The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1888-04-17
HORSE NOTES.

Jockey Burke was thrown and
badly hurt by. the horse CLAUDIO Bran.
non In a race at New Orleans on
March Is.
The sensational item sent out from
Lexington, KY, that stook company
was being formed there for the pur-
chase OF the noted California horse
Guy Wilkes (2.153) for 100000 is u
canard.
The price paid Y. Pyle, Of Hum.
boldt. N. O., by "A. J.. Alexander, Of
Woodburn stud Farm, Kentucky, for
the b. m. Julia, full sister to Maxey
Cobb, was $6001, not Sl001, as tele-
graphed recently.
Norma, the dam of Lucy Cuyler.
and Noryal, sire of the famous year.
ing Norlaine. 2.81a, dropped q black
colt on February II to Electricity, q
son OF Electioneer and Midnight, dam
OF Jay-Eye-See, 2.10.
The Suffolk Course programme at
the spring meeting will mckade races
for the 8.minute, $50, $40, 1856, 2.27,
and 2.19 Glasses and 2.2l ant, 2.23 pa.
GERS. The 3.minute and $50 classes
will be best two In three.
The bay horse General Hatch 2.47.
foaled 1861, by Strader's Usssius M.
Clay, Jr., dam by imp. Envoy, died
near Muscatine, Ia, on February "a.
He was the sire of Fleta and Envoy,
both with records Of 228.
The three Woodburn mares. Miss
Russe)l, dam Of Maud s., lady Rus
sell and Russia, both sisters to the lat.
ter and Trinket, ala, are the only
mares not owned at Palo Alto that will
De bred to Electioneer this season.
Charles Wood, the English Jockey.
whose license was refused by the Eng.
lish Jockey Club principally on account
OF alleged in-and-out runniag Of a sci.
ling platter called Success. has made a
strong appeal for reopening of the
case.
In February the private sales OF
trett.ng stock IL the ''Blue G:ass'' Sec
tlon OF Kentucky aggregated $4,000.
FROM present prospects the sales Of
such stock this year in Kentucky Will
foot up somewhere in the nelghborl,ood
or $2.O0O,O00.
The Kentucky Trotting Horse
Breeders' Association has decided to
offer at its meeting next fall purse of
$5OOO for the free.fOr-all class. This is
the largest amount ever offered for q
race between trotting horses not only
In Kentucky but south of Mason and
DlxOn's line.
j. Il. Simmons has moved all his
stock over to the new farm he RECENTLY
purchased on the old Frankford pike.
On this road, within five miles of Lex
ington. KY, there are now four great
trotting establishments - PlainyIew.
Ash Grove, Highland, and the place
first mentioned.
a singular accident occurred In
Sussex, England, last December. A
fox huntress was out with the fox
hounds, when her horse picked up a
flint rock in It's fore foot, and while
gallop1ng threw it back with such force
against the shank OF the hind leg that
the bone was broken just above the
fetlock, and the animal had to be de-
str0yed.
In the Blue Grass region Of Ken
tucky there are no less than lYO finely
improved farms devoted to the breeding
and rearing Of thOroughbreds and trot..
ters. The farms are within o radius Of
thlrty-hve miles Of Lexington, in the
counties OF Bourbon, Garrar6, Mer-
Ger, Boyle, Jessamine, Franklin, Wood
ford, Fayette, Montgomery, Clark,
Harrison and Scott. On the 1870 farms
there are at least $500 horses OF the ay~
erage value Of S300-or nearly $4,000
600.
Reports from the headquarters OF
Hourl q. 1879 and Susie s, (a:20) are to
nfFnRf hNt ne H.t.. az
lies have wintered we'll and promise
this summer to have renewal of their
famous duel at st. Louis last fall. AL
though Susie s. is yet to be beaten. the
owner of Houri says that filiS will clip
her wings this summer, while on the
other hand, Susie SIS owner says he
fears no rival and believes his lilly will
this year wipe out all 4-year-old rec
Ords.
The Atlantic City Turf Associa-
tion grounds comprise nearly eighty
five acres. "A mile track, 20 feet wids
(80 feet on the homestretoh), has been
laid out. The plans for improvements
include two great stands-one 2l6x76
feet, and the other 350x60 feet. The
combined seating and standing capac-
ity will be about 10000. The betting
pavilion will be 1E0x8O feet. There
will be stabllng room for Y09 horses.
Much Of the lumber for the building is
already on the ground.
-Woodburn still has the greatest
number ofproducing mares Of any stud
In Kentucky, ii OF her brood-mares
having produced $50 trotters. The
most celebrated mares at Woodburn are
Miss Russell, dam Of Maud &. 2.OBa;
Nutwood. 2.1e2; Cora Belmont, 2.255,
and Lizzie Witherspoon, dam OF Fanny
Witherspoon, 2.164. W0edburn is also
the only place in Kentucky, with the
exception Of Ashland Park, where both
the trotter and runner are bred and
raised.
Tho folln~fnn oot.;o. 80,