32 2 The Trotting and the Pacing Horse 



Pocahontas, chestnut mare i'855 2.17J 



Sleepy George, bay gelding 1879 2.15^ 



Sleepy Tom, chestnut gelding .... 1879 2.12^ 



Little Brown Jug, brown gelding .... 1881 2.11^ 



Johnston, bay gelding 1883 2.10 



Johnston, bay gelding 1884 2.06^ 



Direct, black horse 1891 2.06 



Hal Pointer, bay gelding 1892 2.05^ 



Mascot, bay gelding ...... 1892 2.04 



Robert J., bay gelding 1894 2.oi\ 



John R. Gentry, bay horse 1896 2.00^ 



Star Pointer, bay horse 1897 1.59^ 



Dan Patch, bay horse 1903 1.56^ j 



The 2.17^ of Pocahontas, in 1855, was to 

 wagon, a big handicap as wagons were built in 

 those days. Johnston's 2.06J was to high-wheel 

 sulky on a regulation track, and it stands out as 

 conspicuously as does the 2.o8| of Maud S. to 

 high wheels on the regulation track at Cleveland. 

 The 2.06 of Direct was on the kite track at Inde- 

 pendence, Iowa, which was faster than an oval for 

 high wheels. The bicycle sulky came into gen- 

 eral use in 1892, and all subsequent records were 

 made to it. The fastest unquestioned record in 

 the compilation is that of Star Pointer. The 

 1. 56 J of Dan Patch was with dirt-shield. Star 

 Pointer was a marvellous horse, bred from pac- 

 ing lines for pacing purposes, and among the 

 great pacers defeated by him in races were Joe 



