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 cha1ming 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 bright bay,
with star in forehead and three white feet.
| and is beauty.
Frank B. Clarke, general contract agent of
the West Wisconsin railroad, has made de-
cided addition to the double driving teams
Of the city. They were purchased IN Ken
lucky, iron greys, 151s 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.. Ciarke's absence in the South
the horses are in charge of Ben. Wood
mansee at the driving park, for road exercise.
MIR. John A. Berkey has also become the
owner of pair of young carriage horses,
also iron greys, and quite promising.
The Litch6eld Neacs-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 large, darh
| lol1s 20 -, H.
and without spot or blemish. such horse
is worth going good way to see.
Dunton's Spirit Of the Iu2J, Chicago, has
the following good words for the GLOBE
, ''The st. Paul GLOBE, one of the spiciest
l newspapers in the whole country, is getting
. to be quite horsey. They devote half pagl
! to the horse in the Monday issue of tn
daily, thus making an excellent exchange TO-
the Spirit of the Thrf.'
l The SPIRIT Of the I'uJf, Chicago, says
: milwaukee, Minneapolis, Dubuque, Kansa
t City and Chicago are squaring themselve
a for a grand fall circuit Hasn't the I'1lr
= omitted point. Any circuit for the North
. west not including st. Paul would be like tn
IL play of Hamlet with Hamlet omitted. 81
n Paul is squaring herself, and proposes to b
r, recognized by the horsemen of the country
q It may be the Chicago, Milwaukee and Kansa
! City associations may combine against be-
:. ~ but we rather think not. It won't pay. 81
IL Paul is square on her feet, and don't propos
o to be kicked without return of the con
l. pliment.
!. Mr.. H. r. Gardner, of st. Paul, owns IL
b. g. stallion Skinkle, fifteen hands higl
y foaled 173, by Skinkle's Hambletonian, b
., Cages Logan, by Rysdyk's Hambletonia1
l. first dam, Kittie Clyde, by Tom Rolf, b
Q. Pugh's Erastus, second dam by Gifo1
is Morgan, by Woodbury. Morgan, by JUST
:. Morgan. Tom Rolf's dam was the famor
~ pacing mare Pocahontas, with a WACO
20 record of 2:1715.
A. o. Bailey, of St. Paul, is the owner
70 the old stallion Mac by Governor Seymour
n. Morgan. Mac has a record of 2:51, but h'
- trotted in 1928. He is in the stable of Ge
~ Fl. Seely, of Menomonee, Wis.,
~ THE SALTWATER MEETING.
" The Saltwater Driving Park associate
20 proposes to make their meeting, July 16t
o 18th and 18th, the greatest success of Il
~ Minnesota circuit, if it is possible to do s
* Their track, confessedly one of t
in best in conformation and textu
IN of soil in the State, is to be put in the be
ba possible shape, and nothing that experien
will suggest will be left to insure fast tin
y and good attendance of horses and spect
n tors. The following is their programme:
FIRST DAY.
Trotting 8: go class, purse. 80. 5000 S115 $50
". Running 3 o, mile repeat. 5000 $40 $40
Nrof 0su0 u0poe