St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-01-12

and cool nights take the place of midday
heat. There stock can remain in the open
air nearly the whole year round and thrive
by it. In the east the conditions are OPP
posite. All these climatic influences have a
favorable effect. The -year-old is as large
and muscular as the eastern three-year-old.
Now. while Salle Benton has trotted mile
in 2:179l, Kinda Rose mile in 2;204, the
first fast mile she has been given in three
months, and the Dame Winnie colt a mile
in 2:23$l in his two-year-old form, let us ask
ourselves what all this will lead to. viii
these wonderful performances by precocious
trotters make lasting and able campagners
of them!
We have veto know of great campai gner
which California has produced, for all the
state has been breeding trotters for a number
of years. We do not say this in derogatory
spirit, as we appreciate the efforts of such
men as Hon. Leland Stanford in seeking to
strengthen the breeding interest, but simply
state truth in the hope that good will come
out Of it. There is an old adage, "Early ma
turity, early decay" the truth of which is
borne out by facts-facts that apply as well
to Kentucky as to California. In the latter
state the rariied atmosphere and high feed
ing develop an abnormal amount of nervous
energy that is sure in time to suffer relapse
and often a collapse. The high pressure
conditions under which the horse is matured
are certain to draw upon the vital powers,
sooner or later, II the animal is called upon
for supreme efforts when untitled by age for
them. Transporting an eastern bred horse,
that has attained his growth on his native soil,
to the climate of California, is beneficial. This
has been the experience OF Doble, Spian,
Hickok, Goldsmith and others, who have
taken their horses to the west side of the
Serras. On the contrary, horses bred on
the Pacific slope when brought east lose their
speed, as is instanced in the case of Doty,
Tommy Gates, st. Helena, Colonel Lewis
and others. We think Califo rnian breeders
are making a serious mistake In encouraging
the high pressure development OF their trot-
tiers. 1t is well enough to gentle and way
wise the young horse, but let him have his
full growth before expecting him TO do his
best. With the advantages possessed by the
golden state she should rear and give to the
world the greatest horses the turf has ever
had, but it can only be done by keeping
their trotting powers in reserve until age
brings strength and campaigning ability.
At the close of 1888 there were over sixty
trotters. from two to four years of age, that
had records of 2:30 or better. Out of forty
six four year Odds, eighteen improved in
their five year old form. The three year old
list had twenty-five members, two of which
improved in their four and FIVE year old
forms. Out of six two year ODDS with records
OF 2:30 or better, nCs one has place in the
five year old list We think great lesson is
TO be learned from this showing. 1t proves
conclusively that the safest period to begin
early Development with due regard to future
usefulness, is at the age of four years.
Considering the history of our great cam
paigners, such as Goldsmith Maid, Rarus,
Dexter. Hopeful, Harry Wilkes, Driver,
Bonesetter, Lew Scott, Maud and others
that have gone on, we find that none of
them have been noted as phenomenal young
sters, with the exception of Maud S and Jay
Eye See, who were moderately worked as
four year Odds, the former in trials only, and
the latter figured in but two races.