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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-11-17

when Dexter first beat Flora Temples
time the famous mare had a record Of
2.19sI. That was made IN 1859. Dexter beat
that IN 1866 by trOttiUg tine mile in 2.lo -
% saddle. being ridden by honest Johnny
Murphy. All trOtting records are gwen by
ono fourth one half. and thrre-Quartcr
seconds. The only trotung record in
tEe history Of the American turf IN
which the record was CIV u by htth3 ol
q second was on the occasion referred
%. George Alley. the owner VI Dexter, had
wagrred ~ GOO - 5000 that the horse
would beat 2.l9 10 saddle. tie placed IN
the hands Of the timers three watches, each
marking the seconds by htths, because
there wasa possibility OF beating 2:l3 1y
Just ono NTH of a second, and this NICE
reckoning could not OF course be made by
a Guarter-seCOnd watch. II Dexter had
trOtted IN 2ls i-5 the quarter second watch
would have been more likely 10 MAKE lt
2.l9.
The present 6rore over California
horses and the recent fcats 81 Sunol, PaiO
Alto. and Axtell have drawn attention 20
the great question whether the East or the
West is destined % produce The troitng
wonder OF the future. II 10 not 10 be
doubted that California produces the iast-
est young trotters in the world but Will
she produce the fastest matured hoTsel
Three or four-vear-olds that trot tast are
as thick rs blackberres. lou can find
them anywhere. but particularly ~ Call
fOrnia, where all the advantages o. cina,e
and training are IN their favor. Ihere ID
WIldhOwer, "a twO-vcar-old belonging 70
Ex-Governor Stamford, which was the
greatest colt wonder OK her day yet We
hear nothing of her now.
What enables California to produce 30
many young trottersy They begin with
the colt when he is from four TO SIX months
old. He is chased round IN RUG. with
nothing whatever upon hin. IheIe are
perhaps a score Of these youngsters IN hand,
and those that show action are picked out
and trained, while the others are prac-
tically cast away. The difficulty with
young colts is that when worked hard nlne-
teen ont of twenty break down. but
the California principle IS 20 destroy 81 per
cent. II necessary to produce q pliehohe-
non. There are more wrecks OF this sort
in the State OF California than you could
count and this is all done. az l have SAID,
10 produce colt or two that Will show a
record that may attract attention. ms
may be very good plan for q man VINO -
able TO do it, but. looked at in commercial
way, ii will destroy more property than II
will accumulate riches. There Is q humane
side 10 the matter, too, OF which 1t IS
hardly necessary 20 speak.
Axtoll. the most marvellous OF the
youngsters, Is o three-year-old. aud an
eastern horse, although | see some have
classed him along with Sunol and the other
California youngsters. Notwithstanding
all the California development Axtell has
come to the front and wiped out all records
for three-year-olds by trotting a mile with
out break in 2.l2, The best Of the Cali
fornia colts could do 10 Offset this has been
the feat of Sunol, who did mile in 2ls$4.
There are many things that favor tho
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-11-17

Union track and the old Fashion
| Course on Long Island. As compared
with the tracks OF to-day, those courses
/ were bike saud-hanR beside a Billiard
/ table. The wagons Of those days were
very much heavier, too, than those now
used, and this constituted another point
OF difference 10 be considered. Maud ;.
/ has tr0tted to sulEy weighing 80 r.
| pounds. but Hiram Woodruff wouldn't
/ have dared To get into @ sglhy less than
/ 50 pounds in weight. This II pounds
mad q great difference and unquestlona-
Div g. w0uli ia n serious hindrauce TO
animals going AT a high rate Of speed.
More than twenty years ago Dexter
was credited with quarter milo in II
seconds. This Is at thc rate OF 2;04 to
/ the mile. His fastest full mile WAS m2iO
| in2l7t Maude s. has trotted a quarter
in 3O-, seconds, and her time for mile IS
! Dos d. Now. n Is o matter 10 be carefully
noted thot while the rate of speed per
quarter has increased only three seconds 70
the mile. the mile rate has increased
$ seconds What does tins illustrate
u shows that the r0tiO ~ increased speed
is greater in q uiic than i'm "a quarter. ID
shows. too. that the lniu ION OF the
! thorou Inbred blood in tr1tcr docs not
carry with D. an increase IN speed SO much
as the ability to sustain high rate of
speed during prolonged effort. i'm other
words. il 1ives endurance and bottom.
"lt is argued by some people Chat tine
running horse falls on more iu a milo shan
the trottor does IN proportion 30 has speed
For example: Ten Iroecs ran q milo IN
1.3q twelve years ago. which is tho fastest
mile that has been made up to this time.
Now The fasto~t recorded quarter milo has
been run in 81 s seconds, which d 81 On"
rate o. l:2j Tor "a mile. Now, u the best
mile ON record is only 1890 y follows
from thi, calculation bat the thorough
bred Ina. fallen of Just Is seconds in the
rate of speed per mile. Maud - fastest
quarter. Boz seconds. "a 40 the rate ct 2.Ol
t. the mile. and is just seconds less than
the rate for her .uil mile or falling Oh or
exactly Z seconds per mile less than the
running horse.
These calculations are interesting in
view Of tho attention given by horsemen
all over the country o. the study Of the
pos Utilities Of the tratter beating the
present record. Now, as % matter ~ Tact.
running horse doesn't quit more iu0u a
trO. ter. just ae horses 90 30 much ter,
50 much more Will their ratio Of -r ed 90
the quar-. or didcr from the mile. j lS TINS
great effort that VIII kil amy horse. u
one horse tr0t- mile IN 2.lN, and another
horse trots q mile ~ 2Ott.. 10 81 much
easier o. reduce the time ot tine 2.lO horse
To POS than 10 is t0 lower the time OF the
2.OSrt horse 20 2.0s. Here again - the rin-
ciple of ec0metricai progression inter-
posing with cumulative force tie lower
yuu go in tire record
~ should think that trotter. i'm or
der g. accomplish q mile IN . minutes,
should bee nble 10 show a quarter IN
~ Seconds at least. If the fastest re-
corded quarter mile be- 3pli seconds,
aud the mile IN 30 then Do follows. by
simple calculation, that % --minuie
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-11-17

a three-year-old in California ia much
further advanced than an eastern three
yeaT-old They breed them SO that the
colt can be dropped either in January or
February. Our severe climate prevents
this A colt dropped here in winter would
IN all likelihood suffer from the cold
weather. Eastern colts are bred so as
to be dropped about May II they
wcro foaled in the winter season,
with our extreme temperatures. It
would likely mean death to the colt. Then,
again. the California colt can be worked
the whole season, while here the season
during which the colt can be trained IL
much shorter. The climate and the length
of the working season in California are pc
culiar advantages IN its favor for develop
ing early trOtters. But are these advan-
tages 90 be depended on, after oil, when {
comes 70 the question Of producing ma
tured world-beatcr2 l don't think they
are.
"One Of the most interesting and I'M
pOrtantpOints about this whole controversy
is tina, which relates TO the infusion Of the
thoroughbred blood and its effects. Inc
great horse palo Alto Is out Of a lare by o
thoroughbred horse. Planet. Planet was a
horse that could trOt a three-miuute ga C.,
and he had moro of the true action 81 the
trotter than almost any thoroughbred
of his day, lie was an eastern horse. ana
was well known on tho old Fashion and
Union courses. The thoroughbred blood Of
Benny Scotland IL also an infusion, the re-
suits of which are now apparent ~ the
bottom. Many horse breeders say get an
infusion of thoroughbred blood 10y all
means: but more than this is necessary
you must breed from that thoroughbred
blood which has trotting action.
The pilh of The whole matter "a thi3:
The thoroughbred blood gives tho eudu-
rance the trotting action controls the
gait
People ask me VIII Maud S. ever
be- spec led again TO eclipse the record =
She will bee again put to a test only when
some other horse comes ont and brats tho
record She has made. People seem 20 forget
that the Queeuly mare has already three
times beaten her own record. She lpw orcd
the figure successfully Co 2.09', 20g aud
Dos IT ia tiresomo and thaaNess
work this persistent beating of ones own
record. and we think j, - about time Tint
some one else did 1t. II take. AN enormous
amount of work 10 prepare 70 horse for n
tost of that description. When Maud =.
j. to train for q record-boating contest she
rs put To- work February ard Z takes tlll
August 90 ft her To make q good milo. On
tho whole don't think she Is likely 10 be
called upOn 20 DO so again.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-11-17
MAN EATERS lN INDIA.
some Famous Tigers aud Their bloody
Trade.

I some Nmouh Ai4fFr anu litiF htoNN9
Trade.
A. tho last meeting Of the Bombay Nstu-
ra History Society Sir. Gilbert, a we'll
/ known e.ikaree. read q paper on man-eat-
/ ing tigers. of which brief report is given
/ IN tie London Times. He saws that
( tine popular idea Of the man-eater is
wholly Incorrect Ho Is commonly
supposed 90 be AN old brute, moro
often docrepit than Otherwise, perhqps
/ lamcd IRON some former wound, with his
teeth broken and his skin alwsvs NANCY,
unable from his innrmities 10 xii game,
hut obliged % conceal himself near q vii
/ iagc UltunuI then 20 p0unce upon some
solitary human being and dev0ur him.
never attacking whom there are more than
two %. three persons together, and always
displaying great cunning"
SIR William Hunter takes this view. and
describes che mnn-catcr ~ generally an Old
beast di-a led from overtaking his usual
prey and who seems 10 accumulate his
tale ~ victims .u sheer cruelty rather ,han
for food. Sir William Hunter mentions "A
man-cator Who was known 10 have kiiled
lJS people In three years, and another
which killed an average. Of 80 persons a
year for tie same period. A third caused
l3ylllages 20 be abandoned and $50 square
miles IT land to be thrown out of cultiya-
tion. 4 fourth killed TT persons in year
and stopped public road for many weeks
Mr.. Gilbert, however, says that these
views as to the mau-eater are quite errone-
Gus. They are not different from the ord
nary tiger. which lives on game and bull
locks. bat h. does not say why they be-
come mau-eaters. Sir Joseph FGvrer sug-
gests that it is by the accident of having
once tasted human flesh and then finding
all other iesh inspid.
Mr. Gilbert mentions certain famous
nan-eaters. One, a tigress, in the
the employees of the Bengal-Nag-
pur railway. frequeuts tract of
country only about nine square miles in
area. and Is possessed OF extraordinary
cunning and audacity. This year, up 10
June. she had killed seven people, besides
wounding others. She lives in a rocky
and precipitous spur. IN which there is "A
heavy bamboo and other jungle Several
springs OF water rise at the foot of the
scarps, and there Is a cave which shows
many signs Of being used by her and
her family. big stone just outside Of
the entrance ia scored deep and long
with many scratches Of their claws.
In February last. in broad daylight,
she carried OF one of q gang of per-
manent-way men from under the eyes of
his companions. She has been shot at
mnnv times and her Cubs killed, but she
has got OF scathless Sometimes the man
eater trnyerses very long distances. Thus
the Jaunsar man-eater, which was killed
by an officer OF the Forest Department.
after killing man in one place would kill
another twenty miles of the next night.
This one. also tigress. frequented belt
Of the himalayas 5000 to 10000 feet high
and was eventually killed 5000 feet above
the sea. But none OF the man-eaters re-
corded 10y Mr.. Gilbert We're decrepit or
worn out. They were strong. handsome
beasts in their prime.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-11-17
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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-11-17
THE RICHMOND DISPATCH-.SUNDAY NOVEMBER II, 1889.

early cultivation of colts in California.
The season Is very mild in tho fall and win
ter in that State. and they have o much
longer period in which TO develop the anil
mails. Sunol is an example Of this quick
development. The question remains to be
answered whether Che California three
year-old will ever reach 2:l2. He IS likely
TO: but for the present California must
leave the palm 10 the eastern-bred horse.
Axtell has never been in California.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-11-17
THEFUTURE TR0TTER
MP. FREDERICK BONNER DISCUSSES
EASTERN AND WESTERN EQUINE
WONDERS.
A1tcli. sunoI and PnIo Aito-The Cali
fornia Plan-Maud :. May Meyer Trot
In Public Again.
lcorrespondeSco Of tho Richmond Dispatch

NV OK, NUFFTTIU"I IUf I'7d.
The name Of Bonner is nseparably assO-
ciatel with the horse Mr. Frederick Bon
ncr IS probably the most expert hOrseman
Of tho three sons Of the owner OF Dexter
and Maud s. In conversation yesterday
Mr.. Bonner expressed his views freely re-
garding the great phenomenal perform
ances Of Axtell, Sunol. and Palo Alto. the
two latter being tho most wonderful Of
CALIFORNIA; young trotting prodigies. Mr..
Bonner said:
In discussing The modern trottcr and
the contrast he presents 90 the trotter Of
the past there are many things TO he
considered. improvements in the race
tracks have had a material effect on
the speed developed. Twenty-Five years
ago the popular grounds in the
neighhOrhood of Vow York wore the
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-11-17
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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-11-17
For tho Dispatch.l

Tho dreams Of days lat como and g.
Uplitt their mysdr forms ot Voc;
o.. latned ina rose-l. Ehi. visions show
brighter than mortal llfo can kE0W.
TITS always thus from youth o. age,
IN uu,augh. child or deep-learuod sage,
Whi.o swiftly tgiuiug page by page
Tho book Of lie-Niih love or rage.
with hopes aud fears the day g. by;
VITA Joy and pain the moments ly;
lIchi-netrted fest or bur.hencd sign,
smile wrCathed ip5 Or tear-jmmed eye.
No equal. restful, peace % know;
no Cyau ti1ai, but fast aud SLOW,
Like tret,ed river currpnt- lOW,
TN lost ~ ocean depths oelos.
&. q. -. NOITISGHAg.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-11-17
strange Death Of au Austrian Physician

strange Death OF an Austrian Physician.
Vienna Correspondence London Daily Aew-.l
The death of an Austrian phvs'ciau has
caused % wing OF the General Hospital to
boz closed for tiu- and the uUrsas 20 De
kept ont OF contact with any one not be-
longing 20 the hospital. In the month OF
August man was brought 90 the hospital
suffering from a terrible disease called
cIaglcr-. which he had taken from q
horse similarly afflicted. He soon died.
aud military surgeon. Or. NOwdi7hi,
who has spcnt many years exam
ming bacilln of all kinds. Uudcrt0oh 20
subject the dead body % q close oNamina-
ton. This Was IN itself @ most dang r0us
piece of work. by the aid of Che micro
scope lie soon succeeded I'm finding the
bacillus, which he reared. 10 watch the
manner of ia growth and its vitality. Au
ambitious Young physician, Dr. Hoffman,
EXPIRE od MS doubts Us % whether the "a
cillls reared rtitClGlly had stil in - the
power of infection. Or. Rowalski gave
him one of his families. and dr.. lloR-
man soon saw that the poison still mad
the most deadly power. All the animals
be- injected with il died OF the horrible
malay. At the beginning Of October Or.
Hoffman caught cold aud felt acute pans
I'm his side. The pain increased. and Dr..
Holman tried 90 cure 10 by injecting NOR
phia iie did this with the syringe which
he rad used for injecting the gllnder- pol
SON into the doomed animals. Although 10
had been d i-,uitctcd IN glowing heat some
PARTICLES Of the poison must haze still been
in II. for Dr. Hoffman grew worse every
day. and last Monday his friends took him
10 the hospital His colleagues were hor-
r6ed when ihey saw mm-the whole
body being covered by terrible ulcers,
which. when they We're examined, proved
o. be filled with tho CHAMBERS poison. The
case touches the whole medical profession
to the heart 200 doctors are busyng Them
selves with 10. and ol the great professors
Vi the patient several times % day. Until
the Phi Or. Hoffman was in great pain, and
he lheu happily lost all conscious lie
know perfectly well what was the matter
With him. ond gave q cool account of what
be- had done and what the consequences
we've likely 20 he. Later i'm the night DR..
Hoffman died without resainins conscious
ness.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-11-17
"Dnt Nellie-ir

Don't sneak 10 me" with a furious
s,a,np "Oh. Won are the horridest man
/ chat have ever known. Why don't You
90 back 10 your South Seas and your
| oriz7ly bearsl aud I'll not come 70 your
/ house Tomorrow night. / won't. ] SAID
/ in my note that would dine with you, but
1 won't. You horrid. unconyorted man ~
An angry light stole INTO bis eyes.
but. Miss Normandy
"No. won't listen to yOu. And won I
dine with YOU tomorrow. Dine with yon !
| would rather have my dinner on tho
doorstep than sit ut the same table with
Then will bid you good morning he
said. gravely. His lips were compressed
/ and his ewes were hot and proud. hc r6l9od
/ his hat and walked away siiiiy and deter
mincdly. with an assumption oil lei-ufeiy
( indifference.
Presently sho heard him mount his horse
and gallon down the avenue. The color
/ faded from her cheek. and, with llps apart
AID str.lnirg ears she stood lstcning'
lstoniBc until the sound of the horses
hoofs died away In The distance. And thcn
She turned and looked around heT
/ with puzzled, weary. pteous eyes. Ih@,
squirrel ran along Tie branch al her heaI
I a'd invited "a renewal Of their game; the
. bees hummcd around her as before but
the glory Of the day had fed the sunllt
/ uatu between the veronica bushes was no
! LONGER The high road 20 the earthly para
| disc
Roger moderated his pace after while,
but 10 was sometime before be could col
lect his thoughts. seldom before had he
been so startled: never had he met with
J ench n rebuff He knew himself guilt. ss
/ Of any wish 20 offend. and the past sceao
uorplczod even more than IL angered hiri.
"Nlv did be hv on at me m tuat way '
hc thought. "What on earth is 30 the
/ bottom of il all?" Tho moro be Thought
/ Of IL the greater grew bis Pcrplexty. IAen
! bis horse lost shoe, and he led MN 10 THO
village -mithy
II viii stroll on toward Swenlon,' he
said. o. Tell Reuben 20 follow with Para
/ gOn "a soon ~ the latter Is shod.
/ Then he lit q CIGAR and walked slowly
away till be had left the last cottage be-
hind him and arrived at the knoll where
stood the old Saxon church. Here ne
paused, and. shading bis eyes with one
hand. turned 90 look back upon the hall
the caskot which held the coveted jewel;
and he wondered afresh at the past scene
and its unexpected results.
/ 81 viii think the matter over again" he
+ thought First of all write 10 her, and
tell hor that love bcy "a mn rh ns ans lnhn
/ ever loved any woman. And add that II
ero viii marry me ! viii no my best -
make her happy I know / am not half
good enough for her: but stu ! 10 thinh
that she has treated mo very nhal'
this morning. Wei posted this Lott T
m tho Same time that / posted another
/ note inviting her and old Butterfly to dine
/ rer to moot Mr4. Colounoun. surely she
/ can't object 10 meet Aunt Laura. ltls not
: as If sho knew her ALREADY. J could quite
under tand any one Directing 90 meet tAal
ladva second timc; but Nellie bias hal 10
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-08-07

THE Il leigh Iad,r has toe iolla~ire
We I chosen words IN rgard to the seize.
zion Of public school iUs.r1o.ors:
Teachers should not he employed mere
~ 90 favor them, or their friends tho
may desire Co promote their Individual M
t,rss's. no; for ihe good OF the pupils 6.
d. tsush- a. we'll Trustees should sc
Independently and rot con,rsc, for tfs
services of any unless they ere s,ti- tis q
they possess ability 10 tssch, ard thst n
-be spirit contemplated by our iaw-.
10 make the school eih.
cieut and thorough The texoayers afe
required to pay large sums Of money TO
c,rry on the system Of free schools ana
their money should not he wasted aud
fouandered by giving schools TO persons
wholly incompetent 90 tesch FOR want Of
proper training IN the branches OF learning
required 20 be taught Let the Tfusteee
consider well the iDportaucs Of the trust
conferred upon them aud execute their
duties in iudicious srd consideraie Gay
There Is no important duty performed
more lightly than the selection o. school
teachers generally IL. Trustees without
interest in the cause Of education come TO-
gether, and Cf,en sppoint Inefficient mer
or women, who DO more harm in three
months than a dozen COED instructors Csr
remedy. A word on this subject Is season
able. Oar public schools can not be lifted
above the level of our school teschegs, and
one way TO elevate the schools is 20 us'
greater care in the selection Of the teachers
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-08-07

oficisl conduct The correspondent Of the
Inquirer speaks as follows of the signs Of
unessinsss smoug Republicans; There
have been grave apprehepsiOns in the
minds of the Republican statesmen of Con-
s5sss that the demsgoRy of the small fry
politicians 10 using the lsudable objects Of
the pension law for selfish partisan puT-
poses will lead to serious consequences. 1t
was admitted by Senator ALLISON, when
last in Washington, that the re-ratiDg,
statutory increase, and projected enlarge
ment Of the scope of the pension laws
already threatened to consume the sur
plus, and might prevent q revision Of the
tariff foT the reduction of revenue on the
iine Of protection" The fact that the
more Thoughtful men among the Republi-
can leaders ers seriously considering the
threatened dangers IS a hopeful and whole
Some Indication. May their numbers and
influence multiply!