The national leader., 1889-05-18
HORSE NOTES.

rheumatism.
e. R. Bulkley has sold the PAGER
Whitelight, 2.254.
&c. B. Morris has purchased Pan
anna at high figure.
james B. Green is kept busy train
ing his big string of trotters.
Hanover is doing his work in a
manner to encourage his friends.
Seth Griffin is at work on the Bel
mont track with his track machine.
-Jay-Eye-See, Harry Wilkes and
Phallas are not lively to be seen on the
turf again.
Entries for the Dansville (Ky.)
meeting, to be held on June 5, 6 and Z,
will close on May 27.
R. s. Strader of Elmer Place,
one mile from Lexington, KY, has a
fine lot of trotting stock for sale.
The Car, full brother to the EN-
peror OF Norfolk, recently. won the
Pacific Derby, one-and-one-half miles.
in California, in 2.36.
-Budd Doble will remain at the
Washington Park track, Chicago, until
the date of the running meeting, when
he will go to Detroit.
j. F. Golden is at the Gentleman's
Driving Course with the b. G. Budd
Doble (pacer), years old. by Clay Alb
dallah, and the S. G. Billy Ross, 5
years old, by Seafoam.
The Lehigh County Agricultural
Society has fifty men and fifteen horses
and carts at work grading the new
track at it's new Fair grounds, in the
suburbs of Allentown, Pa.
w. H. Mccarthy has arrived in
Terre Haute, Ind, with his stable of
trotters that were wintered at Los An
geles. 1t contains Geneva S., 2194;
Lena Wilkes, 2.294; Rajah. 2.294;
Cora Van Tassel, Lucy r. and the
PAGERS Sir Archie and Cousin Joe.
in the five furlong spin at Mem
phis, on Monday April 29th, with ten
starters, four of them fell on the
turn, Endurer going down first, when
Kermese, Hattie D., and Katie S.,
running close behind him, fell in a
heap. Stevenson, on Hattie D., had
his collar-bone dislocated, and has been
laid up since.
The 10000 Southern Hotel Guar
antee stake for the 2.25 class, opened by
the st. Louis Fair Association, closed
with the following nominations: Nc
Cormick Live Stock Company, Bowl
ing Green, Mo-; w. p. ljams, Terre
Haute, Ind; V. Simpson, Winona,
Mum. Cowles & Clyborne, Dowaglac,
Mich; Hamilton Busby. New York,
n. Y; c. F. Clark, Mexico, Mo. !;
Wilson and Stanley, Detroit, Mich. D.
w. Hunter, Westport, Mo-; Bob Stew
art, Kansas City. Mo-; Augustus
Sharpe, Louisville, KY; R. P. Pepper,
Frankfort. Ky.
An old-style road race came off re-
Gently between two South Jersey trot-
ters. The contestants were Chestnut
King and Old Virginny, owned re-
spectively by General Charles Haight,
of Freehold, and Mr.. Frank Rlves.
The course was from Freehold to Long
Branch and return, distance of
thirty-four miles. Each horse drew
two men. The start was made at 10. 10
A. NJ, and the round trip was COM
pleted by 1880, making the distance in
two hours and forty minutes, including
a stop of twelve minutes at Long
Branch to cool out. There is talk of
another match for $1,000 side.
The two American bred trotters,
Spofford and Governor Hill, were safely
landed in Buenos Ayres after voyage
of forty-seven days. The severest
shaking up occurred off Newport News.
The gale was strong and the sea ran
high. The horses were protected by
padded stalls. In pleasant weather
they were walked on deck. They also
had large open box, with plenty of
straw to prevent slipping, into which
they were turned, one at time, when
the ocean was calm. The shoes were
badly worn OH the voyage. The fric-
ton was'as great as if the trotters had
been on land. The two horses walked
ashore in their new and far distant
home as frisky and nimble as colts.
They will be driven on the road and
compete in races. Three days before
Spofford and Governor Hill were Ian
ded the bay mare SkYlight Pilot, who
had preceded them to Buenos Ayres,
died. She was by Strathmore, had
record Of 2.19, and her loss was keenly
regretted.
There never was a time when a
horse could win as much money as now,
there never was "a time when 2-year
old racing. had reached anything like
it's proportions. The most valuable
stakes are for 2-year-olds. at Mon
mouth Park there is the Junior Cham
pion, worth something like S25, 600; the
Select worth about $4,000: the Sapling,
Tyro, July, Hopeful, August rnd
Criterion, each worth about 5000: the
Amboy and Carteret Handicaps. worth
each about $1,000 or $1,000. AT Coney
Island the Futurity this season will be
worth about S6O 600 to the winner. the