Rensselaer Republican, Volume 14, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 January 1882 — A Steer That Races. [ARTICLE]

A Steer That Races.

New York Herald. L. Haight is interested in a steer of alleged pnenomenal powers. The steer is in Pennsylvania, but Mr. Haight does not care to say exactly what part, because some speculator might get at the steer and reap a harvest. Mr. Haight says: “He is what you might call a remarkable animal, and was born to Trot. When he was a little calf, instead of jumping and gamboling' like other calves, he would set his head, and spin off on a square trot for a quarter of a mile. This created some comment, because he made big lime, and he was encouraged. He is three years old now and as gentle as a lamb, but he caa pull a sulky over a mile iu four minutes, and just get warmed up. His name is Novelty Boy, and he is strong on a three-mile trot. He has got big speed in him.” .Mr. Haight produced a photograph of Novelty Boy, standing between the shafts of a light racing sulky. His forelegs are very short and his back long, but the under part of his body curves up, giving him the gray-bound build. He is driven in light racing harness with a colar that opens at the lower end. He is steered by two reins attached to the base of his horns. Novelty Boy is pure white.