The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-01-25
KING STAMBOUL'S RECORD.

Wonderful Performance of the Stallion That
Has Been Dethroned I'm Favor ofKremiin.
CHICAGO. Jan. 24.-As announced yester-
day. the American Trotting Register Asso-
citation has dethroned STEAMBOAT and
crowned Kremlin king of stations. When
the matter of the Stockton records came
up for consideration at q special meeting of
the association held here Jan. Is the Sec
rotary OF the Stockton association ask ed
for q continuance until Jan. q. Thereupon
the following resolution was adopted by
the executive board. "@'""
Ordered. that all performances made at the
Stockton. Cal track from Oct ID to Nov % incus-
i've, shall be rejected for record unless said
citation shall furnish sufficient evidence on Jan.
y, 1898. 1.-THE date selected by their secretary
that such performances were conducted In ac-
cordance with the rules OF this association.
The secretary Of the Stockton association
has notified Registrar Steiner that he does
not think that he can furnish the required
evidence. and he will not be In attendance
at the adjourned meeting. and he further
states that his society Will not be repre-
sented at said adjourned meeting. Under
the resolution above quoted all the time
performances made at Stockton, Cal. Oct.
13 to Nov. %, inclusive, stand rejected, but
will doubtless CONSTITUTED basis for trotting
purposes.
Since StambOuPs performance is from
to-day. barred from the pages of the official
register. a history of the case will prove in.
teresting. The Stockton meeting was in
every sense q reoord-breaker. StambOul
first trotted against time Oct. q. when b Q
secured mark of 2:l04. On Oct. 81 he
made mile in 2:C6ls. This was up to that
date. the champion stallion record. But
STEAMBOAT did not wear his crown long.
Kremlin wrested it from him at Nashville.
Nov. 3. on a track reported to be slow end
sOuUv in 2.0S Stamhoul was not Ia ba DEF
MED. and on Nov. 8 eclIpsed his previous
performance By chipping Oft q quarter of a
second and reducing the record to POS.
Again Kremlln trOtted against time and
was successful having on Nov. Il, at Nash
vile. covered mile In 2:07aa. and this
record crowned him king of the trottinR
stations. On Nov. Is Stamboul was sent
for the fourth time within three weeks to
lower the worlds record. This time the
conditions were bad and the best he could
do was 2:09l2. Three days later he tried il
again and the best he could do was
2:O9A. Nov. % was the last day of the stall
lion meeting. STEAMBOAT made the supreme
effort of his career. The first quarter was
trOtted in 81 seconds the half In LOOM, the
tbree-quarters in 1:35 ana the mile in 2:O7l9.
Thus was Kremlin's great feat eclipsed.
Then came the sale of the horse at auction
In New York, and Registrar Steiner's tele-
gram to the auctioneer that StambouPs
record might not be accepted by the Ameri
can Trotting Register Association for entry
in its official book. After that came the
committees meeting, at which Joseph
Cairn Simpson, the veteran California turf
writer. tried to induce the board TO accep,
its performance as official. Last of ell
came notice that the Stockton officials hac
given up the fight. Between Oct % and
Nov. % StambOul went against the record
six times. The table of his wonderful per
formances follow. the quarters, halves
thrse-quarters and miles being shown re