Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-08-13
SPORTING COLUMN.
IN AND OUTDOOR ADJUSTMENTS AND
GAME CULTURE.
The Field, Range. Track, Course. Cue,
Ring, Stream, Sail, Car, Trap,
Kennel and Stable.

THE NERVOUS LITTLE SoRREL.-The
afternoon mail had arrived on Thursday
and brought, among things, the Pittsburg
papers. When | opened my copy of the
Post and saw what Maud S. had accom-.
plished at the new driving park, turned
to gentleman who sat beside me and
said 60 Maud s. has beaten her record
and trotted in 'l01." 'sYou don't mean
it," said he. Let me look at the paper
The gentleman who said this was W. S.
Hubert, of Cincinnati. He is one of the
noted men of that place, is worth mill.
ion or two, and is largely interested in the
Cincinnati Gazette. Mr.. Hubert laid the
paper down and said : 81 owned Maud S.
for week once. Captain J. Bugher. an
old river man, who came from up the Mo-
nongehela river, was friend of mine. He
was great horseman, and one day we
went over to sale of blooded colts at
Alexander's farm, at Woodburn, Ky.
Bugher bought eleven colts, and then 1T
began to rain in torrents. We stood under
an umbrella as the last colt on the cata-
logue was brought out. She was q pretty,
bright-looking thing and told Bugher he
had better buy her. He said he had bought
enough, and concluded would take her
myself, and so I gave Sl45 for her. put
her in with Bugher's colts, and they were all
sent to his farm. About week after this
1 went to the farm and asked where my
colt was. Bugher showed me little,
demonstrating sorrel colt, which had
piece of string tied around its neck. He
said that was my colt, and that the string
had been put on in order to distinguish 1t.
1t did not leok to me as If it was the colt
l had bought, and l said so, but Bugher
was positive, and let it 60 until the next
time we went out to the farm. remem-
bered then that my colt was bay, and not
sorrel, and told Bugher SO, and he con.
fessed that he had been mistaken; so L
took the bay and Bugher took the sorrel,
and that's where | made mistake. The
sorrel was Maud S., and the bay was her
sister. Maud has trotted in POS, and the
sister can't trot under three minutes.
Bugher put the colt into BARS hands to
train when she was three years old, and in
a short time she did magnificent work.
Old man Bugher died, and his son gave
orders to Bair to sell the mare for $3.50.
Bair came to me dozen times and
wanted me to buy her. He said she was
the fastest thing in the way of horsefesh
there was in the country, but did not
care about making the purchase. After
while Stone bought the mare for
$3.50 and allowed Bair to manage
her. She showed so much speed
that Vanderbilt heard of her and wanted
to buy her. Stone said he would sell for
80, O00 $40, 600 for himself and 81, 600 for
Bair, provided the mare trotted IN 2:l0.
She was on the Lexington track and made
the mile il 2:l7a, which was just Dexter's
time. Vanderbilt bought her and put her
in charge Of man who could not do any
thing with her. He treated her roughly,
and she would not trot. Vanderbilt wrote
to Stone and said l bought that mare
for sd, coo, and she can't trot in 2:35. [
don't want to he called an ass. What shall
do about it?' Stone replied that if the
mare was sent to him to train he would
make her the fastest trotter in the world,
and he did. Only few weeks ago man
named Woodmansee, who represented some
st. Louis men, went to Vanderbilt and
offered him certified check for $1,000
for Maud, but Vanderbilt only laughed and
said she was not for sale-and that is the
nervous little sorrel colt that he would not
keep"-and Mr.. Hubert softly rubbed his
chin and looked at me with queer smile
that spoke volumes. You said she
trotted in 2:0S," said 1 "do you not
mean 2:l05 % No, sir, said Mr.. Hull
best, promptly. cit is well known that
the mare can trot in 2:0S, and what is more,
she has done it on regular track on two
different occasions. Of course, it was in
private, and not on record, but she was
timed by competent men with stop
watches. IL Deer Park correspondent
Pittsburg Post.
PHIL. THOMPSON. Thompson, the
winner of the stakes for colts and fillies
four years old and under, at Chicago. July
10Th, in 2:25, 2:24a and POI, is a dark,
rusty gray, very blood. like in his appear
ance. He is Isl hands at the withers, and
about Is over the rump. He has clean
cut, we'll proportional head, ear of fine
proportions-smallfo for the Mambrino Chief
blood he carries long, blood. like neck,
with sloping shoulders, deep through the
heart, short back and strong loin, smooth
coupling, with the best of legs and feet.
He is not heavily. muscled horse, but well
proportioned at all points. His gait is easy
and smooth, a medium between Maud S.
and st. Julien-not as much action as
Maud and more than Julien not SO open
behind as Maud, more SO than Julien. He
has the same jaunty wave Of the head-not
so much as Maud S. has, which gives her
such fascinating independent air in ac-
ton. Thompson Is wonderful colt, show
ing in no spot any indication OF overwork,
trots races like campaigner, and IS the
wonder of the day. He was sired by Red
Wilkes, his dam by Bayard second dam
thoroughbred. Red Wilkes, by George
Wilkes, dam by Mambrino Chief. Bayard
by Pilot, Jr., dam by American, son of
Whitehall second dam by Hills Black
hawk, third dam by Magnum Bonum. So
it will be seen that he carries the fashion
able trotting blood of Hambletonian Nam
brine Chief. Clay, through Wilkes dam,
Pilot, Jr., and all based on thorough blood.
RIDING.-I have theory about the rid
ing of race horses which has been success.
fully practiced in the case Of my own hack
and hundreds of COW ponies In the West
ern States, and would like to try and in.
duce some of the celebrated jockeys to
take il up. 1t is simply to have the rider
sit exactly between the two forces OF loco
motion (hind and fore legs or in the middle
Of the back instead of usual, away up al
most on the withers. / think in long
race especially, or in heat race, the horse
would not tire nearly so quickly, and, con-
sequently, would be liable to make
faster finish. The constant raising of
from 100 to 1870 pounds, almost dead
weight on the fore legs, must exhaust
horse greatly. In Colorado the cowboys
who are, in reality big men, set the saddle
well back on the pony, fasten the girth
easy, and then put separate girth over
the cantle and around the belly near the
sheath, which, made tight, keeps the saddle
in the proper place. Equipped in this way
small pony viii gallop all over the prairie
ON two meals day for from fifteen to
twenty hours day, carrying man
weighing l60 pounds, and this man well
knows that the little animal could not
do it if he sat far forward. Why would
not this hold good in the case OF thorough
bred extended to his utmost for several
minutes - Correspondent New York
Spirit.
A MoDERN DIANA IN TAXAs.-In Mon
tague county, Texas, resides young lady
who is said to be the finest shot in that To-
cality. This modern Diana, Miss Mollie
Shultz, in recent encounter with fierce
catauoust, has found her way to fame.
M. i xaoa;rad . Hath mound from,