The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-04-06
HORSE NOTES.

The Chicago jockey and trOtting club has
claimed September % to ~, inclusive, aso the
dates for the fall trotting meeting at Chi
cago.
The Merchants Stakes closed at Louis
willie. recently, with forty.eight entries, bring
ing the total number OF entries fop the spring
The St. Louis Jockey Club has opened
post stakes, four mile heats, for all ages, 500
entrance, play or pay, with $4,000 added, $500
to second, and third to save his stake, to close
April u, and be run Thursday, June -, 1872
The old brood mare Jennie, dam Of the well
known stallion Fearnaught, who was once
owned by b. s. Wright, and later by Col. Ell.
y. Russell, died recentlyo on the farm Of Green
leaf G. Brown, Stratham Hill, N. II. She was
thirty years old, having been foaled In is4a.
The only colt Of prominence she foaled was
Fearnaught. She was sired by the Steve
French horse (son Of Flint Morgan, by Sher-
man Morganl, dam unknown, and was bred
by Nat Batchelder Of Pittsfield, n. II.
The preliminaries for a race beteween the
famous trotters Bonesetter and Prpteine,
have been partially arranged. It has been
agreed TO trot for $4,000 side, but the place
OF the race 10 not yet decided upon, the own
while Cincinnati Is advocated by the owners
Of Proteine.
The dam Of Col. Louis, the great California
trptter, record 2:1st4 1, was gray mare bought
from Sid GriERs, by Duriing AZ Truckee, in
the year 1867. She was brought to Tehama
county from Oregon, pedigree unknown. In
the spring OF 1860, the horse Tom Hal, now
known as Col. Lewis, was foaled one mile
from the town Of Tehama, and his sife was
Rileman, q running hors When Tom Hal
'{Col Lewis was young. his natural gait was
pacing. In 1874 he was sold to u W. Knott
for Sis: he was afterwards snapped with
Steve Chord, for another horse, Mr.. Truckee
asserts that the dam Of Tom Hal never gave
evidence OF fine breeding, except that her
hind quarters resembled bloomsbury very
much.
Mollie Mccarthy Is nominated for three
different stakes at San Francisco. In the all
the only contestants outside OF her own
stables are Mark L., by Monday, and four.
year old mare by imp. Glen Athol, out OF
Matte Gross. In the Pacific cup, two and a
Atho mare and Nathan Combs, by Lodi.
| The other entries, Blossom and Clara D., are
owned by Mr.. Baldwin, the owner OF Mollie
Mccarthy. The free handicap purse, one and
| tive-eiKhth miles, closed with twenty entries.
among them Molie Mccarthy.
| The mile and a half race at Jerome Park,
for $4,000 side, between the English horse
Peter, now owned by. Pierre Lorillard, and
Mr.. Keene's Spendthrift Is much talked OF
never beaten Peter but once. Both horses are
under the management OF men who mean
business, and unless some previous accident
to either animal prevents, the race 10 sure to
4 be run.
Col. Z. H. Chase has purchased from s.
Bryant his Whirlwind filly Sunshine This
! FLY is sister to Lady Mack, and has more
speed than She had at her age, having last
season, as a s. year-old, trotted over the Louis
4 Vile Jockey Club track half mile in ] IL.
| and full mile.ln 2:27. She has never been iu
race, consequently has no record.
i Chicago has 39l entries to her June running
meeting, a greater number than any other
city In the country. Saratoga follows Chicago
her list numbering 1856. Other spring running
meetings show as follows: Baltimore, 1913,
Louisville, 173; St. Louis, IT,; Long Branch,
141; jerome Park, 1903; Nashville, So; Cincin-
NATL 50.
4 Gen. w. T. Withers, Lexington, KY, has
sold to John A. PETERS, OF Mobile, Ala, the
bay stallion Almont Norman, foaled June 16
/ 1875, by Almont dam Norman Maid, by Alex.
ander's Norman. Almont Norman Is reported
as one OF the most promising of Almont's
get, and was sold for fancy price.
The Montreal Post tells a "whopper" OF 9
horse that dozen rats gnawed the legs and
sucked the blood Of. He stood perfectly still
during the operation, and seemed to like it
Removed to q place where the rats couldn't
4 get at him he refused to eat and rapidly lost
| flesh.
Sheridan Shook sold to Robert Bonner the
trotting mare Lady Winfield by Edward
Everett, for $3.50. She has record OF 2 30
and was mare OF great promise till she fel
lame In her fore feet. Mr.. Bonner proposes tt
experiment with her, and he believes he car
make her sound again.
The fine four-year-old Leveler has beer
| turned out Of work on account Of lameness
This leaves Dave Moore the favorite for the
Louisville cup.
Carl Burr trainer OF Maud s., the wonder.
| full four year-old, record Of l:17L, says she Is
In fine condition.