The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-03-19
Our Intrnycled Horses.

On our own sol W. have as good horr,s
probably, as those that have won glory in
England and in France. We have Hindoo,
the winner OF the kentucky Derby and the
CLARK Stakes NJ Louisville, and OF the Blue
Ribbon Stakes at LexlnStO ton Wo have
rnora a grand INV VINO IN 1881, defeated
both nindoo and Crckmore, bat succnmb.
I'd LAST year OF Jerome Park 90 Sir Dance,
ha-ing 70 oonccde year aud six pounds.
We nave back from bis English campaign
orr old fsvoritc Parole, whose brilliant per-
formancs In tho Manhattan handicap,
onthus,.sm 1t arou,ed. We have
lie slespe.nhsser Trouble, who on
he fifth day OF the October meeting at Je-
rome p.rk won The handicaD alsep echHse,
Carrying l5T pounds. We have Glenmofe,
the gallant chestnut that achieved the I'M
oarslleed performance oi running the Tour
miles la the Lag. two heats Tor he B0Tie
stakes. in the time OF $50 ana ..ol re.
spsciivsly. With his en- y act on auu great
s'nying DogerS no ~ q wonderful horse;
ana IN apite OF the long races IN which he
mas been engaged be IL ~ eouuu and ns
iresh ns ever. IL tue Coney Island cup
! race he defeated Luke Blackburn, Monitor.
Parol. and Uncss, winning in % "a.
We have every reason 90 expect that ID
the near future other foreign victories viii
10 ohtained NY our sporlsnien We pos
ssss snmo Of ths bsst blood in the world.
VIZ have rich pastures: No have u better
Il mate, al 81 eyeuis, tna1 the British
stands; aud We havs trainers socond %
mons % their arr, and cwters second 70
none IN their en'efprise. Tue performances
O lroquois and Foxbsl leave 40 longer any
room Tor cavl on these pointa.
The best irotitrs that hour'shed about
1870 clnli not d. mile under 2.5D but IN
| 1856 Flo,s Temple reduced Tue time
| b. ?:2. II u 1865, Woodruff pride,
| ID sxter, nnder the SADDLE, did The
mite st Buifao IN 2:lS, aud in the fol-
| lowing year IN 2:l7 -. Since that Sine
Mr.. Boiner's famous Rsrus, Gojdsmith
| 81 AID, Lulu AID Others. have trotied Their
mila la ola ~ less But horses ,i1e those
| int mfutilsed IRE nothing 80 the wonder
Iui trot ere Of to-day. 1sud s.. tho queen
o, ,he TORI, rednced the time ~ Rochrstsf
! Ia 1880 10 2:iO3 4, ard III 1881, over the
sao a course enc ,rotteu = mile IN The I'M
pnralled lime ot 2:l0l-4 The frat halt Of
the X che ter track IL oy no means good,
baa " sil been equal 20 the last a-f, abe
would have made the distarc, In ?:lo. As
| = sustained performance, hONeyas, her
achievement a. Belmont Pork, Philsoel
phia IN JUS .gpsssei al pievlous record.
Sac trotted three CONSECUTIVE heats IN 2:il,
l2:l3l4, PIP IL. Her slowes' heat beat
| Rsrls, best al Har iord in 1878, when the
record WAS 2:l3 3 T. 2:i3 IL sno 2:l5. Maud
| =. has now the glory Of having achieved
TIE fastest heat tn, fastest two consecutive
Aaats, and The ins:ts' three consecutive
heats that have ever beer seen.
II Maud g. is the queen, 81. Julian IL the
| ting OF the trottins turf He stands second
TO her alone xith his last year's record OF
i2ll14. Hs.trainer, Hirkok, has In Santa
Claus another horse not unworthy OF being
m atch with the queen OF the turf. As "a
| i've yeGr-old he got record which 10 still
unbeat.n, making the mile in 2:lS.
The speed Of our trotting horses cannot
be approached by the animals Of any other
country. II has been attained, to quote
from Hiram Woodrufrs book, by our
msthod Of breeding. training and driving
bores. aided by the enterprise and ineenul-
Nv which provide v .cles, harness and ell
the other paraphsrnAlis..of that combustion
Of lightness with strength which Is modsled
upoH the plan OF the best .trosting horse
himselG."