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Identifier: americantrottert01parl
Title: The American trotter; a treatise on his origin, history and development
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Parlin, Simon W., 1837-
Subjects: Horses
Publisher: Boston, American Horse Breeder Publishing Co., 1905
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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on. His performances onthe turf have surpassed those of any horse of his age that hasever been run in the Western country, and, indeed, it may besaid with confidence that he is equal if not superior to Mr.Balls Florizel, who was got by the same Diomed, and whonow stands unrivalled in Virginia as a race horse. Truxton,by old sportsmen and judges, is admitted to be amongst thebest distance horses that ever ran or had to train. His speed is certainly unknown to all those who have runagainst him. He has, on the most unequal terms, startedagainst the very best mile horses in Kentucky and Ten-nessee, and beaten them with great ease, and in no one in-stance has ever run with any horse, when he himself was inorder, but he either could or did distance him with ease.Although four-mile heats is the real and true distance forTruxton to rim, he has beaten Mr, Gordons fine mile horse,Jact of Clubs, and Mr. Cottons Greyhound, both aged horses,with equal weights of TOO pounds on each, mile heats. 232
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TROTTING FAMILIES FROM PACERS. And lastly, to crown the much doubted speed of Truxtonwith his opponents, he beat, on only two sound legs, on April3, 1806, over the Clover Bottom course, the celebrated horsePlow Boy, who was never before beaten, and beating himwithout the assistance of whip or spur. It is now no longerfor the numerous concourse of people who were present onthat day to say whether or not Truxton be the true bredracer. Truxtons winnings, from time to time, from themost correct information, amount to at least ,000, and hiscolts are not inferior to any on the continent. (Signed) ANDREW JACKSON. As Young 8elim, which got the dam of Blue Bull,was a Truxton horse of great power, it was notsurprising that Wilsons Blue Bull was fast and siredspeed in spite of the lack of speed displayed by any ofhis ancestors, so far as known in the paternal lines.It is more than probable that he inherited his speedability from his own dam and from the Cadmus marethat was the dam of his sire
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