'll
will be found in The subiolned list The
records given arc those obtained at Cir
cult meetings.: