The age-herald., 1901-08-26
Nancy Hanks. 2:o4.

All hail to glorious old Nancy Hanks, who, after surpassing all trotters Of her day, retired to Ponkapog Farm and gave up the phenomenal young trotter-Ad- miral Dewey. Great is Admiral Dewey.
 No other of the trotting queens have representative in the list, and few from any source can compare with Admiral Dewey as a trotter. He actually jogged home in'2:17A and 2:141l, equaling the best three-year-old race record of the year. Had he been urged to his limit he doubt less would have taken record of 2in or better, but Millionaire Forbes did not want to distance his competitors and shut them out of the purse money. Last season as a two-year-old Henry liter drove the great colt quarter in 35 sec onds. then turned him out to mature. He now completely overshadows his won derful old dam at the same age, her record having been just ten seconds lower, as I remember 1t. As a four-year- old, in 1892, she took a record at Lexing- ton of 21412, and then MT. Forbes secured her for $41 ,0o0. She secured the worlds record of 2:04 two years later saw her trot a smooth, easy mile in October, 1892, over the Cumberland Park track at Nash vile. Messrs. Lewis McCurdy, Winston Garth of Alabama, MT Anglin-owner of the great Wilkes Boy of Kentucky, and MT. William Russell Allen--owner of the mighty Kremlin, 2:07A, and the writer, timed the little mare in 2:O5. The judges gave her the same mark.
 What pleasure it must be to MT. Forbes to have in Admiral Dewey one he himself bred and has seen developed from the weanling, when fond hopes were cherished, to the greatest of the day. Bingen, 2:06A-his sire-cost Mir Forbes sS000. So, Admiral Dewey came much cheaper than the s125, 900 two-year-old king. Arion. Nancy Hanks was bred one year to the thoroughbred horse Imported Meddler, and the produce is a Ally with whom they are experimenting at Forbes Farm by preceding her to Arion. Nancy Hanks first born Is Marion and she has a foal at foot by Bingen, 2:061s Just think sof it. Her sire with a record of 2:075a her dam, 2:04 and bred to a horse with a record of 2:061z. This baby ought to head a lightning express at five years old. Old Nancy now has a foal at foot by Peter the Great, 2:07K
 No farm on earth can compare with the three stallions at Forbes Farm Arion, the peerless two-year-old with his "A, maturity record of 2:O7%; Bingen, trial at two years. 2:121z, record at maturity, 2:06A Peter the Great, 2:07A Surely the matrons in the elegantly appointed harem at Ponkapog will produce early and ex- treme speed.
 Prayer O. the Horses.
 Please, gentlemen, ladies and children, kindly refuse to ride in any conveyarce that is overloaded, or behind those of us who have had the misfortune to become lame.
 Do not urge drivers to drive us too fast
 DO not compel us to be driven again when we have already done a hard days work.
 Fast driving and too many hours work injure us more in one day than weeks of hard work with kind management and good attention.
 Do not overload our carriages. Tt Is of- ten because you do not think that your drivers are compelled to overload us
 It will help us greatly If whe nwe come to steep hills with heavy loads, some of you will tighten eur l1ads by walking
 A few moments stop at the top of hills to enjoy the scenery will often give us much rest.
 Remember that we need and enjoy drink of pure fresh water very often Read what John B. Cough said in his beautiful Apostrophe to Water. Before riding us, please see that our saddles fit well and that our backs are not sore. and kindly tell your young sons and daughters that incorporate riding or driving often means great suffering to us When you hire horse at a livery sta ble, please discourage the barbarous and cruel practice of docking, by giving pre- ference to those of us who have not been mutilated and doomed to lifelong suffer- ing from flies and other insects And to our fashionable owners we most humby petition
 If cruel and relentless fashion must force you to use that instrument of tor ture-the "over-check rein" do kindly lessen our tortures by loosening 1t. What a blessing and a comfort it would be if we could get rid of those clumsy, ugly binders which we are told