Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-08-26
THE STALLION TROT.
Fine Field of Horses, Very Evenly
p Matched, Promising Hard Fought

Fine Field of Horses, Very Evenly
Matched, Promising a Hard Fought
Struggle.
AS was to be expected, the stallion trotting
race at the Minneapolis exposition is exciting
great interest among the people of the State,
especially the horsemen. And well it may.
By far the best trotting contest this year was
the stallion race at Rochester, N. Y, July 4,
which took seven heats to decide, and was
finally won by Francs Alexander, after one of
the most bruising struggles ever witnessed in
this country. Pride of ownership OF the fast
est stallion Cd the turf, the big purse hung
up $4,000, the fact that the breeders
and turfmen of the country were watching
the contest, were the incentives which caused
every horse in that race to be driven to win.
So it will be here. The owners of the horses
to contest for the honors and the money, have
the same incentives to win as did the owners
of the horses at Rochester, and as in that race
their horses will be driven from start to finish
with that object IN view. The horses, too,
are of very high order of merit, both in their
breeding and speed development, as will be
seen by the following:
Won Arnim, b. h., foaled 1874; by Sentinel,
son of Rysdyk's Hambletonian; dam May
Short by Blood's Black Hawk. Record at 5
years 2:22 made at Louisville, KY, July 10,
1879.
Capt. Herod, CHI. h., foaled $780, by an I'M
named son of King Herod; dam, chestnut
mare, blood unknown. Record 1864, made
at Prophetstown, Ill. at
Selkirk, br. h., foaled 1867; sired bya horse
owned by an English officer stationed at Penn
bina, pedigree unknown. Record $685., made
at Chicago, ILL.,, July IS, 1876.
Fearnaught, b. h., foaled 1866; by Canadian
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ord 2:29, made at ST. Paul, Sept. 8, 1878.
Portion, CHI. h., foaled 1872; by Planet; dam
Portia. Record 2:351l made at the State fair.
Rochester, in 1880.
Judged by the record Won Arnim should be
the best horse in the race. But in calculating
the chances it should be borne in mind that
since his transfer from Kentucky to MIN
nesota, Won Arnim has being doing active stud
duty, continued until after July l, and being
quite fleshy and soft at the end of that service
there has not been time to get him in con-
ditlon to trot at his best. And then Capt.
Herod's record is only four and one-quarter
seconds slower-a comparatively slight differ
ence. Then, too, it can be stated that Capt.
Herod is in splendid condition, and that
he is trotting very fast and level. Neither
should the little brown horse Selkirk
be lost sight of. Horsemen have always rated
him as dangerous customer when right, and
this season, under the management OF Mr..
Laib, one CT his owners, he has greatly i'm
proved, so that the heats must be put in con-
siderably faster than his record TO beat him.
And if the heats should be broken, as they
will undoubtedly be, he will get strong back
lug for first place. Earlier in the season Fear
naught would have stood an excellent chance
for piece of the money, if not for first place,
but unfortunately he is little off just now.
However, he may round to all right before the
day of the race. The other competitor is Por
ton. His record is the slowest of all, but, as
is well known, he is a regular whirlwind,
though inclined to be unsteady. He is being
handled this season by young Pfifer, so long
the driver of Capt. Herod, and is doing very
handsome and fast work, so it will not do to
count him out
All in all, this field of horses is one of the
finest that ever contested for trotting honors
in this State, and there is not shadow of
doubt that the race will be the most hotly
contested land trotted in the best time ever made
by Minnesota horses. The struggle will be
a desperate one, and the thousands who wit
ness it will long and pleasantly remember it
as one of the grandest turf events in their
lives. In point of intense interest it will, as
it should, fairly divide the honors with the
great 4mlle heat running race and the 90
mile equestrienne contests, the big cards of
exposition week. The visitor missing the
stallion race will miss treat, sure.