The sun., 1897-01-17
mr go CLASS OF 1896.
urypHED AND SISSTF 90
fsrEb :, go OR BEITER.

,,.r. over Previous Teare
fsiirfo w,a,um Ranks ss tho Lesa'ns
-Fiiot r,mpnigu -supremncy OF tho
sire o. w,,te. miiy-Prom'nent Fo"ts.
N. trotter that makes mile In
Alihoutn =. .tIll A standard performer for
$500 ,urposes, progressive horsemen
rcra,n rca., ,n. kind of horse OF little account a.
e"h'n' e"h.,,sner. % Improved methods III breeding
scsnp f,rriery. sulky building. ana track
raln,n, ra,n..,,on have resulted In such remarkable
eonsu,., eo''. =, the speed average on the trotting
redueu' IN. 40 horse is more common to-day
turl "A ,rotter Of twenty years ago. and
han ", .,.., few years nearly all breeders
viinn ~. have settled down to the opinion
ipd " a horse can trot in a:20 or better he
ni =. c.mpaignod proatably. Even this
esnn0, "a rseardcd as phenomenal less than
rN" AGO. is rapidly becoming too slow
@n' >, lmportant meetings, and tho time 10
ps. p.,. "a, far distant when 2:l6 will be the
80 a., AZ merit for high.class trotters.
o. ~. s,ov,h OF the 2:2o list has been truly re-
s.h,s since the advent OF the pneumatic
,. !, 1902. From the time that Flora Tenn
~, crossed the limo at Kalamazoo In 1850.
r,.. year in which the small wheels camo
W ,os horses had trotted In 2:20 or bet
"" Sr,,h the aid OF the :" bike 900 newcomers
"' .dd.a TO the list In 1892. although the
-, AZ trottlng was little II any larger than
". ,,scedIng year. At the end OF 1895 the
y, ,o.pri.ed about l,78o trotters. In 1896.
-. a,,, time since 1885. there was falling {
81, IN. number OF newcomers, only ga beat
y. 900 a. against 800 in 1898. To some
- In t..a n hal tn n,
,.,,,,,, OF the light harness horse, but the ap-
20, re,rogression Is unquestionably only an.
~, evidence OF the growing prominence OF
a. ,.o,r. Horse. that In former years would
~. han forced by artificial appliances TO take
!. N. trottipe gait, and that would have en-.
,.,.d the ESQ list as trotters, have been per.
-,,,sd ,o mace, and have thus swelied the ranks
=, IN, sldewheclers at the expense OF the
N,ropsl.gaited flyers. Upward OF 400 PAGERS
-, nav records OF 2:20 or better In 1890
,,rh Ia the strongest howing they have evoi
,,t,. and probably the flrst time on record
aa ,hsy have outnumbcred the trotters OF
s,L speed.
K,u,ueky Unions 2:o7ti Is the fastest new
tv,,Ins record OF 1906, but the most notabl,
v,,iurmance. perhaps, 10 the a;o9'4 Of the Fleet
vcd trotter. Page. Ho came out perfectly
rr.n 10 June. and In July gained his grea'
rcOrd In winning race. The other new rec.
st,Ot,hs year in 2:i0 or better wero: Kls
u,,h. 9o7i.: Bessie Wilton. o:00tl; Pat l..
.OsA; strader H.. 2:O0ta; James L.. 2:0ela
0ttinssr. 2;09,.: Benton NJ. 2:lO. and Senator
A. $40 The three two year-old trotters tha
u.is record. OF 2:"0 or better In ls90 wer,
!cpe 2A3,i; China SILK. 2:l6tl. and Nab,
yoasypenny. 2:20 The fast three-year-olds o
he rear were Blngen, 2:l2lt; Rose Croix
ii3s.: Fred :, Moody, 2:l4; Caid. 2:l4ts
vlpsania 2:l+t; Margaret 2:l5; Serpoi
sles: Bowman, 2:l7I4: Felicisna, 2;l7A
Espy Boy. 9:l7i4 Hattie r.. 2;l7A: Hes
prl. 9:lTl4: Curta 2:ls,s; Olivewood. o:lsts
Alsr. s:l9; Bright Light, 2;l9I: Lucy Carr
::lgA; Practical. 2:loti: Ante Dawn, 2:19is
loe=l, 2:l9is: Baroness Marguerite. 2:l9si. an,
S,Sra g.. 2:aO. TIE great Nebraska colt Pa
l. atour. r.year-old. eGualled the fastest stallion
r-nrl Of the year. and he divided with Bessi
Wilton the ighest honors for young trotters O
. i'a;r. 1.-THE $50 trotters that gained record
Es:.0 or Better. a1+ were newcomers and IL
svrr already In the list. Sincty-nine of tn
,,Neimer> wer, Also new to the 2:30 list. u
Ls Total nnmbe- lli reached the 2:l5 limi,.
!sdgrt by the number Of his get that hav
a he'd new records OF 2:20 or better. the Mich
laa horse Pilot Medium. who died last sprins
naisA the leading trotting sire OF the year
j. s.vrn reriortners are Pilot Boy. 2:l0ts
fa,A ?:lla: Pllotecn. .:l+2.; Col. Dickey
slN; DiGshet,e., Lin: Frank Medium
a'ry r'ckry. @:2J. Uy Pilot. jr. The sires nav
hs three or more 10 their credit are: