St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-06-01
Miscellaneous.

Last week Maud trotted mile in 2:15%.
She carries less weight than she did last
year and is in great form.
Jay Eye See, Phallas, and other mem
bers of Mr.. Cases string have been shipped
from Cincinnati to Cleveland.
Mr.. J. S. Ferguson's fast mare Topsy has
by her side fine bay FLY, by Kentucky
Prince, and she has been bred to Sorrento,
son of Woodford Mambrino.
King Alphonso and Virgil have each
sired two winners of the Kentucky Derby
the former with Fonso and Joe Cotton and
the latter with Vagrant and Hindoo.
The old-time trotters Hopeful, 2:14I,
and Helene, 2:21, are matched to trot a
race at Paterson, N. j., this week. Neither
can trot within ten seconds of their records.
Mr.. Corbett, New York city, purchased
last week from Mr.. Smith, Morrisaina. New
York city, the five-year-old bay mare, by
BlackwOod Patchen, dam by imp. Trus-
tee. Price, 5000.
G. w. Leopold, Shreveport, La, has
the chestnut horse, Silver Bill, foaled 1878.
by War Path, dam Gold Mine, by imp.
Australian, out of Income, by Revenue.
The good-looking Duke of Westmore-
land, years old, by Wilful, out of Nit
ilene, purchased by H. 0. Bernard out of
the selling race which he won at Baltimore
for 81, 500. adds one more chestnut to the
Clipsiana stable.
Charles Reed, Fairview Stud, Gallatin.
Tenn, has purchased from r. G. Pate, ST..
Louis, Mo-, the bay filly, Gratitude, foaled
1882, by Hyder Ali, dam Expectation, by
Harry O'Fallon, out of Florisant, by imp
Sovereign. Price, $500.
Mr.. Martin, one of the projectors of the
Chicago Driving park, has Joined the force
of Mr. Emmett, the lessee, and program
has been arranged for trotting meeting at
that place June 1920. There are six
purses of 81, 900 each, and seven purses of
$3.50 each, aggregating $11,250.
The PAGER, King Jim, that is taking part
in the Eastern circuit meetings, is a son of
the stallion Happy Medium. This is his
first experience in the hands of profess
sional driver, and it is already an easy mat
ter for him to beat $3.50.
DR.. j. A. Sherman of Battle Ground
stock farm, Freehold, N. j., has sold to
Me. Miller. Brooklyn, for 81, 500, the gray
gelding Noontide, by Alex. H. Sherman,
and the bay mare Arabian Maid to w. Bat
terman Of Brooklyn, E. D., price $500.
The chestnut gelding Banquet, foaled
1881, by imp. King Ban, dam Belle Boy
den, by Enquirer, out Of Mollie Saffie,
by Lexington, property of Jeter Walden.
dropped dead OF the Ivy City course during
the Washington meeting, shortly after run
ming trial mile.
NJ n McKusick of Calais, Me-, has sold
his trotting stallion Bloodmont to Phair &
Dunn of Presque Isle, Me. Price stated,
SO, 500. Bloodmont was bred by Mr.. Nc
Kusick, foaled in 1880. got by Olympus
son of Almont out of daughter Of Jules
Jurgensen, a son of Gen. Knox.
That high priced yearlings do not always
turn out the best has time and again been
demonstrated The Derby winner this
year, Joe Cotton, was purchased as year.
ling for 1905. and Bankrupt, the best two
year-old in the West, brought only half OF
that price, S40O, while Tyrant, winner of
the Withers, was purchased by Col. Eruce
for $500.
Mr.. j. d. Ripley, New York city, has
purchased from Charles Backman the black
yearling colt (brother to Miss Lcland). by
Leland, dam Rosema, by Young America
and the brown yearlng FLY, by Leland,
first dam Young Gypsy, by Relf's Mambrno
Pilot; second dam Gypsy (sister to Charles
Backman), by Hambletonian, for $500.
DR.. j. A. Sherman sold, few days ago,
to Mr.. Miller of Brooklyn, the gray geld
ing Noontide, years old, by Alexander III.
Sherman Che by Backman's IDOL, dam Jes-
sic, a mare of untraced blood, for "a, 500.
1t is said that Noontide can trot down in
the twenties. To another Brooklyn gentle
man DR.. Sherman sold Arabian Maid, bay
mare, IL years old, by Robinson's Wild