The sun., 1897-02-28
THE TROTTERS IN EUROPE.
ptPID STRIDES MADE ny AMERI-
r1y HORSES ABROAD.

side. or the atinntIc-Bravsde rs tho Chssn-
Mon but Maggie sherman Heids tho Time
n.rord-somo Early Exports 10 England.
Tho growth OF trottine In Europe and the In
...a.ln, exports OF American trotting stock to
.,nnly the foreign demand are just now sources
:, much pride and profit to horsemen In this
ooup,ry. Within comparatively recent period
hc snort. which has long been looked upon as
hc,ng uccuiar TO America, has gained q foot
hod in nearly every civilized country, and
m Russia. France, Germany. and Austria 1t
has grown to such proportions that the annual
xinnin.,s OF the best horses sometimes exceed
those OF the homo contingent on American
tracks. To win the rich prizes offered at tho
rrIncipal meetings abroad and TO engraft the
.uporipr speed Of tho American trotting horse
an their native stock. European horsemen have
,slen hundreds OF fast trotters across the At
i.ntir during tho last nve years. 1t 10 said that
,hs nupIber exported has been doubled each
x.ar since ls93 and Is still on the increase.
trainers IA well as horses are in demand. for the
m,thods Of iltting, rigging. and driving in vogue
m the United states are far in advance OF Euro
n,an notions and some Of tho most successful
,,insmcn have found It profitable to transfer
their field OF operations TO Paris Berlin. Vienna,
A. Petersburg, and other trotting centres Of the
Old World.
Although tho American type OF horse has
mined widespread popularity in Europe only
within the last few years. the pioneer trotter to
no abroad made the voyage q long time ago.
Some authorities say that Boston Blue, who, in
ISIS. performed the then remarkable feat Of trot-
ting mile in 800 on . wager Of $1,000, was
sfterward taken to England. where he became
noted as the slate-colorcd American" Tom
Thumb and the Trcdwell Marc, two Of the ear
i,,,t American flyers Of note, trotted In England
beforc 1890 Many years later the well-known
trotting stallion sheppard F. Knapp. owned by
Harry Genet was exhibited in England and
France and won some match races there about
the year 1865. lie was subsequently kept in
the stud In England and some Of hisdescendants
figure prominently in the Hackney Stud Book.
Perhaps the first really well-bred American
tro,ters ever seen In Great Britain were Childe
Harold and Berlin, a pair OF Kentucky colts
from woodburn Farm bought by John Hendrio
otGlassow in s72. Childe Harold was BY Harold.
the sire Of Maud g., 2:Osa, and his dam was
Young Portia. the great-granddam Of Arion.
QO7a. At Liverpool. in 1873. Childc Harold
trotted two miles in 5:0+. Berlin was full
brother to Gen. h. +. Tracy's old favorite Nam
brino Dudley, 2:l9a. About ten years ago the
Duke OF Marlborough bought q number OF colts
and FLIES In Kentucky and set out systemati-
eally to breed trotting horses In England. but he
died before the venture had fairly taken shape
and nothing came Of it.
Walter winans, former Baltimorcan, who Is
the champion revolver shot OF England is now
the leading patron Of the trotting horse in Great
Britain He has a stable full Of flyers, and drives
on the road at Brighton . typical American
turnout, including u pneumatic wagon Of the
latest model. Don Lowell. 2:l4is, tho speedy
California trotter campaigncd by Monroe Sails
Al l.. - tRAn 49, ,ssxl
splitters. II was for the Brighton horseman
that George II. Ketcham bought the wellknown
Western trottcrs, Moxie, 2:1oi4. and Lake Erie,
2l3t, at auetion at Chicago few days ago.
Trotting races in England have not been con-
Quoted on high plane, neSording tS the Amesi N I
and they are Sss Started from anu standstii at diner
pistol. The neid Is divided into two sections
heat for, each division then tIot hnaI heat to
decide tho race; Liverpool, Manchester, Bir.
Ting cenres sna ahoush the ' sport s RsoarsSes IN
good many other smaller towns. The Trotting
niop, an orgapiIstion similar to the National
Trottfng Association In America, has jurisdic-
Probably 80 Der cent; of al the trottins horses
ioASstria. This p owing to the liberality of the
iro!ting clubs which throw open nearly all races
and Russia the home-hred trotters monopolisc
nost Of the important turf events A similar
policy Is pursued In tho Government breeding
Austrians W want mt the best STOCK wherever It i
found. and they have transplanted some OF the
found in this Country T to ' he % shores H Of The
Danube. so popular are the imported American
trctting stations that all classes OF breeders sup
port them In preference to other breeds, and IL
snow claimed by Austrian horsemen that in
the course Of a few years the Hight harness stock
9tthe country will be very largely based on
Russia, on the other hand uses little Ameri.
can blood In Government or private studs,
0rlof, Notwithstanding the fact that the few
high.clsss American trotters taken TO the land
best Of the Russians at their own style OF racing.
trsEes maintains mir't the same reserve in at
uapa p,Ps ysdS to dSesvs,0p fast trotter from the
Peter Dnryea's old brown stallion Aemulus,
$ s.y IL hs hsepy sSAs Msu Ewssa sa
SrSsased Snc1nsd about the same time by Commodore
ne noted Grand Circuit winner and trotting
pr, Atlantic, a;2l, by Aimoni. 70 his stud; Al.
country before he was exported, and he has got
many 1s winners on the other side during the last
The first American horses taken to Austria for
gpIeedlng purposes were purchased by the Vienna
pprGi,,inT prinT Club about Aye years ago., They were
SWikes Boy. The former is the sire Of Prin,
cess Meta, the champion two-ycar-old trotter OF
austrls, and OF several other winners. SincH
.hese two stations first broke tho leo In Austria
many others OF much greater prominence have
sone there. Trevilllan, 2.0sa. one of the fastest
sha gimest stations ever seen on American
Tracks, and remarkably promising young sire
s % now in the stud near Vienna, while Bravado
sIola' the son OF Kentucky Wilkes that John
splan shipped to Dan Mcphee OF Vienna last
GUNNER, IL the acknowledged champion OF all
europe Quartermsrgb. 2:1la, by Quartermas
VT, hoholc r., 2lOA, by Charles Cafrcy; Fa
oooss 5l2tq, by patchen Wilkes; Falkland
9laSSr by Hnppy Medium, and Qlnrtorstretch
40, Oy QnnttrrmaEtcr are some OF the Other
ao'1 American trol ting stations that have beer
t,e'".ly iScn to Vienna. To enurnerntc all OF
neiast ones taken over to Vienna during the
pasi lwo or thrcc years would require q consid
nsne section Of the 2:2O list, but tho followin nc
s,ar Sres vii suffice 10 show the quality OF tn,
"hlch the Austrians are buying:
EnnsMe shernai 2ii5l.. by Alexander " Sherman
VIII" y"nn1, yllA, by saint Be: Ernse, giI4a, b,
r"e rse bnyi Nelly w, Y;l4L by Rolla 0olddus
hhs,uei. hhue ~. =, by Abdsllah Mnmbrino; shAdeian,
WI ia 2loli. by Young Jim; vipsania, 2ilAL. b,
IA, MMISes chloe, 2'lIs, by wildmont, Lulu stan
Ijmn by Gen. stanton, and Allegro, 2;lsia. b!
rnmFera 9f these are now being used for racinI
smRo'es, hut all will eventually be sent 10 tn
a1i NoNt 10 Austria, Germany 10 looked upoi