Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-27
HORSE GOSSIP.
"hat minneapolis Can Show in the WAY
OF Flyers Christmas Issue of"The Spirit
of the Times"--MisceIIaneo
Minneapolis Horses.

-uWteupoHS Horses.
A Minneapolis correspondent of DIM
toms Spirit of the Turf, Chicago, writes
the following concerning the driving
horses of Minneapolis:
|. For long time Minneapolis boa,ted
of having the fastest horse in Minnesota
But when Frank Fisk, Mr.. F. C. Pills.
bury's roam gelding, was sold last fall we
had to say second best will do. Then
Chester, owned by D. G. Nichols and
driven by E. Parker, came to the front
getting record of 2:27 on g. half-mlle
Track, under an easy pull, defeating vi
vandiere, who won the first two of six
heats-the third being a dead heat-the
next three being won by Chester in good
shape. He is good one and vet to be
heard from, and there are many other
good ones here, of whom will mention
few. Fred Pillsbury has got another.
and he Is by no means slow, besides being
q very hne locker and great road horse.
he Is dapple gray, 151s hand high, and
can trot fast.
linen comes F. j. Mackey, lover of
a good horse, and he has his share of them
Rob Roy, 6 no record, can trot in 235
with days notice, and mate for him
to the pole that makes all the pole teams
stop. Athelstane is the fastest racer in
this country, as was shown this last sea-
son, he defeating Wakefield, the Ken
lucky crack sent here to take our bundle.
Dr. +. A. Dunsmoor owns and drives
several, but his best one is Barney. Bar
ney pulled a wagon in 2:40, last season.
and can do quite bit better.
MIR. Beach drives ch gelding Jimmie
Beach, this winter, and he is q good one
Our old-time friend and trotters' admir-
er, John G. Oswald, has a stable full of
good ones, among them Flora Bell, sor
rel mare, record 2:3111a5, Topsey, Ida o..
Gen. Sigel, and number of others, ali
good ones, trotting in the thirties and up.
MIR. Oswald has just completed one of the
finest stables in the west, and has MANY
comforts for the horse as well as his mas
ter.
Conductors Caldwell, Phelps and Hub
hard, each drives trotter of no slow gait.
and the road is lively when they get
out
Captain Ensign has good one or two,
and is seen on the avenue every day. He
does enjoy squirt muchly.
G. A. Winship drives the gray mare
Fannie; W. j. Fender, a clean gated
brown mare, can trot in $40 T. j. Bux-
ton.owns and manipulates the reverend
old horse, Tony Pastor; he is as game as
death, and can show fast 4O-gait, al
though his years number thirty.
Il. F. Jones has Gold Seal grey gelding;
Winona Belle, blk mare; Mollie E, blk
mare, and Doncaster, blk gelding; also
grey horse, Harry Kimball. The black
mares are the fastest pole-team now
driven together in the city They can
trot forty gait any place together r.
F. has also just completed a fine stable
for his stock, and it is complete in every
particular.
5. 6. Daniels, as usual, has number
of good roadsters, and has his share of
honor as well as fun. Stor Tuckerman
has just put together a fine pair of bay
mares that are both well bred and speedy.
Orrin Rogers, Geo. Spear and Geo. Fl.
Gale, each drives black mare that can
trot fast. Dr. Van Hummell
contents himself with gaze every fine
day on the avenue, and sighs for spring
time to bring him trainer, as he always
has one in season. ....
We have many more, as | would show
you were you here, and when | think of
the number pause for lack of space.
Our Driving Park association organized
last Spring, numbering 1O5 members,
and to-day is as thrifty as any in the
country. We have in our treasury $500,
and officers and aids that never know
defeat: and the members all gentlemen
and lovers of good horse flesh, are now
either fitting the present owned steed OF
looking for something new that will not
be beat for another seasonj