, 1879-06-22
TRACK TALK.

-. TRACK TALK.
Jim Keene Is reported to have offered Mr..
Hunt Reynolds 5000 for Falsctto, but the bid
was too low.
The 3-year-old ftly by G1enelg. dam Reean,
that runs In the illinois Oaks Tuesday, has been
named Jennie D.
/ The owner Of Palmhearer, who ran second for
this years. Derby, stood to yin $500 900 in case
his orse got there first
The 4year-old fllg Fringe, by Psiuceus, owned
by M al. Mcdowell, Of Frankfort, KY, has shown
mile in 2 :27 this SEASON, .
Paul Jones, winner Of the Chester Cup in
1853, and ran second to Formosa In the St.
Ledger of that year, died recently IN England.
It is understood that Frank Van Ness has
bought Scott's Chief, the horse that won the
2:30 race at Saginaw, getting record Of 2:2319.
Chicago parties are figuring to purchase the
Philadelphia mare May Medium. It they are
successful she will join Frank Van Ness stable.
Buffalo will not be member of the Central
Circuit this year; the managers Of the track hay
ing resolved to so it alone one season, and see
how it will work.
The 3-yeaf-old colt Bucktie. By imp. Buckden.
dam Tick, has been purchased By Mr. James
Patton, of st, Louis. At the recent. Louisville
1QEELlll1 DuEAL1E 1A0 u Lille WILL 1Aa1 Epk1NAa Ap
in 1:45N.
Zut, who won the French Derby this year,
ran the distauce-one milo and half-in 1886,
the best time on record for France and England.
The nearest approach to 1t Was that Of InsulaEe,
2:3S, in 1873. =
Nancy Hackett, record 9:eo, that had her hip
badly injured at the Utica meeting last year,
has not been allowed to lie down since that
time, being Kept in slings. 1t is thought she
will recover sufficiently to bo bred.
Aurora will give four days trotttne meet
fng, July 20 to Aug. l, foi}o~tng the Chicago
trottng- meeting, which commences July 2.
The week chosen is very favorable to good
folds OF horses, as there ia DO other trottlng
that week west OF Cleveland.
The racing name OF Sir Lionel Rothschi]d, who
controlled the qualities of the Derby winner,
Sir Bevy's. is "Mr. Acton,'' and It was under
that name that the colt ran. Fayonius, the sire
Of Sir Bevy's, and winner OF the Derby in 1871,
was bred and owned bI tne late Baron Roths-
child.
The running meeting at Prospect Park, which
began yesterday ana continues tomorrow and
Tuesday, is kind OF feeble opposition to the
Chicago Jockey Club races, gotten up By few
owners who neglected to engage their stables
here and are now trying to find something to
run for.
Sir Bevg's time in the Derby this year was
3:Q2. Tile. time Of the previous ten years was:
1869, Pretender, 2:5351; 1870, Kingcraft, 2:45;
1s55,, , Doncsstar, 2:5o; 1s71, George Frsderiek:
3;4e: 1s55 es!e4Pio' la 247; 1876, Ktsber 2;4+;
MIR. Thomas Fl. Brown, OF the Novelty Car
riago Works, this city, seems to have q monop-
o}Y in the way Of supplying professional drivers
vehicles ior their use. Rarus, Hopeful, and
other noted trotteTs made their fastest time
when attached to the Brown sulky, and drivers
now have such prejudice In favor OF them that
they will use no other. Hundreds OF Chicagoans
vino use the Brown wagon say they would nave
no other. =
A good joke was told some time ago in re-
gard to the naming Of \ winning hoWe IN re-
cent race at Suffolk Park. The owner Of this
horse placed. him in the hands Of William
Weeks, and said TINT bis name was Deaf and
Dumb. When Weeks entered him he sent the
entry, b, z. et-eu dun, and he has since been
trotting and winning under the nane Of Defeu-
>dum. Some OF the bows remember Delendum
in the 2: 40 cIass at uffolk.-PhaddAaphta Her
curry.
The first meeting OF the Detroit Jockey Club
will be held July !, 2, 9, and A. The programme
the distances being from three-ouarters OF q
mile to four miles. The regular stakes are the
Michigan Derby, for alt sycar-olds, one and one
bali miles: the Railway Stakes, for 2year olds,,
Of ns s s H.
factrrers' Stakes, for 3-year-olds, mile beats;
and the Detroit Ladies' Stake, for 2-Year-ous'
tlree-ouartcrs OF a mile. Nominations for |
these events close Tomorrow t
Mt r. Ten Brock has agaln resumed racing
il England, though on limited scale. HIS =
year-old flily Saratoga, by G!enelg out Of
Edeny, By Lexington. started in maiden.plates
At the EPSON Summer Meeting, but was nnplaseed
to Spitsberg, by Scottish Chief out Of Little |
Jemima. So also started the 2-Vear-old Joliy
Sir John, By Glenelg out Of Rcgsn, in tiis Mlc6-
iebam Stakes, half 3 mile, for 2-year-olds, sell
ins % allowances, but b. was 1nplacsd. This colt
is full brother to the 3year~old hily Jennie D.
nwned by Mr. E. J, Baldwin, OF San Francisco, |
and entered 10 the illinois Oaks to b run In
this city Tomorrow.
In Juuc, 1877, when Mr.. L. R. Martin visited
Kentucky for tie purpose Of purchasing thor |
onehbred stock for Mr.. E. J. Baldwin, Of Gait I
foruia, be was shown soendthfie, then l yer
1ainvin aIready had his full brother Rutherfoed
In usa as q stock horse. The colt that tlf;
brother to .Wnnderer, and now member OF NJ
Lorillard's English stable. Sir. >Lorllard1 aow.
~~.- ho1 r+iuen his agent orders to run tuc&&