Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-04-14
Mr.. Vanderbilt into double team

aggravato MIR. Vanderbilt into dOnDle team
race by publishing challenge of this ma
ture: $4,000 that Small Hopes and Lady
Mack cannot trot mile over Prospect park
in 2:181a; $1,000 that they cannot trot in
2:20; $1,000 that they cannot trot IN 223,
and 5000 even that pair of horses owned
by one man, and never hitched together, can
beat Mr.. Vanderbilt's team in a race of mile
heats, best three in five.
Mr.. III. v. Bemis. owner of Bonesetter,
has announced his readiness to accept the
proposition for match between his horse
and Proteine, provided the race is trotted over
the Chicago course, he to choose one judge,
the owners of Proteine another, and they
two the other. Mr.. Bemis will be disap-
pointed if Bonesetter does not trot in PIT
or 2:18 this season.
The GLOBE is pleased to acknowledge
the receipt of Waliace's Monthly, an Illus
trated magazine devoted to horse and cattle
breeding. The two numbers before us con-
tain nearly $50 pages of closely printed mat
ter of interest to breeders aud patrons of
the turf. Mr.. Wallace is vigorous thinker
and writer. and gets up magazine that
breeders can i'll afford to be without.
The Milwaukee Driving Park association
has fixed upon the dates from June to Z,
inclusive, for its spring meeting.
The Chicago Field says: According to
recently published statistical returns, the
total number of horses on the face of the
inhabited globe is estimated at between
forty-fve and fifty millions. Of these,
1G, $780, 900 are accredited to Russia, $3.50, 900
to Germany, 2,225,OOO to Great Britain,
2,743,O0O to France, 2,l79,O00 to Hungary,
1867 900 to the rest of the Austrian empire,
200. 900 to Turkey, $4,000 to Norway and
Sweden, $4,000 to Holland and Belgium,
478,O00 to Italy, $4,000 to Denmark,
$500, 900 to the United States, 4,O00,OOO to
the Argentine Republic, 1924 900 to Canada,
and I 100000 to Uruguay.
| President Hayes war-horse, Old Whitley,
died at Fremont, o., recently, aged 20 years.
The old veteran was ridden by the President
in some of the battles of the rebellion, and
bore several scars from wounds received.
He was inferred with military honors in the
grove near the Presidents house, beside
the late Nh. Burchard's horse, Old Ned.
Base Ball.
Notwithstanding st. Paul has dropped out
of the cities supporting professional ball
club, there still remain large number of So
called s'lunatics'' who closely watch the pro.
! gress of the game, and are interested in
everything pertaining to it. Such will be
pleased to learn that Capt. J. w. Miller, of
the old Red Caps, now located at Fort Smell.
ing, IN response to urgent requests of the
garrison, is about to organize q military
nine and proposes return games with such
amateur club as shall assume to defend the
credit of st. Paul. Capt. Miller says there
are several very fine players at the fort anc
he expects he will have very strong team
Ed. Gault, first baseman of the old Rec
Caps. spent the Sabbath in st. Paul. Ed
had strong bid to play at Detroit, Mich.
this season, but having started in to max,
himself practical railroad man, he declined
Ed. now tips the beam at 2O8 pounds, ans
physically is as nearly in perfect condition
! as he could we'll be-.
Arthur Allison, of the old Red Cap nine
has position in the treasury department a
Washington, and is going to stick to it. 81
will, however, take every occasion to see Lii
Q tie Mack and Joe Ellick handle the snhert
. who play with the Nationals this year. Lit
q Mack at short and Ellick on third. Lift
Q Mack is reported in prime condition th
spring, more handy than usual with Il
q ball, and his friends who have been close
9 watching his career, predict that his reco,
8 at the close of the season will not be f,
3 from the top of the short stops, both
p fielding and batting.
70 Salisbury and En-. Gross pitch and cate
Q for the Detroits this season. They are
q big pair, provided En-. does not crook b
J. elbow too often. Ely is spoken of for Il
>, right field in the same club. BuckaleW wi
n be change pitcher.
g Walker, whose skip of the Red Caps at tt
q time the Manchesters visited st. Paul
1876, and for which he was expelled by til
a international association, has been reinstate
T and is now in good standing
q In making his application for reinstate
q ment, Walker freely acknowledge
d the wrong he did in violating his agreeme1
with the Red Caps, but claimed in extenu,
y ton that he had been misled by the maj
,, ager of the Manchesters, and that havin
IS been punished for two seasons, he ought
K be forgiven and given an opportunity to sho
n that he was square. Some club will get
. good general player and big batter.
is The Dubuque nine for this season includ
n Refs and Lapham of Chicago, Sullivan
3 st. Louis, and six of the Peorias of '78. vi;
=. w. Gleason, j. Gleason, LOTUS, Radbour
Alveretta and Taylor. The Gleasons will
~ remembered here and at Minneapolis.
- The league mines will do considerab
ID travelling this season in playing the cham
p ionship games, the Cincinnatis and Chicag
4 having tho greatest distance-6,7OO mil
Il each-and the Syracuse Stars the least
it 600 miles.