Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-09-19
RECORDS OF A YEAR
Every Week Smashes a For
mer Trotting Mark.
M0QuETTES GREAT MILE HEAT
he Tea Nslson's Record Made az Com
stOSx Park aud Is Regarded as the
Coming Stallion King.

short bred hOrses are having an in-
mug tne present season and this Is the
greatest season Yet seen upon the turf
rs wonders ecllpsing anything before
seen Little Albert. 2.l2t, the greatest
eampsigner Of the Eleeu0neer tribe,
being by Albert ", a con of the dead
premier OF Palo Alto, . from 4 mare
Of unknown breeding. yet though he
has been four times broken down, even
50 that he had 90 be kept ia sling for
weeks az a time. still he Is probably the
best race horse that Monroe Salisbury
ever brought over the mountains The
game little sorrel geiding Is Winning
tao races a week whers u majority OF
the meats are below 2;l5, and now he
mas race record Of 2.l2i. Another
good y amer IN the Salisbury string IS
the young brown mare Matte III, oy
Abdallah Mambrno. Her dam Is Ella
hopk ins BY tie pacing saddle stallion
OctOrOOu, a horse not known 10 pos
ess single STRAIN OF trotting bl cd and
whose chief clam TO the Distinction =
being the sire OF TIC dam Of Matte II,
2.I5 and Geneva ;. 2.l9t and Qulnlne
=, 2-2Sl, and OF shadow, dam of three
with standard records, one OF the mos,
valuable brood mares on the kalama-
roo farm. Alvin, the gigantic chestnut
stallion, the fastest stallion ever bred
q her Majcstys Dominion, 10 from
p.eban dam. while his sire is not
fashlOnably bred. though q product of
t.Ie once famous FairiaSn Farm, from
which establishment came many fast
trOtleFs.
long Bred Dam. Unnecessary.
These illustrations might be multi
piled but will suffice TO show that long
bred dam il not necessary 10 produce
trotters frOm-s fact loaded with en-
cOuragemens for the breeder OF limited
means.
The trottlng season is now at its
height. the weather has been fairly
favorable for fast time, the tracks.
thoroughly soaked by the premature
equlnONiai storm of Tuesday, were
faster than tObOggan slides, and the re-
suits OF the racing were nothing short
OF sensational. The little sorrel pacing
mare Prlma Donna, who raced here IN
August, won two hard fought races az
Richmond, Ind, the sixth point IN the
western southern circuit, reducing her
record In the fifth heat of the second
race 20 2.l4l. rms little bread winner
Is by BetteriOn, son of George Wilkes,
and Dame Tansy by Daniel Lambert,
the greatest OF the Morgan family.
she Is 4 years old, 10 just fifteen hands
high, weighs 40 poands. has started
httimesthis year and has not missed
getting some OF the money each time,
being trst i've times. she is owned by
William l.. simmons. the man who
owned the mighty sire, George Wilkes,
which, though when first taken TO Ken
lucky was dubbed BILLY simmons 1t
tie old baked up pony" was the great
est addition 10 the breeding Interests or
the blue grass state.
Little Albert won two races st the
same place, the slowest heat being 2:l5
and the fastest 2:l2t, his fastest mile.
Matte II trotted the second heat of q
race. winch she won IN straight heats
IN 2:l3. Nnnette, another OF the nu-
merOus good ones In the collection OF
the sage OF Pleassnton." was only a
neck behind Mascot in 2;lll, PIP.
Eyang.iine's Fast Mile.
Evangeline, the 4-year-old daughter
OF Director. 2:l7, sire OF Direct, 2O6,
trotted a second heat IN 2:ll3. At 81.
Joseph. Mo-, Lobasco lowe. ed the stall
lion race record TO 2:lOl.a performance
which does not 20 far TO clear up Nc
Usnry's somewhat cloudy reputation,
"a 10 allowed the great stallion to be
beaten IN slow time the week before.
and lt = hard 20 conceive how a Jour
ney OF several hundred miles by rail
could have 80 much improved his con-
ditlOn II everything was on the level.
The sensation of the week, IN fact
one of the greatest OF the year was the
record breaking mile by the 4-vear-old
trotting stallion Moquette. Moquette
has started three times this year earn
ny y race record of 2l3f. Friday the
Richmond track WAS AZ its hest and the
day was Just right, 40 " ke BOwerman
announced that ne would drive Mo-
quette 70 beat the 4-year-old stallion
record held by the Alcyone stallion
Mckinney 2.l23. George Fuller the
veteran driver accompanied the great
stallion with shs roam prompter sea
Foam. Hs reduced not only the stall
hon record for colts Of MS age. but
beat Sun0fs mark Of 2l0f made at
that sge. which was the record for four
year-Oids regardless OF sex. and tied
Nelson best mile made a. ComstOck
Park. lie trOtted the mile without a
Ak ., Snish lng in such a manner that
not beyond MS capacity. The quarters
we're .32f. 1904. i373. 2.i0. Only Palo
Alto 2,0si and AliersOn 2.09i, stand
between him and the stallion crown.
Another Ming.
one s desi. the other lsme. 80 il il
within the limits Of possibility that a
Chrstmss story vii be told Of Mo-
quette. the "king % stations Mo
Quette = one Of TIE most beautIfu
horses IN training, q medium sized dark
bav, ronnd bsrreiied, uD-headed, With
small pointed sars and a delicate nose.
he not org bodied. but his round
barrel gives him tnat appearance. He
~ very RAPID gaited, his elastic stride
differing from the low reaching glide
Of Nelson r the resolute. powerful &C
ton Of Aisrtoi. His - more IKE the
guiek. nervous Clip # Nancy Hanks.
re = ~ Waid0n. 2iaf. son OF George
Wilkes. lis dam = Betsy and I, by