St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-11-02
TWO-MINUTE 1ROETING.
4 Backward Glance at Record
Making.


1t has long been the dream of enthu-
tiasts that the science of breeding would
eventually produce an animal which
would trOt q mile in two minutes, saws
the Spirit of The Times. Secretary
Tracy has nailed his flag to the mast
and declares his belief that in a few
years the 200 trotler- Will be an actual
TACT, and MS opinion is entitled to great
weight. On the other hand. the famous
owner Of Maud $. 2:05$I, the late queen,
and SunOl, 2:HS4, Inc present one,
thinks that 2:0J is unattainable, and looks
upon 2:u3 as so Improbable that he
recently declared he would give 5000
To see it done. Senator Stanford has
never committed himself 10 tie 300
limit. but has stated that Sun0l is the
fastest OF her race. ana that she has the
ability. under favorable circumstances,
to tr0t in 2:0G. As it has taken the trot-
ting world six years to reduce the
world ; record One-half second, il will
be in order 10 glance backward and see
how long it has taken Us 10 travel from
2:20 TO our present limit.
October -. 1859, thrty-tWO years ago,
Flora Temple trolted, at Kalamazoo.
Mich. in -:I9sl. and for the first time
in tie history Of the breed the Ameri-
can trOtter scored a mile below 2:20
She had in her veins none of the blood
which is row considered fashionable,
and WAS fourteen years old when she
made her great performance. An in
terVal OF eight years followed without
any reduction of the record, bat August
"A, 1861, the famous Dexter tr0ttsd in
2:1114 and became the king of the trot-
ting turf. TIE immortal Goldsmith
Maid next took the record in hand, OBJ
tanning q record Of 2:17 at Milwaukee
September 16. 1871, and size continued
tie merry war till September2 ?, 1874, at
Boston. she reduced her record 10 2:I4.
The next jump is one of four years,
when RarUS, Aug. ,. 1883. trOtted in
2:1314, and took the championship back
TO Butfalo'S classic track. RaruS did
not long enjoy his championship, for in
1919 St. Julian trOtted in 2:l2M. and
Aug. -. 1880, ne trOtted TO his final rec
ord OF 2:1l14. The gallant SCH Of Vol
unteer was not destined 10 wear. his
royal robes loGg, fer Sept. Is, 1880, at
Chicago, Maud ) trOtted in 2:1G3I: and,
with the exception Of one day, she has
been the queen, until succeeded by the
now triumphant Sunol. July Is, 1881.
at Pittsburg, Pa, she reduced
her record to 2:10jl, and at Roch-
ester, n. Y, Aug. II of the
SAINT NEdl sic lIOtLcU III %.1Ut4. Inc
game jay Eye See, the king of a day,
on Aug. !, 1884, at Providence, Il. l.,
trotted in 2:1O. but Oh the following day,
Aug. . at Cleveland. O.. Maud S re-
gained her throne by trotting in . .e93I
On Nov. II, Of the same year, at Lex
ington, KY. she trOtttd in 2:091I. sand
on July 80. 1855. at Cleveland. o., she
made her final record Of 2:0S3I, which
for six years has been the worlds
record. Maud S was then eleven years
old. What Maud 5 would have done
had she been trained under the Palo
Alto system it is impossible to say
under the training she had it took five
years 10 reduce her record from 2:1O3I
to2:0S3!.
as ,wo-year-old Sunol trotted in
ELS on Oct. %, 1888, and became the
champion at that age. On Nov. Q, 1889,
as three-year-Old, she won the record
at that age in 2:1o13. As four-year-
old expectation was aroused to fever
heat, and the public, expecting too
much, were disappointed. yet she capt
ured the fOur-year-Old record by trot-
ting at Chicago, Aug. %. in 2:1O15
On Oct. 20, 1891, she beat the world {
record 10y trotting in 2:OSH, and became
the queen Of the trOtting turf. 1t is wOr-
thy OF notice that both the eX and the
present queen are breed in similar
blood lines. The foregoing dates would
appear to show that we are approaching
the limits OF trOtting speed. The 2:0t
trntter does not loom up wildly as g
probability Of the near fUture-only as
brilliant possibility.