70 CARE AND TRAINING OF TROTTERS AND PACERS. 



Arion, 2:1034. 



The previous two-year-old record, as has been 

 mentioned, was held by Arion. His mile was in 

 2:10%, made to high-wheels (no ball-bearings) 

 against time, on Nov. 10, 1891, over the Stockton, 

 Calif., kite-shaped track, driven by Charles Mar- 

 vin. Samuel Gamble once wrote that Arion fin- 

 ished this mile strong, while Palo Alto and Stam- 

 boul finished theirs, over the same track, "like 

 drunken sailors." Gamble timed Arion in a race 

 an eighth in 14^ seconds and three-eighths in \j[y. 

 Arion wore a peculiar six-ounce shoe in front, 

 when he made his two-year-old record. On the 

 inside from the middle of the toe to half way 

 down the side, the shoe was wider and heavier 

 than elsewhere. Marvin was of the opinion that 

 this side-weight shoe kept Arion from brushing 

 his knees and arms. Incidentally Arion wore al- 

 most all the boots in the catalogue in this record 

 performance, except elbow boots. The quarter 

 time of the record mile as reported in "The 

 Horseman," was :33J'^, 31 (the fastest quarter 

 on the track), :33,^/^, '•Z'^Va (this quarter was 

 slightly up hill). 



Justice Brooke, 2:09!/2. 



The first two-year-old trotting colt to 

 lower Arion's record, was Justice Brooke, 

 2:09^, that took his record October 5, 1910, 

 as did Native Belle, in the second heat of 

 a winning Kentucky Futurity. He was a 



