St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-19


| Miscellaneous.
| Veritas: / saw an interesting relic at the
| Richmond exposition. 1t was Old Sorrel,
| preserved i'll the best style of the taXider-
| mists art. He is a s0rrel horse, about l5l2
| hands. thoroughbred from Lexington, Va,
and was made famous by carrying Stonewall
| Jackson through the war. Charles Z Stokes,
! of Richmond. remarked to me: Il saw him
| just before his death Uhiriy-six years Old
| grazing on the farm of the soldier home.
| Some of the boys near by opened fire on q
! flock of robins. and it would have done you
| good to see the old fellow straighten up and
run off towards the firing lively as a colt. 1t
carried him back TO the days of 1851 to 1862
when such music daily resounded in his
ears"
| Colorado now has such q number of thor
! oughbred stations within its borders that the
raising of thoroughbred Stock on an extended
scale cannot he very long delayed. Among
| the Well-known stations now in Colorado
| are BeaconStield, Jim Douglass, Fairpay,
| Trump, King Faro and Borderer, the last
| named being brother to the famous race
| mare ModesJy. Ia the matter of trotting
stations Colorado has long held prominent
| place among the Western states. but hereto
| tore ii has been weak on thoroughbred sres
| At the Palo Alto auction sale, in the spring
| of 1866, John r. Graham purchased the bay
| yearling colt 1vaneer, by Eie ctoneer, dam
| This colt has grown to be Il fine bay stallion
! of the Electioneer type. He stands upward
| Of 1G hands, bit does not look SO tall BY
| two inches. And now comes Sunol, with
| 2:lS in her two..year-old heels, proving that
| Electioneer finds the essence of extreme
| speed potency when coupled with daughters
| of Gen. Benton.
| It's not yet decided whether or not Budd
| Doble will go to California for the winter, as
| he did lastyear, but i'll case he does the gray
Il IslIL. s,I-,
| Jack wac one of the star trottcrS of last seat
son, winning the $4,000 stake at Rochester
| and some rich events in other places. He was
| certainly the star five-y earold of the year,
and if he goes to California the people of the
| Pacific coast will see the best behaved and
most natural young trottcr that ever started
| i'll 4 race.
Masterpiece, that was one Of the fastest
| sprinters OH the American turf, has been rele
| gated to The stud. having become q roarer.
The colt had habit of overreaching, just as
trotters sometimes do, and to overcome this
| difficulty his owner sent him 10 Mike Dan
naher with Instructions TO work him at
hurdle jumping for while. it being thought
that this wonld cure him.. 1t did. but DAN
naher incautiQusly worked the colt while he
| was sick. and this it was caused him to turn
| roarer.
Noontime. the two-year-old daughter of
Alcyone and Noontide, recently died at
Glenyiew farm. She was intended for a
Noontde is by Harold, out of Midnight dam
OF Jay-Eye-See 2:10, and she has record Of
% u. Had N0ontime lived she would have
been bred to a son of Electioneer. and the
produce would have contained the blood OF
the great brood mares Alma Mater, Miss
Russell, Midnight and Green Mountain Maid.
Oct. 3 the bay colt Presto, by Gen. Wash
ington, out of Gilda, by Jay Gould; I'd dam
Lady Dixon, by Ethan Allen, made a
yealling record Of 2:iGl2 over the Fashion
Stud track This was the fastest mark of
Northernbred yearllng. Wednesday last
Scott Quinton drove him for silver cup to
beat his record over the same track. The
mile was trCtted in 2:41&.. difference of
four and three-quarters seconds.
The bay stallion Sir Charles, 6404, by Ken
lucky Prince. dam Glenmary, by uamble-
tonian, 10; I'd dam Fanny Star, by Seelys
American Star, was purchasedat the Kellogg
stock farm, Bridport, Vt. Sir Charles was
bred by Mr.. Charles Backman. and is seven
years old. He will be in the stud at Black
Hawk farm with Ambition. by Onward, but
will be first shaped for record by j. n.
Woodward, who brought out Del Monte,
2:20!2.
Vassar. by Belmont, out of Venus (dam of
Vara, dam of Vatican. 2:29A), by Seelys
1882, bay colt by. Harold, which was
christened Vasco. This young stallion was
bred when three years old TO q daughter Of
Yindex, and the result was the gray colt Ed
Rosewater. who obtained at Council Bluffs,
NOV. 8, o two-year-old pacing record of
o:2Ols.
The brcwn gelding Shamrock, that made
record Of 2:26t2 last spring. broke a leg not
long ago while pinnging around III his stall
at Scranton, Pa, and it was necessary TO dg-
stroy him. He was by Gayo, dam by Potters
Clay, and his record represented the extent
Of his speed.
Elmwood Chief and Superior trotted q
match race at Denver recently, and before il
was over both horses had reduced their rec
ords pretty we'll as SUP erior took the last
three heats in 2:19A.. 2:19l4. 2:22. while
Elmwood Chief won the first in PISA.
Budd Doble contemplates visiting Cali
fornia this winter, and will likely take John
ston with him. There are several WhirlWind
PAGERS on ''the slope anxious to measure
strides with the champion. and something
viii probably come out of the trip.
Lancelot, the last of the produce of the
fomous Clay mare Green Mountain Maid. is
grand looking yearling by Messenger Du-
roc, rangy bay, and is fully the peer of his
distinguished brothers and sisters, six OF
whom are already i'll the 2:30 list.
Little Brown jug, the well-known selding
that paced three consecutive heats in 2:l134
2:1Isl and 2:1lla, the fastest on record, was
knocked down for $500 to William Hills of
New York. at the recent1uction sale i'll New
York.
The chestnut FLY by Pancoast out OF
Adele Gould. foaleQ July last has been sold
to w. P. Clancy, of Kentucky, Tor $1,000.
| and is to be delivered next spring.
| The crack PAGERS OF the year are from Cali
! fornia being Arrow. 2:l3l2; Yolo Maid,
2:14; Adonis, 2:14A; Gold Leaf, 2;15; Al
| mont Patchen, 2:15.
Alta recent public sale Of Ute horses at
! Denver. Col, the average price was $40. 1t
| is estimated the yearling cost of raising
horses on the range IN the far West is from
| 81 10 $40.
| Over $4,000 people attended the national
! horse show held in Madison Square Garden,
| New York
Yalo Maid has neatly equaled Johnstons
| quarter in 29i4 seconds, at Hampden Park.
| Horses Wintered at Oak Lawn.
Box stalls if desired. Best of care