Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-09-18

GeidinEs Were Kings of IN. r,rs
ana Wonders In Their Time.

'N'""i NNDle feut performed BY
peNter over the Buffalo track. placing the
resoru at 2l1h' At that time the trotter
.uiod INC sporting world. Just one year
before inc wonder had placed tile saddle
reeoru at siS Walter chester was a boy
nm ransaektd the job department Of The
i'unalo Courier for big type, for his first
"ehuiile was MIS- One year later he was
compelled to do the same thing Dexter
reverence.
He was popular. Mr.. pobIe. nav cha
trainer or three champions. often Wonders
why. and the explanation Of a bav snec.
u;tor appears TO him 10 be most plsusipie
boAtef ssld his friend, WAS a magnetic
,oIse, 10 was the one thnt compel cd
respect, his strange mariSings- wi,l. q
ioet and nose--his peculiar polor lid ri h.
e., OF seal-hrowns, and MS indeserlbable
sat' a STRAIGHT ahead moN emcnt with no
sue movement, made him popular Wm-
t{r Chester once wrote. ''fhtrc are some
things which can not be described: mass
~ ~ Peters, yacht. under rill sail, u
Dexter" To this day the gals IL t;eoree
Wilkes and Dexter are these things thar
oId time turtmen ave about Dex.er
cume as straight as u bullet from a gun
never sworying or fnltorlng. wilkes had
= aotoriously high knee action and a
iP9ng, sW.eepinE hind stride whlcn Charles
said reminded him Of The leg OF n duck
swimming. But Dexter was the wonder
70 work he e' syqr Sa G cd sWR y S whee
he was bong logged" said the Veteran,
he could see n mosquito cross tho TRACK
eS gs V 10 c fSfe s Sa glno =, ana S,
speed even Mr.. Doblc dl1 not know. Dan
Mace once said, after Mr.. Bonner took
tho horse, that Dexter. with three months
preparation. could so In 2:l9. Mr. Dobie,
always conservative says 2;i7H was not
anywhere near his limit
Recently a New YORK turf writer has
taken up the history Of the mighty DeX-
ter and the gsldlng champions OF the
tuN, II II interesting, for the story donls
IN old time events which are now passing
Into turf hiptcry tlnged with the yellow
romance OF the past. The story Is as fol-
lows:
wood psrl: and his reduction OF the geld
ing record TO 2.otA. draws renewed stten-
tion TO the present state OF the champion
See trotted In gao for a decade the mares
have held the regular trOtting champion
ship. In 1850 at Cleveland. Maud $. trot-
ted in 2;oS4, and held 1t until sunol re-
duoed It to 2OsA. Nancy Hanks cut the
record down TO go, and the beautiful
mare, AK, succeeded To the throne with
the narrow margin OF 10SA,
An for the stations. they have been out
OF the line OF succession since the days
long ago when grand old Goldsmith Maid,
with her record OF 2:li, deprived the
mighty SmugEer OF his klngship, which
he held with record of 2:l5t..
In this progressive battle Tor high hon
splendid work, ana as Azote looks like
the next trottinR champion, az he IA al
ready the champion OF the unseScd bri-
guae, It may be interesting 10 give II
brief resume of tie gtIling champions,
IT may also be stated that some weeks
ago the Mercury stated that Azote was
the coming horse OF the trotttug turf. aud
all that was stated then In prospective
has peen more than fulnllcd IN fact
II is a singular fact that the majority
OF the gelding champions were bred. raised
and developed In the State OF New York
or were Intimately related to 1t. The
geldlng which fret held the championship
was Dexter, gaia, and no trottor ever be-
fore or since has held SO large u space
IN the public eye, lie was bred IN Orange
county, n. Y, and was fonied In lslS. lie
was by tho famous old hero " Cheatc,
Hnmbletonian, out OF Clara, by American
Star. so that both his sire and dam were
From 1869. when Flora Temple placed
the record at s;laA. the record had not
been broken I'll Dexter did the trick, and
he kept on his victorious career till At
Buffalo on August II, 1867, he trotted IN
2l7A with Budd Dohlc handling the RIB
bons. lie was then sold to Robert Bon
ner for $4,000 aud retired from the turf.
Dorie was some time ago asked the ques-
ton ms to Dexter'B probable speed with
the bicycle suiiky and the modern tracks,
and he was inclined to believe that had
Dexter been on the track today he would
have been the monarch OF the free for all
The next geldlng to achieve tho Cham
plon was the brown geluinE Oc1iuent.
zl6h, an obscurely bred Californian who
did not long retain the honor. far
greater champion was the hay Rclding
Rarua, 2;iSh.. Who was bred by Il. y.
S Snfp % and driveeS by John SPAN That
famous and witty reinsInan has oftsn
said; Had there been no kerHs there
would have been no splali." rms " not
EulQn has proved Mltn
many other horses that he Is a reinsman
of the first rank. but IL y true 10 ms
extent that IN the dawn OF his career y
gave him a Worldwide reputation and
placed him in the forefront OF the drivers
OF the trotting turf, o.,o,, A.,
gust s. 1875, at Bunnlo, and was Al once
bought by Robert bonner for 1000. Ihls
distinguished New Yorker has bought and
owned more trotting champions than any
other man living or dead, and he has now
al his farm the two eN-queens, MAUD D.
and Sunol. ,,.,. 49,, g,
Tulion. and he too. was New Yorker, AS
he also was bred In that great birthpiase
Of trotting champions o issa S Nss by
Volunteer, one OF the most diatingnlsned
sois Of Hambletonlan, and his dam va
Eers clay s sy Larry GlaA f hls CHAMPION
sssannsd az 2;iiiL At Hartford. Conn, Az
mai "a. 1850. and died last autumn ln t.Ah-
fornia az the ripe OLD as y, nm II Yin al
~ ans seonk as one OF the greatest light
Sa,snass nerfOrmers OF the ace. FOR Hnn-
IN. raneness, for the do or die quail-
les witch constitute n great race hvlse5
No black geldine Jay Eye soc mas hau
No sunerior. and II IL question Mhettti,er
he has ever had an equni 'eS ~ yori5
hss a good claim on him. as ne was ~
miets,nr who was born and iVed many
years IN this State. and hiler ne NE
kost,,ht and sent TO Kentucky a lthulns
Ney Yorker had for many years pro-
nrictnry interest In him, ,,,...
The dam OF Jay Eye See was Mlahign6
by Pilot. Jr.. and MS heeona uaaa ,,,e1
TUlllrht' BY the immortal thorouRhyrsu
|, VIZ y xInrton, 70 that in his veins How.
"a Inc hest trotting and thoronghbred
Mood He captured the f-year-old cnHin.
ptiggS1shtn ana concluded one Of the most
brtiiiant CAMPAIGNS In the history OF we
,rottinR turf by winning the ehhinplehsn,P
nj NarraRansett Park. ithode iNahu' Nu-
gust j, 1874, swith a record q su ,,ta
He IA Tie last OF the ssldinEs 70 hola
az All around championship. as, strange
~ cav on tho following day at CleNs-
70 kisrd < trotted In esooA and again
80 me the queen. As proof or the
y, ~, r,,siota sneed and vitality or Jay Eye
Sc n is worthy of mention that aiter
he had been retired for yesis NY OWL,
Jackson J. Case, conceived tne iues' r ~,
me little black gelding could make a last
sonaliy and drove him 70 a record ofspsts
AZ thai time within ~ seconds OF the
ria next gelding champion. Guy 2'fsat.
IL s-entlne New Yorker, as ne Wa
horn and bred at Stony Ford. ~. 4. ~
the famous farm owned hy che.ies . ns.n,
nan which for quarter 81 century
man -. hntna' or BIRTHPLACE OF 50