Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1888-04-06

ebrities in the world, should really be ii|
the best position to reach the mark al
which he aims. Still, with all his WE'LL
known ambition to own the. fastest troll
ter in the world, and now owning Maud
). herself, of whom it has repeatedly
been said, within the past few seasonsI
that she was in record-breaking form, [
am of the opinion that if she could havd
beaten her own unapproachable record
even the fractional part of a second, shd
would have been allowed to have made|
the attempt to do so.
If Mr. Bonner, with all his wealth and
material at hand, cannot reduce the presl
ent record, and with the probability that
no other gentleman will ever command d
stronger stable than his, | am at a loss
to account for the faith he had in such 4
performance.
do not know what Gen. Tracy's real
sons are for entertaining this belief, and
although no man is better able to defend
any position that he takes. | very much
doubt If he ever expects to breed ond
himself to beat 2:10. This latter figurd
Will probably never be beaten more than
once in decade, within the lifetime OF
any one who reads these lines, and
think the great aim and effort of thd
breeders of this country will be directed
in the future, to the production of a 21d
horse among trotters, and a 40 horse
among runners as the hight of their am
bition.
OF Mr. L. Broadhead, than whom TO,
no gentleman alive | have more respect
and whose opportunities for observation
are unsurpassed. happen to know thai
the belief he entertains that trotte1
will yet be produced to trot mile in twt
minutes. is founded upon the theory thai
by the infusion of more thoroughbred
blood in the trOtter than any one thai
has yet bred they will be able to maintain
the flight of speed for the greater dis
lance required to perform the task.
There are but two trotters ever We
bred that have gone three quarters of 6
mile at the rate of :0S-Maud S.. 2 :OS3
and Jay-eye see, 10. These three-uuar
ter miles were each trotted in :353, anC
in neither of these two miles were tn,
present records of these horses obtained
That flight of speed, for three-quarter,
of the distance, prevented even sucl
marvellous performers as these from fin
ishing at that rate of speed, and in eacl
instance the full mile was made in mucl
slower time than their present record
How MIR. Brodhead can well expec
any trotter to be bred one remove neare
the thoroughbred, and still maintain
level head and pure trotting action, | an
at loss to understand, and l make tn
prediction now, that, with all the wealtl
of material of trotting and thoroughbre,
stock contained within the boundaries o
WOODBURY. farm, the proprietors will
never breed another to surpass the rec
ord of Maud S. The big red letters o
| .0S no 90
burn Stock Farm In my opinion will re
main as trademark of that famous es
tablishment for many years to come
and the only suggestion l have to offe
to Mr.. Brodhead is to have those figure
printed in letters of gold.
My own belief is that whenever an
horse attempts to beat the preser
record and should by any possibility trc
/ the first quarter in thirty seconds, tina
+ the attempt would fail right then an
there, while if one could ever be produ(
, ed that could trot two quarters i'm sue
. cessiOn as that rate of speed, the imprOt
; ability of their accomplishing the otht
half at that same rate, would be increa
O ed a thousand fold.
f 1t should be recollected that anon
: the thousands of trotters that have so fl
been produced, and of which over fou
;, hundred entered the charmed circle @ &c
r in 1887, but one has ever yet been pro
i duced that has ever beaten 2 10. 1t
h plainly apparent from the above wha
o extreme speed means.
\ The old argument that has so long bee
/ used that we were all the time gradual
/ reducing the record, has long since los
p its force, as the nearer approach to til
limit has been reached. and the dfiicultit
I to be encountered by those who beliey
q that the realms of the scythe bearer al
r to be still further invaded will be foun
, to increase rather than diminish, as tn
future battles of the turf are fought"