The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-12-02
Our Friend the Trotter.

Kite-ehaped and oval-shaped tracks being
grouped as indistinguishable. the year now
closed except for o loophole still left at the
balmy but almost deserted Stockton, has
shaken down the trottlug records with q
vigor bordering on violence.
The record without qualification OF ago
or sex. the record OF records, has been bet
tered by bali second. MaudS.'s 2:08s Is
now on the second page Of the book. tho
first being impressed with Sunol's 3:osH.
There is no use In saying that il these two
mares had made their supreme efforts upon
the same day and upon tho same track. It
would have been any horseman's dollars
to cents that Maud would have left Suuol
behind her. not only at the close OF the
third deciding heat. but in the first heat.
and that that would have been better than
1867. The new figures are Sunol's. and they
are the best.
The marks for four and three year olds
are as they we're. each at 2:10%: but enough
has been demonstrated by this years class
Of youngsters to show that the present
figure can't hope to last much beyond the
spring OF 1892.
The two-year.old record has felt the
shock OF improvement most heavily. 1t
has been cut seven seconds and quarter.
enough to make conservative old expert,
conclude that they never really knew any.
thing about colts. and take also a new.
even astounded view OF the trotter's
prospects OF ultimately reaching the
arbitrary but surely fascinating ideal OF
q mile in. two minutes. 2:1OA is now
the record for two-year-olds. rs but
few years ago 1t was the record for all
ages when Maud 8. took back her laurels
from st. Julien to the delight and amaze
ment of public just beginning to appre-
ciate the dawning Of new era.
The yearling record saw nearly as big
hole knocked in its bottom as that for two
year-olds. Instead Of being just below $50.
as it was left in the fall OF 1880. it is now
we'll on tho way to 2:3O. at 2:25H. Frou
Frou. who put it there last Saturday. the
two-year-old Of 1891. carried back to the
decade between 1910 and 1850. would have
beaten Lady Suffolk.
Here these figures may be expected to
rest for the winter. 1t has been great
year for all sorts and conditions Of horse
men, whether they trade. own. or ham
die. The honest farmer who smOOths his
broad acres for the nOurishment Of know
ingly selected stock has felt himselfraised on
wave Of prosperity and mounting almost
as high as his less sporting brother who has
had to put an extra brace on his barn to hold
up his wheat. The sly and merry profess
sional who holds the reins and rides has
got out Of the late seasons operations more
Of that inestimable boon from Providence
known as fun than ever was dispensed to his
organization in any year Of the past. And
the owners have gained as much glory. and.
generally speaking. expended as little
money therefor, rs they could hope for in
the light Of reason and Of the established
manners and customs OF the track. The
public has watched the progress of the
favorite American quadruped with enjoy
ment in which not even single setback of
disappointment was untinged with hope Of
eventual triumph.
Hope OF q bette" record fo- the coming
year was never stronger. Let it come. and
drop away way down until one might think
that the bottom to the trotter's limitations
was going to drop out In mass.