The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-01-17

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The above pedigree OF Black cloud ls
given ui Vol 4 at Wall wua American
.rrutling Register hack Cloud Wlh
brought from Kentucky 10 Michigan
by tic lamented General Custer lie
was placed Ia the hands Of Andrew
cutter Parma, Mich, who never did
much Of anything with him until after
tho death of both Custer aud hla part
ueE X, O. barker OF Detroit Nlicll but
the horse WIS never regularly la lhu
gtud until he GAME into puHhrfHion
Of Captain Wagner consequently tho
oldest ut his got viii be but three year
Odds tho fprlng ana summer OF 1854, ont
OF his matr5,
BIach Cloud I'd. a6 his shame indicates,
q let black, with small star. Tie Stands
lGhtUUa aud weighs about l,lsh pounds
IT, has proven himself TO be lemUrk
ably tUr Ilal Wl'eU, tUd llIuuFiy
stamps .| progeny ailrrllmarlt,
lur lu.,uW,uE extract from auartlelr
la puntona Spirit OF the Turf Of jan
uury ~, 1850, regarding Black cloud
and hIt pwltufmNI crs, VIII DO reud with
! iHtrluat,
among recent extensive ventures
into the leld OF breeding lLuttiug
horses for the track and road, hat or
Mayor a. " Wagner Of MulsUNl,
| MICH. M Uullhlr, The Judgment dine
/ PLAYED m laying tho foundations lno
/ IluUUIIly NUU uUiHIpIH' rNtgrlHpd 800
management, add The Wr,' known
.Iruug purpose l%lr.lrel energy, u"d.
. UuuuIlbt Unua ul the pI.prIrO1T,
uu. 70 900 guUN Inr,HH ul Cline llI. NIll Dr.
uHH cot mn. .uI' ui u.INNtuHul5 .l
I WIeHi. u. ..|. |N l.rl, off ON. W'.'.
country. .U Iuu Ucd ul iNH stud
.fUIHI. fhl .IHH. hlluG 4 uu asl,
l'hi. lt horse already luuUuu Hln lul
several reasons lic Inns strong plU
| nouUurd individual merits aud CUHrdC
lcristiCs Ito has a remarkable turf
! Career. Obtaining u record OF $40 a "a
| f]Our,yenr,0ld be- went into the hands OF
the veteran trainer George W, WORMS,
of Detroit, Mich, la 1879, being then
seven years Old; and at Chicago, sep
TENDER 10, OF that year he trotted
second 10 William II, Easy, ~ S3Oh
AZ Milwaukee, september II, one week
later he beat Cfpur0 Maid aud jay
! Gould In three straight heats, and 70
duCed his mark 20 2,3b, The next year,
No Adrian, Mich, June |, he brnt Dan
donaldson, Kate Barlum aud Rose
ellis in straight heats aud uls.lucrd
! lllmbudi sNU U.arlelL reducing hlN
record 70 227A, When n horse In the
2.36 class ln0Srs such u mark as that 10
early IN the season hOfsumeu boglu 10
talk about him, aud ~ wuS 80 In this
ease, lie won again at Detroit next
week, dropping lhe second heat to Kate
BWium, Two weeks later, June 81, 40
louil, Mich, he had u hot battle, whore
FIRST was exhibited the great staying
power which hOrsemen admire $50 much
nina, He lost the FIRST two heats 20
uule n 2aO, In 2'25k and 2927; Green
Charley WIS dlstuuced the first heat,
Black Cloud won the Third heat IN
a,21li, Che fourth In 2's0ll, ard
Ic 9th in 2;27. Boston WIS
uistanCpd Che 9th heat, and I'm.
olala and Edwin H. were ulsO beaten
This rnre ~ no doubt tIut Black
DlOud could last ont his mics Ike u
thoroughbred, At Detroit July b.,
1850, the lr6t heat was dead between
Black Cloud and Belle III, 22Gk, lie
then won the next three, 2.2iA, 2,2SH,
2.26k trOtgiug the last heat TX usual,
IN q way that would indicate that
there was some speed left, II any one
called for It, AZ Chicago, July %, lac
lowered his mark 10 2:2lH, beating Il
good field In % llyo.heat race. lie also
won the stallion race 0t Columbus, .
september I, and came back 10 Mighi
gan Vnd beat Palma and j. W, Ihumus
No Grand Rapids. In 1881 he was not |
Oh the turf until fall, and then won
three races without lowering his record |
1852 was bits successful year on tho turf
and he moved down the mighty from
Lake Michigan 10 the Atlantic |
~ Detroit hn {. lehultpd the Fourth bi
July Ny hJlllUg Red Gross. g.alla, aud |
NolWrtaire, 2,2Dii. At Chicago July |
10, he had q light with % fast lpId, con. |
slsting Of Willlum H., Easy, SCOTS
Thomas, 1921, UuUlllh 2'22H, Pilot g.
232lH, aud Fanny Robinson, 2;2Oli |
Black Cloud won the FIRST heat IN 2;2OA
Iha second heat was won By William
IT., who made his mark m2ISi6 july |
~ he won the great stallion IlCe for
81 900, beating Monroe Chief 2:lSli |
and SCOTS Thomas, 2:2l THIS race
following only three days Riter tho one
above described, and against such con-
petitors, was well calculated 20 Try the
endurance OF any horse, aud !. was IN |
Just such tests that Black Cloud, iUl
condition, was supreme He won h
straight heats; time, 2;19, 2.lSA and
211A. The last figure ~ bis record, |
made In the third heat, and NJ the nhish
Of The second race trOtted In one week |
Black Clouds winnings ~ the Chicago
meeting Of 1889, were Sl,750, the largest |
amount won by any horse except Won
Amin. jerome Eddy was also u great
horse at this meeting, and there was u
natural desire TO see these two horses
come together. The Buffalo ABsocia !
tl0n, with characteristic enterprise, 1
hung up n purse Of $500 for them
This was trOtted August 3 and A. The
first heat was won by Jerome Eddy In
2:lG1G, which Is his record. The next
two heats were dead in 2:lSH and 2:l0
The superb breeding Of Black Cloud
proved his superior endurance The
race wal then put over one day, and
was won by Black Cloud In $3.50, 2:lSL
and 2:191E. At Hartford, Conn, he
beat Won Arnim and Fred Douglas
2:l74 2:l0, 2:lS, trotting the last quar-.
ter Of the last heat Mt n jog, TO allow
his competitors TO save their distance,
and Mr.. Vorhis, his driver, whose judy
ment none will caN IN question, has as-
serted frequently that Black Cloud
could have been driven from wire TO
wire that day in 2:1i or better, while
Peter V. Johnson has said that Black
Cloud was the best trotting stallion on
the turf IN 1882, aud could have been
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