The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-01-07
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Memories of Champion Trotter.
BY HENRY TEN EYcK WHITE.

After St. Julien's racing days were over
SO far as meeting the best horses in the
land was concerned his eWRar was Of
man who thought he would do to trot the
free-for-alls on half-mile tracks. But
the owner said No. St Julien had
earned him a lot Of money and he was
not going TO see him abused
So Il was arranged that 0rrin HiCkolC,
who drove the horse. and Bill, who took
care OF him, should accompany the former
champion TO 4 ranch, where he was 10
roam for the rest OF his days st. Julien
was q wise horse, and something told
MN that be was to be left behind after
he mad been turned loose. So instead OF
ga3loping on across the field he persisted
IN hanging around the entrance and when
Hickok and 'Bill" finally started away
ne Followed them as far as he could, ana
the last thing they heard was his pitffui
whinny to be taken along. Turned loose
on the ranch with big band Of ordinary
horses, st. Juhen kept to himself. Twice
a year. when all the stock on the ranch
was rounded up, he would be seen. but at
no other time. Finally he was missing
one tau when the horses were assembled
Tor inspection, and q search revealed his
bones in a little gully where the one
time famous trotter had laid down to die.
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Maud S was St Junen's successor as
champion trOtter, and she was a good
deal Of a crank. For one thing, she was
willing to kick in harness and was
strapped down TO prevent too free use
who broke and drove the cantankerOus
filly to the worlds record, had no sue
cess worth mentioning with other trOt-
tiers, although he trained plenty Of them.
When William II. Vanderbilt bought the
mare she had nothing better to her credit
than Ayear-old trial Of 2:l7%. He paid
$4,000 for her-or, at least, that was the
price agreed upon-but when it came to
sending the money the owner OF the mare
wired that the driver was entitled 10
$10O0 and that the buyer would have to
and IN telling me the story he seemed TO
regret the 81, 600 more than he did the
$4,000 that preceded it.
After Maud was a champion Mr.. Van
derbtlt, who was a fine horseman, drove
her double, but one day at Saratoga when
he reached over with the whip to lift
her tail from the crOssbar she got light
behind" and not long after that he sold
her to Robert Bonner for $4,000, so the
original investment was not a bad one.
Jay Eye See succeeded Maud s. He
was q pony trotter ard was the firs-
horse Of that gait to do a mile in 2:10.
which record he never lowered. Jay Eye
See was named in honor OF his owner,
Jerome I. Case Of Racine. Wis. and the
name Is simply the initials Of his owner
spelled out. This name. by the way, was
suggested BY H. D. Mckinney Of James
vile, Wis, a great friend Of Mr.. Case,
and manager Of the Case horses. When
Mr.. Case died. Jay Eye See was no long
CT young. After getting the trOtting rec
ord he turned PAGER and took record or
2:O63 at that way of going, being the
only champion TO shine at both gaits, ana
his combined record is still the best on
the books. The Case family did not have
any notion of selling the pony trOtter-
They had seen another Racine trOtter,
Phil Sheridan, owned by Stephen Bull. a
partner of Mr.. Case, tenderly cared for
until his death and realized that was
the proper way to look after great
horse whose usefulness on the track was
gone. So Jay Eye See was given q fire
pasture in summer and a warm stable IN
winter, and today, at the age Of a. he
is hale and hearty. a living example OF
the fact that some people have real SEN
tment about their horses.
SunOl came along and took champion
ship hOnOrs after Maud and jaw Eye
See had become stars. She was the most
bloodlike looking harness horse I ever
saw, but a terror to train on account OF
her nervousness She was cross in the
| stable to strangers, and had no use Tor
Charles Marvin, who trained and drove
her albeit he is the most kindly man in
the world Horses do not recognize faces,
but they can remember voice, and
when SunOl would hear Marvin talking to
the men in the stable down would 60
her ears, and she was ready for a battle.
Unlike the other champion trptters, Sunol
worlds record for. 2. 8, and 4-year-olds be-
fore coming TO her full speed az maturity
Like Maud 5, SunOl was not Of much uss
az brood mare, as, although two or
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gil but one died
! But the champion trotter that has been
good in every capacity was Nancy Hanks.
She was a little dOuble-gaited filly that
nobody but her breeder thought much Of
! previous to breaking time. Ben Kenney.
/ then not much more than a boy, was Civ
IN the job Of teaching the little filly the
ways Of the harness. She was & natural
PAGER, and to make her strike a tTOt ana
! stick TO Il Kenney drove Nancy over q
/ plOWed field, where the sOftness Of the
surface and the inequalities Of the foot
/ Nancy Hanks has never forgotten abOue
/ pacing. and after she had become a IA
nous trOtter she would often strikae<ho
/ old-tiIne' gait while jogging and 60 three
| or four miles that way before being will
/ ing to tTOt. And she was peculiar about
who rode in the sUIky when she logged
/ With some men she would pull and fret
( herself into a sweat, but finally Doble' 8
/ brother Henry was given the job, and
I the mare liked him from the start. When
/ it was time to shoe Nancy considerable
/ diplomacy was necessary to get her into
+ the blacksmith shop. but If an ample was
/ held on the inside of the door she would
+ go after X and stay there. Nancy Hanks
/ is the brood mare par excellence among
all the champion trotting mares. Her
/ son. Admiral Dewey, has a record OF
2.04A; Lord Roberts, another son. took
/ a record of 2:12h last summer, and 9TH
/ ers of her produce can step we'll