Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-03-30
TURF MATTERS.
IN INTERESTING CHAPTER FOR
HORSE1IEN.
The Proposed New Driving Park-"To BE
or Not to Be-" That's the 0uest1on--Some
of St. Paul's Horsemen and Horses Mis-
ce1laneous Horse Notes.


As y faithful chronicler of events the
G1orE has to announce that the prospects
for new driving park are not as promising
&c thew we're. Not that the interest in horse
snorts has received chill, or that unex-
Dected difficulties in the way of such an en-
tarprise have been discovered, for this is
not the case But there is growing senti-
ment manifesting itself in favor of St. Paul
pulling together in all things, at least for this
wear, and as necessarily horse sports,
especially for weeks preceding the State
fair. will centre about the large, commodious
and really splendid grounds Of the Driving
Park association, it is thought, by quite
number at first in favor of new track, best
not to undertake anything having ten
dency to detract from that locality, or IN any
way cripple the efforts Of the managers. 1t
is also understood that the managers have
indicated their desire to afford all our citi-
Zens, and horsemen from other sections,
every needed facility for handling and train
ing their stock, and that the Sat-
urday afternoon matinees a to be
feature of the new track, if constructed, can
be put into operation at this point. It is
also whispered about that street-railway
accommodations will be furnished in due
time, and that thus one great objection to
this locality will be removed. But, whatever
the outcome of the present negotiations, one
thing seems very certain, and that is that
horse sports are to be very much more gen
orally INDUCED and patronized than for
years past.
In September last, horsemen of this
city will remember, Mr.. w. A. Judd,
the enterprisiug liveryman, and an
enthusiast over a good horse,
receiving the congratulations of friends,
for the foaling of twin colts by his chestnut
mare Moscow Belle, record 1856, by r.
Barden's Western Chief. The colts were
beauties, one horse, the other a flly, and
with white marks. Unfortunately one of
the colts has been and is having q hard
struggle for life, and is now very low, but
DR.. Berkman, who is treating it, is in hopes
he will bring him through all right.
Frank Dunton, the wide awake editor of
Dunton's Spirit Of the Turf, spent several
days in st. Paul, week before last, during
which he took notes, some of which are
given in his issue of the ODD, from which we
extract:
Mr.. A. NJ. Mcleod is the owner of sever
al fine horses A pair of chestnut mares are
his family team, and form nucleus around
which will grow up an excellent stable of
trotters. One of these mares was by Flying
Scud, The other by Old Golddust. The lat
ter, with very little work last season, trotted in
2:36 She is fifteen and one-fourth hands high
long bodied, good limbs, and level headed
trotter. He has gray filly by Pilot Hutch
inson out of Martin Delaney's pacing mare
Another FLY by Mr. Barden's horse, Western
chief, is a prize.
MI II. r. Gardiner, one of the employees
of the St. Paul & Pacific railroad, is the fortu-
nate owner of the bay stallion Skinkle by
Skirkle Hambletonian, out of Kitty Clyde
10y Pugh's Eratus. He is royalty bred, 6
r-yearold, and an exceedingly good look
en- The great wonder is, how Minnesota
came in possession of 50 many excellent
horses in SO short a time. This colt with
three weeks handling trotted at the rate Of
2:AO. -
Mr.. Thomas Slater owns some as gool
horse flesh as there is about St. Paul. Nortl
Star, Mambrino Jr., list dam Fanny Fern b,
St. Paul Patchen, I'd dam by Kentuck,
Whip. This colt was foaled 1873, is deep
rich mahogany bay without white, 1524
hands high, wide, flat, well-turned leg
superb feet, long full tail, long dainty neck
q head for an artist, and action enough t.
satisfy any man. ,Shin]tle Hambletoniar
colt out of the same mare a year younger, i!
equally as good.
''Mr. VIM. Nettleton is the owner o
several excellent horses, but we will mention
only the following: Kate Seezey by Nealy'
~c I,1yR
the brown gelding Gen. German. foale
July %, 1874, by Enchanter out of Maggi
Mitchell. This colt has shown speed enough
to satisfy Mr.. Nettleton that he is hors
1G14 hands high and a trotter.
''Mr. S. S. Eaton, one of st. Paul's live If
dviduals, and an old settler of the latte
city, Of twenty three years duration, is til
of trotter-not trotter in the sens
that Goldsmith Maid is, but trotter never
theless, and one that can pull two men in
top buggy a full mile in $50. The hors
and Eaton are both black roans, stout an
serviceably made. Mr.. Eaton was born
horseman, in Orleans county, Vermont, an
his father bred the old trotting horse Kno'
Nothing afterwards called Lancet. At on
time, say about the year 1860, Mr.. Eato
owned the pacing stallion, Red Iron, tina
could pace in about 2:30. This horse wa
bred in Canada, was bay, and would weig
about l, 200 pounds, and died at St. Paul i
1861
st. Paul Maid is deep rich bay mare
good size and trotter. She has had lit
Or no handling, but has repeatedly trottf
trials in 1887. The mare was brought out /
flr. tR. 'Overpeck, who ,sold her recent
to Mr.. Z. B. Merritt, an employe of the Mi
g. d., h
great lover of fine horses, but has taken
decided aversion to other peoples dust
Mr.. Richard Richards, of Racine, Wisco
sin, to whom Minnesota is indebted f
some of its best stock, has recently purchase
the bay horse, Bay Brina, by Swigert, o,
of Bonazella, for $S4O.
Oscar Field, Chicago, has sold to Col.
G. Boyle, of Arizona, the double team, Mic
demus, (2:3112), and Little Mack (2:2:
The team was shipped to England.
The English thoroughbred horse,
Heart, chestnut, years DID, by King To-
dam, Marigold, purchased by MIR. CHAR
Reed, of Chicago, from Lord Rosebery, b
reached Chicago all right. He is rising
hands, with blaze face, near white hi
leg, has good set of legs and appears
possess all the required sites for racer,
a breeder of racers.
During the year 1877, there were export