St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-02-16
son, died at his home in Tennessee, Feb. 8,

son, died at his home In Tennessee, Feb 5,
| aged sixty years.
On Monday, the 9th, Charles L. Hunt, OIL
Normandy, Missouri, well known breeder
of horses, died. He formerly held many
prominent positions in trotting associations.
Captain T. E. Moore, Shawhan, KY, has
decided not to hold his annual spring sale.
| His young stock, foals of 1888 and 1884, the
get of Victor Won Bismarck and Twilight,
can be procured at private sale.
The Pittsburg Driving park has decided to
hold no running meeting in 1885. They
lost 900 on the experiment last season,
while the trotting meeting made money, and
are not inclined to repeat the experiment.
William A. Jones, Rushville, Ind, has OBJ
tanned judgment for SO, 500 against the
Cincinnati, Hamilton Il Indiana railroad
for killing his trotting mare Little Miss
(2:364 by Goidsmith's Abialah, by one of
their trains in October last.
Foxhall, the American horse that won such
series Of brilliant victories in England and
France during the season of 1881, is now
doing stud duty in England at $500 per
mare, aud even at this rate his book for the
coming season is nearly full.
Maj. B. G. Thomas, Dixiana stud, lost on
JAN 81, the yearlng bay filIy Lady Ban, sis
ter to Banana, by i'm ported King Ban, dam
liearsay, by imported Australian, out of
Dixie, by imported Sovereign The filly fell
on the ice and broke her leg and was de-
stroved.
Mr. r. K. Fox, of the Police Gazette, has
decided to offer silver cup worth $1,000,
open to all double teams, mile heats, to
wagon, to be trotted next summer at the New
York Driving club. Entrance free. To be
won two consecutive seasons before it be-
comes the property of the owner of the team.
The Turf, Field and Farm makes the fol-
lowing prediction: ''As PhaIlas is still run
ming in the paddock near Lexih gton, it is
too early to talk about making track engage
ments Tor him. 1t is a far cry from Febru-
airy to October. Phailas will trot no matches
In June, but it is safe to say that he will give
Maxey Cobb and other rivals all tue three-in-
i've business they want before the flag flies
over the circuit gathering at Hampden park"
Collector Robertson, of NewYork, has re-
ceived an application from Mr.. L. L. Loril-
lard for remission of duties on the silver
cup won by his brother Pierre's horse
lroquois, at Stockbrid@e, on June 81, 1881.
1t was imported in August, but Mr.. Lorril-
lard has declined to pay the duties, claiming
that the cup is trophy and not dutiable.
The collector has sent the application to See
rotary McCullOch for his decision
As usual, California comes to the front
with the first 2:30 trotter of a new year. Jan
uary 70, after two days postponement, the
gray geldng Nighttime. driven bv Lee
Shaner, won the fifth and deciding heat in
2:291z, In race for named horses. at the
Bay district course, San Francisco. He is bv
Rustic, gray horse, with a record of $3.50
in 1877, he by Wnipple's Ham betOnian. out
of a mare by thoroughbred Belmont Last
year Nighttime won fifth heat in race at
Petaluna in 2:41, which, We believe, was his
record until the present race.
DR.. L. Herr, of Forest Park, has just issued
his catalogue for 1885. On the principle
THAT records talk, =" he presents the ''roll of
honor" of his great stallion Msmbriuo
Patchen, comprising twenty sons and daugh-
tiers with records hanging from 2:2O% TO
2:4lH; tweuty-eight grLndsons and
granddaughter with records from
2:204 to 2:34A; fourteen tIot-
tiers whose dIms are by Mamhrino
Patchen and having records from 2:lS to
2 "a 4 and two OF his great grandc hldren
with records respectively 2:26A and 2:34%.