Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1883-07-25
Our UntraVeIed Hcrses.

| OuF OntfhteIcu lkCFScS.
On our own soil we have as good
hors's- probably as those that have
won glory in England and in Franc.
We have lIindoo, the winner of the
Kentucky Derby and the Clrke
Stakes at Louisville, and of the Blue
Ribbon Stakes at Lexington. We
have Thora, grand FLY, who 10
1881 defeated both Hindoo and
Crickmore, but succumbed last year
at jerome Park to Sly Dance. having
to copcede year aud six pounds.
We have back from his English cam
paign our old favorite Parole, whose
brilliant performance in the Manhat
tan handicap with 100 lbs, deserved
the enthusasm it aroused. We have
the steeple chaser, Trouble. who on
the fifth day Of October meeting at
Jerome PAX won the handicap stee-
ple-chase, carrying 157 pounds.
We have. g kenmore, tho gallant ches-
nut that achieved the unparalleled
performance of running the four
miles in the last two heats for the
Bowie Stakes in the time Of 1901 and
7.3l respectively. With an easy ac-
tion aud great staying powers he is
wonderful horse: and in spite of the
long races in which he b $ been en-
gagged, he is as fresh as ever. Ia the
Con'y Island Cup race he defeated
Luke Blackburn, Monitor, Parole anu
Uuc s, winning in 3 5S8.
We have every reason to expec;
that in the near future other foreign
victories will be obtained by our
sporismen. Wepossess some f the
best blood in The world. We have
rich pastures; We haya a better eli
mate, at Ill events, thau the British
Islands. and we have trainers second
to none in their art, and owners Sec
oni to none in their enterprise. The
performances Of Iroquois and Foxhall
leave no longer any room for cayil on
these points.
7 best troitcrs that forrishCd
about 1880 could not do a mile IN.
der $50, but in 1856 Flory Temple
reduced the time TO ? 2lI. In 1866,
Woodruif's pride, Dexter. under the
saddle, did the mile at Buhilo, in , IS
and N the following year in 2.l74.
Siuce that time Mr.. Bonner's famous
Rarus: Goldsmith Maid, Lulu, and
Others, have 'roited their mile 10 2.l5
or l-ss. But horses like these just
mentioned are nothing 10 the wonder
ful rolters of to-day. Maud S., the
queen Of the tnrf, reduced the time,
at Rochester in $50, to 2.l03: and
1881. over the some cours', she
trotted a mile in the unparall. Id time
of 2.104. The first half Of the
Rochester track is by 10 means good;
had it all been equal TO The last bali,
she would have made the distance in
2 10. AS a sustained performance,
however. her achievement at belm ont
Park, Philadelphia, in July, surpassed
all previous record. She trottel three
consecutive heats IN 2,l2, 2,13i, 2l24.
Her slowesl heat beat Rarus' best at
Hartford in 1873, when the record
was 2.123, and 2l5. Maud S. has
now the glory Of having achieved the
fastest Leaf. the fastest two consecu
tive heats, and the fastest three coma
secuiiyc he4ts th,t have ever been
seen.
Ii Maud ). is the queen, ST. julien
is the king, of the troiting turf. lie
stands second to her alone with his
last y ar's record of 2.1I4.
His trainer, uickok, has in Santa
Claus another horse not unworthy of
being matched with the queen Of the
turf. As a fve.year-old he got
record which is still beaten, making
tue nile in 2.1S.
The speed of our trotting horses
can not be approached by the animals
of any other country. It has ben a.
tanned, to quote from Hiram Wood
ruffs book, "by our method Of breed
ing, training, and driving trotting
horses, allied by the enterprise and
ingenuity which provides vehicles,
harness, aud all the parapherunlia Of
that combination of lightDesS with
streng h which is modelled upon the
plan Of the best trotting horse him
self i lIarper's Mag zine.