Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-02-05
Mid,cay Notes.


In the mention ia this department last
week. the fact that a number of the horses
at Midway were sick with lung fever, and
that the disease had assumed an epidemic
form, new cases developing every day or
two, it was stated that the propriety OF
shipping the trotters and PAGERS unatfect7
ed to some southern point was
being considered. The result was to reach
a determination to make the transfer at
once. In accordance with this determine
ton the palace stock Car Midway" at
tached to the fast express on the Chicago,
Milwaukee & st. Paul road, Thursday
evening last, bore away ths following:
The trotting stations Won Arnim and Pill
grim. the mares Fanny Witherspoon and
Minnie R., the bay gelding Silverton, the
PAGERS Little Brown jug and Gem, and the
imp. stallion Dalnacardoch. The destlna-
ton of the car was Cincinnati, where &C
commodat1on for the trotters and PAGERS
had been secured in the comfortable stables
of the Queen City Driving
Park association. The thorough
bred stallion Dalnacardoch is
to be sent to Col Chin's breeding farm at
Harrodsburg, KY, where he is to stand the
coming season.
All the above horses were in excellent
condition. and it is believed are IN no dan
ger of being afflicted as SO many other
of the horses in the stable have been, and
many still are. With the departure of the
horses. of course, went John Splan, his
wife, ''Little Splan," and three rubbers.
MIR. Dan. Woodmansee, the travelling man
ager of the stables, also went along, but will
return with the car as soon as Dalnacar-
doch is delivered in his new quarters, pre-
paratory to shipping the brood mares, as
heretofore announced to be put up at w.
H. Wilson's sale, to take place at
Cynthiana, KY, the 22d inst.
At present several of the
animals in the list are suffering from the
prevailing sickness, but only one has been
at all serious, and it is hoped that most if
not all will be in condition to be sent to tho
sale as intended.
The mares So So and Lady Rolfe, which
were being fitted for campaigning the COM
ing season, are among the sick at Midway,
and though both had the disease in very
light form, it was not thought safe, either
IN its effects upon themselves, and perhaps
upon the others with whom they would be
brought in such close contact, to ship them
with the contingent sent off Thursday
morning. They will, however, be sent to
join the string as soon as fully recovered,
probably with the mares for
the Wilson sale.
The situation at Midway is greatly i'm
proved from what it was when we wrote a
week ago. At that time the favorite little
mare Sannie G., had been given up by the
surgeons, and no one who saw her
thought there was possibility of her re-
covery. The brood mare Picture was also
very low, and several others, including the
promising 3-year-old trotting stallion
Spottswood. were so sick as to cause alarm.
On Sunday, however, change in the mode
of treatment was inaugurated, and as has
been demonstrated with most beneficial
effects, all the then sick, even including
the given-up Sannie G., and the little less
sick mare, Picture, commencing to improve
at once, which Improvement has been
continued. The disease has not, however,
been eradicated, three new cases having
developed the past week, but Superintend-
ent Woodmansee is greatly encouraged by
the fact that there is not what may be
called a serious case in the stable.