The Osceola times., 1880-09-04
ST. JULIEN.
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n. Y. Sun.
An intimate friend of Mr. Jo..,
Dunning, Of Denton, this conn,eph o,eph 5.
raised st. Julien and his 6,II iy hy Who
s. Reno, and who sold the forma,.ne.r,
Mr.. James Galway, then of Goshen 70
5000, said: Tor
"St. Julien was a natural-born ,,o.
he never knew how to strike snv vDouuer;
gait. | spent MANY a day with N, VSner
ming, and / know all about tba hh- hpuh-
and Hickok never would have bnusse, bnurse,
him if he was not just what | toll IlIYught
OF course, st. Julien is a wonder you;
his full brother, st. Reno, now own.a sna
think, by DIR. IL. A. Pooler, owner Of l.
Goshen Driving Park, and being bandInee y, Ine
by the man, if any one, who loade :.
Julien a trotter-Billy Sargean, y
likely to be another. Now, if yon r,Is
the full history of the early life of rs" y.
Julien, which has never been pnblishSesS y
i can give it to you. Joe Dunnino ,,1 ro;so1
both horses on his farm between Den,ou'
and Middletown, this county. Tbe,e9ui
about one year between their aces snS
Volunteer Is their father. Both 6orssSs S
were driven together in a team fo,o
long time, doing farm work, road dr;r
ing and marketing. They were tbon
colts, and Joe Dunning had no idea ,ba,
he had such valuable trotters. Neitbss
were nervous to speak Of Indeed-ond
especially st. Julien-they were as doriIa
could possibly be. One of the princinaI
features of the teams daily work wss
driving milk to the railroad station
This was how st. Julien was broken 10
harness, and it was about the first WORK
he ever did; in fact, it was, think a
mi k wagon that he first hauled along
the road behind him, and, too, when no
was but a colt. Many a time | have
driven the team to the station with milk
myself and st. Julien never thought of
striking anything but trot. He never
showed the least sign of skitlshness, 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 90 off TO see friend
several miles away. We drove 81.
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 il was ALWAYS
with st. Julien until Joe Dunning sold
him. The horse was more like an old
mare, steady and reliable, than like a
frisky. fretful and unmanageable young
colt. Nature made st. Julien a level
honest trotter, and if any one is to be
credited for developing the speed that
was in him, Sergeant is the man. Every
horseman who saw him trot the frs
year he went on the turf knew this.
"Why, his performances that yesl
speak for themselves. Just look al it
1t was the first time he was ever in races
He started in the big circuit under III,
guidance of Sergeant who made for hi,
owner, Mr.. Galway, AT least 600 thai
year in seven or eight races. ! KEEP
track of the horse after his debut a
Cleveland until ne had trotted six race:
and in all of them he took first money
And mind you, he won them all in thre'
straight heats and in no no race did h
make a skip or even a hitch Don,
that stamp him as a natural trotter
Like Goldsmith Maid, some OF the bes
of American trotters have made thel
records by skipping and 'hitching
but st. Julien never in his life trotted il
any other way than like a machine.
"Mr. Galway, who bought st. Julie
of Joe Dunning, made fortune out '
him i'm one wear II il said 81 Julpn /
the only horse that sold for the sam
price, or less, who ever coined so muc
money for his owner in one year."