The New York herald., 1871-09-08
HORSE NOTES.

Last Sunday MorninR at Fleetwood Park.
The bright skies and bracng air OF last Sunday
morning enticcd hundreds OF the gentlemen who
love horses and take interest In turf matters to
visit Fleetwood Park with view 70 see the horses
work. and talk over horse matters past, present
end to como. The roads leading thereto were In
fine condition Central Park win Its many beauties
and attractions never looked fner, 80 that those
who drove to Fleetwood seemed IN good humor with
themselves ana all the world. We noticed among
the many present Messrs. GeneL Jacks, Weeks,
Ayres, Dye, Nichols. Parker, Ellie, Crtppen. Hum
phreys Van Nest Schenck, Kendall, Bellingcr, Carr
Carman, Phyle, Walton. Wallace, Freely. ODonnell
and many others. Most all the horses got q
rattle, many Of them milo and repeat.
Dan Mace drove Lady Thorn ronud the track q
number Of times sending her through the stretches
at fast gait, 90 that almost all present thought II
sure thing that she VIII .'beat 30" before the season
Is over, which would be fair time for nor afer her
accident and long 'let up" Ceorge Palmer went
throukh the homcstretch at fearful gait, eiicitng
exclamatons Of pleasure from all Hands Ben and
Dan Mace also drove Gray Mac, Tammany, Medoc,
Lydia Thompson, the California norse Lady FISK,
TEMPEST, and THAT magnificent sfx-yearold gel1mg
belonging to AR. humphrey w. Judge "a G svSerto Wes & wn9
travelled over twenty-five hundred miles. troticu
onr races OF seventeen heats ana az witnin sxtcen
wiN prove a good horse III the purses ne VIII be
entered IN at the ial meetings. .s
! Mr.. George N Ferguson drove Judge scott, Brlght
Eyes and several others, showing good deai OF
speed. R0den brouGat out tnat splendid pay horse
Henry, the property OF MI. Thomas p Wallace. ana
gave INN mile and repeat lie IL as fine as SILK,
his feet and legs all sound, and he Will, no DOUBT
Wnen this horse starts ID race the public are
always certain he goes TO win, and he almost always
does wn having lost ", S1e race since ne p.
on the turf are guided by motives or the sttlctest
honor, and consequently he and his horses have the
frl nnn Of nrh Rnfaar nls nArnu
the gray mare fleatherbloom and gray Qeding James
II. Coleman, belonging 70 the same gentleman. Both
showed great speei and nne condition. - q.
Dun Walton shook up Young Bruno and several
Others ia the staoes oil John LOvctt, that gentleman
having been an invalid for several weeks bur is now
John Rogers, an excellent trainer. showed behind
Colonel Bruce's bay mare, who Is good one, aud
geIdng-al showing the height OF condition.
ID. Taliman drove two last teams OF mares. also
1ne bay horse and the ratilinggaited Daniel Boone.
John Murphy gave Charlie Green. Bradley, and
several others their work, which they took to with
relish. rccH'l6q UNls n g3a1
snyder handled sorrel aud o number Of others
Dr.. Ogle drove Peter Oooley's fine gray gelding 80
much that all thought he was ltiug him Tor .
twenty miles ana repeat race. -..
Borst drove Honest Alien aud running mate, but
the runner could not Keep up with the trOtter,
and ali; Still he trotted very fast and Borst naDdcd
The black mare Betsy King. well known az a
good condition.. a. lsr aelt IL. r.t. .rt .rI- r
Young Weeks drove aeinzel's pet Young Dexter.
who trotted last and went IN good shape He bids
lar to make q very good horse. ...lif
On the porch OF che ciuo house q knot OF gentle
men We're, seated some OF them challillg Dry Tall
man abolt the stallion George NJ. patchcn dong
since deatD In discussing the merits OF some or hrs
races with the black gelding General Butler. rhe
remark was made that Butler had had something 10
do with Fastening Patchen's death, and Nh. Tall
man. VINO drove tle stallion III many OF his races,
conceded iaughiney that ne was under that inn
preston also. Mr.. O'Donne and Alr. Nesbltt, the
owners OF J. j. Bradley, were talking OF matching
their horse against Dutchman's famous three mile
saddle time (1:S2tsf. Lr.Genct offered TO wager
even Thousand that Bradley cOud not perform the
teat, but his owners wanted twenty-five hundred
against their thousand, SO nothing was dOEe. IL is
surprising thai none OF The owners OF good horses
come forward aud show their enterprise in trying
10 wipe cut record that has been so long on the
slate since 1892. A number have tried 1t IN past
years, old time stood the sh0cs with equnsmlty
anu Of late years 1t has seemed to hOrsemen an
almost Impossible feat. Is IL sOr
The stapies all fuil at Fleetwood, there being
over TWO hundred horses at present on the ground,
and moro expected 10 make their appearance soon
to engage In the races To come OF Oh tie 10Th, 18TH,
18th ana 2Gth OF the present mouth.
Dutchpans famous mile saddle against
(hc trot In 7:o9 took place Beacon Course
!, 1888, the irs neat Ioed tu 99, second 2:ss.
and the third IN 2 3D.