Introdiictioil of ibe Horse 5 



The best high-wheel records at one mile 

 are: — 



Maud S., chestnut mare, 1885 .... 2. 08 J 



Sunol, bay mare, 1891 2.o8J/^ 



Palo Alto, bay horse, 1 89 1 2.o8|/^ 



Jay-eye-see, black gelding, 1884 . . . .2.10 



Mr. Bonner, who owned both Maud S. and 

 Sunol, estimated that the high-wheel record of 

 Maud S. on the oval track at Cleveland was a 

 second better than that of Sunol on the kite 

 track at Stockton. The kite was but a passing 

 fancy and is no longer in use. The first one 

 was built at Independence, Iowa, in 1890, and 

 the one long turn gave it an advantage in point 

 of speed over the regulation track with its two 

 turns, especially when high wheels were in gen- 

 eral use. After the introduction of the bicycle 

 sulky in 1892, this advantage was not so appar- 

 ent; and as the public objected to kite races on 

 account of the horses going so far from the 

 grand stand, the tracks of this design ceased to 

 exist. 



The important question is how much Lou 

 Dillon was assisted by the horse immediately in 

 front of her with a dirt-shield. Maud S. trotted 

 without artificial aids. Mr. J. Malcolm Forbes 



