Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-07-02

People all over the globe are buying
Amer lean trotters and hiring American
trainers construct tracks and get the
speed out OF their new purchase. Some
OF our finest trotters, not only ia the
point Of fashionable blood, but In indi.
vdnal excellence, are to-day helping 10
improve the ranchero stock OF the South
American republics, and Australia,
Russia, Germany, France and England
are all buying heavily. To-day the trot-
ter is a distinct bred with fixed con-
formation aud certain we'll known char
aeteristics. That he will be- greatly i'm
proved Is beyond all question, and II We
have come within four seconds OF TIVE
minutes with such short trotting pedi-
erees what may We expect when speed
lines have been extended 10 the length
OF those OF the thoroughbred?
The highest rate OF speed yet attained
has come from stations with only two
generations OF trotters back OF them.
What will the record be when there ara
rs or 90 generations? The performance
OF trotters 10 be embraced la the pres.
ent standard must Do $3.50, and the time
is fast coming when two minutes will
be the standard, aud 2-minute horses
will be as common as those capable OF
trotting mile in 2:30 we're is years
ago. Then there were only 772 horses
standard by performances, while to-day
there are close 10 6,000 in the 2:30 list.
Improved driving, tracks, sulkies,
boots, etc, are all great factors Ia the
wonderful increase OF speed, but the In.
stlnct to trot is fixed by heredIty.
The trotter is being evolved by brssd-i
Ing and not by appliances, but these un-
doubtedly enable many trottqrs 70
utilize their Inherited speed. The
speed must be there, however, before
any mechanical aid can develop H. One
very significant feature In breeding
that shows the value OF Inherited blood
is that we are establishing brood mare
families, such as the Green Mountain
Maid, the Water Witch. the Beautiful
Bells and Others. We are looking for
certain family characteristics. aud Al
ways finding them shows the hrity OF
the type.
In the old days before the war 2:5o
trotter was sensational performer.
The old gray mare Lady Suffolk was the
came noxt ia 1s45. with no additions 70
the list for three years. The year isie
brought out three 900 trotters. but 1850
to 1865 was Que OF the hardest periods
for the favorlto American pleasure
horse. II was not until 1868 that IL re-
quired two fgLres % chronicle the new
corners ia the $3.50 list. From that time
progress was steady until 1883, when
the influence OF the standard began "a
be felt, and entries came Ia with Q
boom.
One thing that's troubling the breed-
or Of trotters is what is known as ''tIn
cup" records. A favorable day and
track are chosen, when, with q running
mate, some favorite horse Is scot out
for record. He gets his record. and
when II 10 2:30 or below be Is admitted
10 be standard By performances. He has
shown that he has the speed, but the
bottom and stamina so much needed In
the harness horse and shown only ia Q
race have been left out OF the question.
Various remedies have been suggest
ed, but as yet the national association
has not been atie to decide what shall
be done 10 the matter. While IL Is al.
mitted that TO bar tin cup records would
handicap many young breeders, IL 10
unanimously conceded that such records
must not be recognized. Heat racing 10
the present form OF contssting n the
turf for the tfotter, and unless hvses
shows himself able 10 stand tho heats
necessary 70 win race he 10 not entt
tied 10 place In the list.