The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-09-21
JEROME EDDY.
ON Spirit of the Times.

ABOUT the stallion Jerome Eddy was
received too late for publication in
connection with his picture last
week.-Ed. Spirit
owosso, Mich, Aug. This IA
nous bay stallion is 1874 hands, and
was foaled April 20, 1875; bred by
Dewey & Stewart, Owosso Mich,
sired by Louis Napoleon, son Of
Volunteer, dam Fanny Mapes, by
Alexander's Abdallah. While run
ming with his dam he was given a
liberal feed of wheat bran daily and
he grew finely. He was exhibited
with his dam at the Michigan State
Fair at East Saginaw, in September,
1875, and awarded second premium.
We weaned him when he was about
six months old and then gave him
oats and bran sufficient to keep him
in fine growing order. He gave no
special indications of his trotting
action until when about eight months
old, when he would the lead several
other colts running in our paddock
withhim, handily on the trot and sell
domever broke from the trotting gait.
He grew well during the winter and
when year old was I4.IH hands
and weighed 100 lbs. When fifteen
months old we broke him to trot to
halter and bride and to trot by side
of a running mate and in thirty days.
time we led him half in I.32H and
the mile in 3.I4. We continued the
practice of trotting him occasionally
during the summer and we exhibited
him with.a running mate on the home
stretch that fall at the Grand Rapids
z Fair, and while so exhibiting him,
strange gentleman rose up in the
grand stand and said 81 don't
know what you ask for that colt, but
I'll give S2,o for him, as he is the
best one of his age ever saw" He
was awarded first premium. We al
so exhibited at the Lansing Fair
same fall with the same success.
The next season, 1877, as a two
year-old, we did nothing with him
until into July, and then commenced
trotting him again, and Aug. I, he
was IS Ia hands and weighed 1000
lbs. We exhibited him at the Michi-
gan State Fair, at Jackson, getting
first premium and pronounced by the
judges the best they ever saw. In
October that fall, we drove him to
drive double and single. He broke
/, very nicely and with no trouble. He
seemed very intelligent and almost
anticipated our wants.
In the spring Of 1878, we gave him
moderate road work to skeleton wag-
on, and on July "a hooked him to
sulky for the first time, and drove
him a half mile in I:231a, and on
the goth, half mile in 1921, and in
September a half mile in 1:2oA,
without skip either time. We en-
tered him in three year-old-race at
Michigan State Fair, half mile heats,
which he won handily.
In 1879, as four-year-old, we
gave him moderate road work, and
occasionally slow repeat on the
track, and at our County Fair, in
September at the request of the So
ciety, we gave him an exhibition re-
peat with running mate. First mile
First half, I:I7H; second half,
1:I6h mile 1884. Second mile
First half, I:I5; second hall, 1872 ID;
mile 2:27 IA.
In 1880 he was handled about the
same as in 1879. At special trial
he trotted first half in 1914, second
half, I,IoA, and mile in a:24A.
In 1881 we commenced preparing
him for four races in our Michigan
Circuit, and gave him trial in May
first half rI5, second half in
I:II IA, and mile in z:a6 IA. We
started him in June at Jackson,
against the then famous Big John,
in the 1894 class this being his first
race, and he won the third heat in
2:27 and second money in the race.
At Saginaw he won second money.
At Grand Rapids he met ]. B. Thorn
as in the hands of that veteran, p. V.