The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1890-11-22

The question. What show would
che horses Of twe-<ty years ago have
with those Of the present dayf" wa
but to Doble.
ri consider Dexter and George M.
'Pstchen the equal Of any horse now
living. II we take into consideration
the tracks, vehicles. and manner Of
handling then In vogue"
Yes" said Splan. ''the' blanketing,
drawing fine. and work which George
M. Patchen had to undergo was terri
BILE. At one time. matched to 60
under saddle. he was reduced forty
pounds in one week. and on the day OF
the race did not have as much flesh as o
canary bird carries. You rode him Ia
that race. Bud; he was drawn SO fine
that bis sides were glued together. He
was on fire at the end OF the first heat
and much distressed, but he had won
derful recuperatiye powers
"He and Dexter were as game as
any animal that ever lived. and what
horse Of the present time could stand
the gruelling they were givenp' asked
Doble.
The triumphs of queen Maud s. werc
then touched upon. II knew of no
animal possessing her ,atamina." said
Kickoff. well, / often Wrought Blair's
handling was injudicious. but after /
got to know her ] believed that in
nipety-nine out OF hundred cases
killing work was Just what she needed.
In the warming up before she accom-
plished the feat which hung her shoe
over the entrance to Cleveland's track
Bair gave her mile in 2:l2 IL and q
repeat in 2:11 81. and I would have
given but little for her chance. In the
drive when passing the three-quarter
pole she swerved. and Bair. reaching
for the whalebone. gave 1t TO her. 1
thought NIL was up, and that she would
go into the fence. but her ncarness to
the fence is what saved her. Summon
ing up all her powers into one mighty
effort she went straight and truc. You
oil know the result.
.'She made me hold my breath with
painful anxiety the time she started
against the present record" continued
Kickok. II had quite little wager
up that she would not beat her record,
aud when she went the threc-quarters
in 1885. runners gait / made up
my mind that my money was burned
up but break settled 1t in my favor"
The prospects of the 200 horse were
discussed. Doblc had not much faith
in his coming, although he had driven
Johnston quarter ia 81 1-2 seconds.
Hickok, while he had seen Johnston go
in 80 seconds and st. Julien in tho
same time. said they were the only ones
in his experience. and thought the time
was yet far distant. Splan was more
and considered that when
you got horse with the perfect gait of
Axtell and the endurance of Maud s.
doing quarters in 20 1-2 to 20 seconds.
the 200 trotter WIS fact. II con-
slider Axtell to be the best gated horse
living; his gait is the poetry Of trotting
action. The man who could ever
watch the bend of his knee. the fold of
his fetlocks, without being awakened
to sense of perfection OF movement
has no perception of the
beauty in art or nature, unused Splan.
His gait is of that smooth and
frictionless sort 80 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 q 2:3O
rate. it is barely possible that he was
going as fast as 2:25 but surely no
faster. THE Horseman.