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

jug, Lucy, Matte Hunter, Pocahontas,
Rowdy Boy, Sleepy George, Sleepy Tom,
Billy Boyce, and SWestzer have proved
themselves the peers of the best trotters.
The season just past demonstrated that
the public is becoming alive to the PAGERS
merits. Flora Belle, Buffalo Girl, Gem,
and Fuller were great attractions in the
Grand Circuit, and probably will be the
coming season.-NeW York Sportsman.
knights of the Ribbons-Ton,my Dunbar.
In sketch No. VI, in the Breeders Ga
zette, ''M. T. G." gives T. J. Dunbar, well
known in this state and Wisconsin, hand
some record as driver and trainer, claim
ing that though the records made under
his tuition were not of the fastest, the fact
that no horse has yet improved his
record after leaving his hands establishes
his merits. Among the horses given rec
ords by Dunbar, "M. T. g." mentions Ma
rian H., 2:3O; Billy Morgan, 2:34; Rich
wood, 2:27; Milo, 2:294; Lizzie B., 2:32;
Ticonic, 2:271l; Rosalind, 2:294; Boston
Davis, 2:34; Jennie c.. 2:3415; Modoc,
2:25, and many others, like Hambletonian
Chief, with records close to go After
following up the history of some of the
above, and showing their failure to i'm
prove after leaving Dunbar's hands, IN.
L. g." says:
The first time ever saw Dunbar drive
race was here in the village of Preston.
He was a deputy sheriff of az adjoining
county, and started old Blacksmith against
miscellaneous rabble, among which was
the old saddler Douglass, with record of
2:27, who won in straight heats, after which
the judges called the rest up to trot for
second money. Tom has made many
kick since, doubtless, but never harder
one, His old pelter could not trot any
more any way. Not man in the
town had ever so much as seen
copy ,of the rules, but one or
two had seen a stray copy of sporting
paper and the dispute was finally referred
to one of these journals. His first trotterf
was obtained from the writer. I drove into
his old -Caledonia-one winter
evening with the resolve that / would leave
the off mare Of my team in the town. She
had chilled my hands with pulling every
day for week. In offering her to some
of tho horsemen of the town I asserted
that she could out-trot anything they
owned. Not long after one of them said:
your mare for $50"
''Can he do it to saddle?"
eyes, in any way"
swell, will go you $50 he can't for the
length of the street." The race was made
for the afternoon-this talk was in the
morning. got my mare out to give her
little exercise to saddle, and while jog
ging along up comes Tommy Dunbar on
nice looking bay gelding. "That is the
mare you are going to trot this afternoon,
is it? Well, she will have to go along some
| to beat Captain Harrie's Dexter. I don't
believe the way she acts she can beat this
| horse I am riding" "Why don't you go
up to her head, then, and see? I replied;
and what in the world does he
mean by breaking that way at
this clip? Dolly is only jogging"
''Wait till he gets settled and you will see."
! Sure enough, after little, he could give
the mare quite race, but could not beat
her. l had some curiosity to know how
much faster the horse was to trot could
go, and Tommy did not keep me waiting
long. "Grat., wish you would go and
get that match off some way; hate to see
a man throw away his money"
''You think am going to get beat.
them"
SWELL, you see how much of race this
horse can give your mare. Now, would
advise you not to trot the captains
horse"
"Whose horse is that you are on?" I
asked.
'Ah, this is butchers; just borrowed
him to go an GRAND, and am taking him
back"
Well, took myself back to the stable
feeling that was out inst about half a
hundred, but it would never do to lay down
the money without try, go covering up
Dolly 1 went over to Dorivals store, sat
down, and remarked that it was a mighty
mean day for a race. Ed. asseuted.
Don't you think we had better call it a
draw or postpone it until some other day?"
''Well," says Ed, 81 don't mind. don't