The national leader., 1889-02-23
HORSE NOTES.
j. T. Carmody has purchased Eass

y. T. Carmody has purchased Eass
VIol.
-Orifiamme has beea biistered three
times during the winter.
-Flrenzi will probably never start
In another handicap race.
Most Of the New Orleans book.
makers claim to have lost money.
The Lloness has been alIing ever
since Mcclellan purchased her at the
Melbourne sale.
| -Egmont. the great son of Enquirer,
has been nerved. and has come through
safe and sound.
Libel are very sick at the Brooklyn
track with lung fever.
dan Honig has purchased from
walter Gratz the black colt Carbon.
., by Reform out of Clara.
The grading of the new track Of
the New Jersey Jockey Club at Eliza
beth was begun Monday February
11th.
The extension to the grand stand
of the Brooklyn Jockey Club at Grave.
send and removal of the new club
|
Peter Duryea, of Philadelphia has
purchased of J. G. Blake, Tekousha,
Mich, the brown mare Jessie B., 16
hands. with 5 y ear old record Of
2244.
During 1888 the aged bay gelding
Jim Nave ran more races than any
other orse-sixty-6ve-and Persim-
mons won more than any other
twenty-one.
The Rockaway Steeplechase As
sociatiOn announces three stakes for its
cross'country meeting at Cedarhurst,
near Rockaway, Long Island, June
%, July and 3.
Garter, by Glengary, an obstinate
and eccentric brute, who started at
New Orleans few times, has been
retired from the turf and will hereafter
| be used as saddle horse.
The Carview Stock Farm George
town, Ky.,) catalogue is headed by the
stallion Petoskey. by George Wilkes.
James Long Is the proprietor.
w. r. Allen, of PittsfeId. Mass,
purchased $6O, 600 worth of trotters in
California and Kentucky recently-two
sisters to Sable Wilkes (2.1S). sister
to Stamboul u. 14a), and four others.
Nashville and Memphis are not
now members of the Turf Congress.
although it is possible that one or both
may join after the new rules to be
adopted in New York are formulated.
j. M. Bouse, of Pittsburg, has
purchased from E. G, Hubbard, East
Aurora, N. Y, the year old racing
stallion DR.. Green, by Manbrino
King. dam by Toronto Chief, Jr.
Price, $3.50.
Governor Oden Bowie, Of Mary
land. has leased for the season Of 1889
of Philip Tabb. Of Maryland, the SER
vices of the bay stallion Plevna, foaled
| 1876, by imp. Warminster, dam Re-
gardless, by imp. Eclipse.
The Driving Club, Of New York.
will give stake races at their Septem-
ber meeting, one of $4,000, for the 2.30
class, and one of $4,000, for the SOC
class. There will also be Four Year
Old stake, for foals Of 1885.
There Is some talk that the Cor
| don stable Of trotters may be sold In
the spring. The list includes Guy,
PIP; Clingstone, 2.14; Mambrino
Sparkle, q II; Nobby, Jr., 2.184, Leon
tine, 2.23a; Largesse, 2.25, and Rys-
dyk, the sire Of Cllngstone.
John Erby, owner of the PAGER
U Bet, began suit In the Supreme
Court at Chicago against the Missouri
Pacific Railway Company for $1,000.
The horse was injured on a Missouri
Pacific train which was W ecked in
Texas, near the Indian Territory.
The annual meeting OF the stock
holders of the Brooklyn Jockey Club
was held on Monday February 11th
and the election for Directors for 1889
resulted as follows p. j. Dwyer, M.
F. Dwyer, w. l.. Scott, Richard Hyde,
L. &. Behman, James Shevlin, John
Mccarthy, John Delmar and a. e.
Washington.
Royal P. Stetson, the trainer and
driver, who for a long time was located
at the Point Breeze Course, died from
| the effects of cancer at Andover, N.
Y. Mr.. Stetson in his time handled
HambletonIan, r. P. Lady Lightfoot,
Delaware, Mayhower, Irish Girl.
Fearnaught and many others.
Patron is now the sole property of
e. F. Emery. Two years ago he paid
A. D. Merrill, Of Tilsonburg, Can,
Sl2 500 for half interest In the stallion.
Last week the master Of Forest City
Farm visited Tilsonburg and paid Mr.,
| Merrill a large sum for his share OF
the great young stallion. Patron will
likely be campaigned this season with
a view of breaking the stallion high
mark.
Sam Bryant says he has reserved
the right to start Proctor Knott In the
Kentucky Derby and that il he con-
cludes to start him he will start HIM,
and is he determines not to
start him the world could not
make him. He says Proctor
Knott can beat Kasson or Galenor
anything else Of the same age. IL the
proposed 5000 Merchants Handicap
materializes Bryant may enter Proctor
Knott.
of Waxy, dam Of Waxana. dam Of
Sunol. year old record 2.18, Senator
Leland Stanford writes to us: "Waxy
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