The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-04-16
WINNING HORSES.
Some of Those Which Have Won More
Than $4,000 Stallion Stakes.


The list of trotting horses who have
won purses or stakes a0oTegating at
least $40, 900 comprises 22l flames of
horses that have performed from the
days OF Dntchman and Lady Suffolk.
who began their victorious careers in
1888 downto Clingstone, Edwin 1horne,
santa Claus. etc, of the present day.
The palm as campaigner must be
awarded to Goldsmith Maid From
1866 to 1877 this marvellous little mare
had 121 victories, and the SO of Flora
Temple are the nearest approach to her
Ia this respect. The number of heats
that she trotted m 2:30 or better was
3a32. The actual net gains. aside from
expenses, that she has brought to her
owner foot up S246, $50. No horse of
any age OF country ever won so much
money as the little inbred Abdallah
mare, who is now meekly performing
the duties of matron at Fashion stud
farm. Her long career was in flush
times, $4,000 purses were not infre-
quent, and several people whom she has
enriched have cause to bless the day
when it was decided that she was too
ill-tempered for blowing and had better
be trained for the track. There are but
three others whose winnings reach
treble figures in the thousands-yiz.,
American Girl, $118, 100; Rarus STA
$50, and Judge Fullerton $102, ,035
Dexter, Flora Temple, Hopeful and
Lady Thorne do not fall far short of
reaching $4,000 The greatest win
ner on the running turf in this country
was Hindoo and his net earnings
amounted to less than 800, 900.
1t has been shown in several cases
that a trotter can bear active campaign
ing for ten or twelve or even a greater
number of years. As n rule we think
the old-time trotters staid longer at the
front than those of the past two decades
but the fact may be attributable to there
having been less competition, and they
were not SO soon outclassed. A striking
exception TO this is found in the veteran
Tom keeler Under the name of Ca
yuga Chief he won his first race in 1867
at Clyde, n. Y, and his thirty-seyenth
was won in Maine, in 1882. This is a
period OF sixteen years, and none of the
intervening calendar divisions has failed
to see him at the front one or more
times, except 1868 and 1881. He is a
marvel of wear Old Lady Suffolk is
only one season behind him, and she
won much greater number of races,
seventy-five being credited to her
Chicago. alias Hardhread, alias Jim
Roekey outranks even Tom keeler,
having won his first race in 1859 and
his last in 1876, no less than eighteen
seasons OF hard campaigning. We be-
lieye he is still alive in California. An
interesting reminiscence of him was re-
Gently published, and if we are not mis-
taken, he won a scrub race last year.
Other notable 'lasters' are: Brother
Jonathan, Byron, Confidence, Cozette,
Derby, Ethan Allen, Flora Temple.
George Wilkes, Goldsmith Maid, Hot
spur, Huntress, John III. John Stewart,
Lady Franklin, Lady Moscow, Lady
Star, Pilot Temple, Silas Rich, and
Thomas Jefferson, all of which have IA
Successful career of AT least ten sea-
sons duration.
This table also furnishes new test
of the success of stations. Tried by it,
we find that Volunteer heads the list
with ten representatives, while his sire,
Rystlyk's Hambletonian, ranks second
with eight of his get in the table. The
only other stallious that have more than
two representatives are: Ethan Allen,
3; Daniel Lambert, 3: Young Colum-
bus, g. Blue Bull, 4; Vermont Black
Hawk, ,; Alexander's Abdallah. ,. and
Edward Everett, 3.-Ne1O YORK. SPIRIT
or the Times.