The herald., 1893-12-18
HORSE NOTES.

California now stands at the head OF
all horse producing States, not in the
number of horses (trotting and paciug)
in the 2:30 list, but as State producing
extreme speed. The 2:30 list | can only
regard as a worthless test in the first
place and now it has become wholly OBJ
eolete. Forty-ive years ago, a 5-year-
old horse was called trotter if he could
do mile in 2:40. Twelve years ago,
trotting had advanced 30 far that 2 40
horae was only tit for a gentleman's
roadster and 2:30 was the mark set for
horses to become standard by perform
ance. Now it is very hard work to sell
2: 80 horse for anything except road
ster, unless he shows himself capable,
in private work, of going long way
below that mark. The horse is really
no better now than he was 40 years ago
but training is progressive. The bicy-
Gle sulky goes far to prove that.
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AS the cradle OF extreme speed, Cali
fornia leads all other states. She has
produced four stations with records of
2:10 or better, being Directum, Palo
Alto, Stamboul and Arion, although the
board of ceneors rejected the Stamboul
record as unofficial and irregular; three
pacing stations with records below
2:10, being Direct, Ssladin and Diablo,
the latter getting his record at years;
and three mares in the 2 10 class. being
Sunol, Muta Wilkes and Hulda, placing
Sunol ahead because her performance of
2 :0S4 to the old-fashioned sulky has
not yet been equalled. Nancy Hanks
and half dozen other mares have
equalled her mark, to a bicycle, but
none OF them want to tackle it under
the same conditions that Maud S. made
it in-2 0S24, or Sunol, 2:0814, either on
kite or regulation track. OF tn o
horses above named, Direct, Stamboul
and Saladin were bred in Los Angeles
county.
It is not necessary, at this late dav, to
review the injustice OF the proceedings.
which deprived Stamboul, the handsom-
eat horse ever foaled west Of the Rockies,
OF his well-sarned record. The party
who accomplished this dirty work to
serve his own selfish ends has since had
the satisfaction of seeing his horses
record beaten by 4-year-old, ,and beaten
fully two seconds st that. So that he
has been overwhelmed with defeat in
side of year and beyond all hope of
was indeed short lived.
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So far as trotting is concerned, there
is but one man entitled to the name of
Napoleon of the Turf" and that man
is Monroe Salisbury of Alameda county.
He bears the same relation to trotting
in America that the late Lord Falmouth
did to the running turf OF England, and
is one of the latest converts to the the
ory of thoroughbred blood in the trotter.
This ia not owing to any isolated per-
formance by any one horse. 1t comes
from this Hhrewd and observing old,
mans having watched the current of
current OF events as the diligent and
studious mariner watches the stars on a
clear night in the midst OF trackless
ocean. The first horse to attract his at
tention In this respect was Charles Der
by, 2:20, whose sixth dam was the dam
oil the renowned four-mile galoper, Bos-
ton, the greatest American horse of the
fret half OF the century. Derby is all
thoroughbred after his second dam.
The next thing was Hazel Wilkes,
2:131l, who was from daughter Of
Langford. who won the first $40 900 race
at four mile heats ever run in this state.
And 30 he went on from one object les
son to another till he soon found out
that the thoroughbred blood was the
only one that struggled on gallantly
after muscles grew tired aud the hot
blood grew thick from the battle.
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have watched the career Of this re-
markable man now for five seasons,
and he astonishes me the more every
year. | am in the same boat with that