St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-10-14
AMONG The HORSES.
AXteIl Establishes His Claim
to the Title King Of the
Turf.
His Great Feat at TerPe Faute
Has AstoniShed the
Ho0Siers.
Ee and Suncl the Host Won
dePful Pair OF TPottePS
That Ever Lived.
Tremendous Strides Made in
Development and Breed
ing Of TrottePs.

Last Friday the three-year-old record
of the world was changed for the firth
time this season. Early in July, ct
Minnehaha Park. Axtell cut it FROM 2:lS
TO 2:1615. and afterward repeated this
performance at st. Paul. At Cleveland
he changed the figures to 2:l45I, and
three weeks later made mile at Wash
ington Park, Chicago, in 2:14. Each
one Of his miles. together with losing
performance in 2:151l at Chicago, re-
mained uneQualed, Notwithstanding the
advent of Faust. Lillian Wilkes and
AxtelfS stable companion AlleTton,
until SunOl made a mile at Fresno, Cal,
on Oct. 4, in 2:133l. This performance,
while not SO far in advance Of all others
as her two-year-0ld record of 2:1S,
placed the Palo Alto FLY third
in the list of fast mares,
Maud S and Belle HamIin having
lower records. Confident that Axteu
could eclipse the record of Sun0i. his
owner, Williams. arranged for d time
test during the meeting at Terre H2ute,
which closed Saturday. That there
might be no dispute about the time
made, 1t was arranged that torSemen of
repute. including j. II. Steiner, Secre-
tary OF the American Trottihg Ocia-
tiGn. should hold the watch on aytfn.
After a Warming-up heat II i-lsnHS
nodded fOT the word. and AXtell started
to cover himself with glory. Without
skip or wabble he made the circuit
of the track, which is seven
feet over 4 mile by official
survey. in 2:I2, at once clipping ~ see
Onds from the thTee-yedT-Old worlds
record made by Sun0l, and smashing the
stallion record for all ages. This phe
nOmenal performance added thousands
Of dollars 10 the value OF the equine
wonder. and firmly established his claim
: , the title Of king OF the American
turf. After the race AXteirs owner re-
luctantly parted with his prize for
consideration Of SlU5,G00, the highest
price ever paid in the world for horse
of any description. The reduction or
the thTee-yeaT-old record during the
past twenty wears SHOWS the tremen-
douS strides that the development ana
breeding Of tr0tters have made in that
time. Seventeen and q quarter seconds
have been Topped of since Blackw0ad
tTOtted in 2:3I, five colts. four FLIES and
two geldiLgs having held The hOnOrs.
The following is list Of the champions:
Blackwocd, blk c, by Alexanders Nor
man. dam by MambrinO Chief; Lex
ingtou. Ky. Oct. >, 1859. 2:31
Lady Stout ch f, 5y Namp-inO Patchen,
dam PuSs PTall. by Mark Time; Lea
ington, ky, Oct l. 1874.
Elsi"e. hr f. by Messenger Dlroc, dam
Green Mountain Maid, Dy Harry Clay;
Hartford. Conn. Sept. 20. 1877 80. 2:2S
Steinway, br @. by StT8thmuTe, dam Alb
bess, by Albion; Lexington, ky..Aug.
Jewett, biz g, by ct, dam Heel
and Toe Fanny. by 10 IS; Lex
ingtOn- Ky, DC, D, 1879 .2:23ls
PM Thompson he'd Lies
dam Gray Fanny. b. Hard;
Chicago. III, July 20. IS. -... e. 2:21
Kinda Rose, br f. by Electioneer. dam
Beautiful Bells. by the Moor; Hart
fOrd, Conn. Oct. 5, 1855. 60. .2:2o
linda Rose. br T. by ElecEoueer. dam
Beautiful Bells. BY The Moor: Lex
ington, Ky, oct. 10. / s. - =. 80 2:l9is
Patron, b c. by PaEcUast, dem Beat
rice, by CUyler; Lexington. KY, Get
Sable Wilkes, blk c. by Guy Wilkes,
dam Sable. bv The Moor; san Fran
cisco. Cal. Get. %. 1887 ....-. .....2:19
Axtell, b C, by William L, dam Lou. by
Namhri No Boy; Minneapolis Mtnn..
July ., 1889 -.......... .--.. E. ...2:l5l2
Axtel-. c. by William l. dam Lou by
Mamhrino Boy; Cleveland, o., Aug.
.Axieil. b c, by william l. dam Lou. by
Mambrino Boy; Chicago, Ill. Aug.
SunoI. b f. by Flecnoree-. dam Wax
ana, by General Benton; Fresno.
Cal, Oct. 4 1888. 2:l3A
AxteIl, b C. by William L, dam Lou, by
MsmbrinO Boy; TeTre Eaute. Ind,
OCT II, 1889 ....- ------.-----..----I:l2
BlackwCod'S and Lady StOut's records
made both famous, and also led to their
retirement. Both were purchased by
New Yerk parties. Elaine followed up
her triumph by reducing the fOur-year-
old record to 2:241l, and afterwards be-
came member Of the 2:2O list. UpOn
her retirement to the stud she produced
the yearling record breaker Norlaine.
2:31%.
Steinway's hour of triumph was short
lived, as Jewett had more speed at his
disposal than the son of StraIhmOre aud
that famous matrOn AbbeSS, granddam
Of c. F. Clay. 2:lS, and Eminence.
2:1SlI. SteinWay was retired to the
stud, while .JeWett is still before the
public, having trOtting record of 2:2O
and pacing record OF 2:14A. When
Phil Thompson tIOtted in 2:2l hp tie
feated field of ur-year-o.ds. Director
and Clemmie g being in il. His pres
ent record was mace il 1855. Crit Davis
giving the Red Wilkes gelding and
Maud Messenger records of 2:i615 in
winning races, III one afternoon at
Cleveland.
California made its first successful
bid for the three-year-Old rec ,rd with
HindO Rose. the daughter of Beautiful
Bells, taking Tho honOrS to the Pacific
coast. In 1888 Patron, after defeating
ManZanita. equaled the record of linda
Rose in the third heat of a race. the
hOnOrs remaining divided until Sable
Wilkes finished his mile IN 2:1S. In
this interval. however. Patron had met
and defeated linda Rose, and also re-
dured his record 10 2:1414.
The recOrd-breaking this year has
been unprecedented, while the per-
formanceS of Axtell ard SunOl prove
that they are the most wonderful pair
of trOtters that ever heard the bell ring.
Whether either or both of them will
still further produce the 2:12 of Axtell
is matter Of conjecture, but their OWL
ers are confident that either cah do bet
ter if pushed, and next year they Will
both be started with that object in view.
c. S. Radcliffe, Of st. Paul, has a full
sister of AxtelTS dam Lou. and in foal
to William L, the sire OF AXtell.