Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-27

wv hV Woutu cut up sou. murphy
drove Mr.. Waters fast green horse,
John w. three heats on Monday last
in 234, 2:20i aud o;;26, and thinks he
will soon be able to trot In pal or
2:22
Ny old friend, Jack Feek of syria.
cuse, generally manages TO bring out a
good one every year. His sensational
green one this season Is the black geld
Ing Harry Parker. He liz 10y n son of
Volunteer,an and his dam Is Inbred to the
Lysander stock. His maiden effort
was at Mystic Park, Medford, on Sat-
urday last, where he trotted In 2;2o,
and repeated in 2;26l. Many contend
that he won the fourth heat ana the
race, as Minnie Moulton, to whom 1t
was awarded, ran twenty lengths and
beat him only neck. II Is said she
did not gain by the break, but such a
long lun ought TO be penalized. or
course horse should not he punished
tor break II the owner catches him mt
once, but that he does not gain by a
run of twenty lengths Is n pretty liberal
construction to put on the term.
Feelinga lively interest In the recent
horse show, was IA frequent visitor to
Madison Square Garden during show
week. found light comedy In the
scenes presented by the imitators of
cockneydom, and was quite amused
10y the efforts of some of the upper ten
thousand to follow the habits and
fashions of the English aristocracy.
Concerning the trotters and roadsters,
with all that pertains to them, | am
happy to say that everything was truly
American. One of the first horses
n e.. It'll,
trious Volunteer. In company with
Judge lngraham. and Mr.. Guy Miller
of Chester, | took a long look ut him,
and AZ gazed on the grand old horse,
now in his tbirtieth year, j could not
help wondering wha, son would rise
up to repeat his achievements In the
stud. Although he has so long
ago passed the prime of his exist
enee, he carries his years lightly, and
We're IL not for the deep hollow Ia his
back he would pass for horse ten
years younger. The son of the "ould
sod his faithful attendant fer years,
kindly stripped the blanket from him,
and / saw that his coat was still bright
and cherry red, his eyes full and prom
inent, his legs cool and free from pull
or blemish. Az noticed these things
| ItIildThtu W tbt RlOpult tit ibohN u
If he still enjoyed his meals YES,
ir, no mill grounds In his feed yet. DIR.
House fixed his teeth some years ago,
and they are still good.n Now, a tall,
lank, inauisitive down Easter darSens
the door, saying, oval, ] declar, this
is old Volunteer. How old Is he
meow ~ "Thirty years." was the reply.
"Whcn did he stop serving mares ~
| I, A. In, Nm hainu told
that he was still doing duty and had
incredulous and passed on. Then Mr..
Guy Miller commenced to chat with
me about the horse as he looked on
him with pride. "There, said he, sis
the greatest ajre that ever lived, aud
the patriotic blood inherited from his
dam should never be lost sight Of, He
shows IL Ia his high finish and gait. l
think the vitality he shows is most re-
markable. and, rs u rule. II goes hand
In hand with power, to beget great
speed. Volunteer Is extremely vigor-
Gus, / bred seven mares TO him In the
past three years, and all produced colts.
One of them, now twenty-three years
old, has had four colts by him, and
was only four times served.p II sup
pose YOU knew him In his early days ?'
''On, yes. and when that old Freshly
;erian deacon showed him as "A four
year-Cid through the stretches on the
Goshen truck ! think he was the
ptand.st trotter I've ever seem"
Passing along TO the next box j
looked at Volunteers son, kearsarge,
out of Dexters dam. He IL a large
and beautifully turned horse, and,
crossed on the right kind OF mares he
ought TO get carriage horses as well as
trOtters.
1 next visited Alcantara aud his
young family. They were holding
quite a levee, and Mr.. Davis kind v
led them out one by one for our In
spection. Alcantara Is in the pink Of
stud condition, and this Ia an impor
tant factor In stamping asire's indiyid-
uality on his colts. M0ntezunla and
others present look like him, aud Mr..
Davis says. "they have got bis action
and ways"
spent O very pieaSant hour with
my old friend, Mr.. II. Is. Conklin.
made very credItable exhibit
with his stations from Nancy Aw
The dam Of Rarls; also some young
Wedgewoods and colts by King
Wilkes. The King is now In Turner's
hands. Mr.. COnkiin saw him lately,
and firmly believes he will be the sem
sationaI stallion OF the year. He
thinks Trinket will lower her record,
and repeated an answer made by
Turner to some members OF the Grand
Circuit: ''You need bar nothing in
the free for all on Thinks account.
The Executive Committee are ma
king a searching in4uisilion ms TO the
competitors In the recent cup race won
by Sir Henry alias Emerald, who Is
described by former driver OF him ~
| follows: "A bay gelding, $ years old
l5i hands, onr white foot behind;
heads up quite well, lightlsh tell.
square rtiipp, aud Is q genuine cribber.
Ne was owned by DR.. Osgo0d, v. b.
! Of Springfield, Mass. where he got his
record of2:s9, ut Boston The par
ties concerned IN passing him ~ Sll
Henry are also under Investigation
Nj. NJ. Riiey's American Queenintro
duced here under her former name o
!, LADY Westeott, who commended 80 gal
lantiy with Sir Henry. ID also ineligi
BILE. She obtained q record OF 24D q
Rutland, VT, in 1881. bnt II Was m
published and unknown 10 Mr., Riley
/ who promptly aided Ia ferreting on
the matter and thereby exoneTafe'
himself completely.