National Republican., 1883-12-26
TIrRF CLIPPINGS.

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Richard Wilson, Rushville Ind. has sold 70
! Frank Meyers, Plttsburg, Pa, the bay mare sil.
verella, pedigree unknown. Silverella is the dam
Of siyerton, 2;20l4, and Mamie, 2;2llS both by
| Blue Bull.
The slx.year- old geldIng Brooklyn by Bonnie
| Scotland was purchased by J. 8 Brannon,. OF
have regained his old and best forn and was sent
TO New Orleans a few days since 70 participate in
the winter racing there.
Me- w. B: Jennings NoboTley, Mo-. has pnr.
chestnut gelding Lloyd Daily, 2 years, by Kyrle
Daily, Ieverette, by Lever. Price, $500 Lloyd
DAILY is one Of the rst and best Of the get of Kyre
DAILY, aud should prove very valuable horse
Jim williams says It will take at least 50, 900 to
buy Bob Miles, the somewhat noted Pat Malloy
two-yoar.old. The Dryers made two or three Of.
large enough he refused ali Of them. Williams
thinks he has the Derby and other rich stakes at
his mercy.
Mr.. W. II. Jennings. Moberly, Mo-, has purchased
tho chestnut colt scaiper, s years, BY war Dance;
Ella Breckinridge. by Colossus. Price, $500.
scalpor was fast colt last season, and led Leon
atus III all his gallops. 1t Is understood he Will be
put to jumping.
Mr.. ]. Cairn simpsons four year old stallion
Anteeo, by Electoneer, troited at Oakland park,
San Francse9 Cal on ThsnksgiyinS DAY. In ~ G2S
day. The special feature Of this trial was that the
colt simply wore tips weighing less than four
ounces each, light ankle boots III front, and light
| felt boots behind with scalping attachments.
| The sons and daughters of imported Billet won
| the most money ON the turf Inst season. Miss
Woodtord was his most successful descendant; In
fact she gained more money than any siugle
animal IN the country. The aggregate being
| s6o695. His best son was Barnes. whose earnings
were sl7,6i5. Longfellow is well up as a winning
sire His best performer was Leonatus, who won
s2l ,4s5.
Pa,sy McGrath, who is generally regarded as the
only dangerous riyal Pat Nancy has among the
steeplechase jockeys, is at New orleans, and Will
doubtless be seen In the saddle during the winter
meeting McGrath Is one Of the most gentleman
men that ever sported SIX During The past two
years he has been with the ShnfOrds, Of Anlste,-
dam, n. Y, and nis conquests with posguard and
lsurbance are fresh in the minds Of our readers.
The New Orleans race meeting will begin Dec.
20. Ine stake events nave E1seH WIZ M 'ns Uow
stakes six entries for three olds the Times
Denioc at stakes, seven entries; for all ages, the
stakes, fourteen entries, and the Mystic Krewe
stakes, seventeen entries. over $50 horses will
take part in the meeting, and some good racing Is
looked for.
We learn that Gen. W. H. jackson, son.in.law Of
Gen. w. q. Harding has formed copartnership
with his brother, Senator Howell y. Jackson, and
in future the Belle Meade stock farm will be
under full control of the two gentlemen. Gen.
Harding has now arrived at an age that renders
tue active work OF stock farm TOO severe, and he
retires ut a time when the fame of the establish.
ment has reached the ends of the earth.-NeW Pors
Sportsman.
Mr. L. Corrigan, "the Lorillard of the West"
has engaged the famous jockey, Isaac Murphy, to
receive $4,000 per annuu. The fact that Corrigan
| keeps his stable at Louisville may account for
Murphy having been engaged with him, as 1t is
well known he would not leave Kentucky. A
well-known turiman OF our acquaintance made
| Isaac handsome offer at Saratoga last season TO
come easttn 1884 and ride for him, but he refused
The official English racing season ended at Man
chester on the oath ut. The principal race OF the
| day was the Manchester November handicap at
mile and three-quarters. IL had fifteen sub.
| ihar NJ w
| the winner. She carried 1856 pounds, started the
| favorite at to against her and won by head,
after a desperate race with the three year old
Robertson at "a pounds. The race was very slow
| at the beginning, IL being run in 1884 3.5 The
ground was very heavy.
When Thormanby ran fourteen times in Eng.
mere bagatelle compared 10 the present in this
country. 1t has been the habit to accuse the
English Of oysrdoing their twHSesod Mos
ods of last year and compare them with the
English colts and fllies in the number Of races
they ran. Here Bob Miles ran q times, Thack-
cray 49, Tolu II, Ligan Is, and Bridget "a. In
England Busybody ran only races, aud Archidnc
the same, Superba 0, Harvester 6, St, Simon .,
| Solitaire 8, and Talismun s.
Mr.. J. B. Prather has recently purchased of Mr..
W. j. Nicely, Ottawa Ill, the bay stallion Intruder
This horse was bred in England i'll 1871 by Mr..
and was sfns IA s called Ss sSn % %Sers
Ing, and was sold 70 Illinois. Intruder is very
Bountiful, by Rataplan; I'd dam Plentiful, by
Don John Sd dam Plenty, by Bay Middleton 4th
dam Plenary, sister TO the great Plenipotentary,
| by Emilius Crater, his sire, was son OF Or
| lando. Considering his opportunities, Intruder
has done very well In the stud, being the sire OF
April Fool, George Hakes, Bernice, &c.
In the list of winning owners in England for
1883, which the London Sportsman of the twenty
ninth ultimo presents, the Americans make q
| very poor show, Mr.. J. II. Keene being credited
with seven wins and g., ,ll5 lis, Mr. Pierre Loril-
lard with three wins and fi32, Mr.. f. It. Walton
with one win and fl99, with Mr.. h, Ten Broeck
not mentioned. The principal winning English
owners for the year are as follows: MI: .. J; Le-
fevre, G20536 us. Lord Falmouth, ElS,434; Sir /.
Johustone El755l lis; Mr.. r. Peck, Gl6,505 los.
Duke of Hamilton, El2,529 1885,; Mr.. L. do Roths.
child, Eli 49, l6s; Duke of Westminster, E6,30i
us; Lord Roseberry, 1893 u.s.; Lord Ellesmere
E5249 rs; Lord Grosvenor, "a 1s9 14s.; Lord Zet-
land, filba lss., and Mr.. Gerard. fi,o27 Last year
the late Mr.. Crawford was at the head of the list
with credit of f25,797, with Mr.. Lefevre second
with fl5,6S7, and the Duke of Westminster third
| with fl3,7S2. More than a third of Mr.. Lefevre'
total this year was contributed by Tristan, who
earned in England f7,62s The chief factor in
Lord Fam0uths total was Galliard, the winner OF
the 1000 guineas. Sir Frederick Johnstone, who
fills third place, was helped there by 81. Base
the Derby winner, and by that grand mare Corrie
| RDy