THE COMING RECORD BREAKER.

Otago Witness, Issue 2161, 25 July 1895, Page 37

THE COMING RECORD BREAKER.

(Turf, Field, and Farm.) We hear a good deal about the 2 min trotter. Is he in sigbt this yi»r ? If be is it is reasonable to suppose that he will be found in the 2rntn lOsec lisb. Extreme speed, or rather the ability to carry it, is a matter of slow development. It does not come to a horse -■ in a single- night. Here are the 2inin lOsec trotters ; —

mm. tec. Alix, b m, by Patronaee 2 34 Nan^y Hauks, bm, by nappy Medium ... 2 4 Dirfctum, blk h, by Director 2 5i Fantn-y bm, by Chime 3 2 6 Ralnh WHkes, eh h, by Red Wilkes ... 2 (ii Stamboul, bh, by Sultan 2 7£ A rion, bh, by Electioneer ... , 27$ Kremlin, bh, by Lord Ru-wll 2 Ti Ryl.»nd TMT M bg, by Ledger, Jun 2 7i Mtrtha Wilkes. lira, by Alcyone 2 8 Azote, bg, by Whips 2 81 Pixley, bm, by Jay Gould 2 8*

|unol.bm. by Electioneer ... « ♦*. 28i rrevillfan, bh, by Young Jim tf. ». 28J Hulda, bm, by Guy Wilkes... „. ... 28i Phoebe Wilkcs, br m, by Hamb. Wilkes... 2 8} Bella Vara, bm, by Vatican _ ... ... 28} ILord Clinton, blk g, by Denning Allen ... 2 8| Maud S , eh m, by Harold 2,81 Pal-. Alto, bh, by Electioneer .». ... W m NeUon, bh, by Young Rolfe ... ~§ 9 Allerton, br h, by Jay Bird ~ 2 9J Kagn<-lia, bm, by Hawpatch ... .^ 29} Strader 11.. bh, by Squire Talmadge ... 29J &noSpid.bh, by Barney Wilkes „. 29J Sllard, bh, by Charley Wilkes v. ... 2 9} 'Harriett»,brro, by Alcyone 2 9J Jay-eye-see, blk g, by Ijwtator 2 10 .LiUle Albert, eh g. by Albeit W. ... 2 10 ,Moqnette.bh, by Wilton ... ... ... 210 iPamlico. bh, by Meander ... ... ... 210 Walter X, bg, by Patchen Mambrlno ... 2 10 / When you go through this list critioflly you are astonished at the amount of dead wood it contains. R*lph Wilkes, Palo Alto, and ■Pamlico are dead ; Nancy Hanks, Maud S. f ilartha Wilkes, and Belle Vara may be classed as brood mares ; Jay-eye-ace ia an antiquated Wipple ; Hulda, Moquc-tte, Allertou, and Little "Albert have been afflicted with lameness ; Arion, Nelson, Stimboul, and Kremlin are in" the stud ; Pisley, Harrielta, Walter E., Pfceebe Wilkes, Lord Clinton, Ellard, Magnolia, Btrader H., and Dan Capid are not in our judgment equal .to the task ; Alix has a c&mplaiftiiig leg; Direclum w«h of very liltle account last year, aud may not be muh beitar jfchis year ; Trevillian is a fast horse, but be will Stop short at 2niin ss€C, and tbß erratic Ryland £F. h«s reached bis limit. This narrows the 'choice down to two. Fantasy and Az jte, the grandchildren of Electioneer, and the decision of the keenest judges will be in favour of Faujttsy." A mare that trots to a four-year-old record of 2oain 6=ec stould, when everything is right, go in 2min 4aec or better ; but the 2min mark, it seems to us, is beyond her Qve-year-old capacity.