Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-08-26
~ -horrN TWO MINUTES.
r,osrt on Trotting Horses Thinks
~ mis- Time win be Made.

- This Time VIII Do mauo'
r-ss he Ne,o HdUen Ne1os.
wiIliam Il. Brewer, of Yale Col
iI'l, -. made the evolution of the Ameri-
ls-s' Ia .ti,g horse the subject of much
can $50 search and study. Prof. Brewer
oa.sl'' - -,ost complete collection of an
00l' .- va modern books relating to horse
CEN al al its forms to be found in New
fe'l - Yesterday the professor gave
1tsrasting review OF the progress OF
.,,ire in America.
FoI''Is NOT known exactly" he SAID
horses began to trot against time.
""p ,1pron had always run their horses,
hp ebs3 trained them for that. SO the
qua u u6 horse is seldom If ever put to the
mn mn ,rials of speed IL was IN the
uo ar isO5 that the New York spectator
! sa4i mention Of horse winch
maI7 +-otted mile in two
n a;urtes and 50 seconds, which
nlnu ~ was without precedent. Laws
.u'sjnsr horse races, that Is 10 say run
asSlnho orsss were in colonial times eX-
nlDs W. STRINGENT. In the early part of
iT5ue, tnrv they got around the laws
tals .t horse races by trotting their
sgain clone and timing their speed by
lusy This was purely American dis
Nslou' After a while the horse laws
COVE =, modifIed as to allow trials of
"sie az they we're termed, 10 be given at
se.oi, neriOds Of the year with impunity.
Ge. r',, not until 1918 that the first trOt for
u We" was given, when Col. Boyd, of
l.1Io,u-risnd bet Mai. Jones, of Long island,
n ~ n5o mat no horse could be produced
s!so, c6uld trot a mile in less than three
va tn,tse, Boston Blue was produced
. .n5 covered the mile in just three min
stu This was held to be a wonderful
C a.ooi a, those times, and Boston Blue was
i Isl,- 10 England and exhibited there. In
,S5s the New York trOtting club was Or
noni1od and built a course at Jamaica l..
which was probably the fastest trot-
l.! !;,r track in the world. From that time
.rotting became a general sport and was
odontaj bv the mass of the people who
@Tnad horses. and thatveTy thing guaran-
,,oJ its nrogress. The record in 1878 of
poston Rlue. of three minutes was broken
II 1904 nv Top Gallant in 2:40, in the
sama wear hv the Treadwell mare in 2:34,
n ts9h nv Rurster in 1872, and in 1884 by
Irwin Forrest in 2:311%. 1t took nine
Ts.rs m lower the last record, which was
3one in 1913 bv Lady Suffolk in 2:2S, and
IN tbe next wear by the same horse in
9.o6iL But it was left to Flora Temple
n asfonish the country when she made
her celebrated time, 2:1934, in 1859. Flora
Jennie from that time became a house.
hoB word. Ladies wore Flora Temple
b0pntts bows smoked Flora Temple
cigars politicians drank Flora Temple
whisky. Il is NOT probable that any one
tr0tter will everAgain create such enthu-
4 siasm, Her winnings were very large in
q deed. Then came Dexter lowering the
q record twice before retiring from the
turf. Then Goldsmith Maid, whose
q speed and fame are said to have brought
& Der owners a quarter Of million dollars.
s. Then Rarus. u. Julien, and Maud S.
whose recent performance of 2:0SI
stands before the world without an equal.
Thus Won perceive the great lowering
drecords since trOtting was inaugurated,
70 1878. During the past decade records
have steadily been lowered, and Mr.. Bon
ler is authority for the statement that he
expects Maud 5. will surpass her time Of
lday or two ago before the summer closes.
It is nv firm opinion, based on many
years OF deep study Of the evO-
& dti0n Of the trotting horse, that be-
a iVlb duNiuFl Etuei htiOh JdsS6S we budii
4 bear Of trotting horses who can make a
& mile under two minutes. Horses are bred
4 nowadays for the single purpose of
bringing out their trotting qualities, just
asin England they are bred solely with
reference TO running. Now, if a lot of
thoroughbred horses are bred within
items Ives, without admitting any mon
grel blood. and if they are trained solely
4 for trotting, there is no question that man
can bring the record down to two minutes
q and under.
& Mr. Robert Bonner, who owned Maud
y rdicules such an idea, and he NAV
hlnk this an impossible result. l am
aware, as he SAYS, that trOtting is an &C
CURED gait for a horse and that running
slls natural gait. But still my theory
Mods and If the thoroughbred trOtter is
carried through one generation after an
Oher We shall one day see horse which
can tr0t In two minutes.O