Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1900-06-08
THE STALLION RECORD.
Its Downward March Since Andrew jack
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Inp DTORTtS VI lTOlllU2 ItCOluN uD w lhc
time of publication. We have not veri-
fed the records, however:
1t was in 1917 that Long Island Black
Hawk made a stallion record of :3S to
wagon, and it remained good for six
wears. Andrew Jackson, the sire of
Long Island Black Hawk. had. away
back In 1891, trotted in 2:l2t, and the
following year went to saddle in 2;3S4
Until his son lowered it no entire horse
approached Andrew Jackson's time. In
1853 Ethan Alien came out as the cham
pion four.year-old of his day, and lower
ed the mark to 2:3G. This was at the
cd Union course on Long Island; and
two wears later he again cut the mark
down to 2:3l4. The most beautiful of
the Morgans kept on. and in 1850 he
trotted at Boston IN 2:3l3 Two years
later he made the record 1921. and In
1858 he entered the then rare , 80 list with
a mark of , Fps This stood as the stallion
record for a wear, until George VI.
Patchen in 1859 cut it. over the Union
course, to 2:2Gt Patchen was by far
the greatest entire horse of his day.
Like old Andrew Jackson. he was almost
without a rival among stations, and he
went on until 1850 he trotted in 2:23a.
That. remen her. WAS thirty wears ago.
aud though the time may seem slow to
US of today, when we consider that il has
taken thirty years TO get from 2:23a 70
2:11t. we must not be too bOastful of
our progress. The stallion record stood
at > OH until 1865. or for a period of
eioht wears. when the Eastern bred horse
Fearnaught made a reduction of a quar-
ter of a second in IT,. He had beaten the
best horses of his day. and in the race in
which he made his mark. American Girl
and George Palmer were among those
that failed. Fearnaught was of the
Morgan race and his greatness was loud
" heralded in New England. After him
came George Wilkes. 1.-THE nOblest Rom
an of them all After much campaign
inc he met and beat Rhode Island and
Draco Prince at Providence on Oct. 13.
1SGS. and trotted The second heat in 2:22.
This stood good until 1872. when jay
I Gould pssaved to set a stallion mark. or
rather to beat the record of Goldsmith
Maid. The task was too great. however.
and the best he did was to trot two heats
in 2:20!. 2:2l4, and this was against
2:14. the fastest neat the son of Lady
Sanford ever trotted, did not constitute
a record. Then the mighty Smuggler
came upon the scene. lie trotted first
in 2:2O4, and then Mamhrino Gift made
the stallion mark , 20. The scion of the
MambrinO Chief line accomplished his
feat at Rochester Aug. 10, 1874. Charles
Marvin was then a name less known than
now: but when in the great stallion race
at Boston. Sept. -. 1874. he drove the
nueerly-bred trotter the third heat in
, 20. beating Phil Sheridan, Mambripo
Gift and Others, the genus of the best
colt trainer of u day was in a degree
recognized. Smuggler, however. went
on to greater things. 4 year later he
beat Judge Fullerton at Philadelphia.
~trotting H. 2:l7: then next year he went
70 Cleveland and humbled the pride of
Goldsmith Maid. the queen of the turf.
The 2:154 of Smuggler stood unbeaten
5 from 1876 till 1881, a period of eight
years. Their the greatest of Dictator's
entire sons. Phallas, was out and sweep.
ing all before him. He beat Catchny
Clemmie G. and Fannie Witherspoon at
Chicago, trotting the fourth heat il
: 2:l33, which remained the fastest heai
ever trotted by a stallion in a race until
Palo Alto defeated Jack at Washington
Park this summer trottlng the last teal
in 2:l3. PhallGs remained king OF stal
lions so far as time was concerned
until ISL when MaNey Oooo trotted the
. good old track at N~arragansett Iark a.
Providence' Rhode Island, in 2;l3i