, 1880-02-08

March q. Among the flyers to be offered for sale
are Judge Fullerton, record 2:l6; Voltaire, rec
| ord Ell: Amy, 2:2oA.
"; 3. Darling has purchased for gentleman
of this city, from R. F. kucebs, Of Sioux City,
| the trotting mare Dakota Maid, record 2:264.
Jessie Hayes, i horse that was fairly success
! full in the Michigan circuit last year, is being
driven on the road By Cleveland gentleman.
The Coldwatcr (Mich.} Association has decided
give suf 9rettSg msett1S Maz M Il IL s4a Il
Col: Crockett, Of the .Lonsview stock-Far1n
| nenr Moline, ILL.,, has sold to Mr.. Robert Lucas
Of St. Louis, tho trotting mare Cntella7 for road
Use.
Mr.. Vanderbilt will trot Maud S. next summer
| If she does well in her preparatory work She i
now at Cincinnati, and is being handled by ".
". Bair.
John Kenny, mn Irish lightweight Jockey, has
been engaged By Mr. August Belmont, and WILL
| reach this country about March l. He rides at
| ninety pounds.
Mr.. George Lor1llard, who went to Florida
| during the early purt of the winter, cr1ppleo
| from rheumatism, hns entirely recovered Inc
use of his limbs
Mr.. J. 4. GHnstead will send St. Marttn. . Jim
| Beck, Bashi Dazouk, u three-year- old flly BY
Alarm. Two two-year olds, to bo trained by Mr.
| Charles Pryor, at Freehold, N. J.
! John Splan purchased last Thursday for gen.
| tlcman in this city An unnamed gray gc!o1ng, :
years Old BY Rice Grayes. oat Of mare eeos snG 1y
| Mr. William Astor, having decided to retire
from the turf, will sell his horses now IN train-
ing at auction Feb. .. The lot consists OF Fern
ciiffc, brother to Vagrant, Vanderdecken' fu1-
| ton, Mulrooney. and Saadln.
Peter v. johnson, the well-known driver of
this city, recently made trip to Michigan for
the purpose Of selecting q green trotter 1or
use next season. He IS understood to have
2:90.
Mr.. Brodhead, the owner Of Kentucky Wilkes.
| is still waiting for Mr. Hubbard. the owner Of
Tekonsha, to put up his money TOR ne match aftcn
| horses. Mr.. Hibbards. ardor seems to havo
cooled somewhat during. the past week !.
IT ae xhe ma5s e. ce f. that It S c 1EGusas sa
! aNoscy Brown, WAS sold last Friday through
| Splans Exchange to a gentleman of St Paul,
Minn-, who will use her hereafter as q pole
| horse
Thomas. record e::e1, reached Chicago yesterday
from Nashville, having been purchased By Dir.
X. c. Mersercau, Of this city. Six other horses,
in tie car, the entire lot having been secured in
Tennessee.
From advance sheets of ETKs Guide it is
learned that the total number Of races run In
Were a vod 81 these
events, 1.104 were won by horses with known
pedigrecs and 1+7 by those whose breeding was
E4lutI uQ+ AAV"A VI u4AEEA l%11As
John splan has Forwarded: through the agency
expensive halter to Col. E. s: McCnrdy. Tenncs-
see, the owner Ct Mccur1y's Hamblctonian
named John Splan, and which colt Col. McCurdyr
confidently expects to trot as fast ns Rarrs
Gray Salem, record ::e:4, and one OF the best
cross country horses in the world: has been sold
&ag Giddens I'D ef who VIII send N linn
to Europe. Salcm's record wns 2:o4, obtained In
Chicago last summer, during tho temporary nb-
Croker.
Cornelius Sullivan, Of Riverside, ILL.,. has sold
to J. E. Williams the fine thoroughbred stallion
S. Denis 6 $cthaa, dam n: DTsat9Sn Se 6y
in the country, and the excellent quality of his
colts has made them great favorits wherever
the horse bus Stood It Is understood that he
will be taken West.
E. S. Stokes has made two matches for his
California trotter Tommy Gates against Steve
MAXWELL for 81 900 side, half forfeit The first
trot is to takc place on June next, two miles
and repeat, in harness. The second race is to
take place in Fleetwood June 16: mile heats, best
three in five. in harness; good day and track, or
next good day and track.
Pat Malloy had fourteen representatives on
the turf last season, and, like Enquirer, he did
not have n 2-ycar-old to start for him. Eight Of
them were 3 -year-olds, five 4-ycar-olds, and one
5,year-old: They ran eighty-tlve races, ct which
eighteen, and unplaced in forty, with tot4 as.
gregate winnings of <13.780, of which Lord
MURPHY captured z s1o'eS. The average per capita
The case involving the ownership Of the stakes
and vase known as the Stallion Stake, won at
Louisville last fall, and over which there was 3
Hairy Celston bis trainer, has been decided in
favor Of the latter Harper claimed that his
horse, JUS johnson, vas pulled BY order Of
both, so that Irish King could win. The Judge
ruled out az testimony regarding r9ctng, and
ship Of the horse
died last Monday at the Belle Meade Farm, near
eeebrafed mare qaeen @ mA Moy af2; o % oily My
was fourth in the Great Yorkshire Stakes, ran a
dead heat with Artillery for the Doncastcr St.
Leger, and won the Doncastcr Stakes, breaking
down at the finish Of the race Among the best
Of his yet were Dangerous, Surprise, Scotland,
Malcolm, Ontario, Frogtown+ Lobelia. Expert
ence Oaks, MT Nathan Oaks, Nathan Oaks, Res4lat~
Paper Maker, Belle of the Meade, Bo1nbast, Dan
E Bramole, Bergamot, Belle Isle, Bushwhacker,
tudc. Bye and Bye, Ben Hill, Luke Blackburn,
and Bancroft.
4 promising match wis made at Stony Ford
lew days ago. A party Of gentlemen wero
as[e two e. h%m each t1 buy
them the price being $500 for the pick. after the
IEaEE1utDH VI a IE" LOT UEOON IntlrE5. Alley
chose for Mr. 6. S. Moulton bay filly by I,e-
land, dam Roscrna by Young America, and Mr.
Bonner selected for Mr. H. McCoon a chestnut
colt BY Kentucky Prince, dam Queen of May by
Rysdyk's HntnblctoEiau. Il banter followed the
purchase, which fes'ilted in the yenr1ings being
matched to trot q rAce at the meeting OF the
National Breeders Association in 1851, in their
3-year-old-form for $500 side and the winner
to take both colts. II all goes we'll, this will
prove a race Of great interest, and it savors Of
old times to have such matches made
Somewhere out West, If we as authority
the picturesque nomenclature OF IndiaAs,
there is Young-Ma11- 4 Afraid-of His Horses;
but beyond the Atlautc, ii we take rs instruct
tre the weights assigned by the English handi-
cappers to Parole and Falsetto, there ia an Old
Mnn-Afr1id- of Other-People's Horses. That this
old man should, of all the men in the world, be
doughty John Bull, known a man Of the horse
horsey, is to be written on the wall with d rcd
pencil as n memorable fact Not a very great
while ago this John gave all American horses an
allowance OF ten pounds. without special in
qurE into the qualities. on the broad and gener-
GUS theory that nn English horse was ten pounds
better than any other horse In any circun1-
stances. This theory John stood by great
many years, and 1t must be said that for grcut
while the facts sustained him. Perhaps be did
not altogether neglect sundry minor contri-
vAnces which helped the facts- in this
particular-for he WAS certainly fond Of the
idea Of his superiority IN horses Us In other
points, and treasured this allowance. Is it not
his opinion that he himself is at least ten pounds