St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-09-26
AMONG THE HORSES.
Not Enough Attention Being
Paid to the Stallion Cham
pionship.
1t Is the Premier Prize Of the
Tr0tting Turf for the
Breeder.
A Minnesota Cookie" Disap-
pears From Gravesend
Suddenly.
Notes of Interest to Followers
Of Bang-Tail Hay
cheWerS.

The magnificent speed triumphs of
Nancy Hanks and Martha Wilkes at
the trOtting gait, and the equally brill
liant flights of Hal Pointer, Flying Jib
and Mascot in the pacing arena, have
so absorbed popular attention that the
question OF the stallion championship
has been little thought of. says the
Spirit of the Times. From breeders
standpoint it is the premier prize of the
trotting turf. The present position of
affairs is peculiar. Palo Alto, the
mighty monarch of the Pacific slope,
who trotted in 2:0S34 last season,
is dead. Allerton, 2:094, broke
down recently, and may be con-
sidered out of the battle for this year, at
least. Nelson, 2:10, is going like great
guns, and has reduced the .half-mile
track record to 2:1334, but there is no
frst-class mile track open to him, so
that it is hardly likely that he will have
an opportunity to knock off the " sec
OndS between him and the champion
ship. Stamboul is not in the field, and
AXtell is also out of the hunt. Yet in
the face of these facts, the display of
extreme speed by the stations Oh the
turf was never greater.and there are at
least dozen stations from which new
champion may come.
Arion. 2:1O34, the two-year-old king,
is to be sent to beat the threc-year old
record of Sunol, 2:1015, and if the eau
that he will certainly make the fastest
drive he possibly can toward champion
hOnOrS.
The latest candidate who has shown
speed of the highest order is the bay
stallion Lobasco, who recently won
heat race at Independence in 2:1l%.
He is only six years old, and is by Egg
mont, dam Flela Maid. by Gen. Hatch; ;
second dam, by Champion Morgan. He
made splendid campaign last season,
and retired with record of 2:l614. Egg
mont is by Belmont. dam the famous
Minerva, by Pilot Jr.; second dam by
Mambrlno Chief. General Hatch is by
Cassius Nj. Clay Jr., %, out of a daugh-
ter of Imp. Envoy. Lobosco is there
fore grandly bred, having the blood of
Belmont. Pilot Jr., Mambrino Chief and
Clay in his veins.
One of the fastest campaignerS of the
| season and certainly one of the bravest
is the chestnut horse Alvin, who closed
his last season with a record of 2:14%.
Many good judges thought that he had
got to his speed limit, but this season he
has reduced his record to 2:15L in a
winning race, and 1t is safe to assume
that with all the special advantages sur
rounding an arranged trial against the
watch that he would materially reduce
his record. He is by Orpheus, dam by
Toronto Chief Jr.
The Buffalo exposition meeting af-
forded the bay stallion Lakewood Prince
an opportunity of winning a good race.
and at the same time attaching to his
name the fast record of 2:1315. He is
eight years old, and is by Wilkesonian,
dam 10y WOOdf0rd MambrinO; second
dam by imp. Glencoe. Here is a
combination of Wilkes, Mambrino
Chief and thoroughbred blood of the
best class. HIS record last year was
2:164, and the cut he has made in it
this year would nine years ago have
made him the stallion champion.
Another superbly bred eight-yearol
the close of 1891 was 2:2O1. he has now
race record of 2:l315. He is by that
great sire Wilkes Boy, dam Aileen, by
Mambrino Boy; second dam Betty
Brown, by Mambrino Patchen. Betty
Brown was also the dam of Wilkes Boy,
so that st. Vincent is intensely inbred.
Junemont, 2:14, is one of the best
known campaignerS on the trotting turf.
He is only nine years old, but has been
on the turf for five years. and has five
year-old record of 2:1S54. He is by Ire
mont. dam Fanny Carey, by Jack
Rosey; second dam Paulina. by Don
Abdallah, Is. His record was 2:16H.
This he recently reduced to 2:14.
A still more notable reduction in time
| is that made by the eight-year-old brown
horse, Steve Whipple, whose record
was 2:23 prior to this season. He now
| has mark of 2:14. He is by Hamble-
! tonian Chrisman, dam Twist, by Ham,
| bletOnian, 725, second dam by Black
| Hawk. 5.
Norval, by Electioneer, dam Norma
| by Norman; second dam by Sir Wal
! lace, son Of Sumpter. is ten years old.
| He made a record of 2:1715 in 1889. and
has been in the stud ever since. His
owner determined to show the world
sent him mile against his record. He
accomplished his task in 2:l4$4.
The chestnut stallion Geneva has
made this year most notable cut in
his record. He entered the 2:3O list in
1891 with record of 2:29L. He has
now race record of 2:14%. He is by
Leland, dam Bessie Forrest. by Edwin
Forrest; second dam Diana, by Pilot
Jr. Leland is by Hambletonian, 10.
| dam by American Star, second dam by
Abdalla. l. Geneva is therefore bred
in the purple, and is a great credit to
his sire.
One of the youngest and fastest of the
sires who have reduced their records
this season is Ponce de Leon, a five year
old son of PancOast, out of Elvira,
| 2:1S15 (at five years old, by Cuyler, sec
ond dam by Mambrino Patchen, He
had three-year-old record of 2:25I,
| which he has reduced to 2:15 in win
ming race.
A fast son of Governor Sprague,
| Sprague Golddust, is also worthy of
mention, as each year he chips little
off his record. He Is out of that good
mare, Lucille Golddust, 2:164. by Cole
! dust, $50. He is nine years old, and he
2:16I. 1t is now 2:154.
With the siX-year-old stallion Coral
| loid the list of the fast-trotting stations
on the turf does not end, but enough has
| been said to show the wealth of active
speed material in the stallion ranks this
season. Coralloid is by Simmons, dam
| Coral. by Clark Chief; second dam Cas-
STA, by Cassius M. Clay Jr., :22. He
| had five-year-old record of 2:194, and
| has record or 2:l519, winch he Will
probably lower before the season is
over.
With one exec ption, all these records
| have been made in actual races. If the
reader takes the difference in time be-
| tween Palo Altos best heat in race
| and mis- time record. or AllertOn's, he
will see at glance. all the other condi-
| tions being equal, how close some of the
above trotting stations are to the cham
pionship.