The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-08-24
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An E1psr. on rrostiog Horses Talks Of .
1tns In Two Minutes.
Eas Haven Eass
Prof. william q, Brewer, Of Yale Col
lsse, has made the evolution Of the Amsri'
can trottins horse the subise. Of much
cateipl research and study. Prof. Brewer
owns the most complete collection Of an.
Client and modern books relating 70 horse
flesh in all its forms to be found In New
England. Yesterday the Professor gave
an interesting review OF the progress oil
ttotting in America.
sit Ia not known exactly" he said,
Hwhen horses began to trot against time.
Epglishmen had always run their horses
and had trained them for that. So the
English horse Is seldom put 10 the trot on
trials Of speed. It was In the year 1905
that the New York Spectator made men.
ton OF q horse which had trotted q mile
in two minutes and 50 seconds, which at
that time was without precedent. Laws
against horse races. that ia 10 say running
hofses, were in colonial times extremely
stringent. In the early part OF this cen.
fury they got around the laws against
horse races by trotting their horses alone
and timing their speed by watch. This
was q purely American discovery. After
while the horse laws were SO modified
as to allow trials Of speed" as they were
termed, to be given at certain periods OF the
year withimpunity. 1twas not until 1918
that the first trot for money was given,
when Col. Boyd, Of Maryland, bet Major
Jones, Of Long Island, 81 900 that no
horse could be produced that could trot q
mile in less than three minutes Boston
Blue was produced and covered the mile
in Just three minutes. This was held to
be a wonderful fest in those times and
Boston Blue was taken to England and
exhibited there. In 1925 the New York
trotting club was organized and built q
course ct JamAica, L. L, which was prob
ably the fastest trotting track in the world.
From that time trotting became general
sport and was adopted by the mass Of the
people who owned trotting horses, and
that very thing guaranteed its progress
The record Of 1878 of Boston Blue, Of
three minutes, was broken in 1924 by Top
Gallant in 2;40, i'll the same year by the
Treadwell marc in 1884, in 1880 by
Burster in 2:S2 and in 1884 by Edwin
Forrest in 2:3ll, It took nine
years to lower the record,
which was done in 1913 by Lady Suffolk
in 2:2S, and in the next year BY the same
horse in 1921. But It was left TO Flora
Temple 70 astonish the country when'she
made her celebrated time, 2:l9i, IN 1859.
Flora Temple from that time became a
household word. Lsdies wore Flora lem,
pie bonnsts, boys smoked Flora Temple
cigars, politicians drank Flora Temple
whisky. ItiRnot probable that any one
trotter will ever again create such enthu-
siasm. Her winnings were very large
indeed. Then came Dexter, lowering the |
record twice before retiring from the turf.
Then Goldsmith Maid, whose speed and |
fame are said to have brought her owners
a quarter OF q million dollars Then
Rarus, st. Julien, and Maud s., whose |
recent performance Of 2:0St stands before
the world without an equal.
Thus, you perceive the great lowering Of
records Eince trotttng YVES iDangusHtsd, in 4
1878. During the past decade records
have steadily beeen lowered, and Mr..
Bonner Is authority for the statement that |
he expects Maud s. will surpass her time
OF day or two ago before the summer |
closes. It Is my firm opinion, based on
many years Of deep study Of the evolution |
OF the tsotting horse, that before another
generation passes we shall hear Of trotting
norses who can naks mile under two
minutes. Horses are bred nowadays for |
the single purpose OF bringing cut their
ttotting qualities, Just as in England they
are bred solely with reference to running.
Now, If al6t Of thoroughbred horses are
bred within themselves, without admit.
ting any mougrel blood, and If they are |
trained eolely for trotting, there Is no ques.
ton that man eau bring the record down
TO two minutes and under.
.'Glr. ROBERT Bonner, who owns Mand
s, ridicules such an idea, and he may
think this an impossible result lam
aware, as he says, that tsot,ing Is an &C.
quired gait for horss and that running is
his natural gait. But still my theory
holds, and 1.-THE thoroughbred tro;ter Is
carried through one generation alter an
other, ne sball one day see horse which
can trot in two Minutes"