Los Angeles herald., 1891-11-18
PALO ALTO.
The Record OF the New King of th'
Trotting Turf.

Trotting Turf.
Palos Alto is king. Allerton, the
holder OF the 4-year-old record and the
worlds stallion record, was yesterday
deposed, after short reign. Today
California holds all the records. Cali
fornia made bold bid to secure the
stallion crown, and yesterday the gal
liant Palo Alto did the trick after a
series of remarkable attempts. Stam-
boul came within fraction OF second
OF securing the crown in 1890, and this
year it looked as if we would have to
be contented with again getting within
a quarter of second of the coveted
goal. Palo Alto trotted a remarkable
mile-the fastest ever trotted by an en-
tire horse bv one-half second. The rec
ord equals that OF Maud'S.
Palo Alto has proved himself to be a
race-horse trotter of the highest caliber.
In 1890 he triumphed over Jack, and
gained the distinction of being the great
est free-for-all horse in America. Dur
ing that year he made the fastest three
heats ever trotted in race. The record
An admirer of Palo Alto, the new king,
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cago Horseman Taken east in 1886 he
made a successful campaign, which
might be classed as the most so ever
made by 4-year-old up to that time-a
record of 2:2014, eight in nine races
won, nearly all of them against aged
horses, mark it as such. Laid up again.
Fate so dead set in opposition that he
did not show for two years, and the re-
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tracks was due to ''the slows" unable
to repeat his 4-year-old record, with
many attestations, or rather falsehoods,
in relation to his case. The season of
1889 demonstrated how far out of the
way these knowing prophets were. He
opened the campaign at Napa, Califor-
MIA, August 18th, beating in the 2:20
class Bay Rose, Jim L. and Victor in
straight heats-2:2ll4, 2:20, 2:1S. Aug
ust 9th at Petaluma he beat Franklin,
Don Tomas, Jim l.. and Bay Rose, losing
the second heat, 2 :201a, 2:2l14, 2:231a
being his time.
At Stockton, September 25th, he de-
feated Direct and Bay Rose in 2;161a,
2:17A, 2:1334. After that he made his
first race with Father Time, and on No
vember 9th he trotted in 2:12ls, at
Fresno in 2 :15, but as that was a losing
per formance it did not count. Septem-
Der I'd, at Oakland, he beat five COM
petitors in straight heats, in 2:224
2:20. 2:191a. This was previous to the
race at Stockton. and he also beat Lily
Stanley at Oakland, September 7th, in
2:lS1, 2:194, 2:20I. fAt Napa, CAL,
November 10th, he trotted in 2:12A
which wound up his trotting for the
season. Miles in 2:124 and 2:12R
against time and 2:1334 in the third
heat OF race are not bad showing, a
showing in fact which has not been
beaten by stallion until this year.
Across the mountains the second time
in 1890, still suffering, so lame at times
that work could not be given. The cam
paign opened at Detroit, and on July
25th he beat Houri and Susie s. -2:15L5
2 1T, 2:1714, and on August I'd he was
beaten by Jack, though winning the Sec
ond heat in 2:1311a, and reducing his
trace record" At Buffalo August Sth
he won five-heat race. Rosaline
Wilkes won the first and second in 2:1S,
2:161s the others he secured in 2:16I
2:16, ,2:15, Jack and Susie S. the other
contestants. August Goth at Chicago he
beat Jack in match, time 2:l814, 2:l5,
2:l3, and this gave him the fastest race
record until 1891 brought it's changes.
There were no more races in 1890, the
rest OF the season being taken up with
five exhibitions" the time of which
was 2:l5, 2:16, 2:144, 2:l434, 2:1414.
When this much was written 1891 had
shown lowering of records from 2 :12I
to 2:1l14, 2:l0. The morning of Novem-
ber 4th the news came that 2:091s was
the mark OF Tuesday, and spectators
unanimously declare that with two
weeks more of favorable weather the
stallion record will surely be his, the
more enthusiastic that he will be second
sure, perhaps first. Whatever the
future may show, I do not desire to