The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-09-30
STALLION KINGS.
A Glance at the Speed Reduction of
the Champion Sires and Their
Breeding.

Breeding.
From the Spirit Of the Times
1t is an unwrltten law of trotting liter
allure to give the black stallion Andrew
jackson the honor of being the first to
occupy the throne of his sex. He was
justly entitled to it and having once
universally acknowledged him as the
founder, it becomes easy and interesting
to trace the speed progress of his success
sors to the present time. AtPhiladelphia,
Pa, Oct. Is, 1894, Andrew jackson trotted
to saddle in 1929, and on Oct. u, 1885,
he reduced his record to 1851. 1t took
exactly twenty-three years for the sires to
get from that record TO below 2:30, Ethan
Allen, by Vermont Black Hawk, trotting
over the Union Course, Long Island, on
Oct IS, 1858, in 2:28. A year later the
bay stallion George M. Patchen, by Cas-
sius M. Clay, Is, dam by Head EN-, trot-
ted over the same course to saddle in
1861 He lowered his record to 1881
on Aug 2, 1850 From the time he first
became champion till his record was
beaten by F'earnaught covers period of
nine years, q longer time than any other
stallion has held the champion record.
The chestnut stallion Fearnaught, by
Young Morri, dam Jennie, by Steve
French Horse, took a record of 2:2314 at
Buffalo, n Y, July 26, 1868. His reign
was exceedingly short-ived, as on Oct.
ID, 1868, George Wilkes trotted in 2:22 at
Providence, h. l., and became the king.
He was the first Of the great Handle
toniau sires to attain the honor, and the
history of the trotting turf from that
time to the present has proved him to be
incomparably the greatest. He was sue
Aceeded by the bay stallion Jay Gould,
2:2l15, the first of the Hambletonian-Star
family which has made such a grand
record during the past two decades. jay
Gould gained his record at Buffalo, N. Y. !.
Aug. z, 1872.
One of the most remarkable trotters of
the age was the next to bear the honor.
The brown stallion Smuggler was by an
obscure stallion called Blanco. He was as
poorly brought up as he was obscurely
bred, and would probably have been un-
known to fame if he had not come under
the notice of Charles Marvin. Marvin
taught him to trot and to trot fast, and
drove him through that grand series of
races in which he met and defeated the
best horses of his time, finally attaining
the stallion championship of 2:l54.
Buffalo was again the scene Of the
change in the championship, when Snug
gIer first reduced the record to 2:20% on
Aug. 5, 1874 Eight days later, at
Rochester, n. Y, Mambrino Gift, by
Mambrino Pilot, dam the famous Water
liz L. ~
has the distinguished honor to be the
first stallion to head that list. Smuggler
resumed the throne in 1876, and in that
year reduced his record to 2:15I. That
record remained a bright and shining
mark for the trotting world to aim at,
and it took eight years of effort before it
was beaten.
On July Ia, 1884, at the West Side Park,
Chicago, the bay stallion Phallas won the
fourth heat of race in 2:l334. The vic
tory was particularly popular one with
the vast majority of breeders. Phallas
was bred in approved trOtting lines. He
was by Dictator, the full brother to Dex-
ter, 2:l714, and therefore had in him the
blood of Hambletonian, 10, and Steely's
American Star while on the DAMS side
he had the blood of Clark Chief, one of
the best sons of Mambrino Chief. The
feeling was that a brilliant usurper had
been dethroned and legitimate heir re-
instated, Maxey Cobb, by Happy Me
di, m, dam Lady jenkins, by Black Joe,
Sept 80 of the same year, made a fine
record of 2:134 (which remained at the
head of the list till Oct. II, 1889, when, at
Terre Haute, Ind; the wonderful AK
tell trotted in 2;l2. From that
time the stallion championship has
been a brief yet. brilliant honor The
mighty monarch of Maine, Nelson, by
Young Rolfe, dam Gretchen, by Gideon,
on Oct. q, 1890 at Cambridge City, Ind,
reduced it to 2;1034, and after to 2.10.
Allerton by Jay Bird, dam Gussie Wilkes,
by MambrinO Boy, won the gathering
prize on Sept 4, 1891, with a record of
2:094. NoV.-7 Of the same year Palo
Alto. by Electioneer, dam Dame Winnie,
by Planet, reduced the record to 2:OS4.
In 1892 there was battle royal for the
crown between Kremlin, by Lord Russell,
dam Eventide, by Woodford Mambrino,
and STEAMBOAT, by Sultan, dam Eleetwing,
by Hdubletonian, TO-.
The Young aristocrat from Allen Farm
took a record of 20794 at Nashville,
Tenn, Nov. 49, and on Nov. 28, STEAMBOAT
trotted in 2:071S The latter performance
raised a storm Of argument, and though
rejected by the Register Association was
accepted by all other authorities. Fort
unately the dispute loses all interest from
the fact that the black colt Directum, on
Sept 4, of this year, at Fleetwood Park,
trotted in2:07, and is now the reigning
king. The greatness OF the per-
Torrance is enhanced by the fact
that he is only 4years old, and within six
DAYS had trOtted and won two great
races. He is by that great son Of Die
tator. Director, but on the dams side he
is peculiarly bred, being out Of Stem
vinder, by Venture (sOn of williamson s 1
Belmont) second dam by Benefits st. |
Lawrence; third dam Qulen oaDe "a |
fast running mare), Dy LangfOrd On his /
sire's side he gets the stout trotting blood /
of Hambletonian, 10; Mambrino Chief IL 1
and American Star, while on the dams /
Side he gets a grand Inheritance Of thor /
oughbred blood, which has taken kindly /
10 the trot. 10 IS noticeable that Of the I
seventeen stallion kings, twelve Of them !
trace 10 Hambletonian. 10. while the av-
GRACE of speed Of the Hambletonian slres /
49,. .,.,-oaets thesa of other families