Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-05-05
THE HORSE.

A Fine Colt-MinnesOta TrOtter for Ken
tucky-Valuable Addition to the Breed
ing Interests-Grand Western and Cen
trail Trotting Circuits-American Rum
ners in England-English Turf Authority
Ac knowledges Their Supremacy-Miscel-
laneous.
FINE TWo-YEAR-oLD.
Probably as fine a two year old colt as there
is in the State was shipped last week from
this city, by Mr.. Geo. w. Sherwood, to his
breeding farm near the Iowa line on the St.
Paul & Sioux City road. The colt was sired by
Richards Goldsmith, he by Volunteer, dam
Harriet, second dam by Richards Bellfound-
er. He is brown with black points, is 16
hands, Symmetrical build, fine carriage and has
the natural stride of trotter.
GOOD ROADSTER.
Mr.. A. H. Wilder has become the pos
SCISSOR of hadsome and fast road horse. He
is brown gelding, with black points, FIVE
years-old, full 16 hands high, by the cele-
brated: j ones horse, out of fast road mare.
The Jones horse is the property of Gen. j.
B. Hubbell, of Mankato, and he is the sire of
more good roadsters than any horse yet
brought to the State. The colt, though never
having been worked for speed, can pull a
road wagon inside of three minutes.
OUGHT TO BE OWNED BY ONE MAN.
The other day Mr.. William a. Merriam and
Mr.. Champlin Cook hitched their road
horses together for little drive. The
h., hi
named, and Little Reub., by the latter. They
are we'll matched in color, size, style of
moving, and as both can do their mile in
man and driven together. Their owner
SHIPPED TO CHICAGO.
The young and promising trotter, Col.
butcher, record 2:37, owned by Mr.. Thomas
B. Marrett, this city, was shipped to Chicago
last week, and is now taking his constitu-
tionals over the Jockey club course prepara-
tory to the summer campaign, commencing
with the Michigan circuit. The horse is in
charge of Mr.. Scott Mccoy, who has handled
and driven him during his turf career. Mr..
Marrett hopes to be able to arrange his bust
ness so as to witness either the victories or
defeats of his horse in the Michigan circui s.
THE GRAND WESTERN TRoTTINa CIRCUIT.
The trotting campaign of 1879 will be
fairly inaugurated with the first meeting of
the Grand Western Trotting circuit, many of
the horses intended for the Grand Central
circuit coming to the score here for the first
time this season. The circuit is composed
of jackson and East Saginaw, Mich, Toledo,
Cincinnati and Columbus, o., and Louis
vile, KY, commencing at jackson with June
10, and ending at Louisville, July 10. The
slowest class provided for is $50, and the
fastest 2:20 and free for all. In addition
Cincinnati and Louisville give special free
for all.
THE GRAND CIRCUIT PROGRAMME.
At last the Grand Central Trotting Circuit
programme is ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Buff
falo, Rochester, Utica and Hartford. In
making up the programme Buffalo acted in.
dependently of the other associations by re.
solving to hang up 100000 for the horse
men, divided as follows: First day, 2:31 and
2:21 classes, $4,000 each; second day, 2:27
and 1928, $4,000 each; and 1886 class, $4,000
third day, 2:29 Glass; $4,000; and 2:18 class
$4,000; fourth day, 1925 class, $4,000; and
free for all trotters and PAGERS, PAGERS in har.
ness, trotters in harness or under saddle
$4,000. Purses divided into four moneys
The other four associations arranged thei1
programme upon the basis of $4,000 ir
purses, as follows: First day, 2:3O class
| 1,50O; 2:20 class, $4,000; second day, 2:2t
class, $1,000; 2:22 class, $4,000; PAGERS
$1,000; third day, 2:24 class, $4,000
free for all, $4,000; fourth day
2:18 class (Proteine barred) $4,000
2:2S, class 1900. All purses are to b,
divided into four moneys except the free fol
ali. into which it is conditioned that Raru'
and Hopeful must enter to make the race
If three or more enter there will be tire,
moneys, IS, IS and 10 per cent. of the purse
and if only Rarus and Hopeful enter, tn
money is to be divided in the ratio of 20 tx
80. The entries for the meetings are t,
close July 81, the day before the Chicag
meeting. The result at Buffalo will b.
watched with a good deal of interest, no
only for the large purses offered, but for th
new departure made in its free for all, whicl
adds new element of uncertainty to tina
event.
A MINNESOTA TROTTER FOR KENTUCKY.
This department. of the GLOBE has ha,
frequent opportunity to mention the pun
chase of fine horses in Kentucky for impol
tation into Minnesota, but the occasion TO
making the reverse statement has not ofte
happened in the past. But this week a
royalty bred trotter, and as promising, a
J ever was bred in the famous blue grass re
} eion will be sent from Minnesota breedin
farm to a Kentucky ownership. We hav
, reference to the black colt Elysian Abdallal
: on exhibition ut the last State fair in 81
Paul, in the magnificent strin
of trotting stock with that gre'
3 sire Alexander at the hea,
from the Lake Elysian stock farm of Charlie
A. DeGraf, Esq, near GAINESVILLE, Waset
comfy. Elysian Abdallah, IS bright eve
3 black, and 16 hands high, by Lakeland Al
l dallah, he by Rysdyk's Hambletonian. II
? dam of Lakeland Abdallah W as by old AL
! dallah, the dam of Elysian Abdallah, out {
Rowing Nellie, she the dam of Mambrir
: Bow, record 1864. Elysian Abdallah WI