The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-04-08
A TWo-MINUTE TR0TTER
Myron McHenry Says Such a
Speedy Flyer Has Been Foalcd.
MANY OWNERS POSSESS HIN
That Is. They Think They Do-DOuner
Hopes SunOi May DO it-Pecu.
iiaritics OF Some OF tho
Famous ll0rscs.

That was an apt remark Myron Nc
Henry recently made over In New York
when asked as to the two-minute trot-
ter, says IL writer in the Chicago News.
He replied that considered he had
already been foaled, but 1t was quite
different getting him from wire to wire
in two minutes. Many a man owning
a favorite fast one fondly hopes he may
have the honor of furnishing to the
world this much anticipated commod-
ity.
Back a few seasons, when Charley
Marvin had Sunol down the line, he
showed her at Detroit to the high
wheels a half in 1.02L, and had she
stayed sound / really believe to the
pneumatic bike she might have put the
record very close to the great divide.
M. Bonner still hopes to get her sound
| enough to stand the ordeal. but 1t is
very doubtful If she will ever be what
she was as a 5-year-old. When on her
trips during her race days 1t was i'm
possible for an outsider to get near her
stall door. so excitable was she. and
few cared to risk her accurate aim
with her lively heels. She was par
ticulaily bad-tempered.
A VICIOUS CAMPAIGNER.
Little Jay-Eye-See was SO gentle q
lady could approach him with safety at
any time. always ready to take a It'd
bit and allow his glossy coat to be
stroked. One Of the most vicious horses
ever campaigned was old Robert Nc
Gregor, 2.171a, the famous monarch
| Of the home stretch" When owned
| at Glens Falls, N. Y, by w. l.. Speer.
but one man could hitch him with
| safety and he always wore a bottom
| less muZZle.
Days when anything displeased him
he would walk his stall like lion in
his cage. occasionally lashing the sides
of his stall with his heels or roaring in
| his rage, yet this man Dan Hurley
| could enter, hitch him, groom him, al
ways, however. well armed and on his
guard. on such days he would sweat
as profusely as If going to a race. Once
| harnessed any one could get up and
drive him, end he never made any dis
turbance on the road.
Another which I used to see trotting
and dangerous to be near was Orange
| Bud, 2.2lA. yet his care-taker was a
| mere slip Of boy. not over II or so.
He especially hated colored people and
| had at two or three times killed or
manned his attendants. The old chap
was sold for u song because Of his un-
ruly disposition and raced well till last
season, when in his 2Oth year he seemed
entirely outclassed. He was one of the
purest- gated trotters one ever saw. A
singular fac. is that both Of these
maneaters had for dam daughter
of Seeley's American Star.
DEXTER HAD TRICKS.
| Dexter was none too pleasant about
| the stable as remember him. Hickock
has often remarked as Of old st. Julien's
dislike for him. and on his occasional
visits to the old fellow after he was
turned out a. Mr.. Morrow's California
ranch he still bore his old trainer de-
cided Ill will. resenting any attempt
| at friendliness Track life Is apt to
ods are so changed trotters and PAGERS
ire not SO generally nippy or touchy.
Few get anywhere the rubbing In the
| old days and trainers have far less pro-
family and loud talk about the stables.
1t pays to start a horse right and
little things happening to them in their
young days are retentively remembered
throughout their careers. De Barry,
2.19A, by Nil Desperandum, had pc
culiarity entirely different from any
ever saw displayed. He would not pull
a. sulky on or off a track and had to be
attached to it on the track and then
urhitched after each heat. Work days
he always refused to work at speed
save the reverse way of the track, max
ing 1t somewhat dangerous to work him
out.
Golden used to work him at about
noon, as at that time few II any were
on the track. Race days he would
score with his field and was manage
able. though a notoriously bad break
er The black stallion DR.. Franklin
23l. by General Knox, was similarly
odd as to working the right way Of the
track. and made his record the reverse
way, but later on, believe, they go,
him out Of the notion.