, 1866-03-30
SPORTING INTELLIGENCE,
FrepAfate"aA for she Spring AAr~s-
IhoSsughbfed KAoexu n vt. louis.

Thoroughbred Hacexs AZ st. Lo9ls.
From the Mtsoar, Democrat. esth-]
NJ The Abbey number OF splendid animals
nrc IN training tor the spring meeting at the
iAcledc Course. DR.. Weldon Is eailop!uss
thirteen, preparatory to the rich tport guar
adscr4&ses to hung up at tue spring meeting.
Most conspicuous nj Wcldon's stable Is The IL.
NOUS Red Oak, Of ancient fame, who Is now
In preparation for the match With Captain
Moore'e Mike Edwards, for $l,UJJ, dasn o.
TWO miles. If appearance Is worth anytons
to 1ncer, Red OK shows the inyiuclbie, III
at no time since he FIRST showed hluisen y
champiou at Memphis in 1853, aheaa o. q, zap
thin .frayis, ucmpland md Laura spn!na9,
has illis 1eet-tooted facer looked 10 oee@es so'
vantage. o,,4 .ec
snmcr se..,n. rs youu- d thrcc-ycar-old,
and Judging from The past, the temptation OF
three purses each day this 6pf1ns VII draw
him out in at least scrcn races ior the week:
Il s d ~ 1seer Giscels Is i ns9t doo1 ana
ncIcbbor to Lcathcrlungs, and promises we'll.
Iuthcr. br Lexington, dam Belle Lewis By
Glencoe, is next door to Knighthood, and as
eprieht1y as deer He is full large for
thoroughbred, and shows immense power In
llis long strides. Legal Tender, who hurried
life in the stud stable. He Is retired from
the turf forever, with leg cut down by thc
iron heel nf u competitor IN d race last tsl1
over the Buckeye Course. Dr.. Lindsay and
Bushw hacker, both well known to turfmcn.
are full OF life and yigor, and have already
6cythian, and ont of Dora by Decatur,
gray tlliy by Lightning out Of Ollo oy
Oliver, brown lilly br YoEick, and a bay
tll!y by Scythlan. dun Little Meg by Glencoe,
each u1rcc years old, arc beautiful TO iook at,
and their movements 50 much like the wild
deer OF the forest, Induces us to place them
first III the pools. Thc Lightning fllly, ont Of
OIio, and the ScytAian fl!y named Susy A.,
out Of Little Meg, have been selected for the
ncrby in the East this summer, where the
favorites from all parts Of the land will come
together In one grand trial for the highest
l0nors. Tie Doctor hue in training one other,
Lexington !illy, ,our years old. dam Lila,
By Yorkshire, that lie holds as rcscrre 10
gobble up the purses here, whilst Leather,
lungs Is cooling OF between his morning md
Besides Wcsdon's horses there are two 9TH
crs in truninG at the Abbey. Abu Deker, six
years old, by Mahomet, dam Rescue by Rer-
ihunc, md POTATO, a sorrrl gcldlusE, by Pots
owned By DOCTOR =. R. Tyler. aud were dis
tinguished for Acctncss ut the 1acledc
meeting last year.
We Will now leave the Abbcy-Lacledo-
for visit TO Captain B. F. Hutchinson, In
the country, some twenty-five miles from st.
Louis.
Here arc assembled from the Blue Grass
country and other places, some Of the finest
specimens OF the blood horse anywhere to be
found. Cap,niu II. has six head In training
Laclcde, large boy stallion hvc years old. By
Lexington, dam Ellen Carlyle, By siddi
uamct, Which was the dam Of Charley and
Amanda Morehead, poted ior their winnings
in Kentucky aud other places Ia times past;
Bay colt, four years old, BY Lexington, dim
Bctty Ward, ~ Whael,onc. This is prom
isins prospect for BIZ. haul Of grccnbacks in
tho Laclcdc meeting In May, and Dr. Weldon
ofthc purses here before thu races come OF.
And here il another-a dark hay, four years
old, by imported Eclipse, dam Lady Taylor
by Glcncue. This young horse bears tho title
OF Derby, and won the three year old stake
last fhll, one mile heats, and also The stake
colt is not ut all pretty to look at, and will,
doubtless, b. an ugly customer for his oppo-
ncnts to deal with at the next meeting.
There is also iu these stables soE1e& hlly by
Teubroek'6 Eclipse, dam frunella By Glen.
coe, that will bc in the crowd Of winners. and
also grey flly three years old by Light
ming, d.m Dolly Carter. by Glencoe, that is
set down in the looks Of her owner, 's this
purse sure" "that one certain and close
RIB for two others. 4 brown colt. three
years old by Lightning. dam By Lexington,
completes the list in the training stable 7oj
Capt. Hutchinson.
The track on which these colts are to Le
prepared is in bad condition, being too wei
and heavy ior use, but it's deficiency will be
more than made up BY the superior skill and
Judgment Of Capt. John Davis. who has the
control and management OF Capt. Hutchin.
son's racing stock
A little ride on the St. Louis Il Terrc uaute
Railroad. over very pleity farming coun'
trr, brought us to Bunker It'll, where Col
Thomas Foster is located with The
nj, - l. L ~ r
uan. OF Satchcz. Here are seven as pron1is,
ing young bloods as ever trod the soil oi
The great West. Jim Sherwood. SIX years old,
by Lexington, dam Nancy Perkins By Glen
coe, heads The list OF the BInshman stock.
but will probably be used Tor tie stud. THIS
funed sire. Mollle Able, Ida Handy, and
Tobe Dunn, oil by Lexington, {thc two for
mcr full listers to Jim Sherwood, and the lat
ter out OF Alfalfa By Rn!lln), are all in train
Ing 70 steal a March on the old tuEffites who
will BE- at The Lacledc meeting Col. Foster
has also two others to slip In with ut St..
Louis.
Shooting Star, 4 years old, by Dick Elwood,
who was the first OF Lexington got ont OF La
Licaote, dam by John 4. Grimes and Nora
McShane, years old, by own brother to Ma
honet, dam Eliza Logan, are countad on for a
division Of the Laclede purses. But mos,
prominent Of NIL i Scotland, a buy stallion7 S
years old, By Bonnie Scotland, dam yaung
Fashion, r: d. the famous old Fashion By imp.
Tr1istet. This horse will cvcr be recolccted
as winner oI neat from Aatc1via 1a-t
spring al the Abbey Course. He IL own bro
the. 10 Surprise, who beat nearly nll the
racers OF the Vest last season, al different
places. hut with careful handling he may, like
lied Oak, win many race loug after he first
broke his tendons. We fcel proud Of Joe Foster
and welcome him as an honor and acquisition
to the turf
Besides the stables mentioned in training
for the Spring meeting. there viii be quite q
number that are this week at thc Na-no1ia
Course, Mobile. Capt. Moorc, Capt Hcudcr.
son and Mr: Small are trimming at New Or.
leans. ". Rcniro and hlr. Kelly. OF Illinois,
and probably W C!ay and Mr.. Alexander, oi
Kentucky, will be here this spring. The pros.
poet IL fair for tuemost successful racing week
ibat VIC ever hnd in the West The purses
arc twenty in number, and the amount sever
III thousand dollars. We can safely count on
hixty- -four head Of horses Tor the spring meet
Ing. and seven jay's sport such as turfnen
seldom ever see in this country.