Daily globe., 1883-10-29
a Great Young Trotter.

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Whenever star of unusual magnitude
and brilliancy arises in the trotting firm
ament it is invariably found, upon investi-
CATION, that trotting blood is the prime
cause in the production of the result. The
latest phenomenon in the way of horse
flesh is the two-year-old flly Femme Sole,
mention OF whom was made in the Gazette
two weeks ago. This FLY is by Princsps,
son of Woodford Mambrino, and on her
dams side she is strongly inbred to Rys
dyk's Hambletonian, her dam being by
Messenger Duroc, son of that horse, and
her second dam by another son of the
Hero of Chester, Edward Everett. With
SO many strains of trotting blood, and
such good ones, it is no wonder that
Femme Sole is wonderful young trot-
ter. Her sire, Princeps, first came
prominently into notice through the per-
formances of his daughter Trinket, who,
in her four year-old form, set the mark
for trotters Of that age at 2:19M-fgures
which remained unaltered until the game
and speedy little Jay-Eye-See came and
lowered them to PIG, only to give way, a
year later, to the 2:182 of Hinda Rose.
The sire of Pripceps, Woodford Mambri-.
no, was Observation-Disclosures sort of
horse, and after spending the best years of
his life in the stud at Woodburn, was sold
because of physical intirmity, which, it
was feared, would prove injurious to his
health. And then at sixteen years of age
he was put to trotting, and made one of
the best campaigns on record, closing it
with record of 2:211a.
Having got Trinket, record 2:14, out of
mare by Rysdyk's Hambletonian, it was
natural that Mr.. R. 8. Veech, the ewner
of Princeps, should look to that blood as
the one most likely to produce more of the
same sort, and in Femme Sole he has GER
tainly not been disappointed. Her dam is
trotter and always strives to get in the
front and keep there, either on the road or
in the field. When barely two years old by
the calendar Femme Sole was broken to
harness,and with very little handling could
show better than three-minute gait. She
was then turned out for six weeks,
during the dog-days, and when taken
up again improved even more rap
idly than before. A quarter better than 80
seconds surprised Mr.. Veech one morning
as he was watching the filly take her work
on the Indian Hill track, and not long
after that she did the distance in 81 sec
onds. She was then taken to Lexington,
and during the fair shown in the two
year-old ring to wagon, it being the first
time she had even been hitched to four
wheeled vehicle. A day or SO later she was
given public half-mile trial, doing the
distance in 1:1l11s, and before being taken
home was driven a quarter in 351a sec
onds.
In color Femme Sole is nearly black.
She stands about 1511a hands high, and
wears neither weight, check, or martin
gale, being natural trotter. Possessed
of level head, she does not rush away at
her top speed, as did Trinket, butincreases
her action gradually sntil a 2:20 gait is
reached. That she could, this fall, have
lowered Wildfower's o-year-old record
Of 2:21 there is scarcely room to doubt,
but Mr.. Veech is In no hurry. He believes
he has the fastest and most promising
young trotter in the world, and is content
to wait year or two for results. 1sE