Daily globe., 1883-05-21

nifty would divide the support that each
can Just as well have the full benefit of.
With this much of an introduction to the
pleasant qualities of head and heart,
characteristic of Rochester's enterprising
citizens, will proceed to note some items
of equine interest. The Graves Bros. have
Just sold to gentlemen of Dublin, Ireland,
the bay filly Utopia for $1,000. She is
big-gaited, natural trotter, that without
any special training has come to go along
quite fast. She was bred by Jay La Due,
who owns her dam, full sister to Silas
Wright. She was sired by the Graves
Bros big trotting stallion Hamdallah,
of whom more will be said further along.
Mr.. La Due has two-year-old sister to
her that can make Kentucky or California
youngsters of like age think simon-pure
trotters are bred in this region of snow
and ice. Led alongside of galloper she
made me fear for my friends at Decorah
and Preston in the two-year- old race.
While the advice may lead to the first de-
feat of the get of my own favorite stallion,
l can not refrain from saying that it will
be burning shame not to start her. Her
dam is frst-class broodmare in breed
ing, form and the final proof, production.
Her pedigree will appear further on in
that Of her brother, Silas Wright.
The Messrs. Graves own an attractive
span of matched brown stations, full
brothers, that seem as clever as pair of
geldipgs. They are browns, 16 hands,
with style, substance, and as much speed
as any horse owned by these gentlemen is
ever permitted to show. They sold Star of
the West, and he jumped out with a record
of 2:2612. Alexander only waited for a
new owner to get q record of 2;28M
Richard R., like the others, was sold with
his regulation gait, and I saw him in races
the same season trotting in the thirties,
and but for his unfortunate death his
record would to-day have been Swigert's
chief fame. These stations are called Oliver
Goldsmith and Theron. They are four
and five years old, sired by Alden Gold
smith, Mr.. Richards son of Volunteer,
dam Harriet by Swigert; I'd dam
the dam of Alexander. The
Messrs. Graves showed me a
regiment of youngsters belonging to them
selves and others, sired by Hamdallah, all
exemplifying my pet hobby of size and
substance-qualities possessed in a re-
markable degree by the horse himself, who
is son of Hamlet and Trotting Sister, the
daughter of Alexanders Abdallah and Ly-
d1a Talbot, and the full sister of Pacing
Abdallah.
Messrs. Simonds & Clough have Allie
Gaines son of Almont and Maggie
Briggs. Allie Gaines is horse that prom
ised to take place with the best;
he is credited with trial
of 2:33, and obtained show-ring
awards in Kentucky over horses with
splendid regulations. An almost fatal
disease checked his career, but his owners
think he now begins to show his old form,
and say that he shall soon have the word
from a starter and see whether, with
standard record to back standard breeding,
he will be as good as his brother, who now
has the advantage of a laundering num-
Der. Messrs. Simonds e. Clough show
nice lot of youngsters by Allie, but they
do not excel the get of their other stallion,
Silas Wright. This fellow was a winner
at st. Paul of an $500 purse as three
year-old, but has not been trained since.
He was sired by Alexander, 2:2824, dam
by Governor Wright; I'd dam the dam of
Star of the West, 2:2619. It will be we'll
to remember him, the way he and his full
sister are breeding.
In addition to these trotters, Messrs.
Simons & Clough have three Clyde stall
lions, two of them recently imported by the
Powell Bros, which is recommend enough
with the readers of the Gazette. Further
meution of interesting items will follow in
another communication, this one having
already exceeded the proper limits, eonsid-
ering the scramble for space in the Ga
zette.
While I was waiting for the train, the
wheat king of that section came to the
station with large, clerical-looking gen.
tleman in sober black who looked at
least bishop,,,and said: "We want 10 make
you acquainted with all the good
looking men in town and came near miss
ing DR.. Cross" Readers of the Gazette
will hardly need an introduction to him,
having III mind his instructive communi-
cations, but they may be interested in
knowing that "Dr." means medicine and
not theology, and that the Doctor has re-
Gently solved the labor problem for him
self, by importing seven Switzers to
Chester Land. He says they are a success
with stock. The Doctor sends a grade
Short horn as his messenger after the
money, although from the appearance of
his Alexander mare and the step of the
old-fashioned Morgan he had hooked up,
he evidently does not hate trotter
N. I. G.