Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-07-25

. e anu drOve MIN In Inc ElS race lueS0ay.
Mr.. France, the owner OF Alexander, Il
! cate In Philadelphia.
!, r. Barden, of the Barden- -Barden stoc
I farm, Cottonwood county, has been preyaile
I upon to bring Western Chief, the head Of b
t trotting stud, to St. Paul for the fall seasol
Western Chief is In physical formation, q
most perfect picture of q horse, and as b
breeding is Of the best trotting strains, bein
bletonian, first dam Lady Eleanor, by Man
brino Chief, his service should be sought al
ter. The horse will arrive in st. Paul thi
present week,
: Capt. Thos. B. Marrett has sold his b. g. pace
Limerick Boy to Messrs. Teller and johnson
for the good round sum of 81 400. Limericl
Boy is fast, either at the pace or trot, having
trotting record of 2:32. A PAGER he has n,
record but ID is said has shown full mile clos
to 2:2O. It is understood his new owners viii
put him in active training for the fall races
Neither Iroquois or Peregrine, the two ia
yorites for the st. Leger viii fill their Good
the great DOncaster event In september Tht
betting is now to 2 against those two horses
Lord Arlington, it is said, has purchased
Peregrine for $S5, 900.
Edgar NJ johnson, of Cincinnati, candidate
for lieutenant governor of Ohio on the Demo.
cratic ticket, is president of the Queen City
Jockey club, and known throughout the
country as most efficient starter In running
races. He has filed that position with much
| is also an admirer of base ball, and was at one
| time director of the Cincinnati club. -
Capt. Stone, the manager OF Maud g.,
| thinks Matte Hunter the fastest PAGER in the
| world. When she made 2: 2s at Pittsburgh,
she trotted the first half mile outside of Sorrel
Dan.
J. R. Keene paid 81 .OO0 for Lord Murphy as
a wo-year-old. He recently sold him in Eng
land for $50. 49, 49, :,
Pierre Lorillard has reinforced his English
racing stable by string composed of the bay
lilly Aranza, thee years old; ch. colt Sachem,
two years old; br. colt Gerald, two years old,
and six yearlings.
James r. Keene has entered six yearling
colts for the Derby, the Grand Prix de Paris,
the st. Leger, the Two Thousand Guineas, and
other races to be run across the water in 1888.
The youngsters were selected and purchased
for him by Col. D. 8. Bruce, who was SO for
tunate as to light on FoxhalJ RI
The Gentlemen's Driving association of
New York City, announce trotting meeting
with the following rich purses: Stallion purse
of $4,000, a free for all of 5000, two purses
Of $500 each, for 2:2i and 2:25 classes, ST.
500 for 2:28 class, 81 900 for 2:34 class, and
po,ONV tdcu lOr NdauU. > .aQQ ST. JullaH.
Little Wonder by Blue Bull, ont of Polly by
Sovereign Glencoe. son of imp. Sovereign, /.
died at Milwaukee July 10, from the effects of
an operation for rupture.
One of the results of the victory of Iro-
quois in the Derby are the following nomina-
tions for the Derby and Oaks of 1888: Mr.. j.
A. Grinstead, Walnut Hill Stud Farm, Fayette
county, KY, has made two nominations for
the EPSON, England, Derby of 1883, viz, ch. c.,
hry in (cor - IL =
Tokay, by imp. YOrkshire), dam Sophy Bad
derly, by imp Australian, and br. c., full
brother of Grinstead, by Gilroy, dam sister to
Ruric, by imp. Sovereign; also two nomina-
tions for the Oaks of 1888, viz ,ch. f., by War
Dance, dam Mistakes dam, Misfortune, by
Gilroy, and ch. f., by St. Martin, dam Waver-
ley's dam, imp. Cicily Jopsom, by Weather
Barrett, from whom so much was expected
when sent across the ocean to join Pierre L0r-
iliOrd's s English stable, ia showing UP poorly, !
and it is probable that he will soon be re-
turned to this country. When shipped it was
the almost universal opinion, he was the most |
promising colt sent up to that time to Eng
land. -,
Iroquois, winner of the English Derby, is |
said to be looking bigger and better than
Says The Omaha Herald: "Keene and Lor
illord are OUR representatives abroad of
stable government.
A Lexington dispatch says: ssThe contents |
of Mr.. H. P. M'Grah's will are known. He
leaves to his nine, niecec $4,000 each, $5, ,000 |
each to his two sisters in law, and as good as
81, 600 each to his three nephews, He also |
ored trainer, and $500 to Huston's wife. Sam |
was former slave of Mr.. M'Grah's. The ex-
ecutors are Mr.. j A. Grinstead and Col. C. C. |
Morgan. In case Mr. Grinstead fails to
serve them Mr.. Lee Bradley is appointed. Mr..
does not think the estate will pay
the bequests. Everything must be sold" 4
According to the Kentucky Live Stock
Record, w. A. Roberts, of Minneapolis, has
been making some important purchases OF
Record of the 23d inst: 81 L. Race, Illinois,
has sold to W. A. Roberts, Minneapolis,
Minu., the chestnut flly Star Queen. 4 years
old, by Neely's Henry Clay, dam by Blue
Bull" "W. A. Roberts, Minneapolis,
Minn., has bought of ]. L. Race, Ottawa, the
chestnut flly Kaloola, years old, by Neely's
Henry Clay, dam by Persons Abdallah."
J.R Keene's entries for the English Derby,
Grand Prix de Paris, st. Leger and Two Thou
sand Guineas, Of 1888, are; Bay colt by King Kin.
nut colt by Pat Malloy, dam Amy Farley by
Planet; bay colt by King Alfonso, dam Cru
King Alfonzo, dam Zephyr by Lexington; bay
colt by Virgil, dam Lark by Lexington;
Dangerfeld, bay colt, by Ten Brock, dam
Springbrook by Lexington.
Two hundred pounds level has been b, on
Peregrine getting place in the St. Leger, and
a similar wager has been accepted about Iro-
qnois obtaining situation.
The American trotter, Eagle Boy, has won
victory on French soil by trotting 4, 40 me-
tres Ia little over two and three quarter miles)
opened the eyes of many Frenchmen who had
strongly advocated the superiority of the