Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-08-14
ST. Julien as a Colt.

DRIVEN IN MILK WAGON.
telegram from Newhurgh, y. " to the
said 10 have equaled the great time OF Maud = =
a mile IN 2:ll Am intimate friend OF Mr.
JoSeph ;. Dunnlng, OF Denton. this county. who
raised 81. julien and his full brother, 81. RAaa
ara who sold the former TO Mr.. James Galwav
tnen OF Goshen, for $500. said yesterday: -
julien was natural born trotter; he neve7
many day with Mr.. DuDning and know al;
ABOUT The holE e, and Ilickok never would have
bcught him If be was not just what tell you
VI course st Julien is wonder and his full
brolher s.. Reno. now owned, / thiak. by DR.
H. A. Poo!er, owner OF the Goshen Driving
Park and being handled be- the man. it any
eeant-is likely 10 be another. Joe banning
raised both horses on his farm bstween
Denton and Middletown, this county
dnee sn is a6Snt one year between their
horses were driven together In a team
for a long time. doing farm work. road driving
and marketing. They were then colts. and j De
Cunning had no idea that he had such valuable
trotters. Neither were nervous 10 speak Of In
deed, and especially St Julien. they were as
docile and quiet as colts could possibly be. one
OF TIE principal features OF the teams daily
work was driving milk to the railroad station
This was how ST. Julien was broken to harness,
ana II was about the first work he ever did; IN
fact, IT was, think. milk wagon that he first
hauled along the road behind him, and. too,
when he was but colt. Many time have
driven the team TO the station with milk my
self. and ST. Julien never thought OF striking
anything but trOt. He never showed the
least sign OF skittishness and, what Is more
Fever Wobhled al oeer the road Ike
colts generally do. He trotted SQUARE
ana ieyei' ard always straight ahead.
started out TO go off to see friend several miles
away. We drove st. Julien. The night wa,
frightfully dark, and II was impossible 10 see
the morse In front or U.s. Now. II there had
been any nervousness about him. do YOU SID
pose we'd started? WehadD't the least trouble
with him. And SO IL was always with ST. julien
until Joe Cunning sold him. The horse was
more Ike an old mare steady and reliable than
Ike a fr1sky, fretful and uumanageable young
colt. Nature made ST. julien a level, honest
tr0tter. and II any one Is TO be credited fof de-
veloping the speed that was In him, Sergeant
IS the man. Every horseman who saw him trot
me nrSt year he went on the turi knew this.
ny, his performances that year speak for
themselves. just look at f. II was the
first time he was ever in races. He started
In the big circuit under the guidance OF Sar-
geant, who made for his owner Mr.. Galway at
least $4,000 that year IN seven or eight races
Kept track OF the horse after his debut al CieVe-
laGd until he had trotted six races. and In all
theE. be took first money. And mind you he
won them all in three straight heats aud In no
race dld be make a skip or even hitch Don't
mat stamp him as natural born trotterl Like
Goldsmith Maid, some OF the best American
trotterS have made their records by skipping
and 'b1tching.' but st. julien never, In his life
uotted In any other way than like a machine.
Mr.. Galway, who bought St Julien OF Joe Dun
ming, made fortune out OF him Ia 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.