320 The Trotting and the Pacing Horse 



every prominent trotting stable had added one or 

 more fast pacers to its string. The pacing races 

 appealed to the speculative feeling, and the bet- 

 ting was fast and furious when they were in 

 progress. 



The brown gelding Little Brown Jug made 

 his appearance in 1879, and in 1880, 1881, and 

 1882 was a brilliant star in the pacing firmament. 

 His best race was at Hartford, Connecticut, 

 August 24, 1 88 1, where he beat Mattie Hunter 

 and Lucy in 2.1 if, 2.1 if, 2.12^. His brother, 

 Brown Hal, later paced to a record of 2.12^, and 

 won distinction as a sire of fast pacers. John- 

 ston, a bay gelding, by Joe Bassett, won his first 

 race at East Saginaw, Michigan, July 4, 1883, 

 and marched straight to championship honors. 

 In 1884 he paced to high-wheel sulky to a record 

 of 2.o6j. This high-wheel record was reduced 

 by Dan Patch in 1903 to 2.04!. At the close of 

 1902 the records stood : 



Star Pointer, bay horse, by Brown Hal .... 1.59^ 



Dan Patch, brown horse, by Joe Patchen .... 1.59! 

 Prince Alert, bay gelding, by Crown Prince . . . .2.00 



John R. Gentry, bay horse, by Ashland Wilkes . . . 2.oo 



Joe Patchen, black horse, by Patchen Wilkes . . . 2.01 \ 



Little Boy, bay gelding, by Kenton 2.0 1 



Robert J., bay gelding, by Hartford 2.01$ 



Coney, black gelding, by McKinney 2.02 



