Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-07-10
WEIGH, by Rysdyk; second dam Ophelia, by
Middleton, by Rysdyk.

Many Of the horses in the trottIng stables
in Kentucky, have been afflicted with pink
eye this spring, among the sufferers being
Farce, the favorite for the 4year old race, aud
Code in both the 3 and year old races at
Chicago, Saturday of this week.
Among the brood mares recently purchased
By ex-Gov. Stanford, for the Palo Alto ranch,
California, is the b. m. Lula, foaled 1868,
got oy Alexander's Norman, dam by imported
HootOn, record 2:l5. The mare will be re-
membered as one of the turf attractions at the
state fair in 1877, then in the stable of Charley
Green.
The Turf, Field and Farm suggests that the
81 900 special prize offered by the board OF
stewards of the grand circuit be free to all
horses, and those which have a record of 2:14
or better to pull wagon, while the Others
shall have the privilege OF going to sulky. 1t
is also proposed to allow Little Brown jug,
the PAGER, to compete.
Catch.fy, six-ysar-old daughter of Admin
istrator and Cachuca, is said to have been
given three successive miles recently, the Sec
ond and third OF which were trotted in 2:l6
and 2:I5X. The mare is the property of Col.
Pepper, of the South Elkhorn stud, Frank
fort, KY, and is entered in the 2:27 and 2:3O
classes at Chicago next week.
''veritas" in The Spirit; ssKuapsack"
Mccarthy has been heard from in the far
Northwest. and reports that when
Commodore Kittson's string strikes
the grand circuit he will have half dozen
able to go in 2:20 or better, and if they do not
prove winning cards the commodore will buy
faster ones. 'Knapsack's' mare, Minnie R.,
has shown 2:2i, and he is very sweet on her. )
Horsemen and breeders will find an an :
nouncement in the advertising columns that
may possibly interest them. Baron Hausman
second, whose services are to let, is one of the
finest representatives Of the Percheron Nor
man family in the state. The Almont stallion
is finely developed horse, snowy in harness,
of good disposition. and a trotter, while for
stud purposes he must prove Saluable to any
locality. lie can be bought cheap.
The famous old trotter General Butler who
made record of 2:2lH away back in 1862, is
still in the land of the living. He recently as
tonished the spectators by trotting half-mile
to top wagon over Fleetwood track in 1:14k
"a splendid performance for a 30 year-old
horse. He is credited in all with 46 heats in
2:3O or better, beating Lady Suffolk, Panic,
George Wilkes, Geo. M. Patchen, the great
Dexter, Goldsmith Maid and other noted per-
formers.
Luke Blackburn, the famous son of Bonnie
Scotland and Nevada, by Lexington, has been
permanently retired from the turf, having
been sold to Gen. W. F. Harding, by whom
the horse has been sent to his Belle Mead
stock farm. AS 2-year he was not success,
winning but one race out of thirteen in which
he started, but as a 3-year old in 1850, COM
mencing with Jerome Park, he won a series
OF most brilliant victories, placing him in the
front rank of Swear old performers. His
misfortune came in the Kentucky st. Ledger
at Louisville, which he won in his usual GAL
liant style but from which he emerged dead
lame and from which he has never recovered.
We are sorry to learn that the owner of the
b. m. Lucy N, "a st. Paul gentleman) who
acquitted herself SO finely in her races in the
North western circuit, has decided to with
draw her from the turf and use her for his
private driving, his purpose being to secure a
nate for pole team. She had improved
very rapidly the short time she was in the
hands of Geo. Smith of Hastings, doing bet
ter than 2:30 in her race with Pedro at Mime
apolis, and had she been kept to work
throughout the season, would have reached a
mark better than 2:25. Beyond this fact, and
more important, is the fact that her owner is
a gentleman, and the presence of his mare in
race would be guarantee that no job exist
ed. It is just such men that are needed
upon the turf to elevate this pepu-
lar and exciting sport. In this
connection, we desire to express the hope that
the owner of Nettie G another st. Paul gen.
tleman, will not pursue the same course with
his very promising young animal, but rather
that he will increase his venture. He has
made most excellent beginning, and he
ought to follow it up. Mr.. Jerome McKen-
ney, by whom the mare was tutored and driv.
en-, is deserving praise for his success in
bringing her out in such good shape.