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Show .Russian Turfmen Buy Pick of 1 the American Harness Horsl Till- rccont salo of Baden to Russia recalls the ratho'i' large numbur of American troitors sold to Uusslan owners own-ers during Iho last , ten years. The list contains the names of many trot torn who while thoy were racing In this country had tholr immos written high upon the scrolls of light harness fame. Theso horses, which after making a. son-, satlonal reputation for themselves In this country, have boon taken across the pond, Ono world's champion, now the property prop-erty of a Kusslan, Is tho well-known and greatly admired Oesccus (2:0L'J), by Itobert McC'rcgor Mablc. by Mambrlno Howard. This great stallion was bred bv George H. Kotehnm of Toledo, O., j and in his seven-year-old form mado tho world's record In a race of 2:03J, which j stood until It was lowered by "Hamburg , B'-Ilc to -;0U. Creucous's murk of 2:02i against time stood as tho" world's reconl for a trotter until lou Dillon mado thu distance In 1 nw worhl's trpttln; reconl. and Major Dolmur went around Jn l:5Pi, then the world's record for a ti-ottlng gelding. CroscouB's mark stood as thu record for a trotting stallion until un-til Tho Harvester1 lowerwl It lo 'i:01 In 1910. ' yomo years aim John Splsb sold . Iho srny stallion Bob Douglas (2:UH) to Leopold Hauser. Vienna,. Austria, who took him to Austria and soon after sold him to a. Busslnn liorsomnn. Bob Dotig-la-n hi by Todd Clyeczouc. by CVclone. During his , mclng caroer lu UiIh conn-try conn-try bo held tho distinction of being the nrst home to defeat The Harvester Ju j a heat. Ho 5wa: bred by Oeorgo A . ( Ltv1tt. and toil: his record at Sv,;.-cuhc, Sv,;.-cuhc, N. Y., Sopttmbfir IP, 1010. Auior Iho many turf pVIiieii eaplurft by tl t. faet sUltlon was the American Trotting Derby ut KeadvIIIc. Mass.. whIMi arrl-d ;v vjvluatlon of 510.000. JJaiiXer, who Imported Im-ported Bob Pouglan to Ilusslrw P? thq same man who purchased frojn SIun 1 the good race mare fcoprano (2ii which ho likewise shipped lo Luroj Two othor high-class trolleiS' w aru now making thulr homo inns aro Gcnoral 1L (:i:04!). hv Combln JosbIp Wallace, lr- Midvalo Prince, launcy Lou C:079). by McKInney 1 lou (2:17), by Tom Bcrtcn. The, of these Is a product o' Iowa, in ho:i bred by L. F. J ld ricks of t-J vcrn. hu Ho rnndo his rrcord Lexington track In 1310 when ha i down in defoat In a six-heat rac Spunlsh Queen. He look tho b.'"Jw. of th race In 2:07i and the third v in L'.OI?. tho fastest of the race-uy race-uy Lou Js a California horse, tuo V crty Jlrst of J. McCord of Sacrum He made a grout reputation on i , GrttJid Circuit and took his wa 'j:072 a I Now York on Anguat 12. . Thero arc it number of otlior Anicne brcl trotters now hi llussla, Jftn?' which uro 2:10 trotters, but tno a are among tho most prominent. . |