The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-07-07

Jolica will reach the 2:10l4 of Maud s. before the
season closes. The $3.50 horse couldn't be
touched with $4,000 now.
Chinn & Morgan have sold the chestnut FLY
Sadie McNairy 49,, by Enquirer, dam Mamie
for $3.50.
Dexter is in the fine stables of Robert Bonner
lie 10 now twenty-five years DID, and is in fine
condition. He is given daily exercise, and looks
as II he could go a race AMI win it.
The jumper thurman was recently rechristen
ed Carter Harrison. Heavily handicapped with
the cognomen, he fell down in the very next
steeple-chase in which he started.
Trinket is still moving well, and is likely to
lower her record of 2:14. Hickok will hardly
start st. Julien against her at Detroit, as the
track is not so good as 1t might be.
Chicago Herald: "Sam Bryant refused 81 5 900
for his chestnut two-year-old colt, General Hard
ing, yesterday, before he started in the Flash
stakes. He says he would not take $20, 900 tor
him."
The performance of Joe Bunker in the 2:25
class at the Fleetwood Driving Park was n very
meritorious one first heat in 2:1934 and q
fourth heat in 2:19l4 are things not to be dis
regarded.
For Dexter, who retired from the turf with
record OF 2:l7l4, Mr.. Bonner paid $4,000 He
did not then dream that he would breed a colt
when would beat this time in the first race i'll
which he started.
W. j. Gordon, of Cleveland, is having an eighth.
pletely rooted over, for the purpose of working
his trotters early in the spring. Mr.. Gordon is
the owner of Clingstone (2:14).
The Cleveland idea is to try and arrange a
special race for Clingstone and Edwin Thorne.
IL will draw better than any oGher that could be
proposed. People have not forgotten the re-
markable contest OF July, 1882.
j. r. Keene paid 50, 900 for Exchequer (2), by
Virgil, out of Bonform, as yearling. The colt
won live furlong selling race lately at Alex
andria Park, and was sold for 1850. Mr.. Keene
being glad to get rid of him at any price.
The defeat of Eole by Bootjack at Coney
Island last week blow the hackers.
and IL will take all the comforts of a cottage at
Long Branch to console Freddy Gebhardt for his
bad luck Meantime, Boojack is undoubtedly
the best horse of his years at a distance.
The "triflers in the ring" not only catch the
public heavily on races, but occasionally they
land each other in the most approved style. Mr..
pleby 81 Johnson for $4,000 at odds of 10 to
against Skylark in the race won recently by the
latter at Sheepshead Bay.
Harry d. Genet's old trotter, General Butler,
surprised every one by going a half in 1880 to
wagon on the New York Gentlemen's Driving
Park, one day last week. He is the hero of
many hardfOught race famous among them
being his trots in 1862 with Charles Bakers b. g.
Panic, Eph. Slmmons's brown stallion George
Wilkes, Commodore Vanderbilt'5 ROckin CHAM,
with George NJ. Patchen for $50 900, and against
Dutchman's time of 1929 for three miles TO
saddle, which he lost by an accident. The old
horse is in his thirtvtirst year and looks pretty
well worn, but when he got the track his
nostrils expanded and his ears flew M, and he
seemed as eager for trot as in the days gone
by.
The Dwyer Brothers stables, of Brooklyn, are
having season of rare success. Already, in
the Sheepshead Bay races they have won every
three-year-old stake and all but one of the two
year-old stakes in which they had engagements.
The successful horses have been George Kenney,
Bootjack, Miss WOodfoTd, Burton and Barnes.
George Kenney won the Wlthers stakes of
$1,000, and the Belmont stakes, worth 5000;
Miss Wo0dfOrd won the ladies' stakes, worth
$4,000, and the Mermaid stakes, worth $4,000;
Burton won the Foam stakes, worth 1880;
BoOtjacR won the Coney Island stakes, worth
$1,525 and Barnes won the Tidal stakes, worth
$4,320, and the Coney Island Derby, worth
$4,000; total winnings, $25, 225.
Bither, in speaking of Jay-Eye-See says: "He
is a resolute goer, and always was, and, like his
near relatives, Dexter and Maud s. will not
bear i'll treatment. He can trot the first quarter
fast and also the last. 1t will not do for any
horse to finger much on the home stretch when
he swings alongside of him at the head of the
stretch. Like all steady trotters ne is not
good breaker. can tell by the way he takes
hold of the bit whether he is apt to leave his
feet in a mile or not, and the places he calls for
special watching are the first turn and the last.
Budd Doble says he reminds him of Dexter. He
wears ten-ounce shoes forward and five-ounee be-
hind. He is so pure-gaited believe he would
trot barefooted If it were not necessary to pro-
tect his feet from hard footing"