St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-10-26
AMONG The HORSES.
Possibility Of a Mile in Two
Minutes Considering Re-
cent Records.
G Glance Of Some Of the Phe-
nomenal Miles Lately
Travelled.
equine Education and the
Noble Traits 1t May Be Made
to Develop.
How st. Blaise Was Bid In by
Reed--Hopse Lore OF Gen.
eral Interest.

Will mile ever be trotted in two
minutes?
Tuesday last at Stockton, Cal, on
Senator Stanfords new kite-sbaped
track, Sunol succeeded in covering the
mile i'll 2:US14, half second faster than
the lOng-Standing record of Maud S,
which, however, was made on regula-
tion track. On the same day of SunoPs
great effort Rollo, a yearling, paced a
mile at the Independence. To-, track IN
2:3l, reducing the best time for his age
by threc-quarterS of second. This
looked like mark that would stand a
good bit of wear, but the very next day
Oh Stanford track, Bell Bird, year
ing, made the mile in 2:2614 at the level
gait, without sign of skip.
Arlon may be the twC-minute wonder.
At the same track. following Bell
Birds mile, Arion, two-year-old by
Electioneer, made the mile strong and
true in 2:l415. Veteran horsemen, re-
Numbering recent astonishing perform
ances, boldly state that Arion's mark
will never be beaten, and Orrin Iickok
remarks: That is the horse that will
make tWO-minute work if any horse
ever does"
On the same day at Nashville, Tenn,
IN his match with Hal Pointer, Direct,
the little black whirwind PAGER, made
The second circuit OF the oval in 2:094 .
Competent hOrSemen expressed the
champion sidewheeler could have made
pos had Pointer been able to push him
at all.
Such performances as these are of i'm
pOrtance 10 great many more people
than simply those who are interested in
horse races. They mark development
Of speed in American horses which
would have been deemed simply fabu-
lous only very few years ago. In the
times Wien 2:40 was considered as the
ideal rate Of speed for trotting horse.
if amy one had predicted that before the
close OF tie oentGry q colt two years old
would trot a mile in less than 2:15, and
a baby yearling in less than 2:27, he
would have been shut up in an asylum
Rs raving lGnatic.
The question now arises. if these colts
can trot at this rate, what may be eX-
pecied of the American trotter who has
reached full maturity and vigor? What
is to be the limit of speed for such
horses as Sunol, STEAMBOAT, Palo Alto,
Ailtitbil, AAIcll, Nancy f1dnkS. Nelson.
and other celebrities of th.. turf?
There is good ground for hoping, if
not for believing, that a mile will be
trotted in two minutes before the end of
the present century. OF course, the last
seconds and fractions of seconds are
where the pinch viii come, but the gain
In speed has been 50 remarkable. and at
The same time so constant, that il is not
unreasonable To believe that some mar
vel OF equine strength and speed will
arise 10 cover the mile in the even two
minutes.
Senator Stanford, with his PaIo Alto
Stables, mas been revelation to the
breeders OF trotting horses. There was
very strong disposition to make fun of
him and his ideas when he first estab-
lISaetl Ills breeding farm, but nobody
laughs at him or Palo Alto trOtters now.
lie has demonstrated the wisdom OF his
theories so completely that no one Ques-
tons them. and other breeders of trot-
terS are very willing to learn from him
how to raise and train their horses.
i ne American trotter, as eXempliiied
by Senator Stanford's horses, is the
very perfection of his race.
A word us to the Kite track: Meas
urements of the most eXacting kind
nave made those at Independence, TO-.
anu Stockton, Cal, absolutely beyond
cayll as To distance. How much the
shape should detract from the value of
a record on the is mere matter of
stubborn adhesion to old methods.