Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-07-27
SALADINpS GREAT RECORD
The PAGER Who Vanquished
the Champion Mascot.
LIKELY TO GO IN TWO MINUTES
What a Recapitulation of His
Career Shows.
The Famous PAGER Will BE Entered in
Some of the Big Meetings This Years
MIR. Green Feels Sure He Can Go in Two
Minutes on the Terre Haute Track.

Now that the trotting season is well
under way, lovers of horses are specu'
lating as to which horse will break tho
world S record on the track before the
season is ended. Naturally the people
of this section of the country arc inter.
ested in James 2. Green's pacing stallion
Saladin, who defeated Mascot, 2.04, July
4th, at Kirkwood, making the circuit in
2054.
Since Independence Day Saladin has
held two worlds records, more than
most of the champions now hold. A
few weeks before going into training he
paced mile over the half-mile track al
| Wawaset Park, in this city, in 2.094,
| which broke the record for mile over
| a half-mile course, formerly held by
Riely's Medium and Hal Pointer, 2. 10it
| the last named making his record al
| Trenton in the fall of 1892. The Wa
waset course is 2S feet over mile at the
| pole, and, as Green drove his stallion
| two widths out, Saladin travelled con'
| siderable over a mile when he made
| this worlds record.
| After Saladin had made this mile the
Maple Valley Trotting Association se-
cured Green's consent to drive his stal.
lion against Mascot, the champion, AT
the associations kite-shape track on the
Fourth of July. AS is well known, he
defeated Mascot by fully five lengths,
notwithstanding the fact that Saladin
made two losing breaks. He made the
first at the quarter post, when Mascot
went five lengths ahead of him; but be-
fore the three-quarter post was reached
Saladin made up the lost distance and
was on even terms. At the three
I quarter post Saladin made another
small break, but soon recovered and beat
Mascot down the stretch, finishing away
ahead Of him.
Saladin's sire was Sultan, 2.24, the
: sire of Stamboul, 2.071, while his dam is
Ella Lewis, with record of 2.27, made
10 years ago. Saladin was foaled in
California in 1886 on the farm Of l.. j.
Rose. He with lot of yearlings was
brought to New York to be sold. All
of them brought good prices, except
: Saladin, who was so sick that Mr.. Green
! secured him for $500. Many thought
the stallion would die while being
: brought to Mr.. Green's place on the
! outskirts of this city, but he arrived
! there safely and soon regarned his
health.
/. Saladin practically made his debut in
Z Philadelphia as four-year-old PAGER OF
n September 18th, 1890, when he stepped
\ second to Maggie r., in three heats, al
d done in $50 or better. He also racec
i at several other meetings in Philadelphi,
!, during the same year. In 1891 he started
! at Pinlico on June I'd, when he finished
r second to Suypass in the 2.20 class. H
= raced at several of the big meetings dur
d ing that year, and closed the season a
/ Belmont Park in the 2.20 class, afte
u making o record Of 2.2l.
It Last year he commenced in the 20
,e class and finished in the free-for-al
4 He won at Wilkesbarre in straight heat
on June 22d from Bert Sheldon, Jr
y and Cleon, in 2.24, 2.23 and 2.25. II
4. paced during the season at Scranton
Ig Belmont Park, Cleveland, Buffalo an
ID several of the other large meets. o
ia September Sth he finished second t
III Sadie M. in this city. One wee
I. later at the kite-shape track at kirl
~ wood he was in great form, defeatin
CO Sadie M. and Gypsy Girl in 2.154, 81
ers and 2.15. He finished his long seaso
as at Belmont Park, where he started
In the 2.15 class. The first two heats /
., won in 2.15 and 2111. He laid u
10 during the third heat by permission
10. | In lUe lDuIln llGdb iiC has HthhAi
at when he injured himself and stoppe'
Nv A recapitulation of his racing caree
ne including his race on July 4th, show
" that he started in 27 races, winnir
M, eight, being second in eight, third
N FIVE, fourth in four, and unplaced
,iGr three In these he won 80 heats in q;
nd or better, 13 in 2.20 or better, five in2..
in or better, and one in 2.054.
ed Saladin is 159 hands high, of brow
y color, very stout, and possessed of mu,
M finish ana quality while his legs, despi
IN IN his hard races, are as clean and
ei. smooth as a colts. Mr.. Green has n
lr- vet decided what to do with Salad
'n- this year, but expects to enter him
of some of the big meetings. He feels su
le- that his stallion can go in 3 minutes,
nhn very near that mark, on the track
be Terre Haute, as the kite track at Kir
i've wood was "cuppy" and a hard wi
in was blowing against the horses on
as first half-mile when Saladin and Masc
ing competed there July 4th.