St. Paul daily globe., 1888-07-30
Miscellaneous.

NiSccllaneOuS.
Play Boy, an Alabama horse, sired by
McCurdy'S Hambletonian, is raising a
sensation among horSemen in Nashville,
Tenn, says a special to the st. Louis
Globe-DemOcrat of July 10. He is a
four-year-old and was in the races the
past season as PAGER, showing miles in
2:2O. He belonged to the McCurdys, of
Montgomery, Ala. Some months ago
he was purchased by William Kerlin, of
Montgomery, and he has been converted
into trotter, and has developed won
derful speed. About week ago he
trotted trial race in 2:1S, going the
last quarter in a 2:13 gait. Kerlin paid
$4,000 for the horse and has declined an
offer of $1,000. 1t is reported in race
horse circles at Montgomery that PLAY
Boy in trial trot went mile in 2:14,
which is the fastest Oh record for four
year-old. He is great horse with a
bright future.
Robert Bonner is having Maud S put
in condition to beat her record of 2:OS in
case he should decide to have her do so
this summer or autumn. She has been
doing considerable work on the road,
and on Monday last. the 23d, Johnny
Murphy put her to the test at Fleet
wood. She did Warming-up mile in
trial. She did the first quarter in 32L
seconds, the half in 1:04, went to the
three-quarterS in 1:3S, and did the mile
in 2:1215. This is the fastest mile ever
trotted over the Fleetwood track, the
best previous record being by Maud S
in 2:13& against Trinket's record of
2:14.
L. J. Rose. of California, is happy IN
nomenclature. Sunny Slope was the
title of the'grand estate where Sultan
gained his early hOflOrS. Of the new
place, ROSemeade, California writer
says: "A meadow with hedges of
roses and groups of Towering shrubs is
to be admired. but the pasture field we
Sauntered over in the autumn cleaning,
with its grand old oaks, its carpet of
alfillerilla and wild oats, green as 'em-
erald sea- when other latitudes are
Snow-clad and bleak, mocking-birds
caroling from bosky glenS, and caval-
cade of young colts careering over the
verdant sod, was a picture altogether
lovely and enchanting"
The London Agricultural Gazette saws
that donkey died two years ago at
Cromarty that was known to be at least
LOG years old. Its death was not from
this great age, but came in consequence
II
barge horse died recently at Warning
ton, England, in his sixty-second year.
The writer knew horse in New York
that attained the age of fOrty-SiX years,
and was useful and moderately active
till within few days of his death. Fol
horses to live till past thirty is not at
all uncommon; and mules generally en-
dure, if properly treated, ten years OF
SO beyond this.
Matt Byrne has sent number of MIR.
Haggin's horses to Mr.. Swigert's Ken
lucky farm, where they will spend
some time. Among the number are
Ben Ali, Guenn, Music, Blithsome,
Fleurette, Sentiment and Mollie. Ben
Ali is not broken down, but one of his
legs is enlarged. B. A. Haggin thinks
years run in Kentucky will prove as
beneficial to Ben Ali as it did to Pom
tiac and Inspector b.
1t was failing eyesight as much as
anything else which Influenced the late
w. III. Vanderbilt when he sold Maud
S. to Robert Bonner. When he drove
Maud S. and Aldine hooked together to
1882, he could see out of but one eye.
At Georgetown, KY, recently, while
valuable mule owned by E. Muir was
bicycle for the first time and immedi.
ately dropped dead in his tracks from
fright. Moral: Enact laws to keer
bicycles off public highways.
The superb eighteen-year-old brood
mare Mary MambrinO, by MambrinC
Patchen, dam Belle Wagner, by Embry's
Wagner, died July Is at Orchard Grove
farm, Lexington, KY. She was the dam
of Elvira, PISS, and also of Beatrice
the dam of Patron, 2:144.
A meeting of the Montana horse
breeders has been called to convene al
Helena on Wednesday, Aug. %, for the
purpose of mutual conference, with 9
view of forming hOrse-breeders' asSo
citation for protection against theft anC
! disease.
The we'll known stallion Crittender
433, foaled 1871, by Cassius NJ Clay %
dam Flora, by Pilot Jr, died on July Il
at Haywood, WOodfOrd county, KY, ol
collie. He was owned by Il. S. Stradel
and Mrs. John Stoat.
Ed Wiggin, of Boston, has a sixteen
year-old pacing mare by Rhode Island
| (sire of Governor Sprague, 2:20L), which
was never trained, but she was recently
hitched to sulky and went half a mile
in 1:12.
J.V. Necl. of Bayard, O., has pur
chased from Chambers Bros, Mount
Pleasant, o., three finely bred three
year-old fllies by Harold G, S272. Two
are PAGERS and the other trotter.
Five Points, the fast son of Jay Bird
l.. l,x.r f,1. Fla tic