Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-02-18
SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

cord belong to Goldsmith Maid, and stand
at PIG. 2:154, 2:15.
Slow Go, record 2:1s1 has recovered from
his lameness and is wintering finely in the
hands of Mr.. Floyd, Pittsburgh, Pa.
There are ffty-one nominations to the
great American stallion stakes to be contest
ed for at Louisville the coming season.
The first annual regatta of the Mississippi
Valley Amateur Rowing Association will be
held at Peoria. Ills, June 10Th and goth.
Imported Messenger, the fountain head of
the trotting horse in this country, was foaled
In 1850; imported to this country. in 1888.
and died in 1908.
There is strong probability of several of
our representative oarsmen visiting Europe
the coming season to enter the Paris regattas.
and the leading English events.
Milton is the first foal by the celebrated
Smuggler. since he obtained record better
than 2:20, and is the first foal ever sired by
any horse having record below 2:2O.
The promising young trotter, Hiram
Woodruff, by Phil Sheridan, with a record of
2:25, broke his leg in some unaccountable
manner while in his box, and had to be shot
In the skating tournament held in New
York last week for the championship of
America, G. D. Phillips of the Hudson boat
club Won the tenmile race in AZ minutes 30
seconds.
The owners of the great Texan four-year-
old colt General Phillips, by Glenelg, out of
La Polka, offer to match him against any
colt IN this country of the same age. one
mile or mile heats for $4,000 side
VIM H. Vanderbilt has added another fast
one to his stables. Capt. Jack. by Fishers
son of George NJ. Patche,, with a record of
226, is the new addition TO this choice sta
bic of trotters. The price paid was $4,000.
has bought the four ear-old stallion Ham
dallah by Hamlet. dam by Alexander's Alb
dallah. He has trotted in 2:3O. and il
styled the coming horse The price paid
was $4,000
The celebrated racer, Ten Brock. is re
ported in tip-top condition and taking his
regular work preparatory TO the sanguinarv
battles of the coming season. Perhaps it
will be well that Parole and Ochiltree have
had their laugh.
Courtney is ready to row either Trickett
(the Australian champion) or Higgins. or
Boyd of England in three mile straight
away race, for $1,000 aside. and has deposited
$3.50 with the Clipper as an evidence that
he means business.
MIR. Geo. W. Sherwood. Of this city, has
recently purchased of Richard Richards, of
Racine, Wisconsin. the bay weanling colt
Baymont, by Alden Goldsmith by Volunteer
dam, Maid of Orange by Rysdyk's HANDLE
tonian. Price $500.
Duntons Spirit Of tile Turf of February
9th, publishes list of 12s stations that have
trotted in $50 or better. The table gives
pedigrees and records of all the horses, and
is a very valuable and complete statement
l.. c. Dayton is the author.
The well known trotting horse Gen.
Tweed, has not broken his leg and been de-
stroyed as was reported last week. He is i'll
| excellent health and will be thoroughly
fitted for his great match race against
Iattler for $4,000 side next July.
The entries for the first grand meeting of
the St. Louis Jockey Club in June next. are
almost unprecedented. The entries number
257, and embrace the best running horses in
the country. All the great flyers will be
present save Parole and Ochitree Ten
Brock and Aristides will come together on
the last day.
The Waterloo cup contest, the great Eng
llsh coursing event. will come off the Goth of
this month. 1t takes the ''place Of PRIDE
among dog contest lovers, as does the Derby
among races There are sixty-four entries
1 of xryhI g..
Scotch and eight Irish. Lord Fernoy has
backed his nomination to win 5000
valuable addition to the breeding in
terests of the State is noted in the purchase
OF the grand thoroughbred mare Sunshine,
by Revenue, out of Stella, by John Bell son
of the great Boston. This mare is now the
property of Mr.. B. F. Douglass of Hastings
who recently purchased her from DR.. Spears.
of New York.
Mr.. w. II, Wilson. of Cynthiana. Ken
lucky, has sold to Mr.. c. A. DeGraff of
GAINESVILLE, Mimi, the brown FLY Er11esta,
two years old, by Pacing Abdallah, out of
Ristori, by Volunteer. Ernesta is entered
for the three and four year old stakes at
Lexington and Cynthiana for 1880, and
| also III stake the National Trotting Horse
Breeders association that closed III July.
l8H.-Lite Stick Record.
Lord Falmouth was the largest winner on
| the English turf last season. His extensive
stable is credited with forty-one events. ag-
gregating S167.O79.51. Count F. de La
grange, the French turfman comes next.
with twenty-five events, and S6O,1O843. ex-
elusive OF his winnings in France. Then
comes Lord Londsdale, with $50 1926:
Lord Harrington, $49, 572. and SO on down
the list Of over two hundred different estab-
lishments. NJ. II. Sanford, the American
turfman, won eight events of the aggregate
value of S8,816.G0. The celebrated Spring
field shows perfect record, having won all
his races, five in number, of the value of
$4,000. Silvio, the Derby and ST. Leger
Champion, is the largest winner of the year,
having won three races out of six. which
yielded him $59,O49
Like Queen Anne of old, who used to send
her horses, Mustard, Pepper and Star, to
race at York, there are several of the CEN
tier sex who not only breed stock. but run
the produce of their mares on the English
turf. Her Majesty, the queen, has had pos
SESSION of breeding stud since her corona
ton, forty years ago, and other ladies OF
position devote portion of their time and
money to the improvement of thoroughbred
horses. Lady Emily Peel has been breed
er OF racing stock for many years, and since
the death of Baron and Baroness Never
Rothschlld, their daughter, Miss Hannah
who will shortly be Countess Roseberry-has
had possession of the extensive haras for
blood stock at Mentmore.-1u1T, Field and