The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-24

Goldsmith Maid Is closely related to the
great marvel Crescers. Goldsmith Maid
was sired by Alexander's AbdalIah and
the sire Of Cresceus. Robert McGregor,
was sired by Maj. Edsall who was a son
Of Alexander's Abdallah. There Is no
doubt but what the speed and bulldog
staying qualities Of the great stallion
Cresceus are inhertted from Alexander's
Abdallah his grandsire.
In 1878 the bay gelding RAMS, by Conk-
Inns Abdallah. WIS in the zenith of his
fame, and at Buffalo, N. Y, Aug. 8, in an
effort to beat 2:14, he carried the record
down to 2:19A. The next drop in the trot-
ting record was at Oakland, Call Octo-
Der, 1879. where the bay geldlng st. Jul
len, by Volunteer, In an attempt to beat
2:13A, placed the record at 212% At
Rochester, N. Y. August, 1880. he reduced
his record to 2:11%, and at Hartford,
his record to 2:11A.
Maud 8 Queen of the Turf
This was not, however champion
record when made, for in the meantime
Maud 8, by Harold, had appeared and
was out for championship honors, and on
Aug. Is. 1850. at Chicago. in an attempt
to beat 2:11A. she cut the record down to
2:1O&. The queen Of trotters continued In
her brilliant career, and at Pittsburg,
Pa, July, 1881, in an essay to beat 2:1OX,
she again succeeded in lowering the trot-
ting record to 2:101a At Rochester. N.
Y, Aug. II. 1881, she again beat the
watch and clipped another quarter-seo-
ond or of the record, placing 1t at 210N
Here the record stood until August, 1884,
when the black gelding Jay Eye See, at
Providence, r. l.. Aug. l. landed the req
ord at 2:10. He held the crown just twen-
ty-four hours. Maud S was at Cleveland,
Ohio. and all ready to receive company.
The very next day she proved to the
world that she was still entitled to the
title Of queen of trotters by clipping q
quarter of a second from the 2:10 mark,
and placed the record at 2:09% Yet that
was not her limit of speed. At Lexing-
ton, KY, Nov. II, 1884, she again proved
her supremacy by reducing the record to
2:09N. 4,
She rested on her laurels until the next
year. At Cleveland, Ohio, July 8, 1885,
the queen Of trotters essayed to place the
tretting record beyond reach of any other
equine trotter, and she succeeded. Sha
covered the mile in 2:0Sai. And that re-
markable record to a high-wheel sulky
has never been beaten by any trotter, al
though many Of the best have essayed to
do SO. The record was made to q high
wheel sulky weighing forty-eight and one
half pounds. Among the number of trot-
tiers that have tried to capture that REQ
ord OF 2:OS& to high wheels are Nancy
Hanks, 2:o4, and Alix, 2:OSX, but they
failed.
What the Bicycle suIky Has Done.
The bicycle sulky first appeared in 1892.
wnen 1t was described as sulky on cas-.
ters. and the very first year Of its CON-
struction Nancy Hanks reduced her REQ
ora of 2:o9 to 2:04. which was more than
had been Accommodates tv, TO-.
Of previous turf history.
IN August, 1892, Nancy Hanks. by Hap
Ply Medium. lowered the record at chi
cago to 2.O7A; Aug. 3d. at independence.
iowa, she dropped 1t to 2:05A, and at
Ierre Haute, Ind, Sept. 20, 1892, she
placed the record at 2:O4. The sulky that
Nancy pulled weighed forty pounds. In
her fastest time was 2:06A.
Sept. 10, 1894, in an attempt to beat
2:o4, the bay mare, Alix, by Patronage.
at Galesburg. ILL.,, carried the record
down to 2:03%. For six years that record
stood until September, 1900. The bap
gelding The Abbot. by Mambrino Kins.
still further reduced the trotting record
to 2:O3A. at Terre Haute, Ind He was
hitched to bike Weighing thirty-one
pounds.
experienced and practical horsemeu
commended that the limit of trotting speed
had been reached. On Aug. q. Of the
present year Q901). at Columbus, Ohio,
Cresceus reduced the time to 2:02N.
1t required twenty-five years to reduce
Flora Temples record of 2:19N, to 2:lO
with the old high-wheel sulky while
from 1892 (Which was the advent of the
bicycle sulky) to 1901 the record has been
reduced six and one-half seconds was
this unprecedented and miraculous trans
formation of records accomplished by the
horse or is the sull1y entitled to the most
credh7 When they hitch Tho Abbot or
Cresceus to high-wheel sulky weighing
4S]s pounds, which was the kind of d
sulky that Maud 8 pulled in 1885, the time
that Is Clipped off Of the 2:08%. which
was made by Maud 8. will show what
improvement has been made In the trot-
ting horse during the past sixteen years.
1t has always been conceded by all ex-.
perienced horsemen that the differences
between the bike sulky and the high
wheels, weighing 49, pounds, to the aver
age horse Is from Az to seconds.
Some Historic Figures.
In 1864 there were but 6s horses In the
world with records-trotting-of 2:SO or
better, and that year-1s64-only horses
entered the 2:S0 trotting list. At the close
of 1891 the 2:30 list of trotters contained
5,908. Since then they have come In
droves. This year they number 1880.
with records Of 2:80 or better. During the
whole seventy-fve years previous to 1892
but seven trotters had been able to enter
the 2:10 list, while since 1892 188 trotters
have records of $40 or better. All made
their records to the bicycle sulky.
In 1891 the fastest heat to high-wheei
sulky was 300 In 1899 the fastest heat
was 2:04 In 1893 the fastest heat was
2:05N, In 1894 1t was 2:05az; in 1895. 2:04%;
In 1893, 2:07A; In 1897. 2:OS; in 1898, 2:O6A;
IN 1899, s;osX; in 1900 2:03A. The present
year so far It has been reduced to 2:02A.
And now the question Is, Is 2:02A the
limit of the speed Of the trotter2 The
season Is nearly over. There Is no
danger Of the present record of 2;02A be.
ing broken or equaled IN the year to
come will we who are on the gray side OF
iife's stream see It? We think not WIN
the middle-aged live to see the trottn9
horse cover the mile In minutes with
the appliances now In user We doubt
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