The sun., 1890-01-12
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10 THE EDTToR OF TEE sUN-Sir: In THE
Sun OF last Monday a. editorial appeared un-
Ger the above caption, the apparent absurdlty
being In the statement that while trottinR
horses can 20 mile eight seconds slower than
their rate for quarter, thorough breds fall of
moro than twelve seconds. In your own words:
As i've have sad the rottsr Of today whose blood 10
stiil almost half cold" can sustain for mile speed
less by about two seconds only the quarter than
capable Of showing when pressed 70 an extreme spurI
But with the purple blooded thoroughbred runner the
difference than three ssoondA The record for
quarter under the saddle ain yet the fastest mile
ever run was at the rate of rs sscondS lacking six
teenh TO the quarner Let the observers Of questions
concerning the horse study apparent paradox and
zee what they make OF It
1t does not require a great deal OF stndy to
explain the seeming anomaly. A fact gallop is
more trying to the lungs and muscles than q
fast trot and the basis Of your calculation is
the time for a quarter Of q mile. 21A seconds,
made by Belle. age and weight unknown,
Galveston, Texas July 8, $780," and the mile
OF Ten Broeck and stuyvosant. 1:39k. In all
probability neither Ten Brock nor Stuyvesant
could run quarter faster than 23 seconds.
and 1t is Just as probable that Belle could not
make mile In LAS. have timed hundreds
of quarters in races and when race horses
quarter OF milo, and also very many Of the
fastest short horses, and have never made II
faster than 29 seconds. UnQuestionRbly others
have been more fortunate. but trainers agree
that when n horse has the speed to show that
fast, the grand essential Of race horse is there.
Whom the fastest trottng record was 2:17k.
! saw horse haul a wagon through the stretch
in 81 seconds. and. SO long ago as in 1879. wit
messed St. Julien make the last quarter OF o
mile in 30H seconds, the time Of the mile being
2:1Sk. The increased rate for the longer dis
tance has been accomplished not 30 much
from gain In short flights OF speed as in an in
creased ability to carry the clip" That this
has been mainly owing to q further infusion
OF thoroughbred blood In the trotter" is sus-
ceptble Of the clearest proof. Maud s.. Jay
Eye-See. and Sunol-flrst. second. and third on
the list.,.are in the same relation to the royal
has gone a quarter in so seconds and her mile
in 2:OSh has held the first place for over
four years st Julien not SO near pes to the
is credited with 2:llts. IT is claimed that
Guy has more speed than any OF them.
good deal OF thoroughbred blood his erratic
grandson has too much OF the cold fluid to
a short distance. ,Palo Alto is from o thorough
bred dam, and his trainer. Charles Marvin. in
formed Mr. Bonner that the fastest quarter he
ever trotted was Blk seconds. HIS record OF
2:l2h shows drop OF 1.3l seconds per quarter
from his greatest rate. There are numerous
OF thoroughbred which can go o quarter in
from so to SO seconds which are unable to make
mile n 2;2o, 70 an! and some OF them are troubled
But the paradox is the main thing to eluci.
date. and though the comparative rate Of
trotters without near strains OF racing blood,
and those which are nearly allied to the
thorouEhbreds has a bearing. the difference
seconds, and that of the trotter which is seven
seconds slower. is more to the point
a. stride Of ls feet in fast trotter 30 has about
in so seconds covers a feet in second. tie run:
gait There are two air flights in the stride OF
sroter in the SSa0psr The strain on
and ht is eHeted wish
limb at a time. The action In the flying gallop
can be expressed faot as air flight One
ioSs The @ iSre foot Which eIves the ns i@p1se
ting t action on is Ike ], Al. e. there being in
Ssse Sss6S e Sseqs tas the afr Rh Ss %h5 s
between stride Of Is feet and one Of IS feet iS
not confined 70 ground covered when the
makes 80 strides In the quarter and the trotter
72S 7S strides. but the longer stride only ocsupies
second in the movements. It viii be under
stood that these calculations are founded on 23
and SO seconds time and f strides , OF is and rs
empliiy this phase OF the question. as Il is evi-
dent that the work Of the muscles Is far more
with greater rapidity OF action. The race horse
makes 2.6I Of the long strides in second. the
I There Il is > another N the eIement which has a bear
ing on the comparative falling of from the rate
shown on quarter Of mile. Quarters. last
quarters at least in q great majority Of cases
to be negotiated when mile is run. This ap-
When g Suno roted in os her FASTEST Guar
ters. the first and third were each so seconds, |
and IN these both turns OF the track were
And. by the way. the speed shown by, ,sunol
in rounding these corners. rather initiates |
spondents occupies. that the great flly will |
not lower her record next year; The Octo- |
that she was not In prime condition. and the |
nervousness incidental to Iuvenility had not |
been So % that she sloGkSned her pace
to the cheering OF the spectators. Should Jan
uary. and February, present as fayorable
Sunol will lower her mark before she Is abso-
lutely four years oId A three e-year-ol which
In :04 when a year older WILL surely trot a mile
inside Of 2:08. given health and condition.
HoSr estimate that the 9, tpotssT
28 seconds is. within bounds when applied
to the ordinary run" Of trotters Rea-
two. minute trotter will have one, strictly
grandpArent, and that on the
quarter In % seconds. With horse bred like
stout crosses as Planet. Glencoe. imported
MarRram. Boston, American Eclipse. and other
strains OF the old-fashioned hard -bottomed
sort" a speed OF 2S.S seconds to the quarter
will he adequate. This has an arthmetical
foundation. as according to the rule Of three.
AJAX: 3lA:: :O0:2S.8.
And now for conjecture. The progeny Of
Palo Alto and q marc capable OF running mile
N 40 or thereabouts, possessed OF speed OF
% seconds to the quarter mile. will undoubtedly
10 the trick. and should that be stallion.
grandson or great-grandson may lower the
margin. y. u b.
OAKLAND. Dec. 20. 1889.