Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-02-09
BARDEN-- HARDEN.
MINNESOTA BRED TROTTING STOCK
FOR THE EAST.
Immportant Sale by II. Barden--Entrie
by Isaac Staples for the June Running
Meeting at Chioago--Match Between
Bonesetter and Charley Ford--Miscel-
Iane0us.

Ianeous.
Minnesota is growing and developing. 1t is
but few years since the food needed for the
people then living here had to be imported.
Last year the wheat crop of the State was in
round numbers about &c, 0OO, 900 bushels, while
other food products have been nearly or quite
As we'll developed. While the great majority
of our people have devoted themselves to till
ing the soil, few enterprising men have de-
voted their time, energies and capital to intro
ducing into the State choice breeds of horses,
cattle sheep and hogs. Among
the gentlemen especially prominent
in this work, is r. Barden of this city, proprie-
tor and manager of large stock farm in
of the st. Paul & Sioux City railroad. Frank
Dunton, of the Chicago Spirit Of the Turf, In
one of his happy fancies, named this stock
breeding farm Barden-Barden, and 30 the
GLOBE, lacking better name, will designate it.
Here Mr.. Barden has been for years steadily
and persistently engaged in building up
q stock breeding establishment that
should not only reflect credit upou himself as
Judge of stock, but uron the State as stock
breeding locality. In pursuance of this am
bition Mr.. Barden has expended many thousand
dollars in stocking Barden-Barden to his taste
his taste being always for the best.
We are pleased this morning to record the
fact that Mr.. Barden is beginr ing to receive a
little return for his enterprise and good
Judgment. At tho head of
bus stud is Western Chief, son of swigert.
noted sire of trotters, in breeding excelled by
no horse of the present day. Western Chief is
| a bright bay, sixteen hands, and as perfect in
conformation as he Is IN his breeding. 70
| mate with him Mr.. Barden secured some OF the
best bred mares to be found. Among the
dams was one called Topsy, by Swigert, grand
dam Lady Jane by Goidsmith's Abdallah,
great grand dam Dolly Bell by Richards Bell
| founder. This mare, on the Goth OF
June, 1867. foaled q FLY, named
Mienon. She is bright golien bay with
two white stockings and now stands 16 hands
and developed in proportion-in fact a perfect
| horse.
| A few weeks ago a wealthy gentleman from
New York City, something of a horse fancier by
the way, got look at Mignon and straixhtway
opened negotiations for her purchase. Mr. Bar
den put his price upon her, and the gentleman
returned home Saturday. Mr.. Barden received
telegram accepting the price, and Mignon
will be shipped to New York, the present week.
The price was 5000, large figure, the way
| horses are selling now.
Mignon, it may be stated, was first driven to
harness in August last, the veteran Mr.. Wood
mansee, giving her discriminatory work.
she showed him half mile
in better than $50 clip. and he pronounces
| her the best animal he pulled a line over. A
she has been bought for track purposes, We
shall look to her performances for good ad-
vertisement of Barden-Barden, and Minnesota
| as q stock State.
In this connection it may also be stated that
Mr.. Barden ia receipt of numerous letters from
Tennessee, West Virginia, this and other States
for catalogues. of his trotting stock, and that
negotiations are pending for the sale of several
other head of equally as good breeding a.
Mign6n.
This somewhat famous trctting marc In this
section was shipped from Sioux City to Obi
caeo by her new owner, MIR. Darling, Monday
last The Sioux City Journal in mentioning
| the fact says the mare 'came into Bob kneeb's
hands when years old, she has trotted luz
r,ces and in all but three has taken money.
She has occasionally been distanced for foul
driving. but never of her motion. Que of the
| twin colts abe foaled year ago promises we'll
| the other was Injured uhen Touus. uer 9oou
record as a money taker il, OF course. owing
somewhat to the mastery way in which Bob
| handled her."
| VILLAGES MONTHLY.
Wallace's monthly for February is full of
rood things. as usual. Truth" leads off with
walnut Grove Farm and its Representatives"
most interesting description of the breed ng
establishment of Alden Goldsmith.
This paper is superbly illustrated by hItt-
redge, with pictures of the famous animals,
Volunteer (sire of St. Julien), CASTELAR,, Hunt
| ress and Driver. Next comes the Address OF
the National Association of Trotting Horse
| Breeders" which contains much that ls OF
vital Importance to all breeders of stock. THE
Breeding Problem" by Doc" and 'Trotting
Families by Gen. W. T. Withers, with sta
| tistical tables, are likewise of interest sni
value.
| The editorial department is especially COM
prehensive and instructive. The leader, "Es-
tablishing Breed of Trotters." is written In
that forcible and pleasing style for which the
such as Theories of Twenty Years Ago." and
Bonnie Scotland is a Sire of Trotters."
| MISCELLANEOUS.
Duntou's Spirit gives the St. Paul Hunt,
or BOLD Riders" good send off by copying
the GLOBES notice of their mounts.
Charles Ferris, of Minneapolis, has golden
sorrel colt. four white feet, and white snip or
nose, foaled April Is, 1875, by Northern Light,
out of Gre ems Bashaw, he by Duke of Saratogs,
lst dam a mare that can speed 2:4O clip, that
he has named Jim Blaine. A colt with the
breeding given above, deserved better name
Nv. Bemis, of Chicago, owner of the trot-
| Ting btdlAkOH AOhSoSseSAs
and Jerry Monroe, owner of Charley
Ford, record 2:2111a. have signed articles for
a race, mile heats, 5 in s, in harness, over the
track of the Chicago Jockey and IrottinR
Club, June 5, for $1,000 side. If the race
shall prove to be one for blood, as it is gen.
orally believed it will be- it will be worth trav-
cling many miles to see.
d Hon. Isaac Staples, owner of the only racing
string of thoroughbreds in Minnesota, has re-
considered his previously announced deter
mination to withdraw from the turf, and has
entered Gov. Neptune, Athelstane and Florence
PAYNE for the Chicago June meeting, with the
intention of keeping them on the turf for the
season. All three are reported in excellent
fettle, and good Judges are confidently pre-
dieting good performances, especially SO as te
Athelstaue.
, It will not be the fault of the English hsndi
capper if Parole wins race the coming sea
son. Last year, acting upon the generally &C
, cepted English opinion that the American racs
, horse was inferior to the English, the handi
q capper gave Parole light weights. As result
the little American gelding was first in ma
= iority of the events for which he started. Thu
! Handicapped, in revenge for these defeats, ha'
done his utmost to prevent repetition of thi
experience by giving Parole the top weight II