Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-13
COUNCIL BLUFFS
ADDITIONAL LOCAL NEWS
FLEET feet.
How They Are Exercising at the
Driving Park.
The Fun Promised at the Com-
ing Meetings Here.
COUNCIL BLUFFS
ADDITIONAL LOCAL NEWS

The season of 1883, for the great
state of Iowa, opens with the meeting
at this place, consequently It Is the
keynote to all legitimate turf sport In
the state.
AT present the outlook was never
more promising for q successful spring
meeting, and every mail brings fresh
hope and encouragement.
There are a great many citizens Of
the city who do not folly ~realize the
great benefit to be derived from two
successful meetings each season at the
fair grounds.
Time, however, will unite all In this
great enterprise and from far and near
the stranger will come to our city dur.
ing the respective meetings ana add
greatly to the of the mer
chants and hotel keepers, besides
forming favorable opinions of the
Bluffs City and Its generous inhabi.
tants.
The grounds of the association are
situated but a short distance from the
business and residence portion of the
city and affords q pleasant place where
all may spend a half hour these bright,
pleasant mornings, with profit to
themselves, and afford q great encour-
| ooauoa,t IN tho p,.nuoanapk xrbo 49,
anxious to make their park q popular
place of resort.
No one can be harmed by on occas.
ional visit to the grounds, and The
sight of the nero horses under.
going the preparation for the meeting
near at hand, will produce q favorable
impression On the mind of all who
make themselves spectators. At
present, there r stabbed at
the driving park, the finest col.
lection of young horses to be found
In the Missouri Valley. Among
the many colts are to be found
descendants of the finest stock horses
in the world, and nearly every re.
putable family of the turf animals has
q rear or remote relative among the
list.
A son of the Great Almont, who
combines in his veins the worthy
blood of Alexander Norman, making
him one of the most promising young
stations of Western Iowa, Is found In
the stable of Sam Colbum, a man
who has plloted q number of first.
class horses to victory.
A daughter of the mighty Robert
McGregcr, who has placed himself
upon the top seat n o trottipg stallion,
bids fair to make q worthy descendant
of the Hambletonian family.
Wspsie, the best son of Green
B sshaw, has q representative at the
track In the sorrel horse G!enwood.
Old Logan, one of the hardest cam.
psigners In the Hswkeye state and q
member of the justly celebrated Clay
family, has, In the 3 year.old colt In.
spiration, a son who IL we'll fitted to
wear the honors of his sire.
The Morgan family have several
representatives In the brown stallion
Manhattan and several of his colts.
American Star, ought not to b.
ashamed of the two desc ,ndants,
Little Sioux and Col. Blythe, of hi
grandson Monitor and we are certain
that nowhere else In the west Is Stsl
blood promising chan In these
two horses. Through two grandsons,
Almont Is again represented, and from
the three FLIES now In the stable o
DR.. Wade Gary, the public have 9
right to expect great results.
The clean.limb ID runners are ais,
we'll represented, among which or,
Fly Dance, by War Dance, one of tn,
best 8 yesr.oids in the west. Th
grand old stock horse Vandal, has 1,
the stallion Council Bluffs, and hi
numerous progeny, q iue' representa-
tion and time will demonstrate tina
Ira Platner's aged horse will make hi
mark In the breeding of thorough
BREEDS in western Iowa.
In conclusion, we would say to al
friends of the noble horse, lay asid
business for q few minutes and 90 on
to the track and see what We saw.