The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-07-20
OLD TIME TROTTERs.
q Great Race That Was Fan u, president
Jncksnn's Time.

Jnckson's Time.
Tho sports Of the turf wcro grow.
ing in popularity in the United
States. The contest lay principally
between tho Messengers and the
Bashaws, though for a timo the
Stars i'll their courses had prevailed
against both. Probably al were of
original Arabian stock. Tho Stars
were slight of limb and had II
tendency to contraction of the feet
The stronger Messengers were moro
to be depended upon for long Dis
tance trotting. Tho Bashaws came
from Barbary, and were OF mean and
unquestionablc Arabian origin.
Ono of the most famous races in
all the history of the turf wa.At THIS
time fresh i'll the public nina.
Hunting Park course. in philadel
phia, WAS tho scene, The cD:nlc 1891.
The actors were sue. notable iiiurs
az Topgallant, Wblchonc. Dread.
Chancellor, Collcs tor, Lady Jack
son, Moonshinc and Columbus. The
course was 4 three milo track. ana
there wcro four heats. Tho horses
were generally dociicd, and The
riders woro gorgeous suits of silk.
Eight such horses. says Wood
ruff, "and such riders had never
met before, ana tits doubtful wleth.
CT they will again
Topgallant, a McSsongcr, waa
nearly - years old, and WAS suav-
ined 1T thar. Whnlcbonc had no
pedigree, and WAS minus one eye.
Columbus was known rs the first
horse that ever trottcd thr three
mile course III less than eight min
utes. Ho had record of ,:JS. Col.
lector Won the first heat, roryallant
the second and Dread the third an,l
fourth.
The victor was Il gclding. Up To
this timo all famous male trOttcrs
were doomed to be tho last of their
line. Tho era Of trotting stations
WAS dawning. The rising hope OF
the BashawS was famous paccr.
who was destined to make Il record
vile IN. Y.) race III 1885. His name
was shared with the great Demo.
cratic president, and reporters for
the papers divided their space cqui
tably between tho two. Even q rcf.
erence to Andrew Jackson tho Bal
shaw was not sufficiently specific III
those days, for tho Barbary title
was one by which moro than one
lady of the cabinet circle lad tlcsig.
mated the executive himself
The Barbary horse was really The
Arabian horse, that had removed
with his master from the desert
peninsula to northern Africa. The
Arabs claim that the horse was first
tanned by Ishmacl, the son OF Ablm.
haM-or, as they style him, 1slnail,
lbn Iblahim-ant that their famous
courserS of tho present day are the
descendants Of the stceds Of tho pa-
triarch's family. Indeed the oriei,.
tai horse trader will not blush to
present to you 4 written pedigree,
if you require it, giving all the
names OF the slres III ascending line
to the days Of King Solomon. The
less tho traveller in Arabia is ac-
qnaintcd with the Arab character
the moro he will be impressed with
these "claims of long descent"
Your true Arabian stced stands IL
to Is hands high, with large head
and deep jowl, large and gentle
eyes, light neck, high withcr, mus.
cular forearm, short back. round
"barrel, " narrow hind quarter and
high set tail. He is not always gray
in color, as is popularity supposed.
He is constant galloper, bold
jumper, q docile, courageous and
lovable creature. He has improved
in size by his removal to Barbary,
and as consequence the Barbary
type corresponds more to the Ameri.
can ideal. Hubert NJ. Skinner in
Arena.