, 1877-03-04

to order, and johnson Was unanimously: elected
| Chairman. The reporters were; then excluded,
| ana IN consequences the proceedings Of the con
1t Is stated that Count Festctico. Jr.. has pur-
chased the entire racing-stab1e Of Hector Balsaz-
q, with the exception OF Plunser and ShIllelaeh.
Alfred Hayhoe will be retained as trainer.
| 4 trot for $3.50 side, half-utle heats, took
] place ut MerEick Driving Park, Loug Hlani.
last Friday, between Black Diamond and Honest
John. Black Diamond won in two straight
| heats, the time. being 1:22; Les
Mr.. Akin, 4 Unknown New Yorker, reesntly
being calked. Inflammation set In, that being
the immediate cause Of death. Glendale was
honest and fast, being able to trot In $50, and
valued at s., ,00. >-'
Thomas Connor, Of New York, recently Dur
chased at long price, and Is now driving on tho
road, the stallion Mark Anthony by~Hatn1et,
dam, the dam OF Sterling, BY Bay Richmond
This stallion's breeding Is very choice and he il
an excellent road-ho1se.
During the past week Morrill, Higbie, driver Of
Little Fred, and 'Rony" Stephens, one Of the
owners Of the stallion Gen. Grant, visited Chi
cago on business and pleasure They report
Their horses looking well. and promise to g.ye
the Eastern jocks q lively time next summer:
The latest intelligence concerning turf mat
tAx
park, Cosmo, Emma Skaggs, Ben Truman, and,
Buster tndulged In . race Of halfmt1e heats, In
Which excellent time was made. Buster won
the first heat, Cosmo the second and fourth.
aaa aaa,S! skaeES y e the third rtme-o:5o; o5o;
TIE Spirit Of tss 7smes stake for s-year rolds Of
1873 closed last Thursday, but the nominations
aaYe noL yet been made public. Tbs entrance
Ice Is $50 each, $50 to be paid at the time OF.
entering. and the balance on or before Sept: 1
preceding the racc, after which the whole stake
becomes pay Or play. The race is to be- trottcd'
on tht second Tuesday Of September, 1873, good
day and track, In the vicinity Of New York. -
The we'll l-known trottsng horse Cen, Tweed.
owned BY Dir. A. B. fagfe, OF New York, and
driven BY that gentlcmea on the road for the
past two years, had a narrow escape from
perhaps serious injury few days since. While
be was hitched under the sned Of a weilkuown
road-house, runaway horse carne at full speed
among the horses, smashing a number OK se-
hicies- Tweed's wagon WIS smashed, but tho
horse escaped injury.
Saltwater, Minn.. Is figuring over its raec~
track, which it claims as one Of the best In
into the concern, and that $500 remain unpaid.
meeting will be held March II to raise
the sum named and to arrange tor pne OF
more meetings for the coming season. What the
tEack wants more than ANYTHING else is man to
take charge Of it aud train horses on it. There
man or so from here Il The Saltwater people
don't mind what sort he is.
It is announced that the celebrated tsottfnc-
horse Red Cloud is himself again, and, barring
accidents, will make bis appearance next SUM
,R ms+ in the Easter q sEsu p His s.ats
lowed too much grain, and in oonse-
quence was carrying too much flesh:
in the spring (weighiug 100 poundsl that 1t 1e-
gnired very severe work to get him into FORM
dock with free access to rick OF straw, and has.
been given sufficient grain to Keep him In good
order. he now weighs LOCO pounds and is
being logged on the road BY Johnny Wade
The following. are the noteworthy sales r.
ported during the past week: John Hay, Niles,
Mich, to Chicago party, b. g. Advance, for
T Saw York. s. e victor ey Vermont Ha@bleto.
nian, for 1000; o. ]. Dimick, Rock Island, to
John Gr1fiths, GAINESVILLE, Wis, b. s. Alnont,
Jr.- By Almopt, for 1000; Ashford Bros,
Z, double team Prince Charlie and Belle Of o.
colt, price not given; Robert Steel, Philadel-
phia, to R. Myers, Altoona, Pa, b. m. Ethel
Medium, by Happy Medium, for 81 500; f.
GregoF,S, f;,S;, St; GATHERINGS Can. to p BIZ; Booth,
renee, iof 5000; Baker and chisman. Hart
ford, Conn, to F., Fem, same place. double
team Aldine aud Undine by Administrator, for
$1,000; DR.. H. Hirsch, Lexington, TO 4. Hol-
SEo1k; %a5ino ar for Gs; ~ cyessiaaa eSa
Kg., to Owen Fuller, Indianapolis, ch. I. by Pac-
Ing Abdallah, for $500; R. P. Pepper, Frank
fort, KY, to G. ". Hoyenslon, Galva, Ill, b. 3.
Timothy, BY Bluegrass, price not given.
Mollie Mccarthy, the winner OF the four
is bay tllly, foalel in 1873, ,tred and owned bF
Theodore Winter, Of California She Was sired
by Monday (son Of Cotton, out OF 1ipllie Jack-
son. BY VandaD, dam Hennie Farrow, By i'm