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Francisco, he won from Flight in 2:43. This was 

 the start of colt racing in California which in the 

 next few years produced such champions as Hinda 

 Rose, Sunol and Arion. 



YE GOOD OLD TIMES 



March 19, 1802, the New York Assembly passed 

 a law prohibiting training or racing trotting, pacing 

 or running horses, and also demanded the prose- 

 cution of anyone announcing any public contest be- 

 tween horses. 



This law was amended March 30, 1821, and the 

 new statute permitted *'the training of pacing, trot- 

 ting and running horses in Queens county for a 

 period of five years." The sheriff was required to 

 be present at all trials. 



In 1825 the New York Trotting Club was organ- 

 ized for the purpose of improving the speed of road 

 horses. Its track was the first trotting course which 

 was ever built. Following the organization of this 

 club the legislature again, upon April 3, 1826, amend- 

 ed the law by taking off the time limit. 



The Hunting Park Association was formed in 

 Philadelphia in February 1827, and the Baltimore 

 Trotting Association in 1829. 



In 1821 the law-makers of Pennsylvania passed a 

 law forbidding racing, and attached the following 

 clause: "No person shall print or cause to be 

 printed, set up or cause to be set up, any advertis- 

 ing mentioning the time and place for the running, 

 trotting or pacing of any horses, mares or geldings." 



