Daily globe., 1879-03-24

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Durcller to be Entered in the Grea
| Western and Great Eastern Circuits
Resume of His Performances His Firs
Season on the Turf-Glance at the Flyer
at the st. Paul Driving Park.
THOMAS B. MARRETT's TRoTTERs.
No Minnesota horse trotting last year at
tracted SO much, attention to himself by hit
performance as the bay. gelding, Dutchman
then owned by George Spicer, of Lake City
The horse made his first public appearance
IN the Minnesota circuit, which commenced al
Mankato and embraced Owatonna and Fari-
bault. At Aiankato the starters were Dutch
man, Wapsie Boy and Wild Irishman
two horses sent up here
from Iowa to sweep the board),
and Prince Arthur and Grey Eagle. 1t took
i've heats to decide the race, Dutchman win
ming by taking the second, third and fifth
heats in 2:39, 2:37 and 2:42, Prince Arthur
taking the first, and Wild Irishman the
fourth heats, each in 2:38. Prince Arthur
and Grey Eagle were distanced on the fourth
heat.
At Faribault Dutchman had an easy time
OF 1t, winning the heats in 2:41, 2:3715 and
2:o91a, his opponents being James Lupe,
Fairmont, Mambrino Eclipse and Star of
the West, Jr. :.
at Owatonna the starters were Dutchman,
Wapsie Boy, Wild Jrishman, Prince Arthur,
James Lupe and Star of the West, Jr..
Dutchman winning in the same order as at
Mankato, by taking the second, third and
fifth heats, Wapsie Boy taking the first and
fourth. Time, 2:36. 2:35, 2:34, 1881 and
2:37.
At the end of these performances Mr..
Thomas B. Marrett, of this city, who has an
enthusiastic admiration for good horse, and
who delights in gratifying that admiration,
became halloween Of Dutchman at good
round figure, and he was retired from the
track the balance of the season, in the hands
of Mr.. Spicer at Lake City. Subsequently
MIR. Marrett purchased Mr.. Spicer's interest,
and he is to-day the sole owner of the horse,
by whom the name of Dutchman
has been dropped and that
of Col. butcher, substituted in memory of
the late Col. Butcher, who was known as an
appreciative and enthusiastic admirer of
good horse.
Up to the present time Col. butcher has
been continued under the personal super
vision of Mr.. Spicer, but he will soon ba
brought to this city and given the prepara-
tory work for one of the most important and
severe campaigns ever undertaken by Min
nesota owned trotter, viz: the trying of
conclusions with the flyers who are to com
pete for the great trotting events of the
season embraced in the great western
circuit, to commence with Grand Rapids,
Mich, in June, and the great eastern circuit,
commencing with Cleveland, o.
Col. butcher goes into these contests with
a record of 2:37, secured at Owatonna, pre-
cisely the same figure with which Edwin
Forrest inaugurated his brilliant campaign
of last season. Like Forrest, too, Col. Dutch
er is to commence with the Michigan circuit,
but whether he will, as Forrest did, reduce
his record in that circuit from 2:34 to 2:24,
and during the season to 2;l8
with public trial to his credit
of 2:154, remains to be seen. But it can be
said that he has wintered finely, and that his
private performances are such as to encour-
age the most enthusiastic hopes in his owner
and all who have watched his career most
critically. That he is natural born trotter
those seeing his performances in races and
at track work know. That he has level
head, does not allow trifes to furry him, is
ambitious to get to the front, and has the
staying qualities to carry him through hard
fought contest has also been abundantly
proved. The Michigan circuit will
tell the story of his speed in figures. Till
lively hope, however, that the figures may be
the 2:24 of Edwin Forrest, the fastest trot-
ting horse in the world to-day, and 'don't
you forget it,
Col. butcher is a bay gelding, about 1914
hands, by Champion, by Badger Boy, by
Hills Black Hawk, dam celebrated thor
oughbred mare, his breeding giving him
four clearly defined thoroughbred strains. He
will be seven years old the coming May.
Mr. Marrett has another promising young
trotter, also, in the 5-year-old black gelding,
Bob Ingersoll, formerly Bobolink. He is by
Richard r. by Swigert, dam Lady Bell. He
has had only sufficient work to thoroughly
break him for road driving, but his every
movement indicates a trotter of high rate
of speed. If it is in him he has fallen into
good hands to have it judiciously but thor
oughly developed. .-....... ..
ANOTHER TRoTTER-
Hon. Isaac Staples, Saltwater, has become
the owner of promising young trotter, a
purchase from Mr.. Kimberly, proprietor of a
stock farm at West Liberty, Iowa, and the
Metropolitan livery stable, this city. The
animal is known by the name of Queen
of Diamonds, chestnut filly, years old, by
Wapsie Bashaw, out of a Copper Bottom
| mare. She is a large, rangy animal, stand
ing II hands, has splendid action and can
move very fast.
A SPLENDID STALLION.
In our mention last week of Owatonna
horses, we omitted any reference to stallion
in the hands of Hi Adams, at the Driving
Park. This horse is new importation to
the State, having been purchased from the
celebrated stud of Gen. w. r. Withers, of
| Lexington, Ky, and he is probably of
the best bred trotting sires in the State
being by Almont, son of Goldsmith's Abdal-
lab, sire Of Goldsmith Maid, and bears the
name of Altitude; he is dark bay with
black points, and stands 164 hands high,
with barrel and bones to correspond. Alti-
tude is decided acquisition to the breeding
interests of the State, or will be if bis pres.
ence is improved as it should be.
OTHER ST. PAUL HORSES.
The GLOBE a week ago Sunday announced
the presence in the city of Mr.. Frank Dun
ton, editor of the Spirit Of the Turf, Chica-
90. The GLOBE surmised that his mission
was to secure information in relation to Min
nesota horses for publication in his widely
circulated paper. This surmise is already
verified, and we extract from his issue of tht
22d, a mention of some of the stock now Al
the St. Paul Driving Park, in charge of th'
veteran trainer and driver, Mr.. Ben Wood
mansee:
Seldom do find a better lot of trotters undc
one man S roof than those found at Ben Wood
mansee's in St. Paul, Mimi. Nor do I find
man who cares for his horses with more scrupu
lous kindness than Ben. They are
Fearnaught, br S, l6 hands, foaled 1870, sir
| Canaoa Black Hawk. Has trotted three sea
sons; record 2:29, and owned by John B. st
Aubin, of st. Paul.
Selkirk, br 8, Is hands, foaled 1869, sired by
Faniway. Has trotted four seasons; recort
2:29A, and owned by Frank Drew, of Minneap
oils, MINI.
Frank Fisk, ro g, 16 hands. foaled 1870, sir
Blazing Star, the sire of Loafer. Has bee,
worked one season; showed a 2:40 gait. Owned
by Fred Pillsbury, Of Minneapolis.
Juliet, b +, 16 hands, foaled 1875, sire West
ern Chief; lst dam Bay Fanny by Richards
Bellfounder. Worked a little last year. an,