Daily globe., 1883-07-09

nouncemenI.
The Breeders Gazette, in referring to
the blood lines of some of the fastest
trotters, says, 'It is Hambletonian and
Mambrino Chief all round ir the case of
Irlnket, and with J1yEye See, it is Ham
bletonian and American Star" Oh, give
us little of Pilot Jr., in the latter, Mr.
Sanders, for the sake of old Midnight, if
nothing else.
Recently field of the running cracks
OF the East, met at Brighton Beach, in a
dash of one and one quarter miles, which
was won IN 2:17l4. On Saturday week at
Chicago, field of eleven starters contest
ed like event, which was won in 2:241I
the winner being sold on the ground
for two thousand dollars. On Thursday
last at Minneapolis, four Minnesota thor
oughbreds started, three of which made a
nose and tail race with little chestnut
lilly that Jumped the same distance in
2;l414, and you can buy the lot for one
thousand dollars apiece, and then have a
racehorse.
There was racing at Valley City, D. T.,
the Fourth, under the auspices of the
Barnes County Agricultural and Mechani-
cal Association, upon the track of the
stock farm of Hon. G. F. Kindred,
of Brainerd. The most notable
event was the race for 2-year olds, half
mile heats, best 2 in 3. The entries were
Il. G. Finkle's filly by Happy Medium, en-
tered in the 3-year old stakes at Chicago
next year, and G. F. Kindred's colt Biz
zard. The race was won by Mr.. Finkle's
tilly in straight heats; time ! "A. 1:42
The last quarter of the last heat being
trotted in 40 seconds.
The Breeders Gazette publishes an in
terview with the veteran trainer and driver
Otis W. Dimick, wherein that old timer
is made to say that he drove the ancient
trotter Jack Rositor, in race with Lady
Moscow, alheat in 2:2S in the year 1848.
This is mistake in the figures, as Rosi-
tors llowest record is 2:3115, made over
the Centerville course Long Island, MAY
10th, 1852, in race against Zachary Tay-
lor and Pelham. The race referred to by
DImlck, was trotted at Albany, N. Y,
September Both, 184S, where Rositor beat
Lady Moscow, in three heats, time, 2:3S,
2:39, 2;37. little reflection will convince
the Gazette, that 2:28 trotters were unknown
In 1646, that the first trotter to reach that
point was the bay gelding Pelham in 1S49.
whic hstood as the best record until 1853,
when 2;27 was made by the bay mare
Highland Maid.
The following from the report of the
Chicago Tribune of Fridays races in that
city, will be read with Interest by many st.
Paul people: "The heat race injured the
sports" pretty badly, they backing Bon
ME Bird heavily all the way through, put
ting on their money Just as freely after he
had lost the first heat as before the race
began. They played with such confidence
indeed, that very strong suspicion of a
job became prevalent George Morgan,
the owner of Leonatus, who had backed
Olivette heavily against Bonnie Bird,
heard the rumors, and at once hunted up
his trainer, McGinty, and placed him in
charge of the filly. Manager Hall clinch-
ed matters by Informing the jockeys be-
fore the second heat that any queer work
would be punished by expulsion, and the
result was that EOlivette won the race,
the second heat being run half second
faster than the first.'
The late Minneapolis meeting resulted
in adding two more horses to the list of
2:30 performers. First is Gen. Hancock,
bay gelding, who scored the 2nd heat in
the $50 class in 2:2814. The horse was
brought to this State from Philadelphia,
by Mr.. W. X. Reese, some two years since
and passed through the hands of Henry
Seeley, of Minneapolis, and from him to
his present owner, j. A. Lovejoy, of the
same city. He, is speedy and a good
actor, and can beat his newly made record.
He is represented to be son of thorough
bred lightning, dam by American Star.
The other is Stormer, bay stallion, l531
hands, who in the 2:34 class trotted the
second heat in 2:2914. Stormer is a large
and powerful horse, that weighed on the
scales on the day of the race, 1875 pounds.
He is owned by W. Alderman, of Oshkosh,
Wis, and made record of 2:35, at that
place last year. He is claimed to have
been sired by Surprise, son of Hambleton-
ian, out of pacing bred dam, and can
trot handily in 1926.
The pacing gelding, John II =, owned by
Mr.. T. B. Marrett, of st. Paul, made a
very creditable performance at Minneapo-
lis on Wednesday last, pacing and winning
three heats in 2:30l4, 2:3O, 2:3O15, being
driven easily without urging. In fact he
was driven a waiting race-waiting at the
distance pole for the others to come up
before passing under the wire. There has
been a great improvement both in the
speed and action of the horse since his ar
rival in Minnesota, about two years ago.
He was, soon after his advent here, started
in a race at Minneapolis, and proved
himself to be a very bad actor, being
handled by a drunken and inconsiderate
driver, whichw as undoubtedly the cause of
the Generalization of the horse, for since
being placed under the care of his present
trainer and driver, Geo. P. Smith, of Hast
ings, who by kind and considerate usage,
has changed the animal from a w1lful
buckjumper to a level-headed, steady 60
ing track horse.
Geo. P. Smith, of Hastings, is never
happy unless he has a race on hand, or one
in prospect. He is now engaged in boom
ing new race, between Capt. Herod and
Pedro. in which he desires to enter the
PAGER John H; and is Indifferent as 10
whether it shall be a sweepstake, a purse,
gate money, or for fun; any conditions are
satisfactory to him, only to have race.
No bette= evidence is required that George
is good man to horse, than the fact
that soon altar ona ia Dlaced in his boDds