St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-11-09
AMONG THE HORSES.
Pedigrees OF the Breakers Of
Records During the Cur
rent Year.
Sources Of Speed Accurately
Traced Through Certain
Blood Lines.
Marcus Daily Southwestern
Turf CongreSS--Raeing at
New Orleans.
Sketch OF Sunol--EtchingS Of
Interest to Lovers Of the
Horse.

A glance at the pedigree of the
record breakers of 1891 and of the fast
ones in their immediate vicinity will
be an interesting study to the lover of
the trotting horse, says a Spirit of the
Times writer. The extreme theorists
may not always be satisfied, but the
followers of families with demonstrated
speed lines are abundantly vindicated.
The yearling FLY Bell Bird. 2:2G15. as
the youngest champion of the year,
heads the list. Bell Bird is a full sister
to Kinda Rose. st. Bel, Bell Boy, Chimes
and Palo Alto Belle. To have pro-
duced two yearlingS who have won the
yearling championship is an honor
which no other mare but Beautiful
Bells has won. The twO-year-old cham
pion AriOn, 2:1412, is even more richly
lowered He is by EIectiOneer, dam
Manette SISTER to Woodruff, 2:6131
by NutwoOd. 2:1S$4. Nutwood is the
greatest of all living sires by the re-
cord, and the extreme speed at an early
age which he produces warrants the
claim that his daughter, the dam Of the
Incompatible Arion. should have her
full share of honor with his sire, Elec-
tioneer.
The season has also brought to the
front two other remarkable tWO-year-Old
colts who have tied the championship Of
Sunol at that age, one OF whom holds
the twO-year-old race championship.
MOnbars, 2:lS, with a race record of
2:194, is by Eagle Bird. dam Lady
Maud. 2:1S4, by Gen Knox; Eagle
I'D = To, ,,J
by George Wilkes, while Jay Bird (the
sire of Allerton, 2:O9A), is by George
Wilkes. Ralph Wilkes, 2:1S, is another
two-year-old who is a great credit to the
Wilkes family. He is by Red Wilkes,
while his dam is Mary Mays, by Mann
brine Patchen. The season of 1891 will
always stand out prominent in trOtting
history as the first to produce three two
year-Olds with records of 2:1S and better.
SunOPS three-year-Old record, 2:1015,
will in all probability long remain as a
bright target to shoot at. and the same
may be said of AXtelfs, 2:12. The
three year-old champion of 1891, how
ever, made a very respectable showing.
FaustinO, 2:1454, is by Sidney. 2:19$l,
dam Faustina, by Crown Point. Sidney
is by Santa Claus, 2:17$4, dam Sweet
ness, 2:2114, by Volunteer, etc. while
Santa Claus was out of that good mare
Lady Thorne Jr., by Williams Nam
brine. 1t will be seen that Faustino
came by his speed honestly. The leader
of the fOur-year-old brigade in 1891 is
the bay mare Belle Archer. 2:154, by
Rene, 1850, dam Mary Drake, by En-
field. Rene is by King Rene. dam
Effie. by Regular, son of Volnn-
win Forrest, S5l. There are two
Renes, both standard and registered,
and both by King Rene. The other Rene
is out of Miss George, by BlackwoOd
Jr.: second dam by Pilot Jr. +; third dam
by ManbrinO Messenger. His number
is 50l7. Such duplication of names. eS-
pecially to sons of the same sire. is liza
bic to cause mistakes and confusion,
and the trotting world will give its
unanimous support to the American
TrOttlng Register association in its de-
termination to allow no names in future
to be registered which are already
owned by registered animals.
Great as the achievements of the
yearlings and two-year-Olds have been,
the browning triumphs of the year have
been won by the tiVe-year-oldS. who, not
content with mere age championships,
have entered in the great free-for-all,
and have won the queen and the king
ship of the trOtting turf. The fight for
supremacy between Nancy Hanks and
AllertOn, exceedingly interesting in it.
self, became still more so when each be-
gan to fight the watch. AS, fiercely
pressed, time began to give way, and
the stallion or the mare kept reducing
their respective records, it was seen that
the worlds record was in danger and
that any day might witness both new
worlds and new stallion record.
Nancy trOtted in 2:G9 before she went
off edge, and Allerton got to 2:0911 and
became the king. Nancy Hanks is the
bright particular star of the Happy
Medium family, but on tine maternal
side it must be remembered that she has
the blood of the renowned Dictator and
Edwin Forrest, whose daughters have
been great producers of speed.
But the fastest Of the ive-year-olds
and the one destined not only to hold
the championship at that age, but also
the championship Of the world, was the
daughter of ElectiOneer, out of WaXana:
second dam the thoroughbred mare
WaXy, who Oct. 20 passed all previous
trOtting records and attached 2:OS1l to
her name. A glance at the pedigrees
Of these leaders of the year show no I'M
known elements, no accidents ana no
unaccOuntable freaks of nature. The
sources of speed can be accurately
each succeeding year the elements of
uncertainty are reduced and the speed
average becomes higher. The breeder
of to-day, looking back upon the expert
mentS of the past years, realizes the
immense advance which has been made.
while careful examination of past eX-
pcriments will enable him to utilize to
still greater advantage the splendid ma
terial which he has at his command.
VIII the stallion championship again
change hands this season? is at present
an exceedingly open question. On Nov.
8, at Stockton, Cal, Palo Alto lowered
his record to 2:0919, and finished so
strong that observers were sanguine
that in his next effort he will capture
the stallion throne. Can Allerton re-
duce his record of 2:0914 this season? is
another absorbing question. The eli
mate is in favor OF the famous CalifOr-
MAN. for while he will IN all probability
have three or four weeks of good wealth
er in which to make the effort, the
season at Independence is practically
closed. c. w. Williams is a man of
great determination, but at this time of
year the weather of Iowa is against
him. and it is hardly probable that the
gallant Allerton will be able to reduce
his record.