The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1883-03-13
Winners of More Than SO. 600.

SI.rit of the Times
The list of trotting horses who have
won purses or stakes aggregating a,
least $4,000 comprises 22l names OF
horses that have performed from the
DAYS of Dutchman and Lady Suffolk,
who began their victorsous careers in
1888, down to Ciingstone. Edwin
Thorne, Santa Claus, etc., of the pres
ent day.
The palm as a campaigner must
be awarded to Goldsmith Maid.
From 1866 to 1877 this marvellous lit
tie mare had 121 victories, and the
Sc of Flora Temple are the nearest ap-
proach to her in this respect. The
number of heats that she. trotted lii
2 80 or better was 332. The actual
net gains. aside from expenses, that
she has brought to her owner foot up
$246.750. No horse of any aye or
country ever won So much money as
the little inbred Abdallah mare, VINO
is now meekiy performing the duties
OF a matron at Fashion Stud farm.
Her long career was In flush times,
SO, 600 purses were not infrequent,
and several persons whom she has en-
riched have cause to bless the day
when it was decided that she was too
i'll tempered for piowing. and had
better be trained for the track.
There are three others whose VIII
nings reach treble figures in the thou
sands, viz American girl, Sis, 100 ;
Rarus, STA. $50, and Judge Fuller
ton, S1O2 ,035. Dexter, Flora lem
pie, Hopeful and Lady Thorn do not
fall lar short of reaching 500, 900.
The greatest winner on the running
turin this country was Hindoo, and
his net earnings amounted to less than
$50, 600.
1t has been shown, iDs everal cases,
that trotter can bear active campaig
hing for ten, Or twelve, or even a
greater number of years, yet We find
that 1J4, nearly cnehalf, of the SlO.-
600 horses We're not successful In
races for a period greater than five
years. AS rule, We think, the old
time trotter stayed longer at the front
than those of the past two decades,
but that fact may be attributed to
there having been less competition,
and they We're not SO soon 0utciassed.
A striking exception 20 this is found
in the veteran Tcm Keller. Under
the name of Cayuga Chief he Won his
FIRST race in 1867, won in Maine, in
1882. This is period OF sixteen
years, and none Of the intervening
divisions has failed to see him
at the front one or more times, except
1868 and 1881. He is marvel OF
wear. Old Lady Suffolk is only one
season behind him, and she won
much greater number of races, seven
ty-6ve being credited to her, more than
twice Tom Keeler's quota. Chicago, |
alias Hard-bread. alias Jim Rockey.
outranks even Tom Keller, having
won his first race in 1879. and his last
IN 1876, no less than eighteen seasons
Of hard campaigning. We believe he
is still alive in California. An inter.
esting Renaissance of him was recent
" published, and, if we are not mis-
taken, he won scrub race last year.
Other notable "lasters" are Brother
Jonathan. Byron, Confidence, Cozette.
Derby, Ethan Allen. Flora Temple
George Wilkes, Goldsmith Maid. Hot
spur, Huntress, John H., John
Stewart. Lady Franklin, Lady Mos
cow, Lady Star, Pilot Temple, Silas
Rich. and Thomas jefferson, all of
whom have successful career of a
least ten seasons duration.
This table also furnishes a new test
Of the success of stations. Tried by
t. We find that Volunteer heads the
ist, with ten representatives, while his
IRE, Rysdyks Hambletonian. rsnks