Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-08-02
Fast American Horses.

On our own soil we have as good
horses, probably, as those that have
Won glory in England and in France.
We have Hindoo, the winner Of the
Kentucky Derby and the Clark stakes
at Louisville, and of the Blue Ribbon
stakes at Lexington. We have Thora,
grand filly, who in 1881 defeated
both Hindoo and Crickmore, but sue
cumbed last year at Jerome Park to Sly
Dance, having to concede year and
six pounds. We have back from his
English campaign our old favorite
Parole, whose brilliant performance
in the Manhattan handicap, with 120
pounds, deserved the enthusiasm it
aroused. We have the steeple-chaser
Trouble, who on the fifth day of the
October meeting at jerome Park won
the handicap steeple-chase, carrying
157 pounds. We have Glenmore, the
gallant chestnut that achieved the un-
paralleled performance of running the
four miles in the last two heats for the
Bowie stakes in the time of 1901 and
7:31 respectively. With his easy action
and great staying powers he is
wonderful horse; and in spite of the
long races in which he has been
engaged, he is as sound and as fresh as
ever. In the Coney Island Cup race
he defeated Luke Blackburn, Monitor,
Parole and Uncas, winning in $3.50.
We have every reason to expect that
in the near future other foreign vic
tories will be obtained by our sports
men. We possess some Of the best
blood in the world. We have. rich
Pastures we have better climate,
at all events, than the British islands
and we have trainers second to none
in their art, and owners second to none
in their enterprise. The performances
of Iroquois and Foxhall leaveno longer
any room for cavil on these points.
The best trotters that flourished
about 1880 could not do mile under
ESQ, but in 1856 Flora Temple re-
duced the time to 2:24l. In 1866,
Woodruff's pride, Dexter, under the
saddle, did the mile at Buffalo in 2:18,
and in the following year in 2:174.
Since that time Mr.. Bonner's famous
Rarus, Goldsmith Maid, Lulu, and
others, have trotted their mile in 2:l5
or less. But horses like these Just
mentioned are nothing to the wonder
full trotters of to-day. Maud S., the
queen of the turf, reduced the time, at
Rochester in 1880, to 2:10a; and in
1881, over the same course, she trotted
mile in the unparalleled time of
2:101. The first half of the Rochester
track is by no means good had it all
been equal to the last half she would
have made the distance in 2:10. AS
sustained performance, however, her
achievement at Belmont Park, Phila-
delphia, in July, surpassed all previous
record. She trotted three consecutive
heats in PIP, 2:131. 1929. Her
slowest heat beat Rarus's best at
Hartford in 1878, when the record was
2:13a. 2:13a and 2:15. Maud S. has
now the glory of having achieved the
fastest heat, the fastest two consecus
tive heats, and the fastest three con.
secutive heats that have ever been
seen.
If Maud S. is the queen, ST. Julien
is the king, of the trotting turf. He
stands second to her alone with his
last years record Of 2:114. His trainer,
Hickok, has in Santa Claus another
horse not unworthy of being matched
with the queen of the turf. As FIVE
year-old he got record which is still
unbeaten, making the mile in 2:18.
The speed of our trotting horses can
not be approached by the animals Of
any other country. 1t has been at
tained, to quote from Hiram Wood
ruff's book, "by our method of breed
ing, training and driving trotting
horses, aided by the enterprise and
ingenuity which provide vehicles,
harness and all the paraphernalia of
that combination of lightness with
strength which is modelled upon the
plan of the best trotting horse himself =
-Harpea's Magazine.