The New York herald., 1877-12-10
HORSE NOTES.

There will be great salo OF valuable trottng horses
at Boston, on Wednesday next. llth inst They are tho
property Of Mr. Balch OF that city, and comprise for
ty-eeht lots. the and pedgrecs OF the horses
are given in our advertising coumna
There is a rare nest OF fast road horses on livery
at Sam 1ruesdeil's stable In Forty-sixth street.
First the very fast and extra hne looking
PAIR Fanny Atwood and Warwick Maid. owned by
William H. Harbeck; thon tnerc arc three horses De.
longing General h. II. Baxter, Of Vermont, which
very speedy comprising the bay gcidings waiter
and Mack, and vsry stylish sorrcl marc that has
shown many worry fast miles lately. somc very low IN
the txenties Thcro Is also Henry Smith q
Gno and fast pair OF mares, ana Peter Mol
Ter, Jr's, stylish team Billy AMI Jennie. Thon
there is Seamen Lichensteins golden sorrel marc
Katie Woodruff and W G. schenck's pair Charlie and
Harry, that can trot in 2:4O very nandily together.
John Davidson has clipper thcro that can 'rot IN
1885, and Charley Rand has bay gslding with rec
ord OF $50 John Dupont's sorrel marc Saratoga is
among The Others aud sho will DO found hard to beat
when sleixhing commences Alexander Thompson
has u capital roadster in his oay mare vir-
glnia, as she trot In 2:3O or betler.
James LIBBY also nss nne ns,y s, sna
stalls under the same rooi with the above named and
this gentleman has bay mare by Clay tnat can show
n 2:25 gait. w. +. smith has a very handsome bay
mare which SAID bo very fast, ard John ireland
has gray horse there that has record OF 2:O; ana
Mr. Truesdc himself boasts OF having the finest pair
OF carriage horses that be found in The State OF
New York They bay 1873 high, very stylish, Six
and seven years old full brothers AUD can 'rot close
Colonel H. West, Edge Hill Farm Georgetown, KY,
has sold Mr.. Rober. Bonner The bay
niy Lucy Cuyler, by Cuyer, dam by AlexaIdefs Nor
man, grandam by Sir Wallace, OUT Of the thorough
brcd mare Eagletta, by Gray Eagle. This hly trotcd
22 last @ %ss' ss bad ma be- ss
been unable 10 trot her She was sold Tor S3OO0 and
OF tho most promising youngsters that has
left Stae and reflects great credit on her sire,
Cuylcr a son OF Rysdyk's HamDlet0nian. Mr. Bon
also purchased OF General J. +. Robinson OF
Lexington, KY, the gray Bessy, ten years old,
by Eawin Forrest, dam Diana, by Pilot Jr., her dam
Gray Goose, price 5000 She Is intended for brood
mare. :
10 W. H. Vanderbilt splendid coach team. They arc
bays sixteen hands ana quarter high SIX years old
by Miller's Joe Downing For style and finish this Is
Of most elegant teams That mas ever ielt kcn
lucky.
KY mas sold 10 J. r. Dunklin, of Douglassvlle Texas
the bay colt Heretog four years old, by Australasia
The SPIRIT of the Times of December says
ssTwo weeks since stated that the rumot that
Colonel DAVID Mcdaniel OF Princeton, N j., intended
To retro from the turf not corrcct Tins contra
dtcton We made upon his authority. since theus
however, ho has reconsidered the matter ana now
offers his stud Tor SALE including Harry Bassct
All oil his brood Mares about thirty IN number, TOUR
ods four two-ycar-olds, six or eight year.
lipgs and some twenty ODD weanlngs, wnich ne
proposes 10 advertise TO be SOLD privately,
and in the event Of a failure 10 close out the lot
py q day 10 be fixed. he Will expose whatcvcr may
be unsoid At public sale. This step has been taken
with view to a permanent retirement from the tur
We regret that Colonel Mcdaniel feels himself con-
strained 10 take this STEP He has been active man
IN his time, mas spent tull haif century upon the
TURF ana has owned somo magnificent horses, that
years ago made famous records all along that great
country extending from New York TO Charleston;
vt %a. la s. ns Napoleon sS "nsP the ana sSe
elder boswell, John Randolph, OF Roanoke; Colonel
William Wynn, Messrs Ferguson aud Singleton,
Colonel Hampton and other distinguished sportsmcn
aour,shed and Their courscrs were challenging and
coEquering. Had Colonel Mcdaniel never done any
thing more than bring 10 the front and develop Harry
Bassett, Hubbard, Katie Pcase, Joe Daniels and
Springbok, no would not have entered upon his turf
career in vain. They were horses III their day, and
their famo permcatcd every section OF The country.
Harry Bassctt his favoritc, and tho motive that
impes MIN 10 separate from this grand horse, that al
most conquered a world, must be strong indeed.o