St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-09-17
w. L. McGrath in Great Glee
Over the Success Of Tip
perary.
Capt. Marpett and Mr.. Sher-
wood Will Try Him Again
Next Year.
Nutwood, Mambrino and Lin
gard Take the Blue Ribbon
at the State Fair.
Beaupre's Team Beats Its Rec
ord--Silas Wright Wins a
Good Race.

Two events in the local trotting world
took place last week at the state fair
grounds that were of great interest to
breeders of trotting horses i'll Minnesota.
One OF these occurred Monday, the two
Sear-old trotting contest between Min
nesota bred animals. The other Oc-
Cured Thursday, and consisting of
contest between twO-year-olds free FOR
all. The first race was half-mile heats,
best two in three. The entries were
Tipperary, by Theseus, owned by W.
L. McGrath, of st. Paul; JesSica Wilkes,
by Woodford Wilkes, owned by George
W. Sherwood, st. Paul; Harry
Blackwood, owned by f. A. Sa
bine. Tipperary won with ease
in two straight heats, in 1885
and "a. At no time during the race
was Tipperary extended. Both heats
were won with ridiculous ease. The
twO-year-Old contest mile heats, best
two in three. free for all, resulted also
in an easy victory for Tipperary. The
entries were as follows: Tipperary, by
TheSeuS, owned by W. l.. McGrath. of
St. Paul; Futurity Girl, by Early Pho
neer, owned by ii. g. Finkle, of Moor
head; Harry BlackwOOd, owned by f.
A. Sabin, and Lingard, by Lumps,
owned by T. B. Marrett, st. Paul. Tip
perary won this race also very easily.
The time made was 3:1312. 3:10%. The
time is fair and nothing more. With the
breeding stock in Minnesota these fig
ureS ought to be cut down good many
seconds. No good and satisfactory reason
can be given for the breeders of this
state allowing a twO-year-Old stake
L.. Ia a1art M
edly Tipperary could have reduced
these figures had he been pressed, but
he was not crowded at all and took
both heats in each race at his leisure.
This is not the way this business is done
in Kentucky or California, nor will it be
advantageous for breeders to continue
these contests, hereafter, in this easy
going way. The rivalry should be
greater and the contests a good deal
more of struggle, otherwise the
important matter of breeding in
Minnesota will languish. Capt.
Marrett's colt Lingard, Is as
Well-bred a colt as can be found
anywhere. He is by Jumps, by George
Wilkes, and is born tTOtter and has an
easy gait. Good judges from Ken
lucky. who saw him at the fair grounds,
commented upon his excellent move
pure trOtter.
The probability is that Lingard was
not in good condition, and that he had
not received a sufficiently long and pa
tent training to accomplish the
task of beating Tipperary. The
same may be said of Mr.. Sher-
woods FLY in the first race.
She is as well bred as could be asked q.
She is by WOodfOrd Wilkes, one Of the
very best sons of George Wilkes, the
great sire of trotters. Yet this splendid
Wilkes filly, JeSSica Wilkes, could not
force Tipperary out in any better time
than 1881 and l: "a for half mile. If
trotters are brought to the wire lacking
in condition their owners need not eX-
pect them to WIN. Both Mr.. Sherwood
and Capt. Marrett will have an OppOr-
tunity next year to try conclusions with
Mr.. McGrath again. Perhaps the result
will be different then. While so much
is said about Mr.. SheTWOOd's and Capt.
MarTett's colts being well bred, it must
not be thought that there is anything
lacking in regard to Mr.. McGrath'S Tip
perary, This colt comes from another
branch of the same great trOtting fam
ily-the Hambletonian. Tipperary is
by Theesus, by Administrator, by
Hambletonian. Both the Wilkes colts
spoken of go back to the same general
head of the trotting family-Hamble-
tonian-through George Wilkes. Ad-
ministrator is a great horse, and COM
bines the blood of Messenger, DurOc
and Bellfounder in wonderful degree.
He has produced many fast animals,
and his son TheSeuS seems to have in
herited his speed-prOducing qualities to
a considerable degree. OF course, Mr.
McGrath is very much elated over the
result, and has already begun to talk
about winning the three-year-old stakes
next year.