Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-08-21
The Great Records Made in
Times Past.
NANCY AND Hal WELL BRED
Descendants OF the Famous Rysdyck's
Hzm5letoniza--Intef Gossip
Of Race Hofses.

a mai.ritv Of well-posted nOrsemen
nave agreed that the record would
never be lowered. or Al least not until
cur national breed hsa been brought
By SLOW stages to tixed type, then
surprise i sprung upon them from an
unexpected quarter and down goes the
work with a bang. Many of our older
h0r-emen remember the occasion when
on October Is. 1889. the painfully plain
little bay mare, Flora Temple, trotted
a mile over The Kalamazoo track IN
2lqf. This performance was heralded
as the fastest mile that trotter would
eyer 20, and u was eight years before
any horse ever went from wire to wire
al the diagobal gait IA less time. lhe
PAGERS, however. then as now, seemed
10 possess the greater speed, Tor Ola
fOchahontas mad four years before
drawn a wagon over the old Union
course A. Long Island IN 2;l74. The
speed shown by this wonderful mare
Vas transmitted and cropped out N her
most famous descendant Nelson, whose
work of 2:lO made al COmstock park l.
s0ll the regulation track record FOR
tr0itiug stations. Budd DOble. who
now has tine honor OF having trained
and driven to the worlds record three
different trOtters, piloted Dexter
around the Buffalo trOck IN 1885, To the
then fastest record of 2l7t.
one OF tho Wonders
He had been purchased by Mr.. Bon
ner thal dsy and in a little speech IN
reply TO cougratulatOry applause he re-
ferred 10 the brown son Of Hamble-
tOnian a. the second greatest wonder
OF the world" In the meantime the
side-wheelers had been busy and the
following year Billy BOyce was ridden
mile at st. Louis IN 2:l4l. Dexter's
record stood for seven years until the
hig mare, American Girl, turned the
old track at Island park, Albany, IN
2.i6i In quick succession came ths
equine kings and queens, Smuggier.
2.l5f. Lula. 2:14f. and Goldsmith Maid,
the greatest canpalgner known to the
history O, the turf. which Dohle drove
several times 20 a new record, finally
attaining ner greatest flight OF speed al
Mystic park, Boston, when IN her 18th
wear she placed the worlds record at
2.l4.
Here II stood until four years later
John Splan aided the worlds record
10 Rarus' unbrOken Hst OF victories 10y
diving hlm 10 a mark of 2:l3l at Bull
falo. 10 1879 the game son OF Nolun-
teer. -. Juheu. came from his adopted
home IN California, and began At Chi
cagO n series OF record breaking per-
formances. clipping OFT quarter OF a
second or 80 at nearly every grand CIR
cut meeting. and eaviDg the mark al
2.lii AZ the Charter Oak track at Hart
ford. The chestnut daughter OF hsr-
Old and Miss Russell, Maud ;, then
captured the crown, but on August ]
1884, the little black gelding Jay Eye
See. placed 4 new mark for Maud : to
IrOt by trOttmng the Providence track
IN 2.iO lie was king. however. fOr
only dav, Maud ; trotting the next
afteruO IN 2:O9i. The following wear
Maud : placed the mark on the gilded
horseshoe which hangs over the gate
at the Cleveland track at 2:Osf.
Nancy. Great Feat.
This record has stood as the regula-
ton track since 1853, though Sunol
marched the level stretches of the
stockton kite last October IN 2:OSt-
The terrific clip which a horse must
carry % lower any of The present rec
ords would make a performance per
tectly satisfact " n a quarter OF c.
ond only was al pped ell the mark, but
Nancy Hacks was not content with tins
bnt knocked q whole SECOND off SunOPs
recori, beating her own previous record
bv nearly two seconds. The effort Wa
sgn.ilsr IN every feature TO the grand
mile the unbesten sittie mare went at
CnmstcCk park week before last. and
the result represents the diff renee IN
thr condition Of the tracks, not that
the Washington park track 3 the bet
ter for the reverse Is true. but the
weather permitted the latter TO he
placed I'm better condition than the
soft footing Nancy was compelled to
40 IN at Grand Rapids. Hut though the
condition. II the Washington park
track was fairly good, SSH Il was not
Nv any means perfect, 80 II she only
keeps her present form urtil she strikes
PER fct track. Ike that ct Iudepsnd
en-, for instance. wnerA the elastic
surface ia fairly polished the great
daughter % Happy Nrdium might be
expected 20 trot IN 2.e6. Great "a this
Performance was. II has an equal in
Hal Pointers mile IN 205t and even
TINS - not a measure OF his capacity {
the esse with which he finished may be
taken for onYthing- Geers never lifted
his whip nor opened his mouth during
tire entire mile. and the wonderful
gciting seemed Ia go iust fast enough
% beat the runner which Frank Starr
drove 20 force the pace. bat which
never got closer than the wheel.
Peinter's well Pleased Groom.
The party most pleased WAS Hal
Pointers colOrsd groom, vino went into
sestacies when the time vss hung out
tie fairly worships "Mlstah Eddy. f"
ard believes WITH every one else that
"taf Pointer moss "a De CREATES ether
hawn." The gradual reduction of the
records q largely due 20 intelligent
hresdIug, resulting IN better horses.
bot something must 30 allowed for
improved tracks. better training. the
use Of boots AMI better sui ies. Fora
Temple made her record drawing a
strs ct aV'e suikY. weighing 10
pounds She used 81 hurt herself
often. ard 70 = fair % supposs that
with modern sulxy and proper prn-
lection WITH boots she sonld have
been equal 20 a mile In 2.I5. The
pnaumatiC. bsll-besring sulkv no
doubt aided Nancy and Hal materially
lowering the worlds records when
~ have rubber tracks. alluusfniln,
shoes and suikies two minutes vii 30
beaten a. both Eslis.
Rr--aing 90 Nsncy