Show I Speed Horsemen i Call Called d It in Those Days I Ii i i Trotters Went to California alifornia With V Forty Fory and arid Made Madej I Name rame for That Thai State In the Matter MaUer of Extreme I Speed That State Leads All Others jBv j I I II I Bv By W. W WH l. l-l. Gocher Cocker I I I When gold told was discovered in the tho Sacramento Sacramento Sacra Sacra- I mento valley valle- the thc men who were afterward afterward afterward after after- ward known mown as forty started for forthe forthe the Pacific coast b by way of Cape Horn I the isthmus or over the plains Of the thousands who made the du dusty ty marco j either in the thu wake of a prairie schooner i or on horseback man many of oC them owned I j horses that lint were either cither thoroughbred or or had hind one or two crosses of oC that blood whilo a few lew had hail descendants of oC Justin Morgan The hor horses es that survived su the trip became In time the foundation stock on the Pacific coast while at nt a later date their descendants were mated with the tho thel I trotters which were brought to California CaPtor Califor nm nia after the tho railroad was completed 1 Princess to whom Peter the tho Great Grea t and andall all of his descendants trace made two trips across the plains and while In California California Cali Call I fornia raced with what was considered the best bes trotters of ot her da day a L few of I Ithem Ithem them having been bred there while others like hike herself were foaled east of 01 the tho I Mississippi river In time Occident a product of 01 the golden state equalled the tho I worlds world's record of Goldsmith Maid 1 when it stood at 16 but bul he was Avas only a aspe speed I flash and had hall vcr very little racing merit His showing however prompted Leland Stanford to found Palo Alto the tho worlds world greatest nursery of trotters and amI whose representatives re at different times reduced all ill of or the worlds world's records at the trotting ga Salt gAlt It I I Electioneer brou brought ht th the speed park parl to I Palo Alto AHo and while ho was was- there Santa s I Claus Glaus Steinway Guy GUt Wilkes fIkes Director I and The Moor laid the lie foundation of oC light I harness racing speed In California Both I Santa Claus anti and Steinway were sons ons of oft I Strathmore and while th hi was re returned re- re turned the East and died In lii Philadelphia II I he left a colt named Sidney Sidne that hint In time got ot a record breaking batch of oC pacers as aswell I well as the sire of ot the th first two-minute two I trotter Stein Steinway war put a number In the I king Icing row while GU Guy Wilkes for tor a time I led his family In the matter of record and racing slIced speed of oC Grand circuit caliber I Director was the best race horse of the lie group roup and while he sired but few foals ho left two sons that became champions and anel made reputations In the stud The Moor Ioor was Va located near LOS Angeles and 1 I died cited young his name being perpetuated I Iby by Sultan and Beautiful Bells From the the I latter Palo Alto secured Hinds Rose nose a a i yearling and old 3 champion BellBird Bell BellBird Bird another yearling champion St St. Bel IRell i iBell Bell Rell Ho Boy and Chimes sire alre o of The Tho Abbott a champion while Sultan I i sired a n few record breaking youngsters oung as ivell as the magnificent trotter Stamboul Stam- Stam I j boul I In the ma matter lter of 01 extreme speed Call- Call i fornia leads all aU other states U Lou u Dillon the first trotter to cross the divide was foaled there here while ever every other trotter I from The Harvester who retired with a record of or to tho the champion Uhlan has California strains In their pedigrees Uhlan Is a son o of BIngen whose sire May Maj MayKing far King was foaled at Palo Alto BIngen also sired the dam dam o of Leo Lee Axworthy i 1581 who whose e sire Guy Axworthy Is Is' Is Isson Isa a ason ason son of the tho California bred mare Lillian Wilkes Delmar the sire of Major Delmar Del Del- mar came from rom Palo Alto AHo and Conductor grandsire of The Harves- Harves I Harves-I I tei leI was br bred d at the same Mme establishment I Of the eleven cloven two minute pacers Call- Call fornia can claim two claim two In the matter of or Inheritance as us both Directum I T. T 1 G and Napoleon apoleon Direct trace to Director Director Director Di Di- rector through the little black rascal DI Direct reel While the limit of or speed always has a n fascination for people who are seeking seeking seek seek- ing offhand Information about light seek seek-I harness harness har bar ness horses the flicker of fame which goes Joes with rith the mark marl rarely l carries with it the tho acid test that keeps a race horse In iii tho the spotlight week after week when the I racing sea season on is In full fun blast In that re respect re- re California has also heen been ver very fortunate fortunate for for- as In Palo Alto Azote zoto Directum Hulda Direct Muta uta Wilkes Sweet Marie Little Albert Flying Jib Anaconda KIa- KIa tawah Cricket and Sonoma Girl It has given the lie turf a i group roup that it would be he bea hea a yer very difficult matter to duplicate from rom roman any an another other state Each of them then were trl tried tl when the heats were split and anti the I speed near the limit and won von on In all aU kinds of 01 company Each of oC them were leaders in their da day and ma may be remembered I when such sl speed marvels as Anon Arlon Sunol Stamboul Wildflower Sweetheart Freedom Free ree dom Gold Gol Leaf Fausta and Frou Frou all world record breakers cr are for forgotten |