The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-08-27
ErlINMcratt'> Record.

! Inc New OH " UIht has the following ac
count Of thu performances Of the horse Eel
| lowcyaft, the horse that performed the won
derlul feat u running, at Saratoga last week.
four miles in minutes and ID seconds
From the above pedigree it will be seen
| that Feliowcran is Il combination of the best
blood now on the AQtrican turf, omhining
the best in England through his sire, Austria
Ian, with that of Lexington and Glencoe,
through that Of his dam. From the first he
gets speed and beauty, from the latter strength
aud staying qualities. His dam, Aerolite is
a full sister 10 Idlewild, whose record OF Z %!
stands to-day as the best four mile time ever
made by mare in this country
FelloWcratt, like nearly all of the great
horses, was bred at WOODBURY. KY, and sold
when a yearling to NJ. A. Litteli, of New
| York. He stAnds to-day fifteen han IS three
| inches high: is little chestnut, with two
| white hind legs extending almost to the hooks
and white snip i'll his face. He is a fine and
very heavily made colt, with good shoulders
body and quarters, fine head and neck, and
capital legs, that look as if they would stand
any quantity Of wear and tear As two-vear-
old he was beaten for the Hopeful Stakes at
Long Branch, for the Flash and Saratoga
Stakes here, and in a dash of three-quarters OF
mile, won by his late stable com panion, Wiz
ard, at jerome Park. He, however, won IA
similar sh few days after i'll 20, with 81
pounds up, beating fe d OF five
As a three, ear-cld last year he had but lit
tie luck. He WAS unplaced i'll the Belmont
and Weatherby stakes and in a dash for
three car-olds at the Jerome Park spring
meeting. At the fall meeting he was the
third for the Jerome stakes, and in the Grand
National handicap. Here at Saratoga he fail
h. ~ ~,
second TO the Iil-Used for the Sequel stakes
his only victory being walk over for the
Three YearO Old stakes, two miles, This year
at jerome Park he was unplaced in the Ford
ham handicap when, " tn l05 pounds up, he
was beaten by Survivor, carrying 112 pounds
He was also beaten for the Jockey Club han
dicap by Preakness, and by Katie Pease in the
mile heats. He was third in the race Of a
mile and three-quarters, won by Springbok
and again i'll the same place in the handicap
OF two miles and half on the last day Of the
meeting when Katie Pease gave him twelve
pounds and beat him at Long Branch
He was beaten in race of two mile heats
by Donnybrook, but for the first time showed
his metal by winring the dash of four miles in
7:43; but was again beaten at two-mle heats
by Vandalite, who won i'll 3:49 and 1897, the
last by only head from Fellowcraft. He
next ran here at Saratoga with Springbok and
Preakness in the dash Of three miles, when he
Sas beaten by both of them. He next ran
Sc "Ond to Wanderer in the dash of two miles |
and gu .rter, when the SON Lexington and |
Coral ran in 4:GO5, which was his last appear
ance until to-dly, when he, with one brilliant
effort, wiped out a who.e series of defeats. |
md placed himself and family at the very |
head of the equine world of America. !
He was brought to the post III five condi-
ion by Mr.. Anth ,ny Tay:or, who has had |
charge Of the cot. since he was first put in |
mercy aud ;ntus'r, with which lie LII, worked !!
It him. Mr.. Taylor ais" trained Reform, the
winner Of the first race.
AS 4 whole the r.... Is vastly superior to
hat run by Lexington in New Or:ea,ls in
500. Lexington had been specially prepared
or "A time race. as also had the track, Will.
lie. then :"ur-y.ar-"!f. under Southern rules.
)nt three months over Ave by oars. only .ar-
led 1913 pounds, that Fe'lowcrait to-day
las really given hin year and j pounds.
RI" COFFEE MAEkLr.-Wc are under ublg.-
ions to lIes>:s. Small \ Co.. for the :cionin;
li,lmtch:
Rio JAN1.IEo. Any. o.. Shipments. Of Cnfl;" t,
d" United States s.nc. July - ls".M,: for En-
OPP. 7l."oo bags. Stock, 10000. Price. good
TESrH WsRr.-fncrc was large and entlu.
lastic mee;in. Of the Tenth Ward Central Dem.
cratic Club at Their hall corner. st. Mary and
amp streets, last evening, ard after the usual
rclimcnarios the flowing resolution was unani-
lousy adopted:
Resolred. hat the platform and candidates
laced before the people by the Baton Rouge
invention are hereby endorsed and ratified
The clnb was then addressed IN a very eloquent
tanner by MeSsrs. L. 4. Burke and j. b. Ensti-
motion for adjournment then being i'll order, {
le meeting adjourned.
CROPS, WEATHER, ETc-Tne cotton crop I
hlch but three weeks ago prospected the !
est that we have had in several years, is now
y the recent parching weather irredeemably {
ut off. Rain has appeared again, and will {
oubtless do great deal of good to the cot ,
IN on bottom lands i'll some parts of the
arish, though in many places it came too
tie to save the plant
tSparta (Bienvlle parish) Times, 21st J
Uncle John Harper, the famous Bluegrass {
lrfman, and owner of Longfellow, died at
is home i'll Woodford county, on Wednes-
~. He has been ill for long time con- Q
ned to the room and occupying the very bed
which his sister, Betsy Harper, was muir /
cred two years ago He was an old man.
arked by many peculiar traits of character.
i'd popular among stock-raisers and sports
EN- everywhere The Harper homestead,
ear Midway, is one Of the finest demesnes
the world. 1t came to the family with the
rly settlement OF Kentucky, and has never I
zen out OF it. more old-tashioned place Y
I'd a more old-tashioned master could not be
'nceived. louisville Courier Jonpal 22d
The recent order Of the Spanish Govern
ent, levylng fee of 40 cents per package
! all car9oes shippe from Spanish ports is
'eratnS as great hardship on the New
ork merchants engaged in the Spanish trade,
I'd many, if not all Of them, say they will
slst IT, On retroleum the effect is to raise
e charge from % to 40 cents the case, aud
other commodities the increase is the same
proportion. II any such tax is to be i'm
'sed at all, the opinion GEMS to be that
ought to be nd rdlorea and not specific.
That's gay old centenarlan humorist in
INDIAN, CT, who, boasting of the longevity II
his relatives, says. 1T would spoil new
III to toll the AGE ot any ono IF tbap,