Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-10-24
TWO FAMOUS HORSES.

oyCyo-sooe is Oiack geldlng, nft6en
hands, one inch high. He was foaled
IN 1878. He is a son of the old cam
paiener Dictator, dam Midnight, by
Eliot, Jr. His first public performance
was as four-year-Old in Chicago, July
10, 1852, when he met Bronze, Waiting,
and other fast trotters in a game strug-
gle which required seven heats to finish.
de took the fifth and sixth heats with a
record of 2:22s<, but lost the trot to
Waiting. On September g, 1882, at the
same place he distinguished himself by
trotting the third and fourth heats in
2:19. winning the stakes for four-year-
Olds, and wiping out the fOur-year old
record of Trinket that had stood for
three years. He re-awakened public at
tentioR this year by appearing at Louis
vile on May IL in a match against Char
ley Ford. Jay -Eye-See won in 8 straight
heaSs-2:2814, 2:28, 2:271S. At the Gem
tlemen's Driving Park, June %, he won
the purse of $1,000 for FIVE year olds,
trOtting the second heat in 2:19Z. II
will be remembered that in the first
quarter of the third heat John Murphy
and Phil Thompson, and Charley Green
and his horse we're all mixed in a hear
on the track while endeavoring to over
take the Western wonder. At Albany,
week later, he won the five-year-old
stakes, making 2:19sz again. A few
days after, on the same track, while
trotting to beat the fve-vear-old record
of Santa Claus, 2:l8, he made 2:l6x on
the third attempt. On the Fourth of
July, in Washington, he won the fve-
year purse in straight heats, beating
Bronze and Phil Thompson, in 2:19,
2:l9Z, 2:23. At Chicago, July 2lst, be
won the five-year-old stakes in three
straight heats, trotting the last in 2:19.
Entering the grand circuit, the little
horse went on conquering all competi-
tors. including time. At the opening
meeting in Pittsburg he captured the
special $4,000 purse in one, two and
three order, making the second heat in
2:l7. At Cleveland, ia a match with
Majolica, the son of Startle. that made
an unparalleled record of 2:17 for
green horse, in Gentlemen's Driving
Park. during the June meeting, Jay
Eye-See came ont victorious, with REQ
ord of 2:l5h. In trot at Buffalo for
six year Olds and under, he won handily
without extending himself, his best heat
being 2:l8l4. At Rochester, against
time, he won in 2:14. In attempting to
lower this on rather cold and windy
day at Hartford, he fell half q second
short; but at Providence q week later
he brought the five year old record
down to 2:10a, coming within half
second Of Maud s. record. In Mystic
Park, Boston, September 20, hc trotted
a mile in 2:11%. In Beacon Park, in
tho same city. on Tuesday, September
%, he trotted under unfavorable condi-
tions in 2:l7ld, and ON the following day
made 2:l51<.
st. Julien was foaled fourteen years
ago in Orange County, New York. He
was sired by Volunteer, dam Flora, by
Corning's Henry Clay. His star per-
formances are thus tersely summed up
by the Spirit Of the Times. In 1879
he won the crown Of King Of the Turf
by trotting the then fastest mile on
record, 2:12%. HIS campaign In 1880
was a wonderful one, and merits reca-
pitulati0n: June 10. at Detroit, Mich,
he trotted in 2:l7I, and June IL, at
same place, in PISA, 2:161. June "A,
at Iona, hia time was 3:l811. July q,
at Chicago, he showed three heats in
2:l7sl. Elsa, 2:161S. July q, at Cleve-
land, in 2:l5s, 2:18l4, 2:171. Aug. 8, at
Buffalo. in 2:l6sl, 2:16A, 2:l5h. Aug.
IL, at Rochester, he trotted two
heats in 2:l3s<, 2:llH, ooatlng nl6
own record in the latter heat. At
Springfield, Aug. -, his time was
2:l94, 2:l9k, 2.l5, the best ever made
over that track, while at Hartford, Aug.
"a, he trotted in 2:l1%, his present
record. and the best for any R~lding
until Jay Eye-See trottsd In 2:l0h,
couple Of weeks ago. September IL, at
Minneapolis, he trotted setond heat in
2:I3. Sept. q, at Beacon Park, . SEQ
ond heat 2:lSk, and third In ZIG.
Oct. 8, at Washington, ID. O., two heats
in 2:l94, and 2.13H, and Oct. 10, at
Prospect Park. heat In 2:l2k. Here
are twenty I've heats in one season bet
ter than 2:2O, and Eve Of them as fast or
faster than any other gelding or stallion
ever made, except Jay Eye-See. In 1881
and 1882 his supremacy was % appa-
rent that he was virtually eh the turf,
two races with Trinket, ensily won By
him, comprising his Appearances. His
position a. King was deemed secure.
and, although he was once beaten this
season, IL vas clearly through lack OF
condition. and later he defeated the
aama horses without difficulty"