The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-07-05

ne e1-chsmpton trotrer Maud s. who
nrIa tae world record from lS~s 20 tSSl.
WIN ne exception Of twentv-fh-ea DAYS
= no" = years old. and Is spending her
e44fie IN perfect resi- from all work and
a AF. Robert +Bonnsr's farm AZ
laffytoNn- oD-the- Hudson. SAYS \
Aesila. IN the Boston Herald Fer Years
= has oeen FOND wish Of her owner thai
Aad1 ;. would IreSen, him with A s9r or
u@9Shier % perpeIuate her excellent quail
itIes Of breeding and speed but every re-
curing year has orough, its disappoint-
hieij The public. however. is now a.
sured that <uch an interesting even, viii
SN'taIniE Soon occur, and that thc tsAugh-
ter OF Harold. who was so prominently be-
ioi7 the PUBIC IN years past. may beauaath
70 toe ~oria 3 tToiting wonder like herself
Nancy Hanks. a later mistress % the
turf has daughter Marion. now a wear
Oh, ana x would he WIKI unusual interest,"
'fsat al lovers OF the tTofting horse would
welcome a son or daughter from the high
Wheeled Champion
III the nrottine world heaters OF the fu-
fuFe are 10 come from similar sources as
those OF the past there Is not much 10 en-
courage The breeding 81 trotting queens 10
produce trottiug champions Not ont, OF
the fourteen record holders. To date mas
been produced from the blood of any pre-
FiohS record holder. and what Is more sur
pfiSlng Is the fat that not one of the four
Teen champions. from Lady SUFFOLK 10
AK. has been sired by i stallion with A
record below 30 and not one has dam
with any record
Lady Suffolk (2:29ls) the first trotter N
Obtain record below go was bred in
suffolk county, Long Island. in 1893. Her
sire was Engineer ID. a thoroughbred
grandson OF imported MESSENGER and her
dam was A daughter Of Don Quixote. a
son OF imported Messenger, thus being
strongly inbred TO the gray horse. whose
importation proved such a boon 10 this
country. Lady suffolk was SOLD at wean-
lns ilnle for 500. and at years old for
sli-.,J- She was kept trotting from the
tiine she was years old until she vas 70.
ana died at Bridgeport VT in l>55.
The next 10 lower the record was Pei
nam t2-2sl. Maine brad gelding OF I'M
certain pedigree. but for those DAVIS che
Totted 10 his record JIly .. 1880 was
rated high. both as 10 speed and race
horse qualities.
Then came Highland Maid ,2:27). whose
ancestry was largely Of running blood and
strangers TO the sulEy.
Next came Flora Temple. the first
champion trotter To cross the 220 line
stepping at Kalamazoo. Mich October
H. lH' in 2ls9.. This small. bob-tafIed
pay mare, ioaled In 1913, and bred by
established a new era in trottlne. She
opened the eyes Of thousands who never
believed amy horse would trot that fast.
and set breeders to thinking OF the possj-
uihtles OF the future Flora vas sired b.,
hentuchy hunter, horse of some local
repute, though not fast troter hy any
means. and her dam Was Nine Temple
believed 10 be the daughter Of an Arabian
horse. While Flora had a mere sem
e. OF Il h.
be determined by the fact that when she
was years old her owner a MIR. Tracy.
sold her 10 William II. Cone,fon for slS
Soon aiterward Congd0n sold her to Kelly
x richardson for $6S. After passing
through several hands she was sold 10
Mr.. George f.. Perrin. OF New York. for
$50. From then 1850 to the beginning
of the war. 1861. she Vas a busy cam
paigner, meeting East and West every
track performer Of note In races Of one.
TWO and three mile heats. Such was her
fame in 1873 that she was sold to william
Mcdonald. Of Baltimore, for 8 go
In 1851. her owner sympathiZing with
the rebellion. Flora was confiscated by
the government In 1851 when 10 years
old she was purchased by Mr. Welsh. Of
Chestnut I'm, Pa, he. too, paying s. $50
fer her. and when she was practically
worthless except for d brood mare.
Breeders were as enthusiastic then in
anticipating the great achievements OF the
foals Of Flora Temple as they are now
over the produce of Nancy Hanks Bred
To son OF Hambletonian. Flora pro-
duced Kitty Temple. who lived TO he over
q years Old. When or years old Kitty
was purchased by Rober, Bonner. and for
years was kept in the stud. Bred 10 an
other son Of Hambletonian. Flora pro
duced her only son. Prince Imperial who
also passed 10 the Eonner stable From