St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-09-01
The Ristoru of ELnsh.

The Nashville Spirit Of the Farm contains an
account of the Tennessee mare Flash, from which
we condense the following:
About two years ago Major Campbell Brown
found Flash in the hands o: farmer; she was
dead poor, her owner having made a corn crop
with her, but having ''laid by his crop, he was
glad to sell her to Major Brown for S125. She
was turned over TO Mr.. Bostick, Major Browns
trainer, with a lot of other ''green" ones, TO be
broken TO harness. Bostick worked her through
the summer and fall, and she gradually began to
improve in her gait, and when he stabbed her for
the winter she could show him 300 clip. AS
soon as the frost was out OF the ground the fol-
lowing spring he had the mare out and to his
delight, she went as though she had inst taken
her exercise the day before. From this
time on she improved every time he
drove her. Two-ffty, forty-fve, forty,
thirty-fve, thirty were cut out Of the
mile successfully Major Brown then decided
to let her start in a race at the Lexington, KY,
fair. Here she made record of 2:27k. and the
major offered $4,000 for her. Not being en-
gagged in racing, but simply in breeding and de-
Veloping his trotters, he was disposed TO sell,
but was over-persuaded however by the earnest
appeal of Bostck. "Just give her one more
chance, major" he urged. ''She is a born trot-
ter and believe will be the fastest horse ever
foaled in Tennessee; sell your Jersey cows if
You want TO sell anything, but let me drive the
mare another season. The appeal was irresist-
able and the major declined the offer. She was
not given another fast mile until just before GO
ing into winter quarters. This spring she came
out in robust condition and trotted over Major
Browns track early in the season in 2:23% At
Bostick's solicitation Major Brown consented to
enter the mare in the 2:27 class at Columbus,
Pittsburgh and Cleveland, but declined to let her
90 further although Bostick had shown him
2:22 and the last quarter in 34H.) In her first
race at Columbus the track was almost quagmire
and she vas not driven out At Pittsburg she
reduced her record from 2:2712 to 2:204, trot-
ting dead heat with St. Adams At Cleveland
she again reduced her record, trotting the third
heat in 2:19h, the fastest heat of the race. She
had the purse at her mercy, but in the next heat
one of her boots slipped over her knee, and she
could not bent her leg at all, so that she had to
run in to save her distance. This was her last
engagement ard Bostck had orders to either
come home or sell. Satisfied that his mare had
not yet shown her speed he sought an oppor-
tunity TO give the public taste of her quality. 1t
presented itself by the owner of Cemmie q. Of
fering to show for the entertainment OF the Wis
itors fast mile: Clemme to be accompanied
by runner hitched to another sulky. Bosticli
officers Of the association and owner of
Clemmie G. to trot Flash at the same
time II will not interfere with you gentlemen =
he said II will stay behind, but if am obliged to
pass Ciemmie G. and her runner the last
quarter, in order to show rmy mares speed, /
viii swing wide On the turn and come down on
the outside Every except Bostick
thought the remark was made in jesting spirit
Flash trailed the leaders to the half and then
moved up on the runners wheel At the three
quarter pole Bostick swung the black daughter
Of Bonesetter wide out, and for the first time
asked her for speed. In an instant she passed
the runner and was forging ahead of Clemmie
c., when the latter went TO pieces. Bostick
shook his whip over his mare, and she darted
under the wire in 2:i7. The rest is soon told
MIR. Rockefeow asked to have her driven TO
pole with Midnight; they showed him a ego
clip together, and he gave his check for $4,000.
"And this sGiu Bostick, he showed us the
draft yesterday, Twill buy exactly forty jersey
COWS ut $500 apiece"