, 1881-01-09
SPORTING NEWS.

SPORTING NEWS.
THE TURF. ....,.
; Lady Martin Is being driven on the road by
J.E. Stewart. of Boston, -'. !
d Happy Medium now hns thirsy-two winners to
his credit, seven Of them having records OF 2:So
or Better. 49, I.
Badger Girl record 2:e2H1<, died Inst week at
Oconomowoc, Wis. She Leaves weanlinR colt,
by Gov. Eprague.
T. J. Dunbar hns leased tie Milwaukee track
for tho coming Season, and will give spring anu
fall trotting meetings. "h
Mr.. A. J. Cation, Of OTTAWA. H., has purchased
the bay mare Naomi, foaied In 1873 by Belmont
dam by Mambrlno Chief. - ,.
M: Y: H. vanqerbilt has presented sd,d2 Ra9 y
him to the act ia not stated. ..
,Kellett, the well-known English light weight
Jockey. is laid up with broken leE. the result
Of being kicked by II yearline colt =
l A., noticed In Thursdays TRIBUNE, Little
7 Fred, record 2:2o has been sold By Geo5ge HIg-
bic TO Mutt Fisher, of this city, for s2,oto
John Turner's stable OF trotters won $20.11l in
1850; divided as follows: Hannis $500: Trlpkee,
s, 1885, Daisydaie, $4048: Edwin ThoTne Ss2,22'}'
Mr.. nobert steel Of Philadelphia, has par-
to the ChleaRo stallion Piedmont; record. z:Sl3a.
geldlhg Phil Thompson, " Red Wilkes; that T at
was believed by kee;neky M hqrsemen r en- N aS5 1a 70
| There is an unusually Large number Of trot:
tiers wintcring in Boston this season. John Trout
hnstwelfty iii Charge Ja1nes Golden fifteen. Juck
Rowen twelve, Dan Rigley sixteen, and Hirsm
Smith ten.
Ben Wright, we'll known to horsemen in nil
parts of the country, nov makes hts headquar:
| ters at Detroit, Mich. With the assistance 1f
John De Mass he should make turf matters
| lively there, q =
I Gabriel, horse that has run more races than
amy horse III the country during the tiEae he has
| been upon tha turf is said to have developed q
| weak leg. and the chances are that his racing
| days are over.
| Plans for h;ppodroratpg Maud S. and St Julien
next season are already under way. The Minne.
apolis Association has offered a purse Of 51DM0
for q race between them, and the race Will
doubtless be nude.
The old-ttme trotter Brother Jonathan, whose
name will ever be associated with that Of his
! now deceased driver, "Noscy" Brown. was put
/ up in a rafie Christmas; Day At sharon; ,d "a,
nild subsequently, sold by the winner for *5Oo
Mr. .. swieert the We!l:knoWn, :. kentuekyg 3
a brood mare, having purchased OF :. ";
h Rssf, Nex o II 3 es SRp 81 on ffasd
Gen. ". ". Woodfolk, m old Tennessee turf
man. dlol 1T Nashville recently at the ripe are
OF II. He bred among others Undinc: Conpro-
se Laura 1nyneible Iodine, Aasfna Mraa ~ 1unn no,
West, and Woodbine
Mr.. ]. ". Mackey, the owner Of the famous
trottlng f1liy Sweetheart, offers to match & hes
against Gov stanforas 2year-o!d g eolt T. Ffed Fea
$l0,OO0 side, half forfeit, or she will trot amy
horse Of years old and under on the same terms.
Mr. Pierre Lqril!a5d has pSrehased oatafo'
Lorillat s has aso s secured for tho sncocas stud
the bay mare SalIic, foaled 1858. by Bonnie Scot
land, out Of Lqdy Lancaster, BY Monarch. M Sne
| Is the dam OF Experience Oaks. Nathan Oaks,
| nnd Solicitor. :.
Prince Battbyany, who Is 73 years old, has re-
tired from the English turf, and has sold his
stud to Mr. Naylbr, VINO has for several years
ber" bee Il 4 horsss Tie T Prnee nee Is m oldter On
the turf, us is. 1s48 he won the brighton stnkes.
His only Derby success was in l676, with Gal
opin. '*
It's now deanttly settled that the California
stallion Santa Claus, record e:1s,. as a. 5-yeur-
old, will come East next season, proyided the AS
sociatons here offer free-for- al stallion purse.
Among the noted horses that would protaby
| compete in such q race are RonescLter, Monroe
| Chief, Piedmont, Vo1taire, Hannis. Frances A.
exander, Kentucky Wilkes, and Hanoleton'an
| BashaW.
/ Thirty thousand persons witnessed the race
for the Victoria Derby, nenr Melbourne. Austria
lia. Oct 30 last: NV Z. Longs s bay Sal colt
EaTsb seaessa %he eSsss seafo e Vetos
ing Club is nt Fletningtoi,, three miles from Mel:
- 49, @ ~ ~. oro - tha ,nrut ,or
ttnua oenel ~, =. - ~ ,I ~ lt ~ 40
| Aec''s aii""3oo IL 'ae "ot'e ...,.
| Below will be found particulars as to the win
i nings to the credit Of eleven Of the leading
| Thoroughbred sres of England in 18Su:
| Hermit, by Newmiuster;: twenty-three winners
| sixty -four wins, value $ll3,gsO. .
AdyeutureE. Dy Newminsteri sixteen winners, thir-
ty.six wins. $.1,a,5 -sso,, ,xs,a
bGrtfa"' os LIE DuAe' t"o "'nne1s' se*en "'"7'
Hosereeian. BY: Reaasrnan: M twonty-one winners
forty-eSnt wins S<stlM: a,oron ,,s ,b,rtv,
sayan VIA ST.;i 'e''' e'o'0n "N1'o'
| Doncs,ster b. Ytockwe11; thirteen winners, nine.
! teen wins, $5aelUM
| MucAr0nl. by:Sweetmoat; seventeen winners, thir-
tycthree wins sts:asl: .un,,., ,,t,,.>ou.
xasnga ah oy esa II
V,ciorioas, " NeTninster; eight winners, nine
i teen wins Slaas7;
| Scottish Chief, by Lord Of the Isles; fifteen win
ners. twenty seven wins. " tal ;.., ,.,,aua
me anlaier @ z "a ~ 'fteea t"ea
1-se'oA "A'7 *4s'-s. =; .
Il The famous English thoroughbred brood mare
4 Fornosn died recently at the stables OF ner
I owner d. Letcvre, at ChamanL france. sne
was bred by ME- Co0kson. IN ieSo, anu was py
Buccaneer tson Of Wild Dayreig, dam Eiier. "
Chanttcleer: second dRm by rom BOY. our OF
Tesane, by Whisker. Formosu died on the same
day that Blue Gown was dropped over me soc m
Of the steamship Victoria into the Atlantic, and
what renders the cotncfdence still more STRIKING
is the fact that Blue Gown and Forinosa were
the herp a1d heroine hero respectisei{ or me Deeos