The record-union., 1892-06-14
4ROIIING RECORDS.
March Of the Colts From the 2i30
Mari. Down.
What Early Developments and Mod
ern Methods Have Done-Clip-
ping Off Seconds.

ping Off Seconds.
The marvellous revolution in the sys-
tenn of modern trotting, horse-training
and early development is signally Illus
trated in the present champion colt rec
ords when compared with the fastest
record, and also with the time which has
elapsed since colts at these ages began TO
enter the 2:30 list, The two-year-old rec
ord of to-day, 2:IO8, held by Arion, is
only two and a half seconds behind the
record of Queen Sunol, 2:0S4. 1t was in
1877 that So So trOtted a mile in 2:3l, and
the trotting world began to think it prob
able that two-year-olds would trot in
$50. SunoPs record at three and four
years old is 2:l0t. She holds the cham
pionship at those ages, as well as the
worlds championship Of 2O84. She is
also past two-year old champion, with
a record of 2:IS. A four-year-old first
touched 2:30 in 1865, and it was not
till 1874 that the three-year ar-old Lady
Stout passed the 2:30 mark and trOtted in
Z:Z9. 1t Is interesting to note the arches
in this time bridge of the colts, and while
doing so to see incidentally what they
aid IN later years, and the reader can
then draw his own inference as to the
results Of early training.
The brown gelding bruno by Hamble-
| tonlan 10, dam Kate, by Belaire, entered
the $50 list on July 49, 1863. at Fashion
Course, Flushing, n. y, though five
years earlier the brown stallion Ericsson
very nearly did the trick, trottiug at Lex
lngton to record Of f2:50!. Bruno only
reduced this record half a second, and
Ericsson soon after Went into the stud,
making tine record, with six in the
list, while his daughters are making high
regulations as brood mares. 1t took till
1874 to reduce Bruno's record when it
was done by Allie West in 2:293, and the
son OF AlmOnt and Fanny, by Mambrino
Chief, reduced his record year later to
2:25 He died in 1876, yet has seven 2;3O
performers and several sons and daugh-
ters who are producers. In 1876 Eric, by
Ericsson, followed in his sire's footsteps
and captured the iour-year-oId record in
Z:2S4, but he got no further. In 1877 the
the roam gelding Keene Jim, by Lookout,
dam Laura Fair, by Rather. put the
tour-year-old at 2:244, and in 1850 he
made his best record Of 2:l9I. MESSENGER
Duroc's fastest daughter out Of Green
Mountain Maid, Elaine. in 1873 secured
the four-year-Old championship with a
record OF 2:24i, and two years later re-
duced it to 2:20.
One year later that great campaigner
Irlnket cut the first big hole in the four
year-old record and carried it below 2:2O
trottlng at Louisville, KY, on July 10th in
Z:l94. In 1881 she made her final record
OF 2:i4. In 1882 Jay-Eye-See cut the time
down to 2:l9, and in 1881 he trotted to the
champion record of 2:l0. Bonita, by
Electloneer, in 1852, q few weeks later
than Jay-Eye-See, trOtted in 2:lS3. In
1886 she reduced this to 2:I8!. Sally Ben
hyr 4
Mohawk, in 1854 trotted in 2:I74, but she
never got any lower
IN 1883 Manzanita, by ElectiOneer, dam
Mayt1oWer, by st. Clair, trotted in 2:I6
and in 1889 Edgemark, by Victor Won
Bismark, trotted in the same time. They
have both been relegated to the stock
farm since that time. In 1880 Sunoi
pulled down the record to where itstands
to-day, I:lO3, and year later she became
the queen of the turf with Il record of
Z:Oa4. The history Of the four-year-
Judged by the logic Of facts, is in favor OF
early development.
The journey Of the three year-oIds, sim
gular TO say, from 2:30 to 2:l0l, has been
Iar more rapid. 1t was on October |,
1874, that Lady Stout, by Mambrino
Patchen, dam Puss PralI, by Mark Time,
trotted IN Z:29. This was her best effort.
and she joined the broOdmare ranks.
Elaine, by Messenger Duroc, was the
next three-year-old champion, trotting in
2:2S in 1877. Her after career is referred
to above. In 1879 Jewett, by Allie Wesl
"a four-year-old champion), won the
honor in 2:234; he eventually reached
trOtting record of 2:20 and a pacing rec
ord Of 2:l4. Two years later Phil ThOmp-
son reduced the three-year-old record
to 2:2l, and made his sire, Red Wilkes.
prominent. He was out of Gray Nelly,
by John billiard. In 1884 he reduced his
record to 2:I64.
In 1888 Hinda Rose, by EIectioneer.
dam Beautiful Bells, by The Moor, cut
the record down to 2:I9!, and in 1885 the
brown stallion Patron, by Pancoast. ont
OF Beatrice, by Cuyler, tied that record.
Hinda Rose joined the broodmare band
at Palo Alto, and two years later Patron
trotted in 2:l44. That great young STALL
ion, Sable Wilkes, by Guy Wilkes. dam
Sable, by The Moor, brought the record
down to 2:lS in 1887, and tied that time
the following year He has been in the
stud ever since. In 1889 AXtell flashed
upon the world as star of the first mag
nitude and took the record down to 2;I2
on October llth, only to be passed by
SuuOl, on November 9th, in 2:l0l The
champion three year-olds have given a
good account of themselves in their late
engagements.
The progress Of the two-year-olds from
the 2:30 line has been more rapid than
1t has only taken them eleven years to
journey from the limit to 2:lOs. The pres
ent record. The famous So So in 1877
trotted in 2:3l, but it was not till the bay
lilly Sweetheart, by Sultan, dam Mime |
haha, by Bald Chief, trotted in 1880 in !
2:263, that the race from the $50 post fairly |
began. Sweetheart reduced this record |
the following year to 2:223
In the same year Fred Crocker, by Elec- |
tioneer, dam by st. Clair, trotted in 2:25{. |
but he went no further In 1881 another
Electioneer, the bay fiIly Wilddower, ont !
OF Mayhower, by st. Clair, put the mark |
down to 2:2l, and there it stopped till Su-
mol in 1858 reducedft 2:lS. She was de- /
thrOned in 1881 when the superlatiyeIv /
wonderful Arion, also by EIectioneer. /
trotted in 2:l04. Palo Alto has almost |
had a monopoly Of the -year-oId rec |
ord. The early training Of the champi- |
ons does not appear by the records to
have sapped their vitality.-New York |
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