The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-01-30
CITY AND COUNTY TREASURY.
HORSE NOTES.

me NatlOnal ITOCClnR convention, WulCn mc00
on Monday next, at the Everett House, corner Of
Seventeenth street and Fourth avenue must not
forget to decide by new rule when trottng
race begins-whether at the time the drivers or
riders are weighed in, when assigned their places.
when the scoring commences or when the word
"Gov' Is given. good plan would be to begin at
the beginning and make the race ION" at the COM
pletion of the weighing 1t was decided at Fleet
wood last fall that race did not commence until
the ''Gol" was given, and the consequence was
that large amount of money was unfairly won By
the .rig' Of one OF the horses being changed from
saddle to harness alter dozen or more scorings
had taken place. The race was between bay geld
ing Charley Green and gray gelding Tanner Boy,
and every one who knew anything about che for
mer knew that the saddle was not his forte,
but that he had trotted in 2:26X twice
in harness, and they LAID their money on Tanner
Boy very freely. knowing that the saddle was tho
best thing for HIM. During the scoring Charley
Green broke up aud foundered about badly, and.
under the belief that no change could be made
from saddle to harness alter coming on the track,
heavy offers were made on the gray, which were
quickly taken by those WHO could look into tho
future, and as matter OF course they won all the
money The delegates OF the various associations
throughout the country must use their best efforts
to make rules to stop swindling, or close their
honest men are quite tired or patronizing tho
trotting turf as 1t is now conducted A new deal
for officers Of the Court Of Appears woulc not be an
unpopular move In the way Of reform. as the most
intelligent OF the present members seldom or never
attend the meetings OF the Board.
Horse breeding Of late," truthfully remarks tho
Rochester Erening Express, "has assumed great
proportions in this country, and year by year 1t
affords Increased revenues to those who success
fully understand and prosecute It, Among the
many noted sales OF horse stock that have taken
place during the past year we present the follow
ing as evidence OF the remunerative prices that
well-bred stock Will command:-At the head OF tho
list stands the trOtting horse Jim Irving, which
was sold to E. z. simmons for $4,000 At the
auction sale Of Charles Backman, at Stonyf0rd,
october %, $1,000 was paid for the stallion
Director and four other stations sold at an aver
age OF $777 so. The trotting mare Flora Belle.
owned in st. Louis was sold to Alexander Louis
for ST. 500. Smu ggler. the famous Kansas horse
which trotted at private trial in 2:l9K, sold for
$4,000 Edwin Thorne, OF Thorndale, N. T.. solo
to David Jones, OF New York, MOllie Quick. BY
RysdyK's Hambletonian, for $1,000. Prospero. the
property OF MI. Backman, netted him the hand-
some sum OF $25, 0OO as o three-year-old, Mr. Will
lam NJ. Parks OF Brooklyn, being the purchaser.
Nettie Morris, owned in Boston, brought $500
lately from New YORK gentieulau. OoOnei n D.
Russell. OF Milton. Mass, netted $13,7S0 for six
teen yearIng colts and FLIES, sired by Fearnaught,
an average OF over $3.50 per head Lady Blake cost
Mr.. A. Leach, OF Erie. Pa, $1,000 West Wind, =
chestnut stallion, by Edsall's Hambletonan ALEX
ander's Abdallah), was disposed Of at Georgetown.
KY, for $4,000. Charles Backman received 81, 600
for the bay stallion Dauntless six years
old, sired by the "Uld Hero Of Chester" the
purchaser also paying $1,000 for a weanling
by Idol, dam by Seeley's Abdallan Chief.
five thousand five hundred dollars was the
amount paid for Pilot Temple, by Alexander's
Pilot, Jr. at the pubic auction at ST. Louis, the
dam Of Rattler being also purchased by the same
party for $1,000. In addition to the above, the
three-year-oid colt Meteor, by Asteroid sold for
$4,000; the trotter Jerome brought $1,000; Lady
Eleanor, by Abdallah Pilot, was purchased for
1900; three-year-old colt, by imported Leaning
ton, sold for $500; also two-year-old, BY Learn
ington, for the same price, These are, compare
lively speaking, only handful OF the important
sales that have taken place during the past year.
and only 90 to prove that Judiclous breeding u a.
highly lucrative as 1t u beuenclaL