736 THE AMERICAN FARMER. 



In appearance, Ranis was a fine-looking animal. He was a bay, with white hocks, and a 

 white strip on the nose; was 16 hands high, and in many respects resembled Rysdyk s Ham- 

 bletonian. Rarus s fastest first heat was at Cleveland, Ohio, in 1878, and was 2:14^; his 

 fastest second heat was in Hartford, Conn., the same year, and was 2:13. His fastest third 

 heat was also in the same year at Buffalo, N. Y., the time being 2:13. 



Smuggler. This horse was bred by Mr. J. M. Morgan, who at that time resided near 

 Columbus, Ohio. He was foaled in 1866, and was taken to Olathe, Kansas, in August, 1872, 

 and at that time is said to have been a confirmed pacer. He was soon after placed in the 

 hands of a very successful trainer and driver, and in about three months made a mile in 2:30. 

 From this time his improvement was very rapid. In July, 1873, he made the time of 2:18|. 

 He was soon after purchased by Col. Tuffts, of Kansas, and shortly after this taken to Pros 

 pect Park, N. Y., and given a public trial of three heats, one mile each, which resulted in the 

 time of 2:19|, 2:21^, 2:21, making the last half of the third mile in 1:09. Immediately after 

 this performance, he was purchased by Col. H. S. Russell, of Milton, Mass., for the sum of 

 $40,000. He continued to gradually lower his record, and at Rochester, N. Y., 1876, he won 

 in three straight heats, in 2:15|, 2:18, 2:19^-, making a record four and a quarter seconds 

 lower than had ever been made by any other stallion. At Hartford, Conn., the same year, 

 he trotted in 2:15^, the fastest heat ever made by a stallion. 



Smuggler is a very dark bay horse, 15| hands high, with a blaze lying between the eyes, 

 and widening out until at the end of his nose it extends to either nostril. Like almost all 

 pacers that have been broken to trotting, he wears a heavy shoe in front in order to steady 

 his gait. Of his pedigree, one of the leading stock journals says: 



&quot;He was got by Blanco, a son of Iron s Cadmus, and his dam was a bay pacing mare 

 brought from West Virginia. This mare was for a long time reported as by Tuckahoe, but 

 subsequent investigations have exploded that story, and it may safely be said that her blood 

 is hopelessly unknown. The dam of Blanco was by blind Tuckahoe, a son of Herod Tuckahoe. 

 Iron s Cadmus was by Cadmus, son of American Eclipse, out of a mare by Brunswick. This 

 horse, Iron s Cadmus, was the sire of the famous pacing mare Pocahontas, who, in turn, was 

 the dam of Mr Bonner s trotting mare of the same name, by Ethan Allen. 



It will be seen from the foregoing that all that is known of the blood of Smuggler is 

 through his sire, Blanco, and that from this source he inherits a good share of pacing blood, 

 mixed with thoroughbred; and that his dam was also a pacer.&quot; 



St. Julien. This regal horse, the rival of Maud S., was bred by Mr. Benj. F. Dunning, 

 of Orange county, N. Y. He was foaled in 1869, sired by Volunteer, who was sired by 

 Hambletonian got by Abdallah, while his dam was by Henry Clay. He is a large, powerfully- 

 built animal, and possesses great courage and energy. 



He made his entry into the trotting world at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., in August, 1875, and 

 in the short space of three weeks won six races. He was sold in January, 1876, to California 

 parties for the round sum of $20,000, and was taken at once to that State, where for three 

 years he was out of condition much of the time. His training during this period, however, 

 was as skillful as it was severe, as his subsequent achievements attest. 



His fastest record up to the present time is 2:11^, being next to Maud S., who stands first, 

 being the fastest trotter known to the turf. 



Maud S. This noted horse, at present queen of the trotting turf, was bred at Mr. 

 Alexander s celebrated &quot; Woodburn Farm.&quot; Her sire was Harold, a son of Rysdyk s Ham 

 bletonian, whose dam was Enchantress, got by Abdallah. Her dam was Helen Russell, by 

 Pilot, Jr., son of old Pacing Pilot. 



It will be remembered that Maud S. showed 2 : 1 7 at a public trial, when four years old, 

 at Lexington, Ky., Oct. 26, 1878; and that thereupon Mr. Wm. H. Vanderbilt, of New York, 

 purchased her for $21,000. 



