. Breeder and sportsman . MPOBTER AND BREEDER OF lUlUHllkA An L» \jv Undid Skires, ClyteMes, anfl Perclierons. Our Stud consists? of a fine lot of young tstolllotis and moies, combining rJz«, qual-ity of bone-and cboic« breeding, being de-ctjudiiits of sumo of tbt* most uotid prize-winning Btralnn in thin country. Fartlculir atteuiion givou to tbe forming of StockCompanies and Brcders AtsoclatlouB. Our forma for their organization and arrange-ment have proved to bo of the lost Stock purchased In Ibis way has Invariably proveda Bucoets and paymg ».pnt EunJlHb Noire ai d coach
. Breeder and sportsman . MPOBTER AND BREEDER OF lUlUHllkA An L» \jv Undid Skires, ClyteMes, anfl Perclierons. Our Stud consists? of a fine lot of young tstolllotis and moies, combining rJz«, qual-ity of bone-and cboic« breeding, being de-ctjudiiits of sumo of tbt* most uotid prize-winning Btralnn in thin country. Fartlculir atteuiion givou to tbe forming of StockCompanies and Brcders AtsoclatlouB. Our forma for their organization and arrange-ment have proved to bo of the lost Stock purchased In Ibis way has Invariably proveda Bucoets and paymg ».pnt EunJlHb Noire ai d coach hoiBus a specialty. Lowprlci h ti<i easy l ins. ADDRESS-^. O. Box 36. Stible—Broadway and .Ml Oakland TWENTY-FOUR SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, JAN. 9, 1892. SUBSCRIPTIONFIVE DOLLARS A YEAR. DEVELOPMENT OF TROTTING. With tbe gradual development of speed in trotters oame alsothe progression ia the equipment and character of the trot-ting turf. Performances of long distances aad extraordinaryeodaraoce became infrequent, and phenomenal feats of thatnature are no longer attempted. In England (1800) Phe-nomenon trotted 17 miles, saddle, in 56 minutes; in 1823Boston Blue trotted 18 miles,harness, ia 1 hour, and S miles,saddle, in 28:25; 1824, Silas mare, harness, trotted 28 milesin 1 hour, 57 minutes; in 1832, Rattler, saddle, 154 poundsnp, trotted 34 miles in 2 hours, 18 minutes, 56 seconds; andin I860 Morning Star, harness, trotted 18 niiles in 59 performances in England were over ordinary trotting upon regular tracks and of single heats was notrecognized as legitimate turf sport. Of American perform-ances of long distances: In 1830, Top Gallant, 12 miles, har-ness, in 3S minutes; 1831,
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