The age-herald., 1901-05-27
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 BYAn cAFFHH and Racing World

The mysterious processes of evolution and involution. though silently and for ever at work. are not perceptible to the naked eye. but the results are glaring and beyond dispute. Every object on this earth that presents puny and abnormal condition is a living warning that nature revolts against the constant transgres- sion of her laws, and should be a subject of especial concern and attention to those who desire to investigate the "ebb and flow of waning vitality"
 We are breeding speed today with mar vicious uniformity. There are a hundred horses now that possess two-minute speed where there was one when Nancy Hanks and sweet little Alix" astonished the trotting world History is repeating itself by reproducing great horses from the same blood that produced great horses several generations back. Dicta- tor (bIother of Dexter, 2:1O founded family of lion-hearted rsSe horses. The champion mare, Nancy Tanks was, by virtue of the blood of her dam, of that regal line. Directum, 2:05, and Direct 2:051s, are both deeply bred in the blood that never surrenders even in the bitter est and most strenuous contests. The doutless courage of, Robert McGregor- the monarch of the homestretch' quently crops out in his descendants, notably in the champion stallion. Cres- ceus 2:04. Haralds queenly daughter (Mand s, 2:OSa4) has, in measure, been reproduced in subsequent generations of that royal line. We yet expect to see a champion spring from the loins of the champion, Kramlin, 207at, whose sire was the full brother of champion Maud S.
 That the clear title to the champion ship this year might be fully determined the New England Trotting Horse Breed CTS Association some time ago an- nounced that a feature of it's grand cir cult meeting would be a special race be- tween Lord Derby, Peter the Great, and Borama. The vast number of trotters that swept into the ''two-ten' list during the past three years and fortunately re- main in training. give the turf more cafnpaigners of free-for-all quality than it ever before enjoyed. The pleasing condition Is sure to make the season of 1901 the most memorable in racing, and especially. if the horses now matched train on and race as expected. This in- terest Is bound to be intensified if there should happen to be a split-up race for the championship, and if a new factor, like Lord Derby, should enter the field. Trouble from an outsider is likely to come from either Lord Derby, Peter the Great, Grattan Boy, Directum Kelly, or one or more still further away from the championship class. Many of the best judges believe that ere fall Lord Derby will prove himself one of the greatest, if not the greatest trotter in training. MT. Geers and others timed the son of Mambrino King separately in the New York race in 2:06A and 2:06% and he was taken back at the wire The friends of Peter the Great. figuring on his splendid performance of the past, combined with the strength of two more years of age believe him equal to any task that may be set for him. Cresceus and The Ab- bolt are scheduled to cross swords during the second week of August; Cres- ceus, Charley Herr and Borama will come together in September, and Bora ma and The Abbott and Cresceus and Charley Herr, are billed for the blue rib bon day at Lexington. A race. then, be- tween Borama, Lord Derby and Peter the Great. provided they fulfill expecta- tions and prove the bets of the 2:O7 and 2:08 classes, would complete chain of contests in which the best horse at the end would hold a clear championship title. The Horseman is the originator of this interesting proposition.