The Anaconda standard., 1889-11-30
SPORTING GOSSIP.

cent annual meeting. effected u number
of changs-s i'm its rules that will make
owners in particular. hc most iSnpurt-
ant action taken was the adoption of "a
new rule. which puts "A .iuictus on sprint
inQ races Association tracks. This
prohibits races for thrts.year-,ltis and uIS-
wards at a. less distance than one mile.
The recent rule op the same subject made
the minimum limit six furinng-. TUT even
that was violated ON some tracks. hy vir-
the of tine friendly AMI of anotll.r rule,
which was elastic enough to permit al AL
most any practice you could mention. even
the running of lnart..r races through "a
whole afternoon; Will the new r,ll. n'
ally? IL will not. Even had ! not asked
the opinion of IiuIntr.rs hereafu'int. !
could still answer IN the negative. Aud
the reason will ipe apparent enough to the
most casual inquirer. through cncour-
a9enlent from jockey clubs themselves,
general, this country has become "a nation
of esIsiine sprinters, tine prevailing aiiiipi-
tion looking almost entirely in the siirsr-
ton of speed instead of stamina. and
short scurries and scranIi,lc> instead of
feats of endurance, coupled with speed.
The rcs'ilt is IL you find live hundred
horses cOIlgrs'gatstl at ~ western trac X yes,
or mt AN eas,crn course, over thrss-fotIrtlhs
of them five-furlnng or s,x-fnrioiIg
sprinters, and any of them would ls. siIn-
ply ls,s.a IL asked tai go mile aud "A fur
long i'm decent company. The jockey
clubs have encouraged ti" sprinti.g and
scramblinR both east and west until IL had
become positive nuisance ON
some tracks since II u,onoI'.'Iizcd
nearly all the racing; aud now
the western division essays a. violent and
sudden reaction after the gradual growth
OF nm evil fosters'si, as have said, 10y the
form is desirable, as amy reform should
he; hut Is the violence at the reaction cx-
I,s,tiient under existing conditions. after
the harm liiss been 10 thing Of gradual
RrowtI for a. generation or moe. This il
the practical way in winch the averags.
lIorseInen Of to-day will view the sudden
mot approve of il. He finds him self the
owner of say half IL dozen I'laters ar sprint
ers, mot one of wl,ici, could earn his oats.
except in the sprintiiig bu ss,ss, and not
one ever covered ~ mile. ma public race.
As they will ir required to go that dis
tance and over under the new rule ON reg
uiar association tracks. the independent
tracks, and they are getting pretty ntInicr-
o,,s. will bcco,ne the horn" of the s,rintcr,
the regulars and the irrcg,ilars. IL they
may In called s',cli.-Sii'I o( the Times.
IL is quite evident that California is de-
ssT,ni9L teri, y To- capture 'ns stallion, rG.mn,on
Nov. ID, Paio Alto started tn beat the
record, 2:i2, and succeeded. in spite of "a
The time by quarters was :i2a seconds.
I .f5. ::Es, 1:12l4. Stlnii,oul WAS then sent
out to do the trick. but failed in exactly
the same time, 2:i2h. The s,,artcrs in
his mile were :si seconds. lubLs, ::9s.
2:12A. During the afternoon Sunoi
trottssl an exhibition mile in 2:15.
on NOV. l5, james srtIls ItNery stable,
at Ciarksvilic, Tenn, was destroyed 10y
fire and in il fifteen fine horses were
burned among them the tr.'tter Single
will be <4O.ODl. with ~" insurance..
A correspondent writes: MIR. Rol~rt
Bonncr's pircl.sc of Sun"l. 2:io1=. is
purchases of great horses that have been
made by this gentleman. How well 81"
.a,,n, rT nf Mr. % R'r ,rs, .,. n, .,ri,s. ,..
Of the hay Beauty of the last. Young
Pocaliontas, about 1sAai, aud tie wild en-
thusi:ssm that was created thereby. She.
Farm, and had been slyly r,irs hase,i 10y
Jim Gon and L..kc Summons for s2IGD
just because they knew Mr. Bonner
wanted hcr. She was clever that Mr..
Bates daughter had 'lr.vcu her oIl tin.
popular drives around Eo>tpD. Coll aud
Simmons took her down Ia Fashion ts.tck.
Mr.. Bonner went over to see her. and said
something about SaD.tGb for bee. they
sand IT woild net buy tho L''r o,, ''cr tail. :,
and gave them horse to- boot
that they afterwards cot S'i.GOf 6. But she
showed MIR. Bonner IA mile ovrr his three
quarter mile track at Tarrytown ia 2:l7s4
and half over Fleetwood in :Ui. aud II
he ever owned "A more handsome piece of
horseficsh than she WAS in her priui. I do
not know what il was. q falls Ia lhc lot
of but few men to bc blessed with health.
money and game enough la cling - their
enthusiasm for 50 long a time AS MIR. Bon
ner has stuck to IL. Senator stanford does
not want Tor money. and Robert Bonner
las great horses wth'hit Sutpl. IStu ~ IL
plain to pne that the two gentlemen men,
ii med are aousl..rfully well pleased with
the transaction. Senator stamford to get
am Electioucer in the Bonner sable. and
Robert Bonner To- bc the owuc~ of the first
Electioneer in the hand. May they all live
long and prospcr.'
Wilkes stock il clearly ON tin. boom and
does not seem to- hc affected 10y the inai
vclosis performances of the. Elcctioncers.
The news comes from Lexington. KY,
that j. Il. Madden. OF that city. has sold
To v. &. Cromwell a fo,Ir-y"ar-old colt. d..
Guy Wilkes, = :l5i a. dam Wootifortl Queen.
10y Almort, :s3. for SlO,UJJ.
The champion stallion, Axt.ll. 2:l2. has
gone into winter quarters al Tcrrc Hauts
Budd Doblc's string will winter at Frc>
no. Cal.
Rosalind Wilkes gives promise of r,cov
erinH her old time speed. She may bc a
worthy competitor of Belle Hamlin mex
season.
A new feature will t,s. Introduced at the
Prospect Hill stock farm. Franklin. Pa.
this winter. The half-,iiils tack will u,
thoroughly sprinkled and cold weathe
will make "a good coating OF ice. Til,
colts will be sharp shod and trslinc,
throughout the winter.
The winnings of A. J. Cassatt's stabi
for the year 1sS9 amount to SsD.25l ..,u
Eur,ls, Maidstone and Eric won more tina
one-half of this amount.
Mr.. Samuel Eek er, formerly of 81. Louis
hut now of FL Paso, Tex. has rarchas.v