The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-14

a recent interview, 'of any new theory to
improve the breeding Of harness horses,
| or OF any external device that has not
already been tried.
stand for years, but If they are beaten it
will be because some trainer will have his
horse in the pink OF condition on some
particular day when the weat Their and track
are perfect.
| Factors In Increasing Speed.
'In the evolution Of Cresceus, 2:024. the
ltrotting king Of to-day, from the days OF
Edwin Forrest, Lady Suffolk, Flora Tenn
! pie and Dexter. the horses that from 1884
to 1867 gradually lowered the trottins
mark from 2:31h to 2:17h, four instrll
mentalities have been chiefly effective, and
should rate them about as follows:
Tressoing sk,ii per cent cent
improved suikies and appliances, .7s,A per cent
( Improved tracks ................1 Jpn per cent
"The efficacy Of new breeding theories
! however, and improvements in sulkies
Tshoeing methods, etc, have, I think
reached their limits Breeding theories
have been worked out exhaustively by c.
J. Hamlin, Of the Village Farm, near Buf.
falo. sys
"ThE breeding establishment stands OUT
above all others, it will be conceded, ir
the results shown by scientific breeding
4 and it is not probable that these results
will ever be improved upon. Mr.. Hanalir
was always theorist in the breeding O.
! trotters, but he had the courage of hi
convictions, the money to experiment will
and one of the best trainers in Geers tina
ever lived.
t'This made the strongest kind of com
|bination and invariably resulted in world
records. Mr.. Hamlins pet theory was t,
mate one good family with another dis
tinct out-cross.
Science Of Shooting.
"The science of shooting trotters ant
PAGERS has had much to do with increas
ing the speed. In my experience I hav'
reached the conclusion that in the cas-
of a natural trotter the lighter the sho,
the better.
Zone must study his horse, however
and get all his peculiarities of gait ant
action down to a fine point.
| when I first took hold of Lord Derb.
everybody told me he must wear heav.
shoe, or toe weights at least, and when
shod him with three or four ounce shoe
they said he wouldn't go at all. But witt
those shoes he stepped off his record o
2:05A both to wagon and sulky.
It believe that on the right kind o
track Derby would trot faster than eve
without any shoes at ALL.
"A curious thing about some horses
that with simple toe weights they wi
trot very fast, but take off the weight
and they will pace just as fast or taste
the same day. A friend of mine once 1a
la horse of this kind, and he used to ente
him in trotting and pacing events at tn
same meeting, perhaps on successive days
"a few ounces on his toes and he woul
trot splendidly; take 'em off and he wa
5 a sidewheeier for fair-couldn't make hir
) trot. Most of the best PAGERS are simpl
accidents; that is, they were bred TO
| trotters but developed double -gaitednes
from one cause or another.
Probably the most striking instanc
of this was Jay Eye, See, the Dictate
| gelding that in 1884 set the worlds trot
; ting record at 2:1O, then went sore an
began to pace, getting mark of 2:06A
i at the sidewheeler game