Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-08-26
TIE RACES.
4 Visit to tho Traok-LiHi of tho Runners
and Truttcrs Now In Training.


and Truttcrs Now In Training.
Another visit to the driving park
was made 10y a GAZETTE reporter yes
terday afternoon. Improvements are
still going on and the track is without
doubt The very finest in the South
and in fact there are f9w better ones in
The United States. The
soil is peculiarly fitted for
n race course and the track has been
unusually we'll prepared There is not
an up OF down gradeo on 1t, but con-
tinuOus smooth course from the begin
ming to the end slightly raised on the
outer side aud the winner is always
sure to be the fastest ms there are no
advantages for amy horse except in the
draw for position. This course has
been visited by strangers and men
who have been on the best race
courses in the United States
aud they all pronounced it the best
track they have ever seen
There were II large number OF horses
out yesterday afternoon taking their
regular exercise and everything pre-
sented quite al animated appearance,
The following is n list of the horses rs
given the reporter BY tue trainers and
attendants;
RUNNING HORSES.
Tho first string encountered was the
property Of Major Barclay. He has
four in training, rs follows:
Felney, b III, year old, by Hia-
waiha; Bell Scott, oh $, . years old, by
Endower, dam Bell Barclay; Emma
d., b N, ] years old, by sandy Wal
den, dam unknown; yearlng ally, by
Jack Hardy, dam jennie Gamble.
Nat Kramer has , year old brown
illly raised in this county, named
Matte Reed. Her pedigree is I'M.
known, hut She Is II good one.
>. j. Charles has Lula Boston, oh.
nj five years old, by Frank b ston,
dam Merryfeld Gipsy Queen, b. M,
by Pearson by Rysdick's Hamble-
tonian, dam Abdallah mare.
a. i, and Jake Riggle have two
lpy Rebel, b. s. two years old, by
Rebel Morgan, dam unknown; Bald
Hornet, s., pedigree unknown.
Chas Mullins of San Angela
has the following string: Jim
| Britain, br. e., four years old, 10y
Virgil, dam EudIessby i.aqnirer; John
Clehurne. ch :, four years old by Rebel,
dam 10y Alfred Dick; Queen Esther,
Oh IN, six years old by Bullingteni
sport br 4, six years old by Pilgrim,
dam Mollie; Buck Walton b q, by
General Phillips, dam Mary r., 10y
Gilroy.
TRorrERS AMI PAGERS.
The list of tro,ters and PAGERS EN-.
! brace G, g. Brownlee's string of Pyree
(trotter), b =, by Rysdicks liamble-
tonian; Maud -. ttrotter) b m
two-thirds thoroughored; jug, ir
tpacer) br z, said TO be u half brother
10 Little Brown jug.
4, Hynes aud Maddox stable, Abdal
lah, tyacvr) pedigree unknown, Billie,
tuotterl hr &, pedigree unkaowni
Bless, ttrotterl bl m, pedigree unknowni
Nobby, tpacerl I'm Z, unknown; John,
1 tuotterl br Z, unknown; H0stetter
ttrotsrrl hr z, uuknawn.
Gap1e and Wilkes have Bally
! tpacerl z; Flora Wilkes
ltro. ., M TgNss BIZ
llt@terl gr. y Nirhodemns
! tirotter gr. 5, by Seth Warner, 10y
Ethan Allen, dam Lady Sontag; Ed
ward G.stpacerl I'm. ), and Buck, .
4 trOtter.
The above list comprises those IL
active training, but there are othel
I horses there not being worked Mt pres
ent and more coming in daily. Thu
directors will hold meeting To
morrow AID let the contract for erect
ing the amphitheatre and CRANE
stand.