The Russellville Democrat., 1880-09-16
ST. JULIEN.
Something About the California Trotting e Wonder.

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 I r N. Y. sum- ~ MM ] An intimate friend q q -.iif. zif Joseph s
 Dunningg, nf DD1nton, this country who
 ra:sod St. Julien and his full brother St. Reno, and who sold the former to MT. James Galway, then of Goshen, for | S600, said:
 est. Julien was a natursl-born trotter; he never knew how to strike any other gait. spent many 4 gay with Mir. Dun ming, and 1 know all about the horse, and Hiclxok never would have bought him if he was not just what 1 tell you. | Of course, St. Julien is wonder, and | his full brother. St. Reno, now owned, | think, by Dr. H. A. Pooler, owner of the Goshen Driving Park, and being handled by the man, if any one, who made St. Julien a trotter-Billy Sargeant-is likely to be another. Now. if you want the full history of the early life of St. Julien, which has never been published, can give it to you. Joe Cunning raised both horses on his farm between Denton and Middletown, this county. There is about one year between their ages, and Volunteer IS their father. Both horses were driven together in team for a long time, doing farm work, road driv- ing and marketing. They were then colts, and Joe Dunning had no idea that he had such valuable trotters. Neither were nervous to speak of 1ndeed--and especially St. Julien-they were as docile could possibly be. One of the principal features of the teams daily work was driving milk to the railroad station. This was how St. Julien was broken to harness, and it was about the first work he ever did; in fact, it was, thlnk, a mi wagon that he first hauled along the road behind him, and, too, when he was but colt. Many time l have driven the team to the station with milk myself and St. Julien never thought of striking anything but a trot- He never showed the least sign of sklt1 shness, and what is more, never. wobbled all over the road like colts generally do. He trotted square and level, and always straight ahead.
 II remember once, when visiting Joe, we started out to go oil to see friend several miles away. We drove St. Julien. The night was frightfully dark, and it was impossible to see the horse in front of us. Now, if there had been any nervousness about him, do you sup pose we'd started? We hadn't the least trouble with him. And so it was always with St. Julien until Joe Cunning sold him. The horse was more like an old mare, steady and reliable, than like frisky. fretful and unmanageable young colt. Nature made St. Julien level, honest trotter, and if any one is to be credited for developing the speed thai was in him, Sergeant is the man. Every horseman who saw him trot the first year he went on the turf knew this.
 "Why, his performances that year speak for themselves. Just look at it. It was the first time he was ever in races. He started in the big circuit under the guidance of Sergeant, who made for his owner, Mir. Galway, at least $20, 900 that year in seven or eight races. l kept track of the horse after his debut at Cleveland until ne had trotted six races, and in all of them he took first money. And mind you, he won them all in three straight heats and in no no race did he make skip or even hitch Don't that stamp him as natural trotter? Like Goldsmith Maid, some of the best of American trotters have mace their records by skipping and 'hitching,' but St. Julien never in his life trotted in any other way than like machine.
 "Mr Galway, who bought St. Julien of Joe Cunning, made fortune out of him in one year. It is said St. Julien is the only horse that sold for the same price, or less, who ever coined so much money for his owner in one year,"