Mohave County miner., 1890-10-04
KINGS or The svLKY.
Interesting Gossip About HemarhsDis
Trotters of the Past and Present.

The question. What show would
the horse, OF twenty years ago have
with th9sy 6f the present dayF was
put 10 Doble. a
Il consider Dexter and George M.
Patchen the equal OF any horse now
living, II We take into consideration
the tracks, vehicles and manner oil
handling then Ia vogue"
Yes said Splan, "the blanketingI
drawing fine, and work which George
NJ. Patchen had to undergo was terri
bic. At one time. matched TO go
Under saddle, be was reduced forty
boiinds IN bne week, and on the day OF
the face did not hatb rs mitch hesb as o
canary bird carries. You rode him 10
that race, Bud; he was drawn 90 fine
that bis sides were glued together. He
was on iire at the end OF the first heat
and much distressed. but he had won
dcriul recuperative powers"
"Iis ard Dexter were as game as
apy animal that ever lived, and what
horse Of the present time could stand
the grueiling they were givenP asked
Doble.
The trihmphs Of queen Maud s. were
then touched tfpcni II knew OF no
animal possessing her stamina" faid
Kickoff. i.Well, often thought Blaifs
handling was injudjcious, but after 1
got 10 know her I Believed that In
pinety-nine out OF hundred cases
killing work was Just what she needed.
Iu the warming ur before she accom-
plished the feat which hdng her shoe
over the entrance to Cleveland's track
Bair gave her mile In 2:l2 l-2 and q
repeat In 2d1 3-4. and ! would have
eiyen bst iittIe for her chance. In the
drive when passing the three-quarter
pole she sweryed, and Bair, reaching
for the whaleboue, gave II 10 her. ]
thought all was up, aud that she would
10 into the fence. but her nearness TO
the fence ID what saved her. Summon
Ing up all her powers into ONE mighty
effort she went straight and trte' You
oil know the result.
She made me hold my breath with
painful anxiety the time she started
against the present record continued
Klck0k. II had quite little wager
up that she would not beat her record,
aud when she went the three-puarters
In 1885 a Turner's gait, i made up
my mind that my money was burned
up, but break settled Il Ia my favor" !"
The prospects Of the 200 horse Sers
discussed. Doble had not much faith
In his coming. although he had driven
johnston d quarter in n l-2 seconds.
Hiekoki while he bgd seen Johnston go
In 80 seconds and St. julien In tho
same time, said they we're the only ones
In his experience. and thought the time
was yet far distant. Splan was more
sanguine, and considered that when
you got horse with the perfect gait OF
Axieil and the endurance Of Maud ).
doing qhafters In % l-2 TO 23 seconds.
the 200 trotter was fact. u con-
slider Ax!eIl to be the best-gaited horse
living; his gait is the poetry Of trotting
action. The mau who could ever
watch the bend OF his knee, the fold Of
bis fetlocks, without being awakened
to sense Of perfection OF movement
unsurpassed has no perception Of the
beauty In art or nature, unused splan,
His gait Is Of that smooth and
frictionless sort SO hard TO describe
and judge the rate OF pace" stated
Doble. and while | first thought he
was going away from the wire when
he made his record better than 2:S0
rate, II Is barely possible that he was
going as fast as 2.25 but surely no
faster. "--Ths H0rSemdH.