. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. Saturday, July 14, 1917] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 5. ARION AND CHARLEY HERR. There have recently passed away two trotting stal- lions of international fame, and about each there is a romance and story that will live and be a part of the history of the light harness horse as long as this type of the equine race holds a place in the affec- tions of the American people. Arion 2:07% and Charley Herr 2:07 are dead, and with their death there passed two of the most remarkable trotters ever foaled. Arion was, all things considered, the greatest two-year-old the world
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. Saturday, July 14, 1917] THE BREEDER AND SPORTSMAN 5. ARION AND CHARLEY HERR. There have recently passed away two trotting stal- lions of international fame, and about each there is a romance and story that will live and be a part of the history of the light harness horse as long as this type of the equine race holds a place in the affec- tions of the American people. Arion 2:07% and Charley Herr 2:07 are dead, and with their death there passed two of the most remarkable trotters ever foaled. Arion was, all things considered, the greatest two-year-old the world has ever known, not only because he was the first of that age to trot near the 2:10 mark, but from the fact that he was im- measurably superior to any trotter of the same age ever foaled up to his time. He was something new among two-year-olds, and this can be said of none other of the breed. When Arion gained the record that immortalized him, he lowered a mark of 2:18, which in itself was regarded as extraordinary, and was more than seven seconds slower than the one he established. At that time the record for three-year- old trotters was 2:10%, made by his near relative, Sunol 2:08%, and yet this wonderful colt, which had never received the severe preparation so frequently given the youngsters at Palo Alto, lowered the record for trotters of his age to 2:10% to a high wheel sulky, or within two seconds of the fastest record for aged trotters. Such a performance to be appreciated in this day and generation would be a mile in 2:00 by a two-year-old, two seconds slower than the world's record for matured horses, and about four seconds faster than the existing mark for trotters of that age. In the natural course of events, the two- year-old mark will be lowered to 2:00, and even that record will be passed, but, when Arion trotted in 2:10%, he accomplished something that very few aged trotters could do, and set forward the record eighteen years ahead of his day. It seems strange t
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