St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-30
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miscellaneous
The dates of the great thoroughbred sales
are fixed as follows Belle Meade, Thursday,
Aoril 30; Dixiana, at Lexington, May 9;
Runnymede, Tuesday, May ~; Elmendorf,
Wednesday, May Is, and WOODBURY., Thurs
day, May IA.
j. B. Barnaby and H. B. Winship, Provi-
dence, r. l., has sold TO Fred l.. Ames, Bos-
ton, Mass, the black gelding H. B. Winship,
by Aristos, dam by Col. Moulton His single
harness record is 2:20I and his 2:O6 is the
fastest time ever made by trotter with run
ming mate. He is s years old, and one of
the best road horses in the world Mr.. Ames
bought him as a mate for his black mare
Josephine, years old, by Blackwood. jose
phine has no record, but is very fast.
The st. Louis Fair association has decided
to hold grand trotting meeting next fall in
connection with its annual fair, the races to
be trotted on the new track. There are lib
eral stakes for two three, four and fve-year-
olds, and nine purses, the lowest being
$1,000, while $4,000 is offered for the free
for-all pacing class; 50, 500 for free-for-all
stations, and So, 500 for free-for-all trotters.
W. W. Muir. Lexington, KY, has bought
from William Muir, Sr., BERTHE Wilkes. chest
nut FLY QsS2), by Red Wilkes, dam BERTHE
West, by Westwind.
The California pacing mare Elma, that re-
Gently made record of 2: "a, is reported to
have been sold to H. NJ. Levy and NJ Hoe
fitch of San Francisco for $4,000. She was
purchased by her recent owner, Mr.. Schmidt,
at public sale last fall for $61O
Gen. W. T. Withers, Lexington. Ky, has
recently sold the following: To D. r, Cade,
Washington, Ca, Lucknow, bay cold (1SS1),
by Almont Lighting, dam Queen Dido, by
Mambrino Chief for $1,000; to James I'M.
Thomas, Mt. Gilead, O., Shiloh bay colt
QSS2), by Almont Lightning, dam Sally P,
by Star Davis, for 5000, and to c. A. Taylor
Chicago, ILL.,, Hope, bay mare (1s77), by Al
mont, dam Elsie, by Alexander's Abdallah,
for $500.
John IL. Phillips, proprietor of Suffolk
park, Philadelphia, will give three purses of
81, 900 each, for three-year-olds, four-year-
olds and stations that have ever beaten $780,
The entrance will be 10 per cent. payable in
instalments of 21s per cent. The entries
will close on May /, and the events will be
trotted during the fall meeting at Suffolk, the
dates of which will be so arranged as to con-
veniently follow the meeting of the National
Association of Trotting Horse Breeders.
The st. Louis Fair association has opened
stakes for two, three, four and fve-year-old
trotting colts and FLIES, the entrance being
small and the added money large
The portrait of Shanghai Mary, dam of
Green Mountain Maid, hangs against the
wall in the comfortable smoking room at
Stony Ford, room in which the little clouds
have curled above the heads of Gen. Grant
Jay Gould, Gov. Stanford, Robert Bonner
and other gentlemen of national fame, and
it attracts attention.
The spring meeting of the Nashville Blood
Horse association will begin on Friday, May
|, and four races will be decided each day.
The meeting will continue six days.
Hugh w. McNair of Minneapolis has fine
stable of thoroughbred colts, and when his
are entered in the two-year-old dashes fun
may be anticipated.
Ed. Wilson of Minneapolis has developed
into quite q turfman. He has purchased
several thoroughbred colts and feels confident
that when they start he will win some stakes.
The annual sale Of thoroughbred yearlings
at Woodburn farm will take place on Tues
day, May IA. Forty-seven head will be
offered, the get of King Alfonso Falsetto,
Powhatan and Lisbon.
In 1884 the value ofhorses in the United
States was 1888, 1874, 400; Of cattle, 81, 1906
rs, 1903; of swine, $246, 301, 1879; of sheep,
$119, 902, 705, and of mules, 1851, ,975,
making a total valuation of 81, 467, $3.50, 1924
The importance Of educating men to guard
this vast property from contagious disease is
apparent TO every man of common sense,
and we live in hopes of seeing great ma
tional veterinary school established by the
Cover nment.
A highly-prized pet horse, the property of
Andrew Clarke, Philadelphia, Pa, is now
being treated at his owners stable for insan-
ity. Nero. as the animal is named, has a
most remarkable history, and his extraordi-
nary illness and the attachment Of his master
have caused the case to be much talked Of In
West Philadelphia. For few DAYS the horse
had shown signs ofcontinued nervous excite
ment, and recently he was declared to be
crazy from congestion OF the brain, brought
on by indigestion and other stomachic
troubles. Nero is bright bay, standing
nearly seventeen hands high, and Is said to
be a descendant of Lexington. He is 90
years old and has been in the possession
of his master since he was two-year-old
colt. Nero served his master for three years
in the war and was twice severely wounded
By his speed and endurance while carrying
important dispatches, he saved Mr.. Clarke's
life more than once.
Mr. w. &. France seems willing to stand
or fall in his racing ventures with the Wilkes
family. One Of MS recent purchases, at
moderate figure, considering the Wilkes
boom, is the bay mare, Vesta Wilkes. foaled
1876, By George Wilkes, dam by Wagner
Abdallab, by Jupiter Abdallah, for 81 900.
She was bought Of DR.. William Jarvis Of
Claremont, N. II.