St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-12-13
Another Great PAGER.

{ Oscar B. Hills clerk of the United States
Circuit court. received last Friday, from St.
Louis, PAGER he has just purchased that is
one of the best horses recently brought to
Minnesota. His name is Harry Parker.
He is a strawberry roam, 49, high, gamy
and intelligent-loOking, with a beautiful
long head. clean, delicate ears and an eye
large and mild His shoulders are heavy,
deep and SlOping out of which goes beau
tiful, clean neck. His legs are perfect,
while his hind quarters have the character
iStic slope of the PAGER, though not in such
a marked degree as some animals of this
gait. He has good muscles all over and is
without blemish. He can boast of a record
of ten miles in 2S:52$z, made at st. Louis
June 80, 1885. The race was against time,
the effort beng to dc ten miles in thirty
minutes or less. Below will be found the
time of each mile by the record:
First mile. .2:48s4 Sixth mile. 80. 1864
Third mile. 2:56% Eighth mile. 49,. 2:56M
Fourth mile. 2:523z Ninth mile. .2:5624
Fifth mile. 80. .2:56is Tenth mile. .2:493
The best trOtting record for ten miles is
carried by Comptroller, who performed the
feat in 27:23H. Twenty miles were trotted
by Capt. MCGOWAN in 1928. There is no
account, however. Of a PAGER having Sc
cured record for either of the above dis
tances. at the time Harry Parker paced
this race he belonged to Thomas II. Rock
wood. of St. Louis. In this race the horse
paced entirely on his courage and was
never urged from send off to finish
Throughout the race the driver held his
timer in one hand and the lines in the other
That the roam could have beaten the trot-
ting record those who witnessed the race
were we'll satisfied. This valuable animal
is now in the stables of Mr.. Cullen, on
Selby avenue. and all that have seen him
are greatly pleased with his appearance.
Black Jr.
Dan Woodmansee, who superintends
Commodore Kittson's trotting horse mat
tiers. is pretty near the conclusion that he
made mistake in breeding So So this sea-
son to Revenue. This is not because Mr..
Woodmansee thinks less of Revenue, but
more of Blackwood, Jr. He has very
high idea of the great son of Smuggler. and
when ne bred So So to Revenue he did not
know what a great thing Blackwood, Jr.
had done for the Kittson stables. This was
not known till Also went out upon the
track and distanced everything against
which he trotted, with such ease that the
people began to open their eyes to this
wonderful representative of Blackwood, Jr,
and George Wilkes. Also has such an easy
way of going, such long, easy, sweeping
stride, and is made up with so much whip
cord and whalebOne that Mr.. Woodmansee
who thought well of him before, now re-
CARDS him as remarkably speedy and val
liable animal, and had he known in time
what fortunate nick had been made by
the union of BlackwoOd, Jr.. and So So he
would have bred So So back to Blackwood
for another also. which he thinks is one of
the most promising colts in the country.
Next year he proposes to breed her to Black
wood. This great stallion he regards as
one of the best in the country, and capable
of getting fast ones every time, provided he
IAN have mares that are as well bred as
he is