S2 CARE AND TRAINING OF TROTTERS. 



against time, on Nov. lo, 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 Stani- 

 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 47. 

 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 Wid^r 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 :33i^, 31 (the fastest quarter 

 on the track), .:33>4, :32% (this quarter was 

 slightly up hill). 



The first two-year-old trotting colt to 

 lower Ariqn's record, was Justice Brooke, 

 2:o<^y2, that took his record October 5, 1910, 

 as did Native Belle, in the second heat of 

 a winning Kentucky Futurity. He was a 

 late foal (June 2). He was broken in the 

 fall of his yearling form by Dromore Farm Su- 

 perintendent, A. B. Scott. On March i of his 

 two-year-old form he was turned over to Roy 

 Miller, who then began his duties as farm trainer. 



