The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-01-05
AMERICAN HORSES LEAD.
Encouraging Success Of William
H. Rsading in His Exporta-
ton Of Trotters.
wherever They DO They Prove
Themselves Monarch Of
the Turf.
ExnSrisnces In Getting Northern bred
Trotters Broken to the Warmer
Climates Of the South.

However Europeans may think OF our
running horses, 1t IL certain that American
~trotters ruIe the turf on the continent,
saws the Now York Herald. That this line
Of sport is fast growing in the appreciation
OF lovers Of horaeiesh OH the other side is
best proven by the interest taken there in
trotting and the eaaerness shown by Eu-
ropesn syndicates and individuals to secure
some OF the best horses O on the Ameri-
can turf. Last week the German steamer
Lain, which left this port on December "a,
transported to France eight high bred trot-
ters, whose aggregate value amounts to
something like $4,000. These horses are
being taken over by Mr.. William II. Red
ding, a New York boy, who has lived for
thirty-six years in Havana, Cuba. and who
has in the last ~twenty-eiQht years, since he
first began the business, exported many
more valuable horses than any maaa in the
country.
When Mr.. Redding first began business
he exported horses principally to Mexico
and Cuba, but of late years he has done
even a larger business in that line with Eu-
rope. As early as March. 1886. Mr.. Red
ding bought Milton, one Of s~mugeler's most
pI0Iu1ollA IA VI D9VIu W.
Boston, paying for him the sum OF $500.
The colt had at that time logged a mile in
Boston at q $50 gait. Milton was shipped
soon after to Mr.. Antonio u. Terry, Of No.
IA Avenue des Champs Elysees, and trot-
ted with great success in France, Italy and
Austria, winning one four mile race where
there Was a field Of eighteen horses, to some
of whom he was giving as much rs 40 me
tres handicap. In 1881 Mr.: .Kedding sent
over to Mr.. Terry the mare Misty Morning,
who had a record of 2:2l at Poughkeepsie,
where she had been bred end owned by Mr..
went Mollie Wilkes. bought by Mr.. Kedding
in Lexington, KY, Of MI. Armour, who had
bred her. She had a record Of 2:2119. Soon
after her arrival in Europe Mollie Wilkes
trotted 9 mile in 2:2o1aa, thereby lowering
and gaining the championship Of all EN-
rope, which she held until last October,
when she was destined to give way before
the trotting prowess OF another mare, also
sent by Mr.. keddinR to Mr.. Terry. This
last mare-Bosque Bonita-was bred by
John Madden, of Lexington, KY, and was
of t%rotters, having made over a halt. mile
track q record of 1854. On October 9 last
Bosque Bonita and Mollie Wilkes were both
entered in the Grosser Wiener Harksprcis,
purse $3.50. These two horses represented
France, and the four other horses entered
Univ UIlA
Austria.
hi result OF the races was never in doubt,
Bosque Bonita winning easily in 2:1915.
Beating the European record. Ar the game
mare passed under the wire in the last heat
She WAS hailed NJ the queen Of France and
val showered with flowers. ~ 60. rom
ance was oil the more to the mares credit,
ms although the track at Vienna ia one IL
the best it is only five and a half furlonps
around, instead of a mile. In the same race
Mollie Wilkes finished second, so the two
mares between them brought 70 Mr.. Terry's
stable the credit of containing the two fast
est trotters in Europe. Bosqne Bonita in
this great race was driven by Charles Dick
ermnn, an American Jockey specially sent
over to drive for Mr.. Terry: Ali this sue
cess reflects credit on Mr.. Redding'a
judgment Of horsefesh, but still
n trotter who will lower the color,
of even Bosque Bonita and pull Eu-
ropes trotting record down a few pegs i,
doing the trick. Cash is n three-year-ols
made Il record of 1864 over a half mile
track at Marshall, Mich, which, taking his
age and the track into consideration. wa
regarded as fast as any time record. CasI
is nj inbred Wilkes and cost Mr.. Reddine
in the neighborhood Of $3.50
Two other stations which will leave OF
the same steamer with Cash on December 2
are Forest Chief, q brown stallion foaled il
1886, aud Wills Fayorite, n four-year-old
bought of Il. II. Wills, of Cynthiana, Ky.
where he has shown a $3.50 gait withou
tanning. Forest Chief is Considered tn
handsomest horse in Kentucky, having ia
ken twenty-six blue ribbons. He wa
bought by J. w. Poindexter, also Ct Cynti
ana. Ihe price paid for the two horses wa
5000. There .is also in the lot a younI
Hambletonian mare that can trot in 40 wit
II bay mare for her mate. a Wilkes colt, on
OF Young Jim, Il half brother to Molli
Wilkes, whe can trot n mile III 10. There j
also a mate for Young Jim and a blac]
horse, which is being taken over to mattel
what is claimed to be the handsomest hors
in Paris today.
Not content with the specimens of wha
our American ~trotters can do, which he ha
already given Europeans, Mr.. Redding ha
long been anxious to still further astonist
the turf lovers of the old world, and il /,
not his fault that a number of the foremos
of our American trotters have not beef
transferred to the other side. Three year
ago Mr.. Redding offered $3.50, 600 for Bell
Hamlin, the Buffalo flyer. but Mr.. Hamlil
refused to sell her singly. though he offered
to dispose OF Belle and her mate, Justina
for $4,000. MI. Kedding did not care /.
buy the pair. 80 the deal fell through. Nv,
months ago Mr.. kedding went to Bangor
- y" " tHc elthL bbHIllDu NELSON
While he was there Nelson WAS given hi
trial OF the local track, where he succeed
ed in making his great record of 2:154, il
spite of the fact that il is only a half mil
track. After viewing this performance
Mr.. Redding offered Mr.. Nelson upward o
$4,000 for the horse, but Mr.. Nelson helt
off, saying that he had had larger offers il
the past.
Mr.. Antonio l.. Terry. Mr.. Reddinp saws
is one Of the wealthiest Cubans in Par1
and maintains a stable for pleasure regard.
less of the expense. He il secretary OF III,
new racing track which has recently beer
built at Paris. I'm Europe the interest il
trotting races is ever growing, said Mr.
bedding. but in Cnba the people do no
go i'll for that sort of thing at all. and v,
have no track there. What the Cubang g,
in for il beauty, style and action, and yo,
can't give them too much of that. The,
love to drive up and down the main street
of Havana and see the people stop and gaz
admiringly at their favorite horse. frh
same thing is in the main true of Mexico
and most of the horses that l nave sen
thers have gone to Vera Cruz and Progreso
whe. 9 they are owned and driven for pleas
ure by wealthy gentlemen. In Europe
however. 1t IL different, for there they go ii
for flyers, and, except for private driving
they have no use for horses that are no
way up as track performers. Their
was a striking example of thi
TACT immediately after Bosqne Bonita
great performance at Vienna. When I'll
Germans fully realized the importance G
that performance and what 2:I9Ia reali