Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-12-29

Paul and Minnesota, but the number should
be increased, and the commencement of
new year is good time to begin ...
Is go LOWERING THE RECORDS.
The New Years number of the SPIRIT of
the Times contains an interesting review
of the different sports, of which its weekly
issues for the year past have contained full
and carefully prepared reports. Speaking of
the American turf the SPIRIT says the his
tory of 1879 is "mpst gratifying, marked
progress being not Rble in every depart
ment. During 1871 h enterprising Ameri-
can challenged the English thoroughbreds
on their own grounds, and Parole. confess
eddy inferior to our horses, won five of Eng
lands historic trophies, meeting in some of
them the pick of English stables. At
home we have wonderful performances, by
such remarkable two year-olds as
Sensation and Mistake, the unequal;ea
quintette of three year, Odds, Falsetto, Spend.
thrift, Lord Murphy, Monitor and Volturno
and other flyers, such as Glenmore, Bran
BILE, Ferida and Bonnie Carrie. With such
horses in daily contest it is not strange that
many records should have been lowered.
Mistake reduced the two-year-old one mile
record to 1:434. Among the three year
Odds, Beautitude ran one mile in 1:42A, and
Lord Murphy one mile and half in 2:37.
In alleged records, Judith ran mile heats
over hurdles in 1852, 1852; Willie D. two
mile heats in 3:3411aa, $780,, and Glenmore,
the second and third of four-mile heats in
1904, 1881, after losing the first heat to
Willie D. in 7:291@.
"In trotting the racing has been spirited
and almost continuous from January to De-
cember. The records have had terrible
shaking up, and it is interesting to note the
gradual but persistent reduction in all class
es. In 1869 Blackwood had the best three
year-old record, 2:31; in 1874 Lady Stone
reduced it to 1923; in 1877 Elaine scored
1928; last summer Steinway reached 1854,
and little later Jewett went to the front
with 2:23%. In 1861 the best four year-old
record was Ericsson, 1904. This was re-
duced to 2,2919 by Allie West in 1874; to
2:241a by Keen Jim in 1877; to 2:24I by
Elaine in 1873, and now Trinket closes the
season with 2:194, Among the
fve-ysar-olds in 1868 :Eattler
led with 1926; next came
Lady Maud, with 2:22 ID in 1872, and Gov.
Sprague, with 2:20H in 1876. This year
Santa Claus has lowered the record to 2:18.
In the free-for-all the steady reduction is es-
pecially noteworthy. Twenty years ago
Flora Temple astonished America and CO l.
founded the wise men by trotting in 2:l9M.
This stood until 1867, when Dexter made
2:17L. Then Goldsmith Maid commenced
her series of remarkable performances, PIT
in 1871, 1854 in 1872. In 1874 she found
no one but herself to beat, and scored sue
cessively 2:16, 2:15155, 2:142, and 2:l4. In
1873 Rarus trotted in 2:134,. and now St.
Julien has secured genuine record of 2:12M.
Many experts have for years predicted that
2:1O was and always would be the limit of
trotting speed. In the light of the above
statistics, this judgment seems premature
and questionable. .:,--.. ... .....,.... -
...-. 3s TURF BREv1T1Es.
The number of horses that had trotted in
2:25 or better, in harness, at the close of 1873
was 262. Now the list has been swelled to
embrace BIT performers, an addition in one
year of SIS. The most notable new corners ia
this list arc Santa Claus, 2:1S; Trinket, 2:l9A
Elite Jones, 2:2o; Moore, 2:2o4j Fanny Rob
inson, 2:201; Charley Ford, 2:201a; Chance
2:2O1a, and Castleton, 2:21. All of these
animals, with very fast records, had done
nothing worthy of nete before 1879.
sales of thoroughbreds during the year
FaIsetto, $4,000; Spendthrift, $4,000
Lord Murphy, SIC, 900; Wallenstein, $4,000
Sly Dance, $4,000, and Mistake, $4,000.
OF the AZ records better than 2:2O, ten
were made at Buffalo. OF the 2:25 or bette,
records, % were made at Utica, Is at Hart
ford, and 81 each at Cleveland and Roches-
ter.
The Spirit of the Tunes says "Cotton
Picker, the we'll known pacing mare, record
of 2:27, is now owned by Fl. G. Clark, OF
Coldwater, Mich. She was traded off by he1
Milwaukee owner, who thought she would
not breed; but she now proves to be in foal
to Western Chief, of St. Paul, Mimi" Mr..
Barden will watch that foal with much in
terest, as it ought to be fast one.
It is authoritatively announced that Mr.,
VIM. Astor, the wealthy New Yorker, has
reconsidered his intention to retire from
the turf.
Col. Mcdaniel, the veteran turfman, is
lying very ill with pneumonia at his resi-.
dence in Princeton, N. j. 2
The trotting Lizzie Smith, by Scott'e
Thomas, dam by Woful. has been sold to 9
st. Louis party for $4,000.
The Chicago Jockey and Trotting clut
claim the 18th to the 18th of September in
elusive, for their fall trotting meeting anG
stock fair, which will be called the Chicago
Fair.
It is stated that one year at Prospect
Park has satisfied Charley Green, that he
will return to his old home at Babylon, and
next summer will make the rounds Of
the circuit with strong ctable.
Col. w. r. Cook, recently killed by q sher.
IFS officer in Garrard county, Ky, while re-
sisting arrest on q charge Of counterfsiting
was once a popular jockey. BE was Their
known as Perkins. he was the rider Of The
celebrated horse Denmark, by imp. Hedge
ford, in his famous contest when he was com.
PEELED to run sixteen miles to win four mile
heat race, and the result was said to have
been largely due to Perks skill as 1
jockey.
Gen. Meade's black war-horse, now q
years old, had the post Of honor at Philadel
phia on the occasion Of the Grant reception
! When first taken into line he WAS very higt