, 1881-05-15
Sportsman was recently purchased by Dr..
Rowe, Of Chicago, and hereafter will devote
considerable space to trutting.

Sportsman was recently purchased by Dr.
Rowe, OF Chicago, and hereafter WILL deYole
considerable space to trottng.
St. Julien and the rest Of Hlckok's horses
viii go directly 10 Detroit and be trainet
there. The first enlargement Of the stable ]:
at Rochester, July i. where Santa Claus Is
entered in the stallion race.
| Hopeful has been sent to- New York, and
IS being trained BY Dan Mace, but whether
| or not that driver will look after him in races
this season Is not known. At present Mace
! has stable 0f runners at Jerome Park.
Burth. the Jockey who pulled King Dutch
man at the New Orleans meeting, has been
expelled. George HDkes has also been ruled
| off by the New Orleans Jockey Club for
using disrespectful language to the judges
Tom Thumb, the little pacing midget, is
10 years old. In his palmy days lie could
pull 2 wagon in 500 or better, and 20
! it again: He is hardy little chap, meas
ures l2M hands, and weighs less than 500
| pounds.
/ The Trotting- Horse Breeders Stud-Book,
! which is being compiled by Ar. j. Il. San
ders, Of this city, will be ready for distribu-
! tion in about two weeks: 1t will be the most
| complete work ut its kind ever published,
| and valuable alike to horsemen aud the gen
eral public.
The Central Park. Driving Associations
track will be opened Tomorrow Tickets
may be obtained Of either member of the
Mcssrs. Aldricl, Ford, Albright, Davis, and
Planlondon. The first matinee will be given
one week from next Saturday.
Our Friend, Clara D., Jennie B., and Alley
have been declared out of the Board Of
Trade Handicap. to be run at the Chicago
June meeting. Clara p. and Jennie .. are
withdrawing it would seem that Mr.. Bald
wins stable win not come East this year.
Mr.. Daniel Swisert. one of the best known
and nlust successful turfMen i'll the country,
has decided to sell all his horses at auction
Mays The horses in training to be dis
Asia Asia Minor, Alexis, Macso, Malaga. P'ide,,
Cameo, Lydia, Sunset, Apollo, Ilnlbuctno,
Arabia, La Gloria, Heartless. and Cac!1uca.
The flly Aranza, that won the Maxwell
House and Tennessee Stallion Stakes at
Nashville, is entered IN the uotel and l1er-
chants Stakes at St. Louis. the Clarendon,
Relief, and Congress-Hall Stakes at Sarato-
70, the September Stakes ut Sheepsllead
Bay, and the Sewanee Stakes at the Nash
vile fail meeting.
Although nothing detinit has been learned
BY horSeilGn in this vicinity concerning the
condition Of Hattie Woodward, there is gen
eral impression that she will not be able 10
trot thls seasull, aud strength is given to this
VIEW Of the case by the fact that Sne has not
been entered at the Chicago truttiag meeting,
although her stable companion, Frances
Alexander, will be here.
Lady Mac, record 2 :23, formerly owned bv
". H. Vanderbilt, died recently at ScIlel,ec-
tady, y. T., from the effects OF i strain. She
was bred in Tennessee, and in the hands OF
Bob johnson obtained the record mentioned
above, being sold shortly afterward to Mr..
Vanderbilt WHO drove her. III colnpanv with
Small Hopes, Il nile over the Fleetwood
Park track in 2::cc55 which is still the best
uOuble-tcaul performance.
The brood-lnare Dame GourIay, foaled
1S1U, by Planet out OF Flora G.. by Lexington,
and the chestnut mare Flea, foled 1872, by
War DANCE out uf Entlor. both the proverty
Gently ut his place. THE same gentleman
also lost two ycarlings, as follows: jung !
frau. chestnut tilly, by Springbok out Of |
Dame Gourlay, by Planet, nnd Chestnut colt |
by Springb0k out Of Nellie Grim, BY AS |
teroid.
There vas 2 story afloat this evening"
- to the effect that Mr.. j. r. keene, the owner |
Of Foxhail, had purchased Peter (cI,estnut |
horse, years old, by Hermit, out OF Lady t
MasilaIn). who Is trained in the same stable |
as tie lnnkee-bred one, and later Tonight I |
learn that the horse has been sold, the price |
being given as $500, but only tell the story /
Is it has bet-n told to NE, and there may not
be much truth in the statement. And am
told that the bly, horse can make an example
oln), which would apparently give color
11@ to the story of the sale, for If llr. keene
.ound that all animal which could beat lis
'wn at the wei Ehts was for sale he ould
'l1ly be too anxious to make the purchase"
Referring to the large number Of entries
lily ntxt Jut::, the Spirit Of the Times says:
The Chicago Ideas appear 70 De good ones
nowadays. The beauties Of the 2>55 per cent
nrtcit plan are must conspicuous III the