East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1920-01-14
EXODUS OF FINEST
HORSES IS DEPLORED
BY w. II. SMOLLINGER
Secretary of the American Trottins
Association.

ASSuCldtlOn.
written for the United Press)
Almost every day some new name is
added to the list of fast American
trotters sold for export and if the exo-
Gus is not checked before long we will
oegin to feel our losses severely ire
spectve of the very sizeable sums OF
hard cash that remain with us in lieu
of these horses This is especially the
case with the last notable Instance
the sale of the black stallion Finland
t2:03z) to horseman from Milan,
Italy.
Blnland, now seven years old, is,
with the sole exception of Cresceus
(2:02 u by far the best and fastest
standard bred trotting stallion ahat
has yet been bought by the foreigners.
And as regards Cresceus, that famous
ftcrse was far past his prime when he
found new home in Russia ~ here
he died. perhaps mercifully, in Decem-
Der, 1915, before the red terror had
set in. Binland, however, is right now
in his prime, and there is a very great
likelihood that had he remained in
this country, he would have in 1920
trOtted to a faster record than that OF
Cresceus, even.
Our trotting breed. to date, has pro-
duced few such splendid specimens az
Binland, whose breeder is w. i. Gny-
dor ~ Spripgfield, o.. his sire being
Binjolla t2:17%), son of Bingen
t2.O6A); while his dam was Alice
Wren. by Ashland wilkes (2:17A).
Alice Wren was for some years the
favorite driving mare of Mr.. Snyder,
and he liked her so much that he de-
ermined to perpetuate her good quail
ties by raising some foals from her.
As his son, the late John l.. Snyder,
vas the owner of Binjolla, he n ated
her with that horse. She produced
several times by him and then died
prematurely while still comparatively
young. Her first foal was black
colt that was named Binville ard be-
came a noted campaigner. winning
many races, over both mile and half
mile tracks, taking record of 2:O9A
and capturing over $4,000 in stake
and purse money. Binland, foaled in
1912, was two years younger than Bin
vile, the two being own brothers.
This past year he was unlucky. He
started off by a really phenomenal
performance. as in the very first
weeks of the season, at Youngstown
o., July 5. he lowered the worlds
record Tor a SldlllOn ONtT II LWp-ihF
course from 2:O7is to 2:O6 Y. Those
VINO witnessed the feat predicted that
he would trot in two minutes before
the season closed. But he had the
misfortune soon after to become lame
Beaten After Injury
He trOtted one race in that condi-
tion. in which he was beaten by Ante
Guy (2:03A) and was then retired,
as it was not thought wise TO take any
chances of breaking hiw down. Rest
soon removed the trouble and before
fall he was reported as good as new.
Consequently his return to the turf In
1920 had been eagerly looked for
4 to. But his expectation ends all
that.
THE price paid for Binland by the I
Italians remains private, but 1t Is
Enown that it was big one. probably /
in the neighborhood of $4,000. But /
whatever it was. there is nothing LETT |
in America to duplicate him. eonse-
quently we suffer a distinct loss that /
be replaced by money, when |
We bid him goodbye.