Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-04-03
THE FASTEST MILE.
Dryers Famous Bet that Blackburn
Could Reduce the Record to 1886.
From the Nashville Union.


From the Nashville Union.
A Union representative, as he strolled
up the long avenue at Belle Meade yes
terday, discerned Gen. jackson approach
ing from the left. After the formal greet
ing the General explained that he had
been supervising the finishing touches to
hisstone dairy-house, one OF the largest and
most complete in the South. On one side
of the parIor in the Generals mansion
was a large glass case, containing
many of the trophies won by the sons
and daughters of the Belle Meade
farm. The transition from politics to the
turf at once suggested itself, and to the
inquiries Of the scribe, Gen. jackson re-
piled that the prospects of the coming
spring sale We're very flattering. The
Nashville races would be more attractive
than for years, and consequently more
turfmen would be in attendance. All
these, of course, would attend the sale. OF
the forty-three yearlings to be offered, III
teen are Of LUX. Blackburn's ct.
II know l differ from most people, said
the General, ''but my favOrite is Bran
BILE. His produce will run for the first
time this season, and | expect great
things from them. All reports are to the
| effect that they are doing we'll. The Luke
| Bldckburns Will not appear until next
/ season."
"Dld not the Dryers offer to bet $15,-
600 Luke Blackburn could beat Ten
/ BrOeck's record :3934W
"NO. that was not the way of il. |
/ was sitting in the club house at the
/ Louisville track with fifteen or twenty
other gentlemen and heard the wager.
Lewis Clark was trying to persuade
Philip Dryer to run Luke Blackburn
against the mile record, Ten b Decks
1899. 'Pve too valuable n horse said
DwyeT, ito risk him to fill your grant
stand, but FL tell you what I'll do. Pll
| make you two propositions, either OF
which | think you will find sensational
/ enough. I'll run him for $4,000 to beat
:3S, or to give you chance to save
/ yourselves, Pll bet $4,000 he can beat
that time. The other proposition is, Pil
/ bet So, 600 that he can beat the two fastest
horses on your track, Aranza and Ban
croft, 100 yards in a mile, but make one
condition, they must start 100 yards in
front of him."
"You know how Blackburn ram" ex-
planned Gen. jackson; sit was like a
/ country dog in town with tin can tied
to his tail and pursued by town dogs.
Blackburn was always 10 the front, and
let him hear horse approaching from the
rear and he seemed to take wings. There
was always fear he would never come
out of a race alive. Dryers idea, of
course, was to take advantage Of Black
burns disposition to 90 10 the front and
stay there. / made a little calculation in
my mind, and said to him: You would
have to run him in 1886 or l :37P Yes
responded Dwyer, Il would expect to run
him in 49, You know Mlt Young will
bet on anything. He will flip all day
from a nickle to 500 flip. l asked him il
Dwyer meant business. 'Wel, | don't
want any of it, was Young's answer.
There was no doubt Blackburn could
have easily beaten Ten Broeck's record
which saw made on the Louisville track
Ten Brock came in under the whip and
had let out the very last link over q
hundred yards from the string. He was
completely used up"
"Good authority" added Gen. Jackson
''placed Blackburn tour seconds faster
than Bramble, but the fastest sire does
not always have the fastest produce
Brdmble, as | said, is my favorite.7