72 AMERICAN TROTTERS. 



has disappointed her admirers to some extent, as she has done practi- 

 cally nothing but jog, her best mile rating a little slower than 2:11 ; but 

 she is said to be in good condition, and some fast work may reasonably 

 be expected in 1893. 



Norlaine, a brown filly, the then best yearling, whose record of 

 2:31^ at that age astonished the world, was by Norval, a son of Elec- 

 tioneer, out of Elaine, the famous trotting daughter of Messenger- 

 Duroc and Green Mountain Maid. (Norlaine was fatally injured by fire 

 at Palo Alto, April iyth, 1888, and died on Thursday, April igth, 

 following.) 



All of the young Champions of 1888 were from California; three of 

 them trace in direct descent to Electioneer the greatest sire of trotters 

 the world has yet known and all are from mares speedy both in blood 

 and performance. Another point of interest in these cases, is found in 

 the element of pacing blood, which has so kindly mingled with that of 

 high performing trotters in their royal ancestry. 



We have thought best to insert the above outline statement of rec- 

 ords to close of 1888 when first edition of this work was written that 

 the student, and the general reader as well, may form some idea of the 

 wonderful progress made in speed development during recent years. A 

 comparison with the following list of present champions may be of 

 interest : 



SOME OF THE FASTEST l8Q2. 



The fastest stallions at the close of the racing season 1892 are: Stam- 

 boul, 2:07^ ; Kremlin, 2:07^ 5 Palo Alto, 2:08^, and Allerton, 2:09^. 



Stamboul, a brown bay, is by Sultan, 2:24,out of Fleetwing a daugh- 

 ter of Hambletonian 10. He was foaled in 1883, and was recently sold 

 at auction to Mr. E. H. Harriman, of New York, for $41,000. There has 

 been started an attempt to overthrow the honestly made 2:07^ on tech- 

 nical grounds- a few claiming that the start (Stockton, California, kite 

 track, November 23, 1892) was made a few minutes prior to 10 o'clock, A. 

 M., which is contrary to the rules of the Register Association. Whether 

 technically barred as a "record" or not, the distance was never more 

 honestly covered, and we shall most emphatically place his name at the 

 head of the stallion list by virtue of the time officially reported. Stam- 

 boul' s blood lines are those of the trotting-bred trotter, there being no 

 running blood closer than the fifth generation. 



Kremlin, a bay, foaled 1887, is by Lord Russell a full brother to 

 Maud S. out of Eventide, a triple speed-producing grand-daughter of 

 Hambletonian 10. His record of 2:07^ was made on the regulation 

 track at Nashville, Tenn., November 12, 1892, and no shadow of tech- 

 nical error has been charged against it. He is owned by W. R. Allen, 

 of Allen Farm, Pittsfield, Massachusetts. 



Kremlin and Stamboul have had a veritable game of see-saw for the 



