The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-12-05
DR.. M. G. MCLAUGHLIN,
WHERE THE TROTTER COMES FROM

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ITO my mind, said WaIbridge Pater-
son, and old devotee of horse racing,
there is nothing in the whole history
of horse speeding more beautiful and
ting race. Whether it is on the decline
or not am not prepared to say, but it
ought not to be, as any one who knew
anything of those celebrated stars of
the trOtting turf, feel sure, will be
willing to admit"
1t does seem as if the breeding of
trotting horses has not kept pace with
the old-time expectations, but there
was a time when the descendants of
old Hambletonian, of whom Dexter
was the most celebrated, held the CEN
ter of the stage in turf sports.
The Trotting Horse in America"
was the subject of a most interesting
article from the pen of Mr.. Hamilton
Busbey that was published as a maya
zine article away back in 1873, and
from that article many of the follow
ing facts have been compiled.
The fast trotting horse" wrote Mr.
Busbey. lis the product of American
thought, breeding and cultivation.
Along in the Spring Of 1888 big gray
horse was imported from England, and
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won by Challacombe. was (says 'Ro-
bin Hood'O perhaps the biggest turn
up for the ring in the whole history
of the race, for, although horses have
occasionally won at longer prices, I
never remember So many animals to
have been backed at such short rates.
At one time or the other Cicero found
supporters at ) to I. and Val dor at ;
to 4. and then, or the scratching of both
being known. odds of to were laid
on Cherry Lass. On the eve of the
race, this FLY was reported to be a
non-starter, and Llangibby came to as
little as to l. One layer had parti-
cularly good luck. for having a very
large book he offered the owner of
ChaHacOmbe the bet of 10000 to 700
about his horse. The big offer failed
however, to tempt Mr.. Singer, and
was declined. That bookmaker must
have thanked his stars that his offer
did not lead to business.
Says the Sydney Referee: Major"
Taylor, after as strenuous and danger
Gus a career as ever fell to the lot of
a sportsman. has now it is said set
tied down to a life divided between
motoring and music. According to the
latest American files Taylor has given
up all idea of ever racing again, al
though this scarcely agrees with the
a. CT. I1.S sod ifl lott tor
to visit Australia on another racing
tour. He says it took him many years
to accumulate his present comfortable
fortune, and he now intends to live in
q Ieisurely way on his money. He has
already declined two handsome offers
one of $4,000 to compete on the Ameri-
can championship circuit, and another
to visit Paris, the remuneration being
the same amount. The Majors" sue
cess in q great measure is attributed to
his abstemious habits-he was both
a non-smoker and total abstainer.
Writing on September /. the Paris
correspondent of the London Sports
man says:-Yest was the limit as
signed to bookmakers in France. From
to-day they are to be improved off the
face of that part of the earth Fine
and imprisonment will be theirs should
they dare to bet and be found out It
is not that the Chamber of Deputies,
or the Senate or the Government cares
a tinkers curse for the morality of the
thing; they have the grace so far to
eschew hypocrisy. They wish to see
betting and plenty of it. but it must be
done through the pari-mutuel. which
intercepts a stiff percentage of the Win
nings for various charities, that seem
to have not the shadow on a legitimate
claim to the cash. There have been
several pretty strenuous endeavors to
do away with the bookmaker, who
hitherto has been too tough a custom
er for his opponents. The law now is
so severe that most of them will prob
ably find the struggle too unequal, and
so give up.
William Buckler. who, at the Ard
wick Athletic grounds Manchester, on
September II, completed the amazing
task of walking POPS miles 720 yards in
1000 consecutive Enthusiastically beating
his own record of 1000 miles in 1000 con-
secutive hours at Leeds in June last
is undoubtedly the most remarkable
long distance walker the world has ever
produced (says London Sporting Life.)