Daily globe., 1879-04-21
NOTES OF THE HORSE.

miscellaneous ST. Paul Mentions = Still |
water Meeting VIM. Veazie's String
Good Words for Minnesota Record
Changes, Etc.
Emma Abbott, the charming songstress,
may now consider herself endorsed re-
cent arrival at the Barden- Barden stock
farm having been namad by Mrs. Barden in
her honor. The little one was sired by West
ern Chief, and is out of the bay mare Nelly by
Goldsmith's Abdallah. 1t is q bright bay,
with star in forehead and three white feet.
and is a beauty.
Frank B. Clarke, general contract agent of
the West Wisconsin railroad, has made de-
cded addition to the double driving teams
of the city. They we're purchased IN Ken
tucky, iron greys, 1515 hands, and weigh
about 1850 pounds each. They carry them
selves proudly, and move we'll to-
gether, having a free, open gait,
and can trot to the pole in three minutes.
During Mr.. Clarke's absence in the South
the horses are in charge of Ben. Wood
mansee at the driving park, for road exercise.
Mr.. John A. Berkey has also become the
owner of pair of young carriage horses,
also iron greys, and quite promising.
The Litchfeld Neaos-Ledger mentions the
fact that John Eklund, of that place, has a
colt two years and eight months old which
weighs 1860 pounds. The breeding is not
given.
The Lake City Leader says: M. A. Bald
win has recently brought from below, and
now has at his stables, what is generally con-
ceded to be the prettiest horse that has ever
been seen in Lake City. 1t is a large, dark
chestnut stallion, and is pretty as picture,
and without spot or blemish. Such horse
, is worth going good way to see.
Dunton's SPIRIT Of the z'uaJ, Chicago, has
) s'The st. Paul GLOBE, one of the spiciest
newspapers in.the whole country, is getting
, to be quite horsey. They devote half page
to the horse in the Monday issue of the
daily, thus making an excellent exchange fol
, the SPIRIT Of the Tuaf:'' g.
The SPIRIT Of the Tuaf, Chicago, says
'Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Dubuque, Kansas
t City and Chicago are squaring themselve
a for grand fall circuit" Hasn't the z'atr
= omitted a point. Any circuit for the North
. . west not including st. Paul would be like tn
Il play of Hamlet with Hamlet omitted. st
q Paul is squaring herself, and proposes to b
:, recognized by the horsemen of the country
a It may be the Chicago, Milwaukee and Kansa
! City associations may combine against hel
- :. but we rather think not. 1t won't pay. ST
IL Paul is square on her feet, and don't propos
o to be kicked without return of the com
l. pliment.
l. Mr.. 81. r. Gardner, of St. Paul, owns th
b. g. stallion Skinkle, fifteen hands hig1
foaled 173, by Skinkle's Hambletonian,
!, Cages Logan, by Rysdyk's Hambletonian
/ first dam, Kittie Clyde, by Tom Rolf, b
>. Pugh's >Erastus, second dam by Giffor
is Morgan, by Woodbury. Morgan, by Justi
= Morgan. Tom Rolf's dam was the famou
- pacing mare Pocahontas, with WACO
70 record of 2:1712.
A. 0. Bailey, of st. Paul, is the owner {
10 the old stallion Mac by Governor Seymour
=. Morgan. Ma has record of 2:31, but hs
= trotted in 1928. He is in the stable Of &c,
~ Fl. Seely, of Menomonee, Wis.
- THE SALTWATER MEETING.
~ The Saltwater Driving Park associate
~ proposes to make their meeting, July 1Gt
18th and 18th, the greatest success of Il
- :, Minnesota circuit, if it is possible to do S
x Their track, confessedly one of Il
in best in conformation and textu
IN of soil in the State, is to be put in the be
,e possible shape, and nothing that experien,
- will suggest will be left to insure fast tin
and GOOD attendance of horses and spect