, 1870-03-20
SPORTING MATTERS.
An Hour Among the Trotters-
The Stable OF Henry
Graves.
Billiard Gokip-The Parker-Snyder
Match-Rudolphe's Intentional
Difference in Time"
Tho TUT.
1 HA1iX OF fKGfTIRk.

8TA1Lx OF tHof11Rk-
The subject Of rosttng hoses their breeding
and Development, IL one OF absorbing interest to
large element OF every co1amunitJ-no le1 70 the
above all ordinary possessions, than to the cor
nrmed tu1nte, who Is always On the lookout for
something promising. In this connection VIC de-
tail the result Of recent Wit to the large and
welloned stable OF Henry Graves, which Is 1ttuat-
Cd On Cottage Grove avenue, near Thirty -0rst
street. As. Graves haa figured prominently In
Chicago turf matters, having been represented by
such wsll.knoEn horses a Jim Rostey,
but 1t u not generally known that be
IL one Of the most devoted fanc!ers Of fast and
blooded horsedeah tn this country, and tnat a
In this direction. The stable itsell Ia large and
airy, and is q model OF ncatness and convenient
Arrangement II fronts on Cottage Grove avenue,
uable land, which has been set apart solely for the
occupancy Of the fout-footed peta.
saSJ for the entertainment OF equine guests shond
be mentioned the weu-knorn brown gliding jim
Rockey, the mnat prominent horse 70 Which Chi
Sc easg Ley bf M Pe oe s
Doyle mare, . we1l.bsed Messenger and Rockeys
Dam waaby American Eclipse. The Chicago fasorste
Is looking a his very best !is,e teety IN tae out
this season Of the year but sound as dollar, and
with the mett,e and action Of a colt He has wln-
tered ~ perfect iofm ai ~ be heard f5on' low
Queen Of the West, the gray mare whose great
capacty for speed, compiled with me counteraciing
element Of moss ~ sp bare male
pedigree ner sire was Flot, u. nrst dam, Nelly,
fs Teus 1s aad n he 4So. 4y imp Ts5
ssnq ss y IS nusS S,,!s AsssssSsss; fss!sa s das
y wGo3T0En 1OF nH9 ne IT, 9ueen
stsadler ihan heretofore. When the sided Weight
81 to Or three years TO- 70 come have s further
achievements which Will place her alongside the
foremost tutf horses In America
seant en hanas nsn I'D
fully proportional. His sire WAS old Aambnno;
FIRST dam by DuforaB Mcdoc; second dam by
Cosseosseo third dam Iy Gladia.or fourth dan
horse stands shoulder 70 shoulder With the more
distinguished ones named above. He can hardly
be said to have turf record, hia only appear
WIS mated with Intia-Rubber IN double.
team racc OF seven hcata, IN one OF which ~ Wa
made. Five heats were won by Rubber and mate
and the pAlT would have taken the racehad not tht
work In the last heats deyolyed 30 heavily upoI
Bay Henry. The cns1iI4 season will be practt
cally his nlst appearance In Chtcago as a tFacl
horse, and he Is booked for some Tattllng racing
Lefo1e the year is over. -.-.
Dan. Marble is the name Of handsome BAL
colt, coming yeaIs Old. He Is fifteen hands AMI
ono Inch, and, although Wholly unframed, ant
never having uotted In public, can show $40. IL
was purchased IN Minneapolis, and ia believed Il
BE- IN Ethan Allen colt A coming trotter, ant
Major Graves, laSge blacs eeidin9, haa trostet
several ttmea u De9te5 Pask, making = goo
wA1, and his pedigree Is unknown
bay mare, four years DID, as yet unnamed, VIII
has never ahoHn IN public, but has demonstrate.
She vas sired by the Benson horse, and he by tli'
| DlackhAwk, trst dam by Emtgr1nt; second dan
| by Messenger; Eulg1aut BY Imp Mcssengcr:
| second IambEtno, and embodies some splendi
pected to develop create! speed than she has ys
| A bay four-year-old Reldin9 has yet to be named
Tic mores like Eottcr, and will turn out frs
clAss roadster At tho least.
I ntteen End half hands high. entirely green as ye
| but coming from notable line, and giving EEcl
promise. She WAS hrcd by Second Pilot, he out {
| Clifton mare; dam by Sir Dick.
Next stands hne-lookng chestnut RcldlnR, nv
ycar1 old, end fifteen and a half hands high, q PEI
iect match for Donde, and eye1y BIT as promising
Ills pedigree has not yet been procured, be beln
q recent purchase, but he Is known to be OF sup'
rior strains.
1 6ay our-year.old gelding, rssent , En,shss
and as yet having no name, Is BY Doles Alnambr
| and Is set down Is sure to make his marx.
Washtilla u the aboriginal co8nonen Of shaf
/ ~ brown Little tTo-year-old- 10 an ord!naty ol
I Server the animal seems 3 commonplace co
enough, but to the owner, who has watshed ht
\ act1pn4 and knows her strains, she Ia OF tnrncns
importance. Shc1s out Of Black Bess, an Abdalld
| mart, she by Msmhrno, by imp Messenger
| the celebrated English running horse AAmbrtn
Washrua was sired BY Banner Chief, he by Man
! brtno ChIef-her descent being thus directly fro
the Messenger stock on both sldeA.
The stable has been stripped Of some OF It's not
1 BILE occupants during the past week On Thnrsdl
Hockey, Queen OF the Wes: Major Grares, Dom
| and two or three othera were shipped 70 the Bout
east, with view TO getting them IN condition ear
enough for SONG Of the spring meeti1Ss IN III
section 1t Is not probah1e that they will return
| Chlcago until about the nrst Of September.
MATTERS At DEXTER fARK.
The project Of arranging grand spring trottlE
meeting at Dexter Pnrk has been abandoned.
waa contemplated to offer single pu1se Of $50 0c
| t1ec to MI, with view to securing tho attendan
OF Indy Thorn. American Glri, Goldsmith MAJ
| and othe1a, from the East, and one Of the oface
! Of the association made : TIP Tor that EXPIRE
| could not he secured on any terms IN
nfteE the Buffalo meeting, when It Is motr tn
probable that they will come to Chicago, A Jll
meeun., at Dexter Part, however, F1ll sooo be q
| ranged, and the prospect for 1ne field Of We!
| ern horses Is said 10 be extremely good.