Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1877-05-18
Whole Number 1923

GENEVA, O.-As you seem to
have got an attack of the "W Western
Reserve" " will try and give little
dose from this town, which, although
small, can hook up better teams,
faster roadsters, and show handsom-
er girls, than any village in Northern
Ohio. We, too, have our dark
horse, and, for young one, is GER
tainly an honor to any town; l mean
A. D. Myers bay gelding, five years
old, and a rangy well put-up one he
is too. His sire, Perew's Handle
tonian, has got good ones, and this
is not the poorest one of the lot
either. He has had but very little
training, but what it was went to
speed under the careful tooling of
Ed. Keith, who has pulled the rib
bons over many a good one, but
none that he has put his peg on as
this young one; a trial, after few
weeks work, showed 1921. Then
Ed. has son of the old PAGER Creole,
that he used to handle, and he
thinks, as a three-year-old, he imi-
tates Goldsmith Maid very much in
size, color and tail. Time will tell.
A large bay, four white feet, that
went back a little on herself last
year, is coming out all o. r, under
Eds care. Tom Tuller has a pair
of grays that, in some towns we
know of, would be called boss, but
what do they amount to alongside
of the rangy, high-stepping, coal
blacks that he got in Pennsylvania a
short time since-weight about $500
pounds-that handle themselves as
gingerly as a dairymsid. Tom says
they take the place of his menagerie,
for which he mourns. Bachelor has
sold his roam, four white-legged
horse, to Painesville parties; he was
a good one, and pulled weight right
easily. Anne has more, and can
hitch up as stylish a rig as the next
one. The track at Unionville, Just
west of here, is to be put in order at
once, and arrangements made for
meeting of the very fast ones that
we have heard so much of on paper
and word music for the last six
months. If all that can trot so fast
and so we'll, only come to time in
the four-mlnute race, there will be
only room on the track for owners.
Amt these a show of paper-trotters?
BLUE RIBBON.
EXTENSIVE SALE OF CLYDEsDALEs.
The GLasgoao EUening Times,
April IIth, says: 'It is only truth
to say that Mr.. Lawrence Drew, of
Merryton, is the greatest breeder of
Clydesdales in the world; and when
it was announced some time ago
that he would sell a portion of his
famous stock, a great number of
people, from her Majesty, downward,
became profoundly interested in the
sale, and firmly resolved to obtain,
if possible, a member of Mr.. Drew's
renowned family. The sale took
place yesterday, when a brilliant ar
ray of gentlemen and farmers from
various parts of Scotland and En-
gland assembled at the Home Farm
to witness the proceedings and bid
for the beauties. Business from first
to last was exceedingly brisk, and
excellent prices were realized. The
Queen was purchaser, and secured
a couple of beautiful entire brown
colts, one two years old and the 9TH
er one year old, at the respective
prices of 400 and 200 guIneas.
Colonel Lloyd Lindsay purchased the
six-year-old broodmare Campbelton,
daughter of the incompatible Prince
of Wales, for l15 guineas. The
keenest run of bidding during the
day was for Netty, splendid two
year-old broodmare, which was ul
timately knocked down to Sir Will
liam Stirling Maxwell at 595 gu1neas.
Mr.. Waddell, of Bonnyfeld, Bath
gate, secured an unriValled prize In
the three -vear-old brown filly Bon
ME, at 4S0 guineas. Mr.. WaddeD
was also the purchaser of the two
year-old FLY Melita, another erea-
ture of royal blood, at the price of
26O guineas. These are only few
of the lovely creatures which were
disposed of. yesterday. 1t should be
mentioned, however, that there was
in the catalogue q year-old colt, for
which her Majesty was prepared to
give 91 ,O0O; but as it was somewhat
unwell, Mr.. Drew, being a man of
honor, refused to sell it. The
amount realized during the day was
e., ,834 lis. The stock was a rare
sight too see, and the various ami
mails bore ample testimony to the
unrivalled skill and success of Mr..
Drew in the selection and combina-
ton of the materials from which to
rear his royal family of Clydesdales.