Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-01-20
HORSE GOSSIP.

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| Glenelg won $3.50. 600 on the turf this wear
The 60 horses that raced in The colors of
| Mr.. j. b. Haggin last season earned a
total of slOl 1852.
| Trainer James Rowe is well satisfied
| with the appearance of Hon. August Bel
monts horses. He eXpec.s to see many
of them finish first at Gravesend
| Mr.. Edward Corrigan. the Kansas City
| turfman, has sold his colt Carey for 50 500
| Mr.. Corrigan does not intend to send his
stable east next year.
California will have strong contingent
of speedy horses in the East this year.
| 1t is reported that the parties in Italy
who purchased the bay mare Zoe b
| 2.17l4 for $4,000 in the summer of 1884
and shipped her to Europe, have offered
| the Sire Bros $4,000 for Rosalnd Wilkes 4;
! but she is not for sale as the SiIes Will not
set price on her.
be announced on the first day of Febru-
! airy Until then there VIII not be any
| speculation on the chances of the horses
Trainer Rogers thinks Troubadour
would stand training for another season
on the turf Capt. Brown is opposed to
giving the old Suburban hero any further
labor upon the turf,
Aldace Vondette of West Rutland was
recently offered $1,000 for his valuable
trotter, "Nondette Boy The horse has
been entered for the races at Saratoga the
latter part of the month.
The $4,000 ad led money of the St
Louis Jockey club will cause the meetings
at Lstonia to be a failure. Cincinnati
cannot compare with st. Louis in turf
matters, and the management is not by
any means what it ought to be.
During 1887 there were sold Eat public
auction in Lexington, KY, l245 head of
trotting stock exclusive of the many large
private sales, which foot mp in value of ami
mails sold over 100000. The l245 head sold
ut public auction brought total of
$315,07S.
Blue Wing will not meet Hidalgo this
year in the Brooklyn Jockey club handi
cap. Mr.. Haggin's game horse is in Cali
fornia and is not likely to come East I'M
less much improved If in old time shape
he would be dangerous customer in the
Suburban.
The entries to the stakes and handicaps
to he divided at the Brooklyn track are
more numerous than anybody expected.
The handicaps are sure TO be successful
from every point OF view.
f. II. Douglas, Grand View Farm,
Frank lin, 1enu,, has lost the speedy, good
lilly Dark Hall, black, toaled in 1882, toy
bennington, she out of Echo by Licking
ton. Ed Wiley had her racing qualities,
and she died at West Side Park, Nash
vile, from an attack of lung fever. Mr.
Douglas had refused offers of - 500 for
her.
Milton Young of the McGrathiana stud
will have his yearllng sale on Monday,
May {. The others have been arranged
this way B. G. Thomas, DiXiana stud
j. h. Wilgus, Lakewood stud at Lex
ington. Thursday, May 10, Clay and
W oodtOrd, Runuymede stud: John >.
Clark, Coldstream stud, at Paris. Friday,
May II, A. j. Alexander, Woodburn STUD,
at Spring Station. Saturday, May II, ID
Swigert, Elemdorf stud, Muir's p. o.
The St. Louis Jockey club has decided
to hold the spring meeting for IL days,
commencing on May 20 and concluding on
June o. Seventy-five thousand dollars
has been offered in stakes and pures.
The Australians are the greatest betterS
in the world 10000, 900 change hands
annually over horse races. In Victoria
alone there are $50 registered bookmakers
1t is computed that 100000 are annually
bet on football matches.
Mr.. George Cadwaller, who trained
Allie Hunt Pompey Payne, Maggie b. B.
Leveller, and lot of famous horses, in
Guiding Blue Wing in his two year-oid
form, resumes business as public train
er in Lexington next week. He has al
ready numerous offers of stock He will
occupy MT. tTlulN SldDle anu llN6 III lut
dwelling house at the track.
1t has been suggested that the members
of the New England Association of TroJ-
ting Horse Breeders ought to have Trot
ing Sud Book in which to register their
trotting stock. The idea is good one,
and ought to be carried into effect.
1t is stated on good authority that
Henry c. Jewett's Wilkes stallion, Sher-
man, showed quarters last summer III
3212 seconds
They have wonderful mare in New
Hampshire, if an item concerning one
Nellie Gray, which first appeared i'll
paper in that State, and is now going the
rounds, is correct. It is claimed that she
was bred in Maine, is by son of imported
Messenger, aud has herself been bred to
Mambruo Wilkes this season. An i'm
ported Messenger died 50 years ago next
month, and the only one of his sons that
ever stood in Maine passed in his checks
"a years ago, ii would seem that Nellie
Gray bad an unusually strong grip on the
brittle thread oflife -CuitiudtOr,
Mr.. Joseph Battell of Middlebury, the
interchangeable searcher after truth in trOt.
ting pedigrees, has recently brought to
light a fact establishing he dam of the
renowned trotter, Goldsmith Maid, as a
daughter of Long Island Black Hawk. 1t
has always been supposed that she was by
ADdallah. Mr.. Baitell states that he has
reached the breeder OF Old A bdallah, and
secured evidence to prove his statement.
The dam of HOtspur. 2 "A, proves to be a
daughter of Green Mountain Morgan,
making him very closely inbred to that
celebrated family.
Given the important roles which caval-
ry and artillery play in the art Of modern
warfare, it may be interesting to know
the total number of animals which the
leading countries of the world can throw
into the field Of battle. Here, according
to the lstest statistics, is the list Russia,
q $40, 600 horses America, 100000 the |
Argentine Republic, 4 100000 Austria,
. 800, goo; Germany, 3,3j0,000 France, |
2 500, 900 horses and 300 900 mules Eng
land, 2790,0 coo horses Canada, 2,62400O |
Spain, $50 600 horses ana 100000 mules
Italy, 1900, 600 horses Belgium, $4,000
Denmark, $4,000 Australia, 30l 600 |
Holland, 125, 600, and Portugal $4,000
horses and 900 mules. 1t will be re
marked that Russia heads the list by an |
enormous majority, Pail Mall Gazette.
w. Messenger writes to the Turf, Field |
ana Farm from Frankfort on-the Main |
about American trotters for the European |
market, and says Horses that can go in |
2:35 can be had plentiful in Russia, and at |
"A CheaD pricp and il is necessary to have |