Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-09-14
HOTTER AND HOTTER.
Rivalry Between California and Ken
lucky Breeders Getting Lively.
TROTTERS WITH NEW RECORDS.
Results Of the Various Turfs Events on the
Eastern and Western Tracks.
GENERAL SPORTING NEWS OF THE DAY
ESPECIAL rrLrenAn TO THE prsr.rcH.:

LEXINGTON, KY, September 13.-There
has been but little good trotting in Ken
lucky this week, owing to the weather
being rainy. On Winchester's halt-mile
track there was fairly good racing on Tues
day, and that good brown mare Viola Medi-
um, again beat well-bred field in straight
heats. The same day the slashing yearling
bay illy Alva Mark, by Victor Won Bis
marck, dam by Indianapolis. showed her
usual high form by winning her race in
straight heats, beating two well-bred and
promising colts. She is evidently one of
the best, if not the best, yearling in the
State. Next week there will be two great
meetings in this vicinity, one at Richmond
and the other at Cynthianha. The
best work done at the track this
week was the two-mile by Guesswork (son of
Egbertl in 2:22 w. w. Estils 2-year-old illy,
A yearling flly by King Nutwood, dam BY
Winsor, went mile in 2:55 the first she ever
trotted. Junemont. just out of the STUD, trot-
ted a mile in 2:241S. Constantine was worked
out the first time since his recovery from long
spell OF sickness. He trotted the second mile
with ease and without break in 1854. He is
great colt. Mr.. w. II. Carpenter, of Michigan,
is on the fair grounds with Bessie Aldrich, by
Ben Hulet, dam Minnie Aldrich; also, her ana
da sisters bay nd mare by Louis
2:SQH, by Louis Napoleon, dam Hattie Hulet.
Ruby Wilkes by Young Jim. dam Rysdyk.
second dam tdam of Bella, 2:22) by Jupiter;
third dam (dam of Jay Gould, 2:30H) by
mile 2:3O, middle half in LILO. third mile in
2:25A, second quarter in "a seconds.
WAXING HOTTER AND HOTTER.
The rivalry between California bred and
Kentucky bred trotters is waxing -hotter and
hotter. California undoubtedly has reason to
be proud of the performances of her trotters,
and Kentucky can well afford to share that
pride, as from her large part of the material
has been drawn from which her great studs
have been built up. There is no question but
the California climate is very favorable to the
development of horses, and this fact has
tended to stimulate California breeders in the
production of early speed. Early speed, how
ever, Is not synonym for the best horses or
the most of them, ana while California has led
in producing horses that trot fast while very
young. she has not, as yet, been nearly SO sue
cessful in aged campaigners and great race
horses, nor has she attained as high rate of
speed as those produced in Kentucky Her
most remarkable records have been by the per-
formers coming from two or three great farms
where no expense or sacrifice has been
too great provided It brought the
AiOes 4Csuitos Wulo III heuLuCky
some of the fastest andl best horses
have been bred by small breeders who have
enjoyed no extraordinary facilities for breed
ing or developing trotters AS the California
youngsters are as fully developed at 8
years old as Kentucky colts and fillies at 4, it
is no matter OF wonder that greater number
OF 3year-old horses enter the 2:30 list in Cali
fornla than in Kentucky. Another feature in
California performances is that, owing to the |
fine autumn weather in that State horses can |
be kept in training much longer than in Ken
lucky. The latest 3-year-old record ever made |
by Kentucky-bred horse lower than 2:20 was |
that of Axtell. which was made October IL |
and it was nearly month later November 81 |
that SunoI lowered it a second and half. The |
fact that she was unable to accomplish this |
feat before that time proves the Importance Of |
this consideration.