The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-01-17
HORSE NOTES.

The nne weather OF the past week mas brought out
all the drivers in full force. The Park, and Sixth
avenue above the Park, have been IN good order
Tor slow driving, the Eighth avenue being rather
heavy ana muddy This is the only driving road now
left on New York Island and owners OF trOttIng
horses will soon begin to realize the fact that they
have roads to speed on, as 1t cannot be long now
before the Eighth avenue Will have rall track laid
upon II. The time Is near when business men who
have no time 10 60 eight or ten miles to get on o
DIRT road Will find speedy horses OF very little &C.
count. Sixth avenue Is macadamlzed; seventh and
ST Nicholas part OF the ST. Nicholas
was formerly the old Harlem lane) Will be macada-
mized before being thrown open to the public again,
and the Eighth avenue from, 125th street 10
MacOmb's Dam Bridge, Will be the only DIRT road
left When we take into account that great part
Of the road men are property owners and large tax
payers we are surprised at the indifference they
have manifested IN not using greater efforts to
secure dirt road the island. Real estate specu-
latOrs have mad II all their own way. New Workers
have hitherto been the best buyers of rottng horses
and have paid the most liberal prices for
them, which have stimulated stock raisers to rival
each other and produced the wonderful specimens
of speed that we possess. How Will 1t be when our
roads are all so hard that a trottng horse cannot
be used upon them9
Mr.. Henry L. Towards team OF chestnut geldings,
one Columbus and the otner by Ethan Allen, are
looking splenddly. They have grown hearty and
rugged since he purchased them, last summer, and
are now The very perfection OF a genteman's road
team.
Mr.. Thomas p. waace's horses. Henry Triumph
and Heat herDOOm, are having nice "let upn this
winter. They occupy commodious box stalls which
are covered with tan bark TO run on in the day ume
and at night strewn Two leet deep with straw. They
are all dong finely. HIS mare Lady Ella and
brown gelding James II. Coleman, both by Ham.
bletonian. are used for the road.
The veteran Isaac woodruff Is driving some very
lucky aud the properly Of Colonel Bruce One
pair OF mahogany bays challenge especial attention,
matching wen and going m good style. woodruff
win Forrest, and the fOur-year-0ld mare Jessie
kirk, by Clark chief, both Of whom are very fine
Mr.. E. ID. Slater's team-sorrel gedng Fleetwood
by Guy Miller, ana bay mare Dover Girl, BY Cox's
Mr.. David e. Bonner sold, a lew days since. to
Henry Casey very beautiful bay lilly foaled In the
spring Of 1893. she was sired by Ponallas, he by
Hambletonian. first dam Mary Sanford Dy a son OF
Alexander's ADdaan, second dam Lady Sand.
ford, the dam OF Jay Gould. She bids fair TO be very
1ast.
Mr.. Robert Bonner made his brother David q
Christmas present of nay ny, foaled last August.
dam Lady sandford, the dam OF Jay Could Mr..
David Bonner prizes IL highly and expects great
There Is great change In the quality Of the work
ing horses OF New York compared with dozen
years ago-no doubt owing to the good strains OF
blood introduced IN the South and WesJ, from wnere
q great part OF them come The city railroads have 1
recently purchased some very nne horses, great |
many OF them capital specimens OF the equine race. !
Mr.. X. Leadbetter, superintendent OF the Broadway
Kailroad, has been buying lately from dr0ves raised
In the northern part OF ONO, and among his pur-
cnases are nunoer that snow unmistakaole evil
dences OF fine breeding. From the enterprise OF |
our Southern ana Western friends we may IN few |
years expect TO get almost wholly warm-Dl00ded |
horses, that for endurance and other quail |
ties Will throw lar IN the shade the |
KIND OF work horses we have nad heretofore. |
nj. Roden IS driving sorre ana roam team on the |
rOad the s0rrel an Ethan Alien, and the roam |
three quarter bred horse from Kentucky They are |
very fast and 60 In good STYLE lie purchased lately
. very fine bay COLT with white feet Just brought |
from Kansas, sired by Kentucky Gray, dam Fanny |
Membrane. who has slasning gait ana WI II trOt !
fast with practice. Among his stock Is the chestnut
mare Lady Darling, who can beat 2:35.
We paid q visit to the stables OF Mr.. G, II. Nc
Donald, in East Forty first street, q day or two |
since, and saw some very 1ne PARK and road stocy
among them the following
MI. q. ]. Tiifany's nne 10 hand bay coach team.
Mr.. j. MunrOe TayiOr's pair OF Is i bly QeifInQs
They are good steppers and 20 IN Inc STYLE
Mr.. ;. II. WltherDee has three fine l6 hand car
rage horses used lone with the other all matcningJ
for carriage purposes
Mr.. John Mcnamara has q black road and Park
morse.
Mr.. John lynch has fine imported irish mare
used to top wagon.
MT. d. II. Jones, Of Beaver street, has q saucy
piquant Dack mare, named Fanny, VINO Is O beauty
anu can tr0t ike whlrwind. Tho carriage and
harness used with her are marvels Of workmanship