, 1879-01-05

next Thursday evening at the Exposition Build
ing. The novel character Of the race will un-
doubtcdly insure large attendance.
The most important lowering Of running turf
records during the past year arc the following: !:
Hathaway, Two miles, second heat, 3:95A; Him
3:35]z:: Bonnie Wood. five furlones, l:Gos4 !;
1865, 1854.
The TurJ, speaking Of the death Of Taggart's
Abdailah, says: "He was considered good
sire for road aud ordinary draught stock, but
none OF his progeny ever caua1ca him in spced.o
two OF bis get beat those figures, the Turf only
makes second display OF its matchless igno-
rance in again allu1ing to the subject.
Mr.. William Emmett, of the Academy of
Music, has bought OF G. +. Bennett, jackson,
Mich, the bay mare Nettie Morris, that eau trot
CLOSE to 2;3Q. This is the nure that was traded
BY the late Commodore Vanderbilt for Small
Dickeuson, this city, tho roam gelding Clifton,
record =: 3l}4. Both his recent purchases will
be used by Mr. Emmett Oh the road.
4 prominent member Of the American Jockey
Club, whose name is kept secret, has pur-
chased of d. SwiGert, the well-known Kentucky
turf1nan and breeder, the 2-ycar-old colt SPEND
thrift, and his full yearling brother, Miser
the past season, and his owner refused $40, ,00o
for linn last fall. The present owner of Spend
thrift and MIscr PROPOSES to use them as the
nucleus OF stable of large proportions.
Among the horses in Ferguson's stables, New
York, are: Don Carlos, that has trottctl in
2:2519; Frank, in 3:2o; Billy Lambert. in 2:27; !;
o224i1169 o:224i1169 Also III, William T. Vaudcrbilt's son's
team, Dickens and Arthur Boy, aud Rival, Ion,
Topga!lant, and Charles Deforest, alI very fast
horses. Mr.. ". Vigelius also has his horses
there. These are Hannah Moore, Gertrude
full sister Of Frank Wood), and johnny Robin
son, q "dark onc,'' about which there is much
talk among tha men who 60 the road. AT J..
.. Browns American club stables Mr.. A. dc
Comeau has his fast brown stallion, Alr. John
sattcrlee his team Harry aud mate, and Mr. ).
j. keso his fine bay mare. alr. George Il. AL
len has here his recent p,1rchase-a team OF
bays; Mr.. James Wallace's fast bay horse, Ben
Daniels bay mare full sister to the well-kuown
trottcr Bclla), Mr. George Jarv:s' bay Eeldng,
MIR. Gumblcton's sorrel horse, Mr.. Harrngton's
pair ol fine carrlage-horses,z and j. Fountains
bay ge!diDg Charles Nolan, John s., and several
other fast "grceu" ones.
Horsetraders wore surprised in this city a
couple Of days ago because horse which they
refused to buy at S25 trotted under ESQ, and
made couple Of hundred dollars for his impe-
cunious-loolzine owner. Graves and u few 9th
ers were standing out at the corler Of Third
T.
rickcty rig, patched-up harness, and banged
wagon. Two horses were hitched in, and oneof
them seemed about ready to lie down under
load OF years and short grass. This horse the
fellow tried to sell. He was yerY hard up and
wanted to dispose Of him the worst way. In his
recommending he did not forget that the
old horse had s'go'' in him, But the lockers
on didn't think that plug could go, aud some OF
them we're rash enough to bet he couldn't so
mile in four minutes. They put money on It,
and kept betting on time clear down to 2:5O.
The owner then wanted to bet $500 his horse
could make mile on our track III 2:25. Inc
exceedingly willy horsemeu in the crowd got
scared about this time and refused to invest
any more money, prefcrrng to see how the old
nag could 60. They all adjourned to the fair
grounds, where husticus hitchcl to an old
sulky, drove around few times to timber up,
and then got the word "go." Away lie went,
like the wind, in cloud OF dust, BY the stand
and down the first quarter, past the half-mile
in 20, and never skioDed as he came down the
home-stretch and passed under the wire in 2:50.
The boys haven't got SO much money as they
had, but they found out something. -Des.Noines
Leader.
QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
A READER. M1LwAUKEE.-''To decide bet
please state Goldsmith Maids age at the time she
was withdrawn from the t5ack,'' An8.-Goldsmith
Maids last Eace was at Toledo, Ohio, Sept n,
1877, against time. She trotteu three heats over
half mile track in 2:23a, 2:211s, 2:22. She was
at that time 81 years old.