The morning call., 1893-09-16
THE NEW CHAMPION.
A Miserable Looking Colt, but a
Magnificent Horse.

He was bred by John Green of Dublin, Cal,
and Is still the property OF that gentleman,
though Monroe Salisbury owns his trotting
qualities. Mr.. Salisbury said a few days since;
when Direetum was twO-year-oid lie was
such a miserable looking little runt that
thought he would never trot bit. But" he
added, IL would like nothing better than TO get
match between him and Nancy Hanks"
The champion stallion did not start in his
yearling or tw0-year.old FORM. His first ap-
pearanee was at Grand Rarids. Mich, August
IL, 1892, in three-year-old purse for $1,000.
Vassar won the first heat in 2:27A, and Di-
rectum the next three in 2:23, 2:231a and
2:2712. Four days later at Chicago ILL.,, same
class and purse, lie beat four others In 2:231a
aud 2:23, and began TO attract attention as a
promising thIee-year-old. AT Independence,
Iowa, August 20, in a three -year-Od purse OF
$4,000. he encountered the supposed. % be
lnv!neible Kentucky Union, by Aberdeen. ana
Directum only secured third money IN tve-beat
race in which TWO heats were tfoIted in 2:191a.
At the same track, September 2, he won a purse
OF $1,000 for three-yea r-olds, beating two others
in 2:2214, 2:21, 2:2415, and showed fhaI he
Fort Wayne, Ind. IN a, $500 purse for hree-
year-Olds, he Drat five others in 2:214, 2:23,
2:1934. and entered the 2:20 list AT Rich
mond Ind, September IA. he won a three-year-
old purse OF 500, beatingtwo others in 2:l6$4 +,
2:22i4, 2:2O12. September 27. on The Tere
Haute Qnd.) track, he started In field OF
for The 2:20 class, aud was badly beaien for the
first lime, being dstanced In the first heat,
Greenleaf winning the race in 2:l514, 2:l412,
2:134.
he next appeared al Lexington, KY, October
8, IN stake for three-year-Olds OF $4,000. in
which he beat five very speedy ones In 2:1724
2;1SH2. 2:19A. and October ii, at the same
track, IN tblee-year-old stake OF $500. he
defeated Car, 2:l212; Bellefower, 2:1234
and Sablna. 2:1512 in the splendid time of
2:l314, 2:1312, the first heat being the best
mn N DAT fa fnr fItraa Ol in Ctit
higher hOnors awaited him at Nashville. Tenn,
october Is, when lie started ia field OF twelve
for purse of $500, for three-year-olds, ard
among them was Kentucky Union, the only
troitef OF his age that had ever won a race from
him. She lay up the first heat and Drectum
won In 2:l5. In the second and third heats
Ken uky Union gave him terrible fight, but
he won 10 2:12, 2:l114, and the latter time re-
mains The best record tor thrr e. year old in a
race. An unimpOrtant victory at Birmingham,
Ala, November IL, closed his trotting career
for 1892. he had started eleven times, won
nine races aud been beaten only by Kentucky
Union, whom he afterward defeated, anu by
lie six.year-old Greenleaf. Purses aud stakes
won by him amounted TO Sl9,S15.
Prior 10 mis- irotting in New York Directum
had started only once ia 1893. July 81. at
Cleveland, o., he attempted To break the record
Od-fashiOned sulky. This young horse went TO
the half In :04s4, but found the clumsy vehi-
Gle great handicap on the last half aud could
complete the mile in 2:1412 only.
His blood lines are OF rare excellence, and il
Is likely that Mr.. Green ''buidrd better than
he knew" when he bred Stenwinder TO Di-
rector His sire, Director, 2:l7, was the great
racehOrse of 1888. In that year he swept
through the grand circuit like Western
cyclone, defeating all comers and winning
purses amounting TO more than $4,000
through his size Directum draws the blood OF
Rysdyk'S Hambletonian, Seely's American
Star and Mambtno Chief. with dash of the
pacing element. Directums dam, Stem
winder, by Venture, has a trotting record of
2:3l, and Is also the dam of Electrina
2:2O. Venture, her sire, has Irotiing
II cord OF 2:27A but Is thoroughbred
horse, by WllllamsOn's Belmont, son OF Amer
lean Boy, aud his dam was Miss Mostyn,
by American Boy Jr. These thOr0ughbreds,
nounced trottlng proclivities. MIR. James c.
Howand, well-known Orange County horse
man, was familiar With both OF them many
years ago, and says that either could trot
better than three-minute gait 1t would
seem that this strong infusion OF thorough
ton or propensity drawn from Direc tor, has
imDarted much of the resolute courage which
distinguishes the present champion
Director, the sire OF Directum, is o wned by
A. II. Moore. Clov rdell Farm. near Philadel-
phla, who also owns Nancy Lee. by Dictator,
to breed Nancy Lee TO Director, and what the
result may be in the way Of speed no one can
predict.
The new champion Is coal black horse,
about 1514 hands high he Is rather rangy,
and his trottiug gait is in marked contrast
action and longer reach. II is possibly this
difference that has ere ted soegeneral an I'M
preston that he would beat the famous mare
I'D race He Is very shapely. His head and
neck are models of beauty. His conformation n
Is iaullless and his muscular development Is