Daily globe., 1883-08-27
miscellaneous.


The three-year-old colt Lord Raglan, that
ran third to Leonatus and Drake Carter in
the Kentucky Derby, was cut down in a
race at Saratoga the other day.
At the Hartford Grand Circuit meeting
next week Jay Eye See, the sensational
trotter of the year, will make an effort to
beat his own 5-year-old record of 2:14, for
a purse of $4,000.
Messrs. Chin and Morgan, MorgansdaIe
stock farm, Harrodsburg, Ky, lost at the
Lexington course, Aug. 10, the brown
gelding Monte, four years, by Monarchist;
dam Arcola by Enquirer, from pneu-
monia.
The fastest pole team in the west yet
developed, is that owned by Mr.. Charles
Schwartz, of Chicago, Argonaut and David
Q. The 18th inst. they were given a trial
mile on the Driving park track, making
the full mile in 2:23I.
Four trotting- bred horses, all by George
Wilkes, were destroyed by fire at the Lex
ington, KY, fair grounds last week. Three
of them, Minnie Wilkes, five years old,
Richmond Wilkes, three years old, and Bay
Wilkes, two years old, were full sister and
brothers of Kentucky Wilkes, 2:21I.
Com. Kittson's trotting and pacing
string was laid up last week, and this week
only Fanny Witherspoon and Minnie R are
engaged at Hampden Park, Springfield,
Mass. (the Grand Circuit meeting), the big
mare being entered in the free-for- all
class for purse of $4,000, and Minnie
in the 2:19 class for purse Of $4,000.
If our memory is not in fault, the longest
contested trotting race on record was trot-
ted at Geneseo, ILL.,, Thursday last. The
race was for 2:45 horses, for which eight
horses started and ten heats were required
to settle it. For the number of heats the
time was good, being 2:36, 2:37I, 2:37,
2:38, 2:401a, 2:391l, 2:40, 2:4O, 2:42I, 2:43.
DR.. M. M. Hedges has sold the bay geld
ing, Tony Newell, that has taken such a
prominent part in the Circuit races. to
Mr.. G. NJ. Reed, of Erie, Pa. Tony Newell
is by Clark Chief, out of mare by EN-
bry's Lexington, and has record of 2:1915,
made at the Rochester meeting in a dead
heat with Wilson. In part payment for
Newell Mr.. Hedges took the bay fiIly
Force, by Princeps.
Mr.. B. ]. Tracey, of the Ashland Park
stock farm, Lexington, Ky, has sustained
a severe loss in the death of the promising
young chestnut stallion AbdalIah West.
He was running in his paddock, and slip
ped, fell and broke his right fore-leg and
had to be shot. Abdallah West was six
years old, sire Allie West, record 2:25, out
of Miss Coons, dam of Wilson, record
2:16,) by Clark Chief.
An interesting match against time, in
some of its features assimilating to the
performance of Commodore Kittson's mare
Astoria at Midway Park Saturday after
noon, will be trotted at the Chicago Driv-
ing park track tomorrow. The animal to
face time is the bay mare Fulton Maid.
owned by Mr.. James Van Eta, GAINESVILLE,
Wis, who is backed by Mr.. A. Burnham.
of Chicago, to beat 2:30.
Hon. A. G. Wedge and John Cooley, of
Albert Lea, Freeborn county, are the own
ers of very fine trotting sire. The horse
is Almont Messenger, by Almont, dam
Laura D., by Darnaby's Messenger; second
dam by Bertrand, the great four-mile
horse. He is described as
dark bay, 161s hands high, and
weighs 1850 pounds. He was z years old
June 1, last, and was bred by Gen. W. T.
Withers, Lexington, Ky. His fine form
and high breeding, being closely allied in
blood to many of the most noted trotting
horses of the present day, should make his
services eagerly sought after by the inteIli-
gent breeders of Southern Minnesota.
1t is announced that Mr.. Harrison R.
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