Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-12-10


IRONS IN the country, no doubt from the
fic5 that he is now the drawing card, hay
Ing the fastest record 2:10 to his credit.
; This horse has never been subjected to
terrible scoring, nor in hardly contested
races. Being perfectly sound and youpg
the chances are greatly IN his favor to
lower the record next season, and fit is
done at all, it viii be by this already IA
nous gelding.
The Turf. Field and Farm on the 18th
Of November last, in the course of a
lengthy article on the "Pacers and their
Development" spoke of him as
sn animal to whom the suspicion
attaches that he is faint hearted This
expression, which means very great deal,
vas objected 10 by writer in The Chicago
Breeders Gazette as not an appropriate
one to apply to Johnston. Perhaps it is
best to give just what the Tart, Field and
Farm did say, which is as follows:
Johnston, who has the fastest harness
record. 2:1O, Is PAGER of the trotting con-
formation, and the suspicion attaches to
/ him that he is faint-hearted. It may be
that his muscles were not keyed up the
past summer to the pitch demanded by
three fast consecutive mile effort. We
hope, for the sake of mis- new owner, that
ne will prove campaign horse. His mus
| cular power is more evenly distributed
| than that of Little Brown jug.
In reply to the Gazette the Turf, Field
and Farm gave Mr.. Woodmansee as au-
| thority for the expression objected to. In
his interview with Mr.. Woodmansee yes
| te-day the writer took OCCASION to ask him
| about the matter. In reply he gave a very
rational explanation, the substance of
which is as follows: During the trotting
! season both Mr.. Woodmansee and Mr.
Span were watching out for anything that
showed speed at either the trotting ~ osc-
ing gait, and of course 81 .,,, a.tantion gas
, a''ra''eo = soh1ston, and in conversation
With 5ne of the editors aad proprietors of
! she Turf, Field and FARM, he, (Woodman-
see) expressed his doubts about the horse
being able to maintain the high rate of
speed through number of consecutive
heats, that he had at that time shown. In
this connection Mr.. Woodmansee used the
term" faint hearted" Before the season
was over, however, Mr.. Woodmansee began
to be satisfied thstthe gelding was capable
of maintaining the speed exhibited throup. a
sufficient number Of consecutive heata to
satisfy any one that he had all
the stamina required for cam
paigaer. This growing opinion ~as fully
confirmed by the exhibition made at
Chicago, and it was upon these experiences
and observations of the horse and the man
ner in which he paced those three heats in
Chicago that determined the purchase.
Mr.. Woodmansee says that before Pete
Johnston drove the horse those three heats
thai b told him (Jotn : J that the ira
was heavy and TIE day bad, and that he
did not require to have him punish the
horse by forcing him. All he wanted was
to see three good heats in reasonably fest
time. He says he noticed that the horse
was not touched with the whip in those
three heats except in the last
one when the driver touched the geldiug
very lightly near the wire and the horse
responded instantly by increasing his
speed, showing clearly that he had more
speed at commando needed. This is the
substance of his explanation.
LITTLE BROWN JUG.
Little Brown jug was sent to Mr.. Kobt.
Bonner last October, for the purpose Of
being treated for lameness in one of his
front legs and foot, caused by improper
shoeing and I'M gdiciou5 handling, Owing
to this improper shooting the right fore
leg and foot were forced out of balance
causing an enlargement of the suspensory
ligament which incapaciteted the famous
little gelding from campaigning for the
last two seasons. Mr.. Woodmansee is
now reliably informed that Brown Jug has
greatly improved since going to New York
and that the chances are largely in favor
OF his getting sound and appearing on the
turf next season. If this should be so the
free-for-sll class will be at his mercy, with
John ton ed, and both owned by Com
modore kittson. Brown jug has to
his credit the fastest three consecutive
heats 2112, 2:11A, 2:1211a, ever made by
either trostef or PAGER, showing that he
was game as we'll as fast. Mr.. Woodman-
see has great faith in the treatment this
horse will get in the hands Of Mr.. Bonner,
and should it prove successful, the jug
will be sent to Cincinnati next spring to
be conditioned for the tgrand circuit by
Splan.
In this connection it may be stated that
a gentleman in New York, who thoroughly
understands horses, wrote q letter to Com
modore Kittson, on the 18th of November
last, that he had been out with Mr.. Bonner
to the stable where the jug is, On Fifty
ninth street, New York, and they put q
boy on the great PAGER and had him
logged. He says: "There was no sign f
lameness. The horse, as several gentle
men remarked who saw him, went perfect
ly sound. After seeing how much the jug
had improved sincs coming here,
felt confident that Mr.. Bonner
treatment will restore him to the turf II
the horse continues to do well the imp prove
ment by spring will be decidedly marked p
MISCELLANEOUS.
A good deal of information was obtain
ed in this interview with Mr.. Woedmansee
which May be set down as follows:
Minnie R will be shod light in from, and
handled with view of trying her at the
pacing gait, at which she shows
great speed. Always when she
breaks she breaks into a
pace. Mr.. Woodmansee thinks tina t as she
shows 30 much speed at that gait, that she
ought to be tried. Knapsack Mccarthy
and Charlie Forth who handled her during
her early career on the turf say she is very
fast at that gait.
Gem (2:1324) came out of her hard con-
test last summer absolutely sound and is
as good as ever. In all her turf ca
reer, which has been very active one she
has not won single race. She was in