Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-01-12
THE HORSE.
A Happy Retort Courteous-Miscellan
Turf Gossip.
THE REToRr COURTEOUS.

| THE REToRr COURTEOUS.
We are glad to notice that Dunton's
Spirit Of the Turf has secured, what it has
long needed, a wide-awake and well-inform-
ed correspondent in st. Paul, in gentleman
who has adopted the nom de plume of
"Hoofer.'' Thanks to the distinctuess Of
the authors hoof prints, the GLOBE had
no difficulty in piercing his disguise and
congratulates friend Dunton upon his good
| fortune in securing his services. "Hoofer's"
first letter appears in the issue of the Turf
of the 10th, and contains with other
horse gossip, story that is worthy of re-
production in the GLOBE. In giving the
story it is merely necessary to say, to make
| it all the more appreciable, that the "Jones''
was formerly well known lake captain who
has now settled down as a land lubber in st.
Paul, with desk in the Chicago, Milwaukee
& St. Paul railroad company's Office. The
| story is as rs 70 lows:
Horsemen are proverbial for their capacity
to give and take Joke. pair of this ilk
lately met in the corridor of the Merchants
| hotel. The one, a resident of this city, whom.
| for want of a better name, we will call Jones.
| The other. the genial sheriff, horseman and
breeder. Clark Chambers. Of O~atonna, Mimi.
| After the usual greetings, the conversation was
Chambers-"Well how is the colt?"
Jones-"Beautiful only don't have time to
| drive her much; she therefore don't get the ex-
ercise she should have"
| Chambers-'Ill tell you what to do; let me
| take her home with me; the boys are working
some of my stock. and will have them drive
her and give her little track work, which will
| be much better for her than standing in the
| barn all the fall.'
Jones-"Au right, I'll do it; when shall
send her down."
Chambers-"Any time; to-day, if You
choose"
| this afternoon
The mare was bundled into car, and away
she went to ~atonna.
Soma two weeks thereafter Jones read in the
GLOBE an account of some horses being stolen
| in the southern part IF the State, when his
thoughts at once turned to his idol. Picking
up postal card, he wrote as below:
''ST PAUL, Oct 10. 1879.
| Friend Chambers Il see by the papers that
| horse thieves at work in your vicinity.
| Now, if you slow any son-of-a-sea-cook of a
| horse thief to steel my mare, Steel county will
| require a new election for sheriff in place of
Cham ers, deceased, and don't you forget it.
JONES'"
| The next evening q letter-carrier dropped a
postal on Jones' desk, from which he read as
follows:
OWALONNA, Oct. ~, loIS
| Dear Jones:-Your postal received will
admit that our county is somewhat infested
with horse thieves but knowing them to be
| good Judges of horsefesh consider your mare
| com paratively safe. CLARK CHAMBERS"
JONES' on reading this, got right up on his
| hind legs and howled. There was another
postal sent wherein Jones enqured of Cham
| bers what brand he and his friends preferred.
He owes Chrmbers one which he undoubtedly
would be glad to pay on short notice.
wALLACE's MONTHLY.
WaNace's Monthly for January the clos.
ing issue for volume filthy is unexceptioDa-
bly, excellent, both in regard to its pictorial
features as we'll as its reading matter. "The
Family of Dapial Lambert" by clark
Comstock," forms the principle illustrated
article, and is written in the best vein of
that we'll known writer. There is also a
history of LIE Grande, by Rysdyk's Handle
tonian, with splendid picture of the horse
by Kittredge. In ga Voice from Oh1o," a
noted breeder gives his views regarding the
new standard of admission to registry of
trotting horses, a subject which is attracting
much ate ntion among breeders and horse
men. There are other valuable articles in
the current number, with elaborate indexes
of the running and trotting turf, pedigrees
and descriptions, sales, deaths and all lnfor-
nation relating to the horse, which renders
it the formost publication of its class IN the
country. 1t has indeed reached that point
of excellence that it has become a necessity
to horsemen, breeders, etc. Publication Of
fee 222 Broadway, N. Y. Terms So Fer
year.
! MIR. j. A. Grimstead, Walnut Hill Rock
farm, Lexington, KY, has sold to Mr.. p.
Lorillard, the brown colt Duke of Montrose,
3-year-old, bya Waverly, out of Keple
dam of JANET, by imported Bonnie Scot
land.
Robert Steel, of Philadelphia, offers 10
match five 2-year old Happy Medium colts
to trot as 3year ODDS against any other
five colts of the same age, the get of one
sire, for from $500 to $1,000 side on each
| race.
With suah sires as Administrator, Bean
sire, Hamiltanian Man brine. Ellwood, Me-
Dime, Mambrino Pilot, Odd Fellow, Mid
dleton and other good ones, Pennsylvania
will soon take prominent position as
breeder of trotters.
II is proposed to,,have trotiing meeting at
the Hsmtranck course, Detroit, Mich, in
|
There will also be race meeting in the first
week of July and $1,000 will be gwen in
purses.
second instalment of thoroughbreds was
shipped few days since from Baltimore to
Demerara, British Guiana. The list con-
sisted of Tom Scarlet by Alro.; Village
Belle, Lucy bennington, Emily S.. Hattie
Howard and Tectotal, the last two in foal by
Pumlico.
Maine during the season of 1879 contrib
uted six trotting horses to the 2:30 list, the
bay mare Emma B. 2:221a, Pemberton
2:2715, Dispatch 2:2o, and consequently
came West as "ringer," winning heat in
2:231a at st. Louis, Black Pilot 2:30, Judg
ment 2:30.
The GLOBE is pleased to acknowledge the
receipt of the issue of January 3, of AfeLd
md At0at, Philadelphia, with request for
an exchange. AJfeld and Atloat is hand
some 16-page publication, devoted to turf
matters, fish anu fishing, the riff, cricket
and military matters, and is decided ac-
QUESTION to the sporting literature of
America.
Goldsmith Maid and her colt are at
FacbiOp Sind Farm Tranfop N r apd do