Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-03-05
The Biz Winncrs.

A feature OF the Spirit OF the Times Of
the issue Of Feb. %, was a list Of trotters
who have won races in which the purses,
stakes or premiums aggregated $4,000
and upwards. 10 the close of 1882, with de-
scrption, date, name of sire, etc, the data
being furnished 10y advance sheets Of
Che tsr's Complete Trotting ana Pacing
Record. The list given comprises 22l
names Of horses that have performed from
the DAYS of Dutchman and Lady Suffolk:
W. egau their victorious careers in 1888.
dom 10 the present time. Commenting
Upa2 he table, the Spirit says:
III is instructive to note how brief time
Il Is. n many cases, before the victor OF
on year Is cast into the shade by the new
riy.4s that spring up. 1t has been shown,
il several cases, that trotter can bear
active campaigning for ten, or twelve, or
even q greater number Of years, yet we
find that 104, nearly one-half, OF the
$4,000 horses, were not successful IN races
for a period greater than i've years. As
rule. we thina. the old-time trotter stayed
Ionrer at the front than those of the past
two decades but that fact may be attrlbu-
table 10 there having been less competl-
tiou. and they were not so soon outclassed.
A striking exception to this is found IN the
veteran, Tom Keeier. Under the name of
Cayuga Chief, he won the first race In 1857
at Clyde, \. Y, and his thirty-seventh was
won III Maine in 1882. This is q period of
sixteen years, and none of the intervening
calendar divisions has failed to see him at
the front one or more times, except 1868
and 1881. He is a marvel of wear. Old
Lady Suffolk is only one season behind
hiH, and she won much larger number
of races, seyenty-fye being credited to her,
more than twice Tom Keeler's quota.
Chicago, alias Hardbread, alias Jim Rock
ey. cutranks even Tom Keller, having won
his first race in 1859, and his last in 1876,
no lsss than eighteen seasons of hard cam
paIgning. We believe he is still aIiVs in
California. An interesting "Reminiscences of
him was recently published. and if We are
no. mistaken, he won scrub race last
year. Other notable 'lasters" are: Brother
Jonathan, Byron, Confidence, Cozette, Der
by. Ethan Allen, Flora Temple, George
Wilkes. Goldsmith Maid, Hotspur, Hun
tres. John H, John Stewart, Lady Frank
lin. lady Moscow, Lady Star, Pilot Temple,
Siias Rich. and Thomas Jefferson, all Of
whom have d successful career of at least
ten seasons duration.
Ino palm as & campaigner must be
awarded to Goldsmith Maid. From 1856
to 1877 this marvellous little mare had one
hundred and twenty-one victories, and the
eigh5y-six OF Flora Temple are the nearest
approach to her IN this respect. The num-
ber of heats that she trotted in 2:30 or bet
ter was three hundred and thirty two
as counted bv those who keep track of such
matters, and the amount of the purses and
stakes in the contests for which she was
victress was the enormous sum of 1864, 200
more than treble the amount credited to
any other performer. This, of course, by
no means represents net winnings. AS 8
rule, Of late years, the winner of trott1ng
purse has Noted foUr-tenths of its amount
but in the case of Goldsmith Maid her av-
erage was much greater than this. In heI
case, as it is a matter of curiosity, we have
figured the actual net gains, aside from
expenses, that she has brought to bel
owner, and they foot up $246,740. The
greatest winner on the running turf in
this country was Hindoo, and his net
EARNINGS amounted to less than 100000
No horse of any age or country ever wor
SO much money as the little inbred
AadalIeh mare, who is now
at Fashion Stud farm. Her long career
was IN flush times, $4,000 purses were moi
infrequent, and several people whom sh
has enriched have cause to bless the daJ
when it was decided that she was too i'll
tempered for ploughing and had better b,
trained for the track. There are but tire
Others whose winnings reach treble figure
in the thousands, viz, American Girl
Id al
lerton, $1O2,035. Dexter, Flora Temple
Hopeful and Lady Thorn do not fall ia
short of reaching 100000.
The educated constituency that we ad
dress will not fail to draw encouragement
from the table of Big Winners" 1t show
whag is possible with good care and rec
sonable measure of success. They Will re
call. as they peruse these names, the his
tory Of the horses, will note their breedin
and remember to a great extent how thei
campaigns were conducted. They Wi
bear III mind that winning of, say $40
CO., ON 1876 to 1882, is equal to at lea:
$50. 900 from 1870 to 1876, because purse
hav4 been so much decreased in size of lat
years, and they will also not fail to not
the admirable manner in which some tro
tiers nave been handled to secure the meas
ure Of success which entities them to
place IN this table. 1t is very Ii
tie for q Princess to win $49,50'
WIN $50, 500 of il was the result of on
match against horse whom she Jar e.
ce.ed in speed, but il requires the best {
ma,agemelt 30 bring the winnings Of
hol-e ike st. James up TO nearly an equ
amount. or 10 win over $25, coo with hOr!
like ola Tom Keller, who never went
fir Gloss company.
As al illustration of the fact that spec
bria-5 the money, ve miss but few hors
thu, nave beaten 2:20 from the $1,000
lis The absentees are: Hattie Woodwar
2:l5-5: Jerome Eddy, Piggy; So 5
81 /: Edwin Forrest, 2:1S; Kate Spragu
2:15: Fanny Witherspoon, 2:18 /; Pickar
% /: Col. Lewis, 2:1S15; J. B. ThOma
o. ) Cleora, 2:1S3; Patohen, 2:182
Adj Gould, 2:19; Edward, 2:1
Gives, 2:19; Jay Eye s.
p. Kittie Bates, 2:19; MINI
r., 3.I9: Croxie, 2:19l /; Keene Jim, 2:19l
Romero. 2I915; Thomas L. Young, 2:191
Tc3abadour, 2:1915; Won Arnim, 2:191
Daisy dale, 2:l93f; DR.. Norman, 2:193
j. n S.Clark.2 :I924 Josephus,2 :l93I. Tn
j may seem long, but it Is only twent
seen out of total of eighty-two.