St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-07-28
KINGS OF THE sULKY.
Interesting Gossip About Remark
able Trotters Of the Past and.

interesting UOSSlp hUOuC IOtuldfk.
able Trotters Of the Past and.
Present.
Horseman:
The question, "What show would the
horses of twenty years ago have with
those of the present day ?'' was put to
Doble.
II consider Dexter and George NJ.
Patchen the equal of any now living, if
we take into consideration the tracks,
vehicles, and manner of handling then
in vogue"
"Yes,' said Splan," the b1anketing,
drawing fine. and work which George
M. Patchen had to undergo was terrible.
At one time, matched to go under sad
die, he was reduced forty pounds in
one week, and on the day of the race
did not have as much flesh as canary
bird carries. You rode him in that
race, Bud. He was drawn so fine that
his sides were glued together. He was
much distressed, but he had wonderful
recuperative powers"
He and Dexter were as game as any
animals that ever lived, and what horse
OF the present time could stand the
grueling they were giyen?" asked
DOble.
The triumphs of Queen Maud S were
then touched upon. Il know of no ami
NAL possessing her stamina" said
Hickok. NV ell, often thought BARS
handling was injudicious, but after
got to know her believed that in nine
ty-nine out of hundred cases killing
work was just what she needed. In the
warming up before she accomplished
the feat which hung her shoe over the
entrance to Cleveland'S track, Bair gave
her mile in 2:121S and repeat in
2:11s4, and would have given but little
for her chance. In the drive in passing
the three-quarter pole she swerved, and
Bair, reaching for the whalebone, gave
it to her. thought all was up, and that
she would 90 into the fence. but her
nearness to the fence is what saved her.
SummOning up all her powers into one
mighty effort she went straight and
true. You all know the result.
''She made me hold my breath with
against the present record" continued
Hickok. II had quite little wager up
that she would not beat her record, and
when she went the three-quarters in
1885, runners gait, 1 made up my
mind that my money was burned up,
but break settled it in my favor"
The prospects of the 300 horse were
discussed. Doble had not much faith
in his coming, although he had driven
Johnston a quarter in 27I seconds.
Hickok, while he had seen Johnston go
in 30 seconds and st. Julien in the same
time, said they were the only ones in
his experience. and thought the time
was yet far distant. Spian was more
sanguine. and considered that when
you got horse with the perfect gait of
Axtell and the endurance of Maud S,
doing quarters in 2S11a to 20 seconds, the
200 trotter was fact. 81 consider Ak,
tell to be the best-gaited horse living I
his gait is the poetry of :trotting action,
The man who could ever watch the
bend of his knee, the fold of his fet-
locks, without being awakened to a
sense of perfection of movement unsur-t
passed has no PERCEPTION of the beauty
in art or nature," said Splan.
His gait is of that smooth friction
less sort so hard to describe and Judge
the rate of pace" stated Doble, land
while first thought he was going away
from the wire when he made his record
better than 2:30 rate, it is barely pos
sible that he was going as fast as 1925.
but surely no faster"