Telegram-herald., 1889-11-17


ths Union track and the old Fashion
Course On Long Island. As compared
wila ras tracks - to-day. those courses
were like sandoank beside a billiard
table The wagons Of those days were
very much heavier. TOO. then those now
used. aa1 This constituted another point
of difference - % considered. Maud ).
has trotted 90 a sulky Weighing 3sa
rounds bat Hiram Woodruff wouldn't
have dared % get into sllky less than
55 pounds in weight. This Il pounds
made a great difference and, unques-
tlonsbly. 10 would De q serious him
drsuce 20 animals going az = high rae
o. speed
More than twenty years ago. Dexter
vas credited with lsrter mile In 81
seconds This IS a. tle rate OF 2.04 20
The mile His fastest full mile vas
made lu 2.tT1-4 Maud ;. has trotted
quarter ia 80 "a seconds and her time
for mile is 2.0s 90 Now. is is mat
ter 20 De- carefully noted that. while the
rate of speed per quarter has Increased
only three seconds 20 the mile, the mile
rate bas increased : Ia seconds What
does this illustratea Is shows that the
ratio OF increased speed IS greater in
nile than In a quarter. IL shows, too,
that the infusion OF the thoroughbred
blood iu a trOttor does not carry with 4.
an increase in speed so much as the
ability TO sustain a high rate Of speed
during prolonged effort In other
Worts, 10 gives endurance anG bottom.
"It Is argued by some people shat the
running horse falls OF more in a mile
than the trotter does. in proportion 20
his speed. Fer example. Ten Brock
ran a mile In l.S9 81 twelve years ago,
which il the fastest mile that has been
made up 70 this time. Now the fastest
recorded quarter mile has been run in
81 IA seconds. which IS az the rate OF
las for mile. Now ii the best mile
on record il only 80 81 IL follows
from this calculation, that the thorough
bred has fallen on Just "A 3-4 seconds IN
the rate Of speed per mile. Maud IS
fastest quarter. 30 - seconds, IS at the
rate OF 2.0l 20 the mile, and Is just 81
seconds less shan the rate Tor her fUll
mile. ora falling - OF exactly seconds
per mile less than the running horse.
These calculations are Interesting
in view OF the attention given By horse
men all over the country 70 the study
OF the possi ibiIlrles OF the trOtter beat
ing the present record. Now. IS a mat
ter OF fact, a running horse doesn't quit
more than 4 trotter just as horses go
- much faster, SO much more will their
ratio % speed % the quarter differ from
the mile. It $ this great effort shat will
kill any horse. II one horse trOts a mile
IN 3.t0. and another horse trots mile in
2.0s 3-4. To Is much easier TO reduce time
OF 5he 2-t0 horse % eos 3-4 than it Is TO
lower the tire OF she 2.OS "a horse 20
eos Here srnin is the principle OF
Ccomotrical progression tnterPosing
with cumulative force the lower you
20 In the record.
'-l should think that a trottsr. in
order 90 accomplish mile in minutes,
should he able g0 show q quarter IN
e7 seconds a. least n the fastest re-
corded quarter mile be go IA seconds.
arf che uiI -.0s f-f tlen DC follows BY
n simple calculation. that ? minute
horse should DO he quarter in 3 IA SEQ
C0as less shan Maud 5. has done it.
let. here again 0ccGrs another very
snEuia- question OF ratio. If in the
pas. twenty years we have only made an
increase in speed ~ "a seconds in the
quarter mile time. how long viii 10
lfsa to reduce ths t.me 3 IA seconds.
ard thus attain tho sight OF speed per
quarter necessary for the two minute
trntfer' viii be- be sixty or eighty
year, o~ a century, I wouldn't want
lease nf rfe for amy longer period than
ro.Id he given mo. ~ Z were assured of
existence .1aI rhe record lad been cut
lova t0 -.c5 or even --16.