Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-02-26

LIZ AOo IAN " III
well-known white trotter, and with re-
mark of "Here's an animal worth see
ing" Trainer Starr threw back padded
door and beautiful bay gelding, who
was standing in the corner of his we'll
Uttered stall, came walking over to the
door to see what the intrusion meant,
and by looking at gold-lettered banner
of nomenclature on the wall the scribe
saw that he was in the presence of
JOHNSTON, KING OF THE TURF"
Everyone who knows anything at all
OF race-horees has heard of Johnston. the
PAGER, wb o, four years ago, on the West
Side track at Chicago, was driven by
Johnny Splan mile in the astonishing
time Of :64, this being the fastest time
in the worlds history that a horse in
single harness has covered the distance.
1t was a couple of years before this,
when Johnston had a record of 2:10,
that the late Commodore Kitson pur-
chased him for $4,000, but strange
to say, when sold last year
to Doble, the noble animal only
brought $500. There are two
reasons for this, one being that Johnston
is gelding, and the other that he is
barred out of all races, for no horsemen
will let their animals compete with him,
because he is sure to win. Although he
is IL years old, his speed does not dimin-
ish one iota. In fact, it is believed that
he will crack his own record, for in an
exhibition race last year at Fleetwood
Park, New York, he went the first half
mile in one minute and half Sec
ond. Then again he went one-fourth OF
a mile in 90 seconds at the Washington
Park Chicago, and went the same distance
in 26 seconds in double harness. When
taking q casual glance at Johnston no
one would imagine that he is the world
beater he has proved to be, for in his
rub his nose sleepily against any visitors
when in the sulky and started out for a
spin around the track he is literally
transformed, for with ears pricked and
tail outstretched, he presents very
snowy appearance as, with enormous
strides, he goes pacing along at record
speed with apparently little effort. he
is in great demand for exhibition pur-
poses and Angeleflos will have good
opportunity to see him at his best, for he
will compete in the free-for-all pacing
race to be held here in the spring.
Adannan, by Dauntless, who occupied
the next stall, was a worthy supporter
Of the celebrity, for though only 1411a
hands high, Adannan has pacing record
of 2:171., which is the best in the world
for horse of his size. He is years
and very attractive-looking animal.
OTHER STABLES.
The list of celebrities was by this time
pretty we'll exhausted, but there were
still the training stables of H. L.
Samuels to be seen, and here were found
located McGinnis, who ran mile last
last year on the Agricultural Park course
in :42%, Welcome and other we'll
known local horses.
M'cARTHY's STABLE.
The horses in training by Mccarthy, of
Terre Haute, Ind, were quartered by
themselves in the north end of the
stables, and in the first stall the scribe
encountered the Del Sur colt Joe, who,
though not quite 4-year-old, has already
made his mile in 2:17% in a private
trial.
Genera s., one of the biggest winners
on the Eastern courses last year, for she
carried away altogether $l0,O 900, stood in
the next stall, and proved to be a hand.
some chestnut mare. She is very
snowy trotter, and has record of 2:19T.
Mr.. Mason's Pond Lily was the inmate
of the next box, and by this time the
rounds were exhausted, with the excep-
ton of a trip to see Four Aces, who is in
the hands of J. D. Dunn, and who is
looking remarkably we'll. In fact, every
one of the animals looked in superb con-
dition, and the HERALD man put the
question to the Chicago horsemeA who
were around Doble's stable, of "What do
you think of this place for winter quar-
ters for stock?" They were all unani-
nous in their replies that it was
the best locality in the world, and
said that the horses had never done
better than they have since they have
been in Los Angeles. The racers are all
kept in partial training; that is, they
are taken out each day for half an hour
or an hour and logged around the track,
and twice week they are speeded. Be-
fore the scribe left the stables he learned
that Durfee's Del Sur has gone East with
the colts that left last week, and will be
put up for sale at public auction in New
YORK IN March 9TH