Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-09-15
TALK OF THE TURF
The Red Wing Meeting and. tho Horse
Observation-Disclosures Notes.

The Red Wing Meeting AID tho Horse
Observation-Disclosures Notes.
The Mississippi Valley Industrial Ex.
position held at Red Wing, last
week, was grand success, in the at
tendance, in the variety and character of
the exhibits and the attractiveness and high
order of the track and other sports presented.
ferent events filling we'll and with horses Of
first class merit, and fairly
evenly matched for speed. A.
rule the horses appear to have been driven
honestly, though the excellent sport of Friday
driver of Sleepy Ned, Of Preston, for which
the horse and driver were ruled off the track,
though subsequently reinstated. Another in
cident, and one that is causing much comment
in sporting circles is the protest made against
the eligibility of the horse Chester, owned by
D. Q: Nichols, of Minneapolis. and driven by
Mr.. Parker. entered and trotting in the ESQ
and free for all classes. The gentleman
making the protest claims that the horse
trotted in Kentucky in 1877, under
the name of st. James, making record better
than 2:3O, while still Others claim he IN the
noted horse Sensation. Pei, contra, kE. Par.
ker, good horseman, and who would not
knowingly be guilty of a fraud of this kind,
claims that the horse was owned, broken and
trained by Mr.. Kenner, of the Merritt house,
New York, on his Lawrence county farm; that
he is a Rysdyks Hambletonian, dam julia
Machree. she by American Star; that he was
soldRt Kellogg's combination sale in New York
in May, 1877, under the name of Dickens, to
T. D. Brown, who some six weeks
later sold him and horse called Wild
Boy to Mr.. Nichols, of Minneapolis, who
changed the name of the horse to Chester.
These assertions ought to be easy of proof or
disproval, and the Red Wing association should
quiries to that end. The way the horse has
been handled since the property of Mr.. Nichols.
is calculated to create the impression that all
is not right with him. There may be no Just
grounds for this, but the fact of 10 good
horse as he appears to be, being kept in The
Minnesota, only being entered in small
and detached meetings, has given
rise to such an impression, and it is duo Mr..
Nichols and thepublic, that the matter be now
definitely disposed of. Perhaps some of the
turf papers of the East can give some informa-
ton on the subject. This week most of tho
horses participating in the races at Red Wing
60 to Lake City, where similar programme
has been arranged, and good meeting is an
ticipated.
MISCELLANEOUS NOTES.
Another we'll known trotter has been retired
from the turf, Dick Swiveller, sold to Mr.. Frank
Work, of New York city, for $1,000 cash, and
the horse French, for which Mr.. Work paid
$4,000.
Mr.. C0nkllng has full brother to Rarus,
nine years old, whom he thinks faster than Mr..
Bonner's phenomenon. Mr.. Conkling says no
has never been tracked, but is bound to be
king of the turf. and that the Hartford associ-
alton will yet come on their knees begging to
him. The Spirit of the Times says he should
call his new horse Rarior. and after he sells him
to Mr., Bonner he could call another Of the
same breed Rarisimus.
Says the Spirit Of the Times: Fifty Thousand
people would give 81 each to see Bonner drive
Edwin Forrest and Rarus against time around
Fleetwood track. What coal pile $4,000
would buy And how gladly would our chart
table institutions undertake its distribution.
The Milwaukee Driving Park association
have decided upon September meeting, to be
held on the 22d to Goth, with $500 in prizes.
The performances of the past week showed
of the turf, made vacant by the retirement of
Rarus. The best performance of the week was
that of Boston, at Boston, who, in 500 class.
made record of 2:27A, with apparently the
greatest of ease. Perhaps he is the coming
horse.
Chicago, Cedar Rapids and Kansas City will
be the points of turf interest in the West the
coming week. with interesting programmes
we'll filled at each place.
THE CINCINNATI MEETING.
Western Associated Press.
CINCINNATI, Sept. 14.-The fall trotting
meeting of the Chester Park association will
commence October 9TH, continuing until and
including O. tober 10th-four days. Ten thou
sand dollars in purses are offered for the fol-
lowing classes: $3.50, $40, 1882, 2:26, 228,
2:25, free for all, and pacing race free for all.
Entries close tomorrow (Monday) evening at
II Pm.