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T R it n ai B ti ei A S S so tl s i,; ai ti a a L j i! , 1! 1 y " " , . , j , j 1 1 1 TWO "IRON HORSES" OF THE TURF. Records of the Great Pair Which Raced In the Nineties. By reason of racing often through many seasons occurs now and then that a horse acquires a nickname denoting endurance of extraordinary character. The fine old campaigners of other days, Blitzen and Logan, each in this way acquired the title of the "iron horse." Blitzen was campaigned east and west by "Pa" Bradley and Logan by Alex Shields. Logan at one time was vested with the reputation of having won over a hundred races and the assertion that he did so is even now occasionally found in mistaken print. He. did not win many but he won enough. Usually the horse that Is campaigned for many years is a slaving selling plater, but both Blitzen and Logan were high-class horses of great speed up to any distance, and at home in any sort of going, Blitzen in particular being a remarkable mud runner. Logan was grandson of Vandal and Blitzen a grandson of Leamington. The record of Logan follows: Logan, b. h, by Voltigeur Pert. Year. Age. Sts. 1st. 2d. 3d. Unp. Amt. 1590 2 2 0 0 0 2 1591 3 Did not race. 1892 4 f7 15 S 15 19 $ C.850 1893 5 73 21 9 20 211 11,525 1894 0 25 4 9 3 O 3.8S5 1S95 7 CI 17 2C 10 S 5,890 1890 8 71 12 22-17 20 0,550 1897 9 54 G 12 IS 18 2,240 1598 10 Did not race. 1599 ... ..11 3 0 1 0 2 35 Totals 34G 75 77 83 101 5,975 Though used a great deal in the course of his six years of turf activity, Blitzen ran less than half as many races as Logan, though he won nearly as much money. In hands of liner quality Blitzen might have been one of the best three and four-year-olds the American turf has seen. Here is a table of Blitzens performances: r Blitzen, br. h, hy Blazes Germania. Year. Age. Sts. 1st. 2d. 3d. Unp. Amt. 1891 2 31 8 4 4 15 $ 4,075 1892 3 57 23 14 7 13 12,940 1S93 . 4 41 14 10 3 8 10,035 1894 .....5 11 1 3 1 O 1,495 1895 0 4 O 0 O 4 1890 7 7 1 1 1 4 210 Totals 151 47 38 10 50 9,355
