The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-12
:,'7ROl HING HORSE
xsfFxlr AND sa11ATxsT or THE 1oUulE D1IIDs.
ks3trsix Ansriesa Type-Dsvslop- ss 1snss sD6fiAe ths Past Fifty

' |. '. t. ' 1e4w syesk1 Evening Post. ,g. a WsA Sf11aGers fspm the interior of Asia n94 Ben ct Brighton Beach on August III. and seen the champion trotting
 yn ,n , ss srsas snd ,a,ss rass n Me Week had witnessed Anaconda de- 1eets Pf3nee Alert in 5:M 3-4. and was then t9ld~ th9t the trotttng record was even faster. beinE 2:o2 IA and that for the tion would be. How are thers horses efad And how long has 1t taken to S4velcp and perfect such magnificent sfeed sin, one particular family? And he would be aStontshed to learn that the creation and development of the Ameri- ugsnt. useful and versatile horse in the world, hae been practically accomplished II Rs period of fifty years. If 1t be true tGat the: men who make two blades of natspnai bsnefactors. then the men who svelRs |, new breed of horses are at once ap lincalculAble source of pleasure and pfofjt for all time and entitled to the sRefiasting gratitude of humanity.
 c seSn: aSe:.s hsn sna tRs s~o sr.sssss tho thoroughbred and the trotter. stand tp, the credit respectively. of England and America It took breeders of the former usafly two centuries to perfect the thor aNd enterprtsing breeder on this side of tHe Atlantic h about one-fourth of the tlme has produced the perfect trotting rece horse. It must, however, be ad- 1itted. that. the American breeder had
 css sna sss S senss of ,aoss pri%a1 beeedlnS laws born of the ripe experience o& the leading breeders of. England
 Dreed for the type you want The Iawsa seisction-bTeed the best to the llks swifl. produce like. or the likeness of some apcestor." These golden rules nn6t Gtiide sall experimenters when en- Deged in the TfoEmetton process and even .tsn 2 spesfected breed to prsyen. dsss. e,a,s- hy4nchsk Of the family must be bred to
 "A erset nation stamps its individuality Cn- eA K produces. and the utilitartan- @ eas S ss s ,rotns E no1s Hs is the champion race horse of the world at hts gait,- and, with the excep- ton sof the metropolitan district and a fswr other. large cities devoted to the sport of, the continent. In the Northern States and. the Dominion of Canada every town of average glxe has its trotting track. and at least one meeting in the sssson.. There are. a.5Qo associations in membershfp with either the National or tue American Trotting Association. and about s6. .ooo, 900 in stakes and purses were competed for last year.
 But the trotter is not like the thor eyghbred,, mere rscipg machine; He IS E feereation,. and has made the healthy pastiHe of drivinga i leading feature in the, national life. The handsome. high acting. stylish members of the family gre. model carriags horses. and the , in, fer the races are good looking enough Tor the buggy or the carriage are the pest horses sn the world for all the lighter purposes, of commerce and the farm. ae r thus both useful and ornsnsnoas nS rssssmrs aae ere in partnership. combined vita the f6ve of eqt,fnS sport, .which ts . marked element of the vast majority of men.
 The two imported sSrse; E., which me ,anSs. playsa tion I stare of the trotting. breed were Imp. MsssenEer and Imp. Beifounder. Ths former wal A thoroughbred. though Iis -blood took 50 kindly to the trot and sc poorly to tas tannns sn. sa,s h.ch cnat to hro there is Aot one known thoroughbred on the Aknerican turf today that has him in nfsS pedigree: Imp. Bellfounder wa. q Norfolk trotter.. or the hackney of thai time. and lis name is occasionally me,
 
 today. Imp Messenger was the sire oi Mambrino, he the sire of Abdallah. and lIs the sire of Hembletonian. the great est of all the sires of trotting . speeo,; Q, the chaties Kent mare. Hambietonian
 Hamsietonian was foaied in ls4s in Orange County was bought when q year. ,ns and w."x wsd all his ,.s by .na rae ies his property in is7s. Hts owner realised from his services and the sale of his coits s-s- fortune of $6o0.000 yet would have sold him when 2-year-old for si3e. but. could not get . purchaser. Nam. siso Imp. Messenger, has proved as great q progenitor in the female line as Ham, bletonian did in producing such famous sons as George Wilkes. Elsctioneer; Die, Msdiums His marvellous speed prepo- tsncy iss shown by the following won- derfuf figures; He had Is sons who pro- d:Iced 1,1s5 'troters and N pacers. with rAcerds of 3;so or better: his daughters produced, 10s strotters. and seven pacers. VI lie his name appears either in the rnaIe es female line of early every great trotter and pacer of today. Of the na- tive horses the Stars. Morgans and cIays were the most prominent with h,,s itl was the magnetic blood of Hamble- tonian which combined with all. pro- d5fced the rare Corinthian metal of the breed, and which in the process Of the gener ations has developed horse as si,- perior' to the crude elements from which ise came as the thoroughbred of today is superior to the Arab or the Barb Of two centuries ago
 As speed is the direct test of the breed. 1t Is interesting 10, note its progress from the time when Lady Suffolk first trot- ted in, 2:30 to the present day. when the championship record is 2:02 1-4 held by the stallion Cresceus. On October h. is45. at the Beacon track. Hoboken. N. J.. the little gray mare Lady Sunolk trottto in 2:ss 1-2 She traced back on both sides to Imp. Messenger. from whom sne gos her color. though it'is worthy of notice that later on, with the advent of the Hambletonians. the handsome bay with black points has overwhelmingly pre- deminate5. ....
 The first champion to get below 7:zC October l5 1859. at Kalamazoo. Mich; trotted in 2:lo 3-4. She was obscurely preo ty a horse called Bogus Hunter. and Is the only holder of the trotting cham uionship who cannot show the royal nnet of long descent. On August IA. 1se7 the mighty Dexter by Hambletonian. at Bur, faio, trotted in 2;l7 1-4 and may be salc to have inaugurated the Hambletoniar era, He was at once bought by tn' late Robert Bonner. and never raced al ter, as Mr. Bonner. though devoted ad
 mirer of the trottinK horse, never ent' cred his horses in races. Four yeart later the Empress of the trotting turf Goldsmith Maid. went a mile in 2i7
 She was on the turf till 1874, and 1T that year on September 2. at Boston Mass, cut the record to 2:14. She wal closely inbred. being by Abdallah 15, 2