Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-09-24

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imp. Glencoe.
John Murphy has again got Phil Thomp-
son in good trotting order, for at the gen.
tlemen's Driving Park last week he drove
him mile and repeat in 2:2211s and
2:2O4.
A Philadelphia paper says that James
Elliott, of that city, "has been offered ST.
| 200 for his colt by Almont out of the dam
| of Early Rose. The youngster is but four
months old.
Issaquina, the flying Erdenheim young
ster, who won the Hopeful and August
stakes, at Monmouth, for the striped
jacket, is slightly lame, but nothing seri-
GUS is apprehended.
Tony Newell, 2:1915, has been taken to
Erie, Pa, by his new owner, Mr.. G. M.
Reed, of that place, and will be driven on
the road with Nora Temple. He is a hand
some horse as well as fast one.
tits pleasant to be able to state that
Mr.. Geo. W. Sherwood's well known mare,
Hambletonian Maid, has SO far recovered
from the injury she received some months
ago, that he hopes to be able to start her
| IN the races this fall.
M. T. Grattan, of Preston, Mimi, has
purchased the bay mare Volunteer Maid
from W. G. Russell, Of La Crosse, for $500.
The mare has shown 2:36 in private and
| Will make good match for Mr.. Grattan's
Little Queen, who has shown a mile in
2:33.
On Wednesday, Oct. 10, Col. N. S. Stra-
der will sell on the Fair Grounds at Lex
ington forty head of choicely bred stock,
the get of such famous sires as Dictator,
George Wilkes, Mambrino Patchen and
Alcantara. The trotting races will be IN
der Roadway then.
The trotter Sensation, record 2:224,who
is now more than twenty years old, and has
for several years been used as a road horse
in st. Louis, was sold recently by Mr..
James DAILY, of that city, to parties in Ne
braska for $3.50. Although badly crippled
| Sensation can beat 2:40.
Almont Gift, five years old, and 16 hands
won the stallion race at the Ohio State
Fair, and made record of 2:294. He is
young horse of great promise, and was
got by the Fair Oaks stallion, Almont
Chief, out of Fly, by Old Mohawk, and she
out of mare by Bacchus.
At recent meeting of the Rochester
Driving Park association, the accounts
showed that the season of 1883 was the
most profitable since the organization of
the society. The same dividend as last
year was declared. It was also decided to
increase the attractions at the next meet
ing, and to renovate the track, which will
be made over with loan at an expense of
$4,000.
Messrs. Chinn & Morgan, Harrodoburg,
KY, are making extensive additions to
their racing stable. During the past week
they purchased the following yearlings
from Major B. G.. Thomas. Fellow Tyler,
chestnut colt, by FelIowcraft, dam Rosaline
(the dam of Rosary, by Commodore;
Lelogas, bay colt, by Lelaps, dam War
Reel (the dam of Lelex and Queen Bap),
| by War Dance, and bay colt, by Long
bow, dam by War Dance, paying for the
lot $4,000.
Kentucky Lire Stock Itecord: M. VIM.
McCraoken, Lexington, KY, offered at the
late Lexington fair two solid silver cups
valued at $50 each for the bes. sackling
foals by the stallion Hambletonian Nam
brine, record 2:214, which were won by
Mr.. W. F. Weeks, of Louisiana for the
best filly, bay flly out Of Ziska, by
Almont Chief and by Mr.. Watt McIlwain
for the best colt, bay. There were eight
head shown, six colts and two FLIES, which
were sold by competent judges to be as
fine lot as were ever shown.
Mr.. Belmont had the misfortune to lose
on the 18th, of entertis, the famous old
mare Lady Blessington. She was bred in
1861 by the late Mr.. w. 81. Gibbons, at
Madison, N. j., and was by Eclipse, from
Philo, by Mariner; grandam Cassandra, by
Priam. She was very speedy mare, but
in the stud she achieved her greatest tri-
umphs. During her fifteen years in the
stud she threw more good race horses than
any of the Nursery nations. She had
Lord Byron, Count D. Orsay, and Countess,
and Duchess, by Kingfisher.
Breeders Gazette: There will be a
grand exodus OF trotters to the Pacific
slope Immediately after the Chicago Octo-
Der trotting meeting. A draft from the
Kittson stable, consisting of Fanny With
erspoon, Pilgrim, Gem, Little Brown jug
and Won Arnim, will head the party.
Eickock will have st. julien, Ovsrman,
Eva and Ruby, and Goldsmith takes Di-
rector and Romero. John Turner was to
have gone along, but the sickness of Ed
win Thorne left him without competent
representative. Arrangements have been
made for series of meetings in Califor-
MIA during the winter.
Breeders Gazette: AS Director is now
acknowledged to be the greatest cam
palgner of the year, a brief review of his
performances since he came on the turf
three years ago will be of interest. As a
three-year- old he started twice, winning
both races and getting record of 2:3O
At four years of age he started but once,
being second to Phil. Thompson
in the stake for four-year- odds
and under at Chicago. He then
went to California, where he started
five times as a fve-year- old, winning four
races, and was second in the other. This
season he has started twelve times, win
ming nine races.
"Veritas" in the Spirit of the Times: Yes
terdey met President j. B. Barnaby, of
the Narragansett Driving association, and
learned that they had engaged S. Griffin for
five years, from Nov. next, to take care of
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