St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-11-23
STALLION KINGS.
Wonderful Progress in Attaining
High Honors.


The idea which long prevailed that
stations could not show the highest
ratio of trotting speed is today a scarcely
debatable point, says the Spirit of
the Times. In proportion to their num-
Der they compare, in the regions of eX-
IRENE speed, very fav0rably with the
geldingS and press very closely the
records of the mares. 1t took the mares
from 1859 to 1891, period of thirty-twO
years, to get from Flora Temples 2:19%
to SunOl's 2:0S14. 1t took the geldings
seventeen years to get from Dexter'S
2:174 to Jay Eye Sees 2:10 in 1883, at
which point the gelding record still
stands, while the stations have taken
exactly the same time to travel from
Mambrino Gifts 2:20. made in 1874. to
PalO Altos 2:0S$1, made in 1891. The
thirst for developed speed in our sires
has made the Occupany OF the stallion
throne short lived honor, the mighty
Smuggler being the only occupant to
hold ii over an extended period.
The breeding, development, and all
that pertains to AXtell is a romance
which is still more startling because it
is a reality. Had a turf novelist written
such a story, making a three-year-oId
colt trot in 2:12 and selling for S105OOO,
he would have been laughed at.
Oct. IL, 1889, at Terre Haute,
Ind. as a three-year-old, Axteli
trotted against time to a record
of 2:12, and had the double honor of the
three-year-Old and the aged stallion
championships. 1t was also remarkable
that lie was the first of the produce of
his sire to enter the list, and. still more
remarkable, that sire, William l., was
only seven years old when his son be-
came the king.
The year 1890 witnessed the triumph
of the bay stallion Nelson, who carried
the stallion record to 2:1034. and brought
the championship back to the New Eng
land states. where Smuggler had once
been king so long. Nelson has been a
trotter from colthood up, and when.
Oct. 81, 1890, he trOtted in 2:10$l, at
Cambridge City. Ind, he only fulfilled
the expectations of all who knew him.
This year brought two possessors of
the royal honor TO the front in Allerton,
2:O914, and Palo Alto, 2:GS$l. Allerton
at the close of last season held the four
year-Old championship with a record of
2:1319. This season he has reduced this
mark by series of wonderfully fast
miles. and Sept. 10, 1891, he trOtted in
2:091, and for the first time carried the
stallion record down below 2:10.
With the patience and ability of a
master in his craft Marvin during two
months successfully reduced Palo AL
tO's record from 2:121a to 2:091@, and
Nov. II he achieved the browning hon
or of his life by trotting In 2:0S$I, and
adding the stallion championship to
Palo Altos imperisnable roll of fame.
For the first time in trotting history
the stallion record is within half sec
Ond of the worlds record, and it is the
first year i'll long period that the stall
lion record is faster than that of the
gelding. AS an evidence of the rapid
advance of the last two years. up to 1888
only one stallion had trotted in 2:12 OF
better, now we have seven: Palo Alto,
nine years, 2:0S$4; Allerton, five years
old. 2:0914; Nelson, nine years, 2:10:
Arion, two years, 2:10I; Stamboul,
eighty years, Oil: Delmarch. seven years
2:l119, and AXtell. 2:12, at three years.