St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-12-24
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The bay stallion Milton, by Smuggler,
bred by David III. Blanchard, was sold
to Mr.. Reading, in 1856. for $1,000 after
he had made the record of 2:30 at MyS-
tic park and was subsequently sent to
Europe. Last year he won road
wagon race, getting record of 1925.
This summer he trotted several races III
Germany. One was a fourmile heat
race in harness, which he won, and he
was also winner in two races, three III
five, 10 harness, in which he made
record of 3 30. In his last race, two and
one-half miles to harness, with eighteen
starters, he gave all handicap and
won. He has the fastest record in
Europe.
ii. II. Hale, proprieto rof the Rock
Island stock farm, at Bradford, Mass,
has purchased from Charles Backman,
Stony Ford. n. Y, the trotting stallion
Hudson Bay. The stallion is sixteen
hands high, and was got by Kentucky
Prince, dam Queen of May, by Rysdyk'S
Hambletonian; second dam Lady Over
ton, by Mount Holly, son OF imported
Messenger. He is to be stable COM
panion of Warder, brother of Viking,
2:l914.
C. w. Ably, a well-known Eastern
horseman, who is now in California
experimenting the ranch owned by
Fred Gebhardt, writes that the famous
New York dude has beautiful place
there. The ranch adjoins one owned
by Mrs. Langtry, and the two occupy
the entire Cayrle Valley, which is
beautiful spot. Mr.. Ably says that he
has seen all the good stock farms in
America, but that this one will be the
best of all.
trainer in Kansas, says that the sire of
the trotter White Stockings, that made
a record of PIG last summer, is Gov.
Coleman, grandson of AleXander's
Adella, and that the dam of White
Stockings was a mare of unknown
breeding The dam of Gov. Coleman
was double-gaited mare that could go
about 2:40 gait at either a trot or
pace.
Col. f. II. Brodhead, of Milwaukee,
has concluded to make a change of driv-
ers for his trotters Magma Wilkes and
Indigo. Heretofore Mr.. Brodhead's
driving has been done by Johnnie
Grier, but in 1889 Magma Wilkes and
Indigo will be handled by George Ingra-
ham, of Dixon, ILL.,, who will also winter
them. lngraham is careful man with
the trotterS, and has come TO the front
good deal in the laSttWo or three years.
Twelve sons and daughters of Flee
tioneer entered the $50 list this year,
the fastest being the tWo-year old tlIy
SunOl, whose record of 2:lS is the best
for trotter of her age. -Four of Flee
tioneer'S $50 trotters are out of Thor
oughbred mares, which shows how Won
derfully the son of Hambleton1an con-
trolls other strains of blood.
BoSQue Bonita, the rallish looking
three-year-old tilly by Macey's Hamble-
tonian, has changed hands. j. +. Mad
den has paid MeSSrS. Witherspoon Il
Gilmore $500 for her. The lilly is 4
very speedy one, but the blood of her
dam has not been traced. Mr.. Wither-
spoon was satisfied in October that
Bosque Bonita could trot mile in 2:20.
Her record, however, is 2:26l4.
The Sire Brothers, who will not here
after be admitted to tracks belonging to
the American association. are getting
ready for a campaign next year, as
usual, having recently purchased Jenny
H., record 2:34lI, by Woods HANDLE
tonian. This mare is reported to be
very much faster than her record, hav-
ing the ability to trot mile close to
800.
The $4,000 three year-old Bell Boy,
2:20, VIII be sold at auction, at LeXlng-
ton, KY, Feb. Is, 1889. At the same
time the entire studs of jefferson & Sea-
mon, including Blue Grass HANDLE
tonian, 2:20$4 will be disposed of, these
gentlemen retiring from the breeding
world.
II. P. Kelly, well-known driver of
trotters, who, during the past season
had the stallion Gen. Wilkes at num-
Der of meetings. has been adjudged in
sane at Lexington, KY, and placed in
the asylum there. Kelly is well known
among horsemen and universally liked.
C. W. Allen, of Kenosha, Wis, has
weanling tiIly which shows precoe:ods
trotting speed. She is by Sir Archie, a
grandson of Nutwood. 2:ISs4, dam by
Moody, 2:lSI5, etc. She recently
trotted beside a running horse anu
showed 9:40 gait.
The Talley City stock farm, Grand
Saplds, Mich, has recently purchased
from Waldo Northrop, of the same city,
a fine two-year-old filly by Pilot Mound,
dam by Fisk's Mambrino Chief; second
dam by Magma Char.a.
0. A. Hiekok, of San Francisco, has