, 1879-01-26

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TRACK TALK.
The spring trotting meeting at Co1dWater
Mich, will be held May IA, Is, and IT,
Capt. Stone of Cincinnati, who sold Maud )
to Mr. Vanderbilt for S21 900, cleared Sl9,ole on
the TRANSACTION.
Genlyon, the English stallion recently pur-
chased By Mr.. Georee Lorillard, Will leave 1or
this country next Tuesday.
Peter Y. johnson, the well-known driver OF
this CITY, has gone to Marshall, M1cn., "ne1e ne
will remain until next April.
The dates claimed for the summer meeting at
Gepesco, ILL.,, have been changed from Aug. ., !,
6, 7, and to Aug. u, 13, IA, and 10.
! Mr.. James Gallagher, the old-time driver OF
this city, has been driving the bay gcld'nE
Gamecock on the road during the past week.
The Orange County Press says that Mr. J; ".
King, of Scwburg. has sold to party 10 Gnlea~ ea
70 the Ha,ublelonian stallion Major for 81, ,doa.
The latest rumor concerning Mollie Nc
carthy is that she will be brought East next
season and run ut some of the principal meet
ings.
Poughkeepsfe has decided to give sl.o00
nurse TO 4-year-olds, open TO all colts raised IN
New York, to be trottcd some time next sum-
mcr.
Mr.. William T. Rysdyk, only son Of the late
William NJ. R,sdyk, celebrated as the owner OF
Hambletoniap, died at Goshen, n. L., recently,
aged 10 years.
Charley Green has taken six-years' lease OF
Prospect Park, aud will probably hereafter ca al
tend exclusively managing tnat piece Oh proper
ty and trimming trottcrs.
Col. Conlev and Budd Doble have gone East,
t1,e former in the interest of the Chicago Jockey
onl frottiur Club, and Budd to see If be eau
picE up ANYTHING in the way OF last horsenesh.
Dan Mace's apartments in New York we're
recently entered BY burglars, who secured
So, 500 worth Of jewelry, sirnngled back-and-
lan pup that had been lett to guard the premises,
and escaped.
An Eastern paper estimates that the money
realized by riders and drivers out Of the pool
box last season amounted to S50o,co0 Aud yet
the majority OF the boys are broke and waiting
anxiously for spring.
Barney Demorest will locate next spring at
PHILADELPHIA. Among the horses he will train
are Planter, record 2:2a; heJ We Nest, record
2:3,S1z{; S. S. Ellsworth, record @:29; Chauncey
N. Bcddc, record o:32.
chased the bay eeldng Princeton, bv Woodford
Manbrino out of Primrose, BY Alexandcr's Alb
dallah. He is full brother Of the weIl-known
stallion Princeps, owned by R. S. Vecch, Of
Louisville, ny.
Observer has been fired again for lameness in
one Of his fore legs. II this second operation Is
UNSUCCESSFUL, the leg will De ampu!ated and q
cork enc substituted. Then, by a judiclous use
OF toe-weiyhts, it is hoped that he will be able
to trot next season as well as ever
The Chicago trotter Carrie K is wintering in
snleudjd ape, and her trainer, Mr.. ". l.. Beck,
is confident that she will do mile low down in
the twenties before next season is over. He
recently gaye her trot in the SHOW to skce-
ton wagon, the result being gratifying in the
extreme.
Point Breeze Park, Philadelphia, has elected
the following officers for the ensuing year:
President, i. L. Snowden; Directors, 6. H.
Colket, A. H. Mcrshop, ]. Glare, B. D. Stcnson,
". f. Penrosc. H. Il. St. John, ". N: siugerly,
". +. Fisher, ". &. Gregg, {. G. Haines, c.
Colwel, n. Murphy.
A correspondent of the Spirit says that the
s1re Of Sadie Bell travels very wide behind and
has rat tail. With these facts Us basis, it
will be the easiest thing in the world Tor the
theorists to prove that lie combines the Abdallah
and Star strains Of blood, since he has tie tail
OF one and the gait OF the other
Like most preachers, the Rev. AR. Bohlman,
pastor of the Methodist Church at Belevillc, n.
T., is 4 good judge Of horseaesh. He recently
purchased the bay tilly Mar Day, by Chosroes,
dam by son OF New York Rather, and local
paper copgratulates him on the possession Ut
one Of the best road-horses in the county.
Peter Mallon, well known to turfmen, died
lHEt week III new 1OIh L1Lt3 N4E4 Cl tClFss Lit
was the proprietor Of the stables 25 Lexington
avenue, and owned the bay gclding Captain,
record 3:oS, that beat American Girl several
wears ago. Ma1lon was bachelor Of eccentric
habits, aud left property valued at 100000.
Mike Goodin is driving the gray mare Irene,
record 2:22s, on the snow in Philadelphia She
was good mare in 1876, and the contests
through the Central Circuit that season In the
"a class between her and Manbrino Kate, an
other gray mare, were very Interesting, one or
the other of them winning at every point but
two, and in those races Gov. Sprague was the
victor.
The Grand Rapids, Mich, Driving Park has
elected the following officers for 1873: E. B.
Dikemau, President; Martin Doorhetn Treas
urer; George S. Ward, Secretary; f. B. Dixie
man. Martin Boorhen, George S. Ward, James
~ Kennedy, John Mc1ntyrc, N. Y. Aldrich,
and D. K. Hubert. Directors. The summer
trotting meeting will be held June II to 20, in
elusive
It nov transpres that John Splan never au-
thorized the sending OF that Associated Press
dispatch from California offering to match
Rarus against Hopeful II the latter would come
to California. Johu says Rarus will be in the
East next summer, where Hopeful will have
several chances to defeat him il able. The first
mceliug between these horses will take place in
Chicago, and promises to be the most interest
ing event Of the season.
Joe Ripley, one of the best known OF Eastern
trottcrs, but who has never Veutured West, is q
10-year-old bay ge1ding, and, when in condition,
weighs 500 pounds being rather light for 15.l
horse. He WAS sired BY son of Hambletonian,
and began trottiDg as 6-year-old. He mas
taken part in eighty-ouc races, winning first
money in hftv-one OF them. second money in
eighteen, third money in six, fourth money in
three, and in three races only has he failed to
get i part Of the purse.
Mr.. H. P. Perkins, well known as prominent
road drfrrr and eTcGi]ent l11drh nf srae1 in.