The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-11-17
ROUND ABOUT GOTHAM.
METROPOLITAN GOSSIP OF THE
PRESENT DAY.

for the Antique.
NEw YORK. November Is In n cozy
little home in Mott Haven. New York
CITY. inst beyond the III 5lem river hives
FredciIc Remington, famous IN the
naoazine wofld for bis drawing 81
the horse. Readers ~ the great week
lies and monthlies fed a fascination M
the life ard nature Of his ~o'k. lie
gained his p0silio' a. an Illustrator
almost at a single bound. -Four years
a,o he was rabchmao Of the SDuth
west. without art training. msklns al
occasional sketch or two f'T smust-
mont 10 the interval # Gov boy lite.
In the spring OF SO he climed up the
ssairs 10 the art editor OF Harper
IFeel,yT with c05rle Of sketches ou The
Indians ard horses IN the war OF Geron
imo. the Apacbe chief. He had just re
Turned from Tat country at the end OF
his ranch life. a Yale COll'g" man.
In 1879. he tart q OutD make bis f'r-
tune Taucbibg in the far Wet. An
expert hoTseman. n shlewd end Keen
obs. TveT from The Start. be 5000 rose
from a Gov boy int a ranchn an. But
X -BingioB's ranch did pDt prosprf
Toe Indian troubles and hard luck
pressed down upoD him. and IN Sc NJ
gave n up as failure. aud came on
East. Hefe. down on his iDck. fe
Determined 10 make trial Of his artistic
pfopepsities fostered only by a bare
months study at The Ysle AIT School
years before ~ HIS perfect under
Standing Of the horse and ms close oh
fervaiiOD duIIDg seven years OF raDcn
ing. now stood him in good stead.
In these trial sketches handed 10 Har
per's there WAS great lack Of tech
niqne they bore no comparison with
the finished woIk Of the regular san
Yet there wa in In, ~ WIDE kDOwl.
edge OF the Wesi. a Ieproduc ION OF
horse action photOgrsphlcally wrong.
but ono that could be felt a. correct.
Ua,pers' not only accept' the skelcnts
but sent him b5ck 20 A'izoDa for Others.
His fret sk.ich.s OF Geronimo S cam
paign were printed late in The sprl'g.
Those he did on his special mission there
appeared IN Ouguout the summer VI h
a scenes Of articles e0tIiled Oar Sol
dieTs IN the southwest DD~Ing 81
ard 's5 appeared drawings Of MexIc ~
horses aud me D.. Iru ltier stu lies. IA
cattle skei ches. and pictdrss of event
in the East. such as racing and football
scenes ard incidents on man OF war
But all this time II was as a drawer OF
the horse that he stood out most
brightly.
Within the last few months he has IL
Illustrated for the "CeHfury' and writ
ten a. veil. f ur papers on wanderluPs
among tie lndIaHs ard horses OF the
plains Last WINTER. armed with let
tiers frpm cur War DepaI ment. fOd
accompanied by detailed Mexican
officer of engineers, he vi5iIed the NJ xi
can army in their camps. aud sketch'd
the types. Tne,e sketch'1. Hdrper's
Magazine has just puD Ished. Is, siu'
thee more important pieces Of "oIk.
he has furnished countless sketches to
various publications. ADD paluted many
chsiaci ,ris. ic scenes. But rs painter
he males no pretensiOns. He is purely
IN illustrator. Yet he works ava,
C lnscientiously with Ais brush, look |
jig toward the future IN that.
Every year he spends several months
in the West picking up rev mater az.
When IN New York hi afternoons are |
spent IN tue saddle, the mornings gwen !
up to work. III s stud'o j. a cu,ious
pace. The walls are fined aud the cor
nef- piled Up " it'll saddles aud brides
and bits Of traIprngs Of The ranchman /
and the Mexican hOrse man. There are |
studies ot all types of horses scattered /
lbOut. Il miugtou himself II a study. /
st lcky man of fine physique. tall, round |
faced aud smooth shaven. lie mas the /
4 tlslic temperament 10 "A dot. but II Is /
aud Lis ideas are INTERESTING AS charac- /
ieIis ic mtn. whom three sh,Tt wears
mas attained a rauk that mort people
work a l,f- time Tor
TALK ABOUT FAST TRoTTERS.
L should imuk that frot.,r. IN
order 10 acc mpllsh "a mile IN TWO
MINUTES. sh uld be able To- show y
quarter IN q seconds at least said
iir. Bonner IN conversation with me
=, ste,day. Iii the fastest recorded
quarter mile be BOT seconds. and lhe
mule 2:OS5 then II follows by simple
that a two-miDufe horse
III, uld do the quarter in 81 second
efs than Maud 5 has done II. Va
leIe again occurs another very singu-
ar question Of ratio If IN The pas
wentv yeas we have Oul, made an
Increase IN speed of three qoarleT see.
nds IN the quarter mile time, how
ing will 1t Iake 10 reduce The time
! seconds. and thus attsin the fl,gh,
4 speed per quarter necessary Tor the 4
wo minute II, tier 7 Wllit be ski,
r eighty years. or century.
wouldn't want lease OF life for any
Dpger per"d Than would be- gwen G
ne. IL i we've assured of exis euce d
ntil the record had been cut down 10 G
:05. or even 2:06 !
Nv hen ID xter first beat Flora Tenn q
le r time be famous mare had y reccra {
21yf. That WAS ~. de in 1859. Dex e.
r. beat TINT in 1866 by trouing tn,
lille IN 2:iS To saddle. beng rldde. q
, honest 'hnny Murphy. All trot. 1
ng records are given by /. and z
conds. The oulv trOtting record j., y
- history OF the An@rIc turf in "a
hich the record was given by fif lbs OF l.
secoud WAS on tue occasion referred u
b. George Allv IN" Ow3 60 of Dexter. II
ID wagered 81 600 to So 600 thar the 81
nee would beat 2:l9 L. saddle ii
aced IN the hands OF the tuners thr.e W
a,cWs. each making the seconds b, I'd
tbs. b. clu-e there was a possibility of &c
atine .:l9 bv just one fiji h Of sec "
ii, and this nice r.ckOning would Il
1. OF course be maze by quarie,. nj
'ond watch. II Dexter had lrotted m *
Is 40 the quart'r-stcund watcn le
nd have been more likely to make IT ~
0. ~
ihe present furore over c ,lifornia cs
rses aud the recent f,ais OF SUI OF. az
10 Alto and Ax'ell. have drawn
ltion 60 the great question. whether su
East or the W, ~ IS destined to pro. Ia
&c the trotting wonder OF the future SCI
Is not To be DOUBTED that California III
'duceS the tastes young tro ters IN lel
world. But will she prod uce th. pie
Iest matuitd horeey Three or fonr pr
II Odds that trOt fast are AS thick AS mi
ckbeTries. You can fiod them any. or
ere, but particularly in Coliforr-a Gu
ere all the advantages of climate < 4
training are ia their favor. Tn.r.. SKI
two Vear old belong WI
10 Governor STAFFORD. which WI