Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-18


 aged championship event of the year.
 In 1890 the race program at Lex ington amounted to $28,095, stallion race which was won by Simmocolon and a free for all trot being added features. In 1891 the purses jumped to $44 010 while in 1892 they dropped to $3S,675. The 1893 program called for $41,350, the Stallion Representative Stake which was afterwards known as the Kentucky Futurity appearing in the list of events. It was won by Orc Wilkes. In 1894 there was an advance to $61,O80 when Buzetta won the Fut- urtty. It was worth $27,4S0 The amount of premium continued to in- crease annually until at the close of 1917 the total for forty-four years was $2,332,280 and about S90 900 will be added next October.
 By opening these events Lexington and other cities tided the light har- ness racing industry over the lean years in the early nineties when hun dreds of breeders learned that a trot- ter required more than a standard pedigree to maintain his value Dur ing the pinch the stock farms that had been building pedigrees on time records fell by the wayside while the blood i lines which they exploited went with | them. Performance took the place | of pedigree. If the trotters that raced were well bred so much the better but without speed and race horse qual- ities a standard bred horse had no value except as an individual.
 | Under Tipton's management the meeting at Lexington passed from a reunion of local breeders to one of national importance at which there could be seen spectators from every l ISto fa iv7 tLa i,1 Canada. The residents who were not directly interested in racing also knew that something was being done at the 'trots" on the hill, still the rank and file never showed a disposition on wake up and boost one of the best assets of Fayette county, in fact the best until the tobacco industry assumed mammoth proportions.
 Tipton's hair is white and possibly his footsteps are not as firm as of yore but while he is still in the har- he is entitled to the credit of putting Lexington on the map as light har- ness racing center and while the standard was in a measure maintained during his absence in Montana and New York, he is again at the helm working as enthusiastically as ever tc make the meeting of 1918 better thar any that preceded it.
 The blue grass region of Kentucky has been recognized as the ideal home of the horse since the first Virginia settlers located there. Racing follow ed in their wake and when the trot- ter became the rival of the galloper the light harness horse found few followers. In 1S40 Abdallah was pur- chased and taken to Lexington but was subsequently, returned to New York where there was an active de- mand for his services. The history of the trotter hinged on that trans fer as he sired Rysdyk's Hambleton- ian after he returned to his native state.
 In 1854 Mambrino Chief was taker to Lexington. He was contemporary of Pilot Jr- They were the founda. tion sires of the state and their blood lines are mingled with that of Alex ander's Abdallah, George Wilkes, Hap py Medium, Aberdeen Director ant , their descendants which have made Kentucky famous. The trainers O Kentucky also followed the lead O their thoroughbred neighbors by train ing their colts instead of letting then run to pasture until they were fou l or five years old. On account of thi they led in the matter of early deve L. [ all of the early colt records and whil , the honors were transferred to Cali fornia for several years, the pendilun l in time swung back at an increaset l rate of speed.
 Many worlds records were made a the meetings of the Kentucky Trot r ting Horse Breeders Association. Tn l lists of champions also show that tn following stand to the credit of Lex g ington: yearling, -Sudie D, 2:35 2 QS87), Miss Stokes 2:19 1-4 (1909) l Peter Volo 2:19 Q912), Airdale 2:1 ! 3-4 (1912; two year old, Doble 2:4 Q 2:31 (1S77), Native Belle 2:07 g. Q Q909), Peter Volo 2:O4 1-4 191S,
 The Real Lady 2:04 1-4 Q16); thre
 year old, Blackwood 2:31 (1S69), Lad
 Stout 2.O9 (1874), Steinway 2;25 g.
 QS79), Jewett 2:23 1-2 Q879), Hind
 Rose 2:19 1-2 1S83), Patron 2:19 l. e 1SS5), General Watts 2:06 3-4 Q907 s Colorado E. 2:04 3-4 q91O). Pete n Volo 2:03 1-2 Q914, The Real Lad r 2:03 (191O; four year. old, Ericsso a 2:30 1-2 QS60), Allie West 2:29 l. n QS74), Eric FPS 1-4 q876), Keene Jir 2 2:24 1-2 1SS9) Bonita 2:1S 34 QSS4 y Manzanita 2:16 qSS6), Edgemar O 2:16 1SS9), Joan 2:04 3-4 Q910); f1v
  e Axworthy 1;5S If Q916); champio f trotter Maud S. 2:09 1-4 QS84, Uh n Ian 1:58 1912); team record, Uhla = and Lewis Forrest 2:O3 14 1912) n trotter with running mate, Uhlan an d mate 1:54 IA Q915).
 Q Dick Jamison won the fastest hea q at the first meeting of the kentuck V Trotting Horse Breeders Association n It was trotted in 2:34 1-4. He als 1t led the following year in FPS l. n when Lady Stout trotted in 2:29 an o Allie West in 2:29 1-2. The hrst heal e below 220 were recorded in 1882 whe d both Monroe Chief and Rose Wilke il won in 2:19 1-2. In 1884 Maud t trotted the first heat below 2:10 whe
 she reduced her record to 2:09 l.
 That year was also made memorap 3 by the appearance of Johnston at Lex = ington in a special. He paced mi s in 2:0S. The first pacing race on tt S program appeared in 1888. It was wo l. by Billy M. in 2:19 1-4. Since ths e date the the pacers have graduali l. forced their way to the front while = few of them added worlds record e to the Lexington list, which include e the following: yearling, Frank Perr
 2:15 (191D; two year old, Irma 2:i n 1-2 (18S7), Poorman 2:07 3-4 Q916 n Direct the Work 2:06 1-2 Q917) n three year old Dodd Peet 2:22 T. a QS8D, Miss DeForest 2:05 1-4 Qs1fl F. four year old, Direct Braden POP g. r Qs12); champion pacer and stallio il record, Dan Patch 1855 1-4 Q9o5). e Cupid kayoes kunz.
 t We forgive Battling Kunz for all W d ever said about him. The South Nol o walker is married now and when