Daily globe., 1881-03-07

of Norman Percherons for importation to this
country. Mr.. johnson last year made two
trips to France on the same business, during
which he purchased 147 head, nearly all Of
which found market in Minnesota and IL
linois.
The trotting stations Monroe Chief and
Aberdeen are now for sale, affording an oppor-
tunity rarely offered for obtaining standard
horse for breeding purposes. 1t is now dem
onstrated beyond theories and cavil that trot-
ters can be bred with certainty by coupling
standard bred and developed sires to trotting
bred road mares. Aberdeen is by Rysdyk's
Hambletonian, dam, the famous old mare,
"Widow Machree," record 2:29. He has had
very little experience on the turf, but enough
however to show his ability as trotter, hav-
ing scored 2:M. His value as sire Is shown
2:24; Lida, 2:25H, and Sir Walter, 2:25H
Monroe Chief was by Jim Monroe, he by Alex
ander's Abdallah, dam by Bay Chief, and has
shown great speed and endurance on the turf,
winning thirteen races out of fourteen starts
in 1880, against the best classes of horses In
the great Eastern circuit. His record is 2:18K,
obtained the past season, and he Is now in fine
health and condition. He has never been used
in the stud, but his ancestors are trotters on
1t would give us great pleasure to announce
that at least one of these great sires was COM
ing to Minnesota.
The celebrated PAGER Sleepy George, record
2:15, while en- route to Montreal, recently,
having been sold to Mr.. Smith, of that city,
by w. c. Fair, Cleveland, O., was killed in
railroad accident. He was great campaign
er and had great speed.
The Michigan circuit the present spring
season will be Fort Wayne, May 81 to June 8:
Detroit, June to 10; East Saginaw, June II
to II; Grand Rapids, June q to "a; Ionia,
June 2S to July 1; Battle Creek, July 4 to Z.
The purses of the circuit will aggregate about
S41, 600.
A prospective race CT national interest, is a
match between Parole and Luke Blackburn,
one mile and quarter. It is said Pierre Lor
lizard, owner of Parole, has sufficient faith in
the running qualifications of his horse, victor
lea and England, to back him for good
round sum for the distance named, same
weights, against the crack of the Messrs.
Dryers, the three year old m eteor of last sea-
son. No race possible would attract more
universal interest.
wALLACE's MONTHLY.
We copy the appended notice of this pub
lication from contemporary, deeming it
tribute worthily bestowed: "Every breeder
and owner of trotting horses ought to be a
reader of WalIace's Monthly. The editor of
that journal has done more to clear the
track of lumber and trash for the success
full breeding of trotting horses than any man
in the United States. He has given the matter
of breeding great study and thought. He has
formed his opinions on stubborn facts. He
believes that "like begets like'-that to breed
fast trotters you should go to fast trotting
families for sires and dams, and what he be
lives he urges with great clearness, force and
pertinacity. By SO doing he has got some who
differ with him "down on him"-but he cares
not, and fights like giant for what he believes
to be true and right, and he brushes away
the sophistries OF others like mere cobwebs.
We have always had faith in Wallace and
the art of breeding the trotter in any country.
His Monthly is a well printed magazine, and
is always filled with original and selected
matter of the highest value to the owner and
over Of the trotting horse.