Los Angeles herald., 1891-10-07

The telegraph teens with sensational
happenings. The time made by Bell
Bird and Arion almost takes one's
breath away. October 9th will be a red
letter day in the breeding history of
this state. The east has shown it's hand
but California has now the track and
the prospect is that there will be shat
tering of records such as the world
never saw before. The start was made
yesterday. Bell Bird lowered the year
ling record to 2:2724. The best previous
record was held by Freedom with
mark of 2:29A. Bell Bird and Free
dom are the only yearlings who ever
trotted mile in 2:3O or better. No
state is in it with California in the mat
ter of speed of yearlings. 1t is a strange
but graf flying fact that both Freedom
and Bell Bird trace back to Los Angeles
bred stock. The grand dam of
Freedom was bred by L. j. Rose in
tbs county as also was Beautiful Bells,
the dam OF Bell Bird, the new record
breaker. This make Beautiful Bell the
SRobt sensational bl God mare in America.
Two of her progeny Bell Boy and Kinda
Rose made records better than 2:20 as
3-year olds, and unless the writer is mis-
taken she is the only mare that has pro-
duced two three-year-olds to beat 2:20.
Ten years ago Kinda Rose electrified
the trotting world by trotting mile as
a yearling in 1853. This remained
the record for seven years and now
comes a sister of Kinda Rose and re-
deems the laurels lost by her Oldest sis
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duction of almost ten seconds. Senator
Rose sold Beautiful Bells to Senator
Stanford for a mere $4,000. Mated to
Electioneer, she has produced the fastest
family of record breakers in the land.
The sons and daughters of Beautiful
Bells have sold for more money than the
progeny of any mare living or dead.
Beautiful Bells was the oldest daughter
of old Minnehaha, who is now at Rose
meade.
Arion, 2:1534, comes by his great
speed honestly. He is bred in purple.
His sire is Electioneer and his dam is
by Nutwood. You can't beat that COM
bidation of blood very much. Just
think of a two-year-old trotting in
2:15A. The best record ever made in
the east until few months ago was con-
siderably the other side of 2:20, but
Monbars recently made mile in 2:194.
The three fastest records for two-year-
olds are: Arion 2:154, Sunol 2:18 and
Monbars 2:1914. California bred two
out of the three and the rest of the
world has contributed one. To give the
general reader an idea of Arion's Won
derful performance. it will be only nee
essary to state that four years ago :19M
was the fastest time ever made by
three-year-old, and 2:16 by four-Year-
old. and it was not until 1879 that
horse of any age trotted a mile faster
than did this California two-year-old at
Stockton yesterday. St. Julien showed
mile that year in 2:12M.
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The result of the Hal Pointer-Direct
race will be anxiously awaited in this
city. This is the greatest sidewheel
race the world ever saw. The Los An
geles horse, bred by Mr.. Titus, of Los
Angeles county, made a gallant show
ing. The little fellow was pitted against
the champion free-for-all PAGER in the
world, and beat the great Tennessee
whirlwind at his own game. in the first
heat 1t was highly sensational race.
No PAGER could ever stay with Hal
Pointer in a final squirt. Yolo Maid
could lead him three-quarters, but
Pointers terrific rushes were too much
for her and she succumbed. Johnston,
the FORMER king, could do no better, but
the gallant black demon from California
stood him off. The time for the first
heat was 2:13, which was probably not
as fast as might have been expected, but
q glance at the quarters show that
q both horses loafed until the half-mlle
post was reached. The drivers steamed
up, and the last half was made in :03H
"a 2:0715 gait. The last eighth was the
fastest ever paced. 1t was made in 1872
seconds-a l AS gait. The second heat
went to Hal Pointer. Direct was only
beaten a nose in 2:11, after one of the
hardest and grandest races ever seen
anywhere. The HERALD predicted sew
eral weeks since that Direct would give
the celebrated Hal Pointer an argument.
Here's to the little black demon who
contested his first race over the Los An
geles track!
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By the way, the records made over the
kite-shaped track at Stockton, knock a
whole lot of reputation out of Allerton,
who has been doing such wonders over
kite-shaped track at Independence.
While Allerton is a great horse, the
track has helped him more than has
generally been credited. Before the
month is out, California will send greet
ing to Allerton and Nelson.
Wait till Samboul Ill and Palo Alto
12I, are sent out for record over
kite-shaped track; something will drop
and that something will be the stallion
record of the world. Wait till Sunel is
ready to try. The worlds record is
coming to California. Nothing can stop
il but rain.