Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-03-26

$4,000. A driving park and fair grounds
will be laid out, to be under the manage
ment of Col. w. s. King.
Higgs, the smallest jockey on the turf,
has been engaged to ride for Com. Kittson
this season. During the past two years he
has been with the Burnham stable.
Messrs. Chin & Morgan's colt Leonatus
now divides with Ascender the honors as
first favorite for the Kentucky Derby.
Donahue will ride Leonatus in the race.
Two of the horses sold at the Kellogg
combination sale, American Institute, New
York city, Tuesday and Wednesday last,
will come to Minnesota. They are: Chest
nut FLY, 1881, by Messenger Duroc, dam
Joand Arc, bought by Mr.. f. w. Mickey,
! who is about opening breeding farm near
OWatonna, Steele county, as announced in
recent issue. The other was the chestnut
mare, Little Buttercup, foaled 1876, breed
ing given as unknown, purchased for II.
G. Finkle by W. II. Wood.
Monday the 18th, Emily R. br. N. by
Peacemaker, dam by Jenny Lind by Hoag-
lands grey Messenger, one of the Midway
matrons, foaled large dark brown FLY
| to Blackwood, Jr. The FLY
is marked almost exactly like Spottswood,
the only difference being thatwhile Spots
wood has four white legs half way up to
the hook, the flly has but three with a lit
tie white on the other foot. Like Spots
wood it has the double white ships in the
face, the lower, as with Spottswood, run
ming to the left of the nose.
The american Sports, Chicago, says :
'John Splan is said to have an 'astonisher'
! with which he proposes to down the crowd.
His surprise is Cleveland horse, for
merly owned by Mr.. George Forbes. He is
Pilgrim, bay stallion with grand pro-
portions and without record, six years
old, sired by Smuggler, he by Blanco, and
IRONS Cadmus in the second and third de-
gree. Pilgrims dam is May Morning, she
by Daniel Lambert, son of Ethan Allen.
Mr.. Forbes sold the youngster to Commo-
dore Kittson, III the winter of 1881, for
$4,000"
We regret to learn that Mr.. Ben Wood
mansee, superintendent of the Midway
stock farm, is confined to his room, the re-
suit of two slight hemorrhages the past
week. Mr.. Woodmansee's condition is not
considered at all alarming, but his physi-
clan has enjoined perfect rest for few
days. Mr.. Dan Woodmansee, the travelling
manager of the farm, who has been severe
ly afflicted in the death of bright and
most charming daughter in the past few
weeks, Is also closely confined to his home
by the illness of another daughter and his
wife, both of whom, however, we are
pleased to learn are convalescing.
Gen. A. Buford, in Dunton's Spirit of the
Turf, has the following mention of semi
resident of st. Paul: "We met Mr.. J. P.
Chinn, of Harrodsburgh, Mercer county,
Ky., this morning, he having just reached
the city, and appeared in his usual good
humor, dressed elegantly, and gave the list
OF their stable of race horses, just arrived
at the grounds, all in perfect health, and
ready to be prepared for the great cam
paign of 1888. Mr.. Chinn appeared so
bright and happy that the cause was asked.
The reply was, General, if you owned such
a two-year old as we have, you would be as
happy as when you had McWhirter ready
for the fray"
Nj. L. Grattan, of Preston, president of
the Fillmore County Agricultural associs-
ton, has already commenced his efforts to
get the people interested in the fair of the
society to be held this fall. As
q preliminary he has issued
a closely printed letter sheet circular in
which he announces that the society will
soon issue 1000 pamphlet premium lists
the first venture of the kind ever under
taken by the society, though its forthcoming
fair will be the oath, for distribution where
they will do the most good. President
Grattan has started right, and if he is
properly supported by the stock-breeders
OF the county and business men when the
fair ID to be held, the fair of 1883 will be
far ahead of any previous exhibition in the
county.
A most promising young sire is owned
by Reuben Whittemore, of Rushford, Fill
more county. He is bay, foaled 1879, sire
Acme, dam Sally Feaghs, stands
151a hands, and weighs about 1850
pounds. Acme was by William WEIGH,
341 by Rysdyk's Hambletonian; dam Nan.
cy Thorne by Hamlet, 16O, by Volunteer;
g. d. Nanny by American Star, IA. Sally
Feagles was sired by Smiths Clay, son of
Neavis G. M. Clay, Jr., dam
by hickory, son Of Hickory;
G. d. of Messenger descent. She was also
eho udIn VI HeacemaKer by HamDletOnlan,
the sire of Midnight, 2:1S1S, and Lady
Moore, 2:25. This breeding is certainly
nearly what might be called royal.
DR.. W. L. Mintzer, who died in this city
March %, at the age of sixty five, had been
all his life connected with buying, selling,
breeding and handling horses, and though
he had his crochets his judgment IS to the
quality Of an animal brought to his atten-
ton was seldom in error. His venture that
brought him most prominently before the
racing public was in the purchase of the
thoroughbred race-horse called by him
Mintzer, formerly Garry Owen, whose per-
formances in the season of 1880 created
quite sensation. Last year he purchased
the thoroughbred stallion Vermont, which
he renamed st. Paul, which
he was using in the stud
at his breeding farm on the West st. Paul
flats, just outside the city limits, where he
had quite number of we'll bred mares and
also number of young colts and fillies.
including some half dozen by Mintzer.
which he considered very promising; one
colt especially, that he was expecting to
see make more brilliant turf career than
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