, 1879-01-26

long look over the snoW-croWned NUS 1naI
border the pleasant valley OF tne Iu'saas, 10
turned and rubbed his head against tne enoul-
der OF reporter for the Sun, as though satls-
fed with the prospect. His Younger nfoIhes'
Aliscr, was extending his head in friendly mau-
ner through the opening in the next ooa'
A Michigan paper reports that Mr. :. n.
Wade. of Plainfield, in that State, mas luIeaE
old bay geldinS By Legal Tender that mas neses
been lrokcn to harness. His owner % expects 1
the animal to beat Rarus, and asks $50, n}o tor
him. In view of these facts the fMIaaeipn!a
CuY TEN very pertinentlY suggests that hr;
Wade and Mr.. 1rask, the latter ne owner Oh
Lady Grant, be made acquainted with eacn otnel
at once. what treat it woula pc - na, s."v th;s
gentlemen get alongside OF a warm stove t!!s
cold weather and swap yarns about 1'le merits
Of their respective animals. Trask "oolo nave
little the best Of it, as he droTe Lazy dfant
mile in 2:0S over the Otego track.
F. B. Harper's chestnut mare Necy Hale. oy
Lexington, out Of Miriam, has droppeo ioat "
LongielloW. Necv was good race-u1a1c 10 nGl
running days, aud gave the big bctters terrlo!c
tumble at Lexington on one occasion Wnen sue
beat Creedmore mile aud three-1uarse1 uasia,
when the latter was fayorite IN the pools at ouus
OF 500 to $40 against the field. The nlgnt &C.
fore the race Col. Bill Belts, of Arkansas, had
dream that Necy would win, and was superstl,
tious enough to put all his money on her, and
likewise lucky enough to win couple OF thou-
sand dollars. He mentioned his dream to
sDoc" Martin, of Cincinnati, but the uoctor
failed to accept the '4pointer." - fsna"! eA-
claimed the learned disciple Of Escu4iiaplusi
"dreams are no good as pointers. Why. l
dreamt once that was skating across the ONO
River when the sun was so hot had to carry an
umbrella. What kind Of pointer would that
have been to bet onl''-Cu!ci'nafi Commercial.
Arcporter of the New York Herald recently
went out for drive on st. Nicholas avenue
and noticed the following well-kuown road
r,1u t}a ell EChPrf bonner.
with Edwin Forrest; Alley Bonner, with Music
and May Bird; David Bonner, with Cora Bel
mont; Mr.. ". Fl. Vanderbilt, with LySander
and Lcander; Capt. Jake Vanderbilt (hrotaeT OF
the late Commodore), with bar team; " Mr.
Foster Dewey, witt Richard aud mate; Mr.
George Work, with the chestnut geldlng Modoc,
that died last Tuesday; Col. Kip, with Hartford
Belle; Mr.. Fred Vanderbilt, with Dickens;
Dunn Walton aud Jim McAlann, Wetl-knoWn
Il. na:becks, father and son, behind Commo-
dore Vanderbilt and the Troy Mare; a, W.
Richmond. owner OF Hopeful, with Lady Lowe
and Orient; William Weeks, With bolly Lewis
Mr. Frank Work, with Bill Thunder; Charles
owner CT Goldsmith Maid, with a fast BAY colt
by Gen. Knox, out Of Le Blondei Mr. John
Olcott. with Projection, an altered brother to
Slow Go; Dan Mace, with Billy O'Acill and Big
Stridcr. ..
FROM ABROAD.
The New Zealand Derby was won By the En-
e1ish bred colt Natator, son of Traducer, out
of Waterwitch. He was sold before the race
for 5000.
It is reported that Mr.. Lorllard's colt Uneas
has been backed for the Derby at co to !, $780,
QUO to $1,000 having been offered and taken BY
an unknown party
There are no racing events in England Tor
February, but three meetings are announced for
France: At Pau Feb. to Z; La Marchc, 6 to
20; Vesivet, Is to q. Z.
Lorst Kcstcyen recently disposed Of eighteen
head Of thoroughbred stock as Albert Gate,
nrices running low. The highest figures were
obtained on The 3year.old colt Centenary, bv
Blair Athol, out OF Madame Byzantine, by Cow1,
who brought $3, ,750.
Thomas Matthews, Edward Richards, John
Heuuessr, and William Mclean were recently
sentenced to fifteen months Imprisonment at
hard labor for riotous proceeding at the
Shrewsbury races last November. 4 little Of
the same kind OF law in this country would be
wholesome
Spotted Colt, an American trotter with a rec
ord OF 2:25177, that vent to France last summer
to take part in the trotting races Mt the Paris
Exposition, is now in England. Not long ago
he was matched for $3.50 4 side, two-mile dash,
against Welsh william, ~ cencedlns the latter
eco Yards. Welsh William won, the American
horse refusing to trot at anything like speed on
the rough road.
The Jumpers u are about the only horses at
Newmarket thut it has oeen possible to exercise
during the past few weeks, owing to the con-
,iuued severe frosts. The impression that Lol-
Ilpop was to be schooled in hurllc-Iaclng is an
erroneous Que. His owner. the Duke Of Hami1-
ton, thinks SO we'll of him in the weight for age
stakes that he will Iemain on the flat for at least
one more season.
Beu's Life in speaking of the recent purchase
by Mr. Loriliard of Glenlyon, tue sire OF Fal-
mouth, says: 1The price has not transpred.
but was, no doubt, far from small one, as the
horse is ia his prime and can claim to be the
sire of colt that may prove to be the best OF
lis year. At any rate, Falmouth was the most
troublesome opponent that Wheel Of Fortune
encountered last season. Glcnlyon Is own
brother to Monarch Of the Glen, who ran second
to Lord Lyon for the Two Thousand of 1896, and
in his veins runs the best of blood, so that it is
highly probable he will be the sire Of many
more good race-horses."
The English Facing calendar of the 9th con-
tains the nominations made for the EPSON
spring meeting to be run April e and 23, and
for the meeting at Ascot to be run June 10 to
the 18th. Tie list shows that Mr.. Pierre Loril
lard intends to keep bis stable busy. For the
Epson meeting Parole is III the City and
Suburban, mile and quarter, aud the Metro
poIitan, two miles and quarter, and the Prince
OF Wales Stakes, one mile, all three being nandi-
caps. The Duke. OF Magenta is also in the
Parole is in Tor the EPSON Gold Cup, about a
mile and half, over the Derby course, for
which he will receive an allowance Of 10 pounds
as All American bred horse, which will make bis
weight l2S pounds. For the Ascot meeting
Duke OF Magenta is in the Gold Cup, two miles
and half, at 12a2 pounds and iu the Alexandra
Plate, about three miles, at 119 pounds, he re-
cciving an allowance Of I pounds as an A,ncri-
can. As was generally expected, the English
and French owners have nominated u fine class
Of horses for both the cup and plate, Count
Lagrange being represented By Verneui,
who won both events last year, while
he has also Insul2ire and 1,'va1.
Lord Falmouth has nominated Slyio,
the winner of the Derby and St. Leccr in 1877,
aud Jannette, the winner Of the Oaks and st.
Leger in 1878. Mr.. Crawford has nominated
Seton, the winner OF the Derby in 1878, for the
cup. Prince SottykofT mas nominated Thurio,
the winner Of the Grand lrix, for both events,
while among the other nominations are such
good horses as Pageant, BelDhoebe, Master Kill
dare, Lord Give, and Glengarry. For the New
Stakes at Ascot (fve furlongs 1876 yards straight)
for 2-year-0lds, Mr.. LorilIard has nominated
Pappoose and Cherokee, and for the Rous Me-
mortal OF 1850 he has put ia Uncas. The
CHERRY and black u may be seen, however,
previous TO the above dates, Us Parole is in the
Newmarket Handicap, mile and half, on
April l6.
BASEBALL.