The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1890-01-03

was nearly at the quarter pole before he
settled down 10 trotting and the opportu-
nifty to lower his record had passed then
without miracle
He broke again on the back stretch, but
went to trotting directly, and did some
splendid work, bnt he couldn't do the mir
acle, so Lucas won easily by full length.
After passing under the wire Billie Camp
bell gave the Baby a good dose of elbow
grease and whalebone oil, which did him
a great deal of good, for he was as tracta-
BILE as lamb the next heat, albeit he had all
of his fire and his ''get-therc. Eli" i'm him, bat
he held it subservient to the judgment and
skill of the master hand that guided him.
In the second heat they were sent Off to-
gether at the first score, the Baby on the
extreme outside of the track, which he kept
all the way around, 50 that he really trotted
about mile and 100 yards.
AT the first quarter ii was evident that
the kid would lower his record il there was
no mishap. AT the second quarter he still
had time to spare. AT the third quarter he
had made remarkable time, and the last
quarter was a clincher. He trotted as
smoothly as a cradle rocking, and he seemed
from his every movement to enter into the
spirit of the fray. He seemed to feel that
great things were expected of him, and he
pIONtu ullilStll ttuttl w tie tlHtlStIcy. Ilt
needed no urging. All he wanted was a
sure hand to guide and steady him, and he
had it. Lucas kept with him to encourage
and urge him by his presence and how he
did trot. His great long legs reached out as
If to annihilate space. His head was up in
the air as If to say, ''Look at me, the king
of the turf, how l spurn the EARTH" His
red nOstrils looked afiame, as though like
Jobs war horse The shifted the battle from
affair."" Like a cyclone he came down the
home stretch, Lucas, a 2:23er doing his
very best to keep him company, and he
went under the wire winner of the heat
and successful in his effort to beat his own
time.
Dec. 10 he had trotted for record and
made the mile in 2:2SX, but that day the
wind was very high, and his managers
were satisfied he could beat that attempt,
and they counted not without their hest
when they sent him away yesterday. He
was entitled to three trials, but he only
needed two, and would have needed but
one had he not been too gay and festive"
i'm the first heat.
SUMMARY.
A trot against time by Reno's Baby:
VIM. CampbelPs br. c., Reno's Baby l
AL Helms b. g., Elder Lucas -1 2
Time-2:46, 2:25T
In the last heat the Baby's time by quar-
tiers was first SO, second 3694, third 374.
fourth 3315 That makes the last quarter
singer, and there is no tive ways about it,
he came at a terrific pace.
RenO's Baby is brown colt, yet i'm his
two year old form. He is 10 hands high
and because of his tremendous size for his
age he has ganglng, awkward look, and
when going at a jog seems as though he
didn't know what to do with his long legs.
He is by Reno Defiance, and is the prop
erty of Mr.. Eddleman, who lives in Denton
county, where he owns fine stock farm,
and it was on this farm the Baby was
fOaled. Billie Campbell has been handling
him since he was yearling, and has deve-
Oped him into most wonderful colt
indeed phenomenon.
He has beaten all the cracks in the rounds
he has made and his feat yesterday was
not only the most remarkable, the fastest
time ever made in Dallas. but in the entire
state, and considering the hard track and
his trot on the extreme outside of track
mile and six feet in length, his performance
may be considered as equaling that of
Axtell. After the next fall races his owner
will take the Baby off the turf and put him
in the stud,
In the same paper is challenge from the |
owner of Prospect TO trOt him against Della |
Dewey for purse of 81, 900 to $4,000 be- |
tween July LIST and Sept. 1st 1890. Also |
one to trOt Reno's Baby agains Larry w, or |
any of his get for 81, 600 side any time in |
six months.