The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-12

son of Hambletonian, while her dam was Sb by Abdsllah l. Hambletonians sire. She was owned by H. N. Smith of New York. The record stood for four years. till it was cut to 2:13 IA by the bay geIding Rarus at Buffalo on August g. ts7s. He was owned by R. B. conkiin. of Greenport. N. Y.
 From this time on the record moved dpwn rapidly. St. Julien. a bay gelding, by Volunteer; son of Hambletonian. dam Oakland. Cal. cut the mark to 2:lz S-4 s,d later on reduced 1t to Eli 1-4. but In the meantime the marvellous mare. Maud S.. had appeared upon the scene. and of the turf. On August F. 1sso. at Rc. chester. she trotted In 2:l1 3-4. and re- duo cd that tune at various places to 2:1o 3-4. 2:10 Ia, and 210 1-4 At Provi- dcnce, R. l., on August 1. 1884. the black gelding. Jay Eye See. by Dictator. tbroth- CT to bextcr). by Hambletonian. cut the scord to 2:i0 and became the champion for a day. for at Cleveland the follow ing afternoon Maud S.. went in 2:0s S-4. Her crowning victory against old Father isss. when she reduced the champion rec ord to POS 3-4. The queen of the turf was bought by Robert Bonner. and at ms sn1r,,x she aftsr nep e9 famous owner had also passed away. She was by Harold. son of Hamble- tonian, and it was a subject of universal regret to the trot,ing world that shc T yer had a foal.
 tioneer. cut the record to 2:0S 1-4. Her sire of all the sons of Hambletonian was the greatest direct speed-producer, and his produce had at one time the ma September g. 1892, at Terre Haute. Ind. the brown mare, Nancy Hanks. by Happy Medium, dam Nancy Lee by Dictator. made wholesale reduction in the record by placing 1t at 2:o4. Her sire and the sire of her dam are by the great Ham bletonian. Only for two years did she wear the crown. as on September 19. at Galesburg, H.. that most symmetrical of all trotters. the bay mare. Alx: by Patronage. reduced the record to 2:oS s-4 breed had been reached. and no change occurred till September 25 19oo. when The Abbott, by Chimes, son Of Elec- tioneer. at Terrs Haute. assumed the trotting throne with mark of 2:O3 l-4.
 He only held the homo: few months, as on August 2. 1901, the stallion Cres- ceus at Columbus. O.. trotted in 2:os l-4. It is a curious fact that in the history of the trotting championship Cfesceus Is the first stallion to wear the crown. The pacer, having an easier galt.' nas passed the trotter in the race TOT the fastest record. which Is held Ds Stu
 messed to sulky that has ever gone m 200 or better. He belongs to the famou, family of tennessee pacers. But tine vast majority of the pacers are bred m the best trotting lines; s,.nd J1hn %11hes s. son of Red wilkes. dam Dame wood by wsdEeo so wood by Belmont. On, Both sides oi me line John R. Gentry goes straignt sn Hamble.nnian. Joe Patchen. 2:ol r. is by Patchen wilfes, a son or George Wilkes; Robert -(, 2:01 1-2. Is by Hart ford. dam Gerafdine. by Jay Gould; Ana conda, 2:o1 3-f is by Knight dam by Algona; ConE ,2:o2. is by the same sire. dam KaiseY These are all strong tro'-
 The gr0kth of trotting sport in foreign countris eduring the past decade has been simply marvelous. and wherever the Amsffcan trotter goes he is the cham. pio6 In France the vast majority or thA races are now confined to native-bred Horses, though in the past many Amer leans have been sold there, and Ameri- can blood largely predominates in the winners. In Germany and Austria the principal winners are American, and the past and present European champion ship prize horses were bred and raised here. Italy, England and Denmark are free buyers of our trotters. and the cham pions of Australia and New zealand are either imported horses or bred from American sires and dams. The Ameri- can trotter has certainly taken his re- coznizcd and well-deserved position as one of the greatest equine breeds Of the
 world.