, 1889-07-14
TURF TALK.

Sir Dixon has not been seen in public since
last fall
The work on the new race tracks at Mon
mouth, which viii make the course the longest
In America, and the surroundings the most
spacious, Is being pushed with vigor for next
years. opening.
Ed. Bither, trainer at Hickory Grove, says
Jay-Eye-See has not been started up this
season, but is looking and acting well. He is
not prepared to say as yet What he viii dc
with hin Brown will be permitted to trot a
few races this fall, and, barring accident, will
trot In the national stallion stakes Of $40, 600
at Boston in September.
Noah Armstrong values Spokane at $50
OOO.
The three placed horses in the American
Derby were all full brother or sister to a
stake winner. Spokane's brother. Gray
Cloud, was a good rae horse, and won sew
eral stakes. while @. H Todd, tho brother to
Sorrento, captured tho American Derby in
1897, and Retrieve's brother, Montrose, won
the kentucky Derby in the same year.
"a great International trotting matchn
will take place in connection with the Paris,
France, exhibition In September, when two
big prizes of about 5000 each will be offered
for saddle and harness Glasses. The distance
will be between three and four miles, and the
races will be open to all.
l. Z. Myers, the famous foot racer. who
has had some success with the horse Lord
Beaconsfeld, has purchased the FLY Cara
Mia from August Belmont for 1900.
During tho past year In England twenty
SIX yearlings were sold at prices ranging
from 1880 to $4,000. and ono youngster OF
the same age brought about $4,000.
August Belmont's winnings for the season
foot up about t6o 900 so far. His Suburban
day winnings amounted to eli, s7a.
The American Derby WINS Spokane's fourth
race and third win this year, and his net
winnings amount to t24, 10.
The most diminutive colt ever foaled In
Colorado, that lived, was one dropped by
Black Bess, an aged trotter now living in her
old age on Jerry Coulehan's Wheat Ridge
farm The colt was sired by Hirsh's Bel
mont, and when born weighed but twelve
pounds avordupois- It is now three weeks
old and doing hnely-win make a horse of
himself yet
A man In Garrett county, W. Va, paid
also for q horse that had a false tall and n
glass eye
D. J. Mccarthy says he would ave won
$4,000 had Sorrento won the American Der
by.
Tho Dwyer brothers have changed their
methods with Hanover. He is given few
hard trials and more slow work
A good story Is told of a noble lord in con-
nection with n recent Scotch racing meeting.
He was carving for his guests In rear of his
drag, In the good old style, when n stout
country woman cnme past and, producing
her purse, said to his lordship; "Hech, mon,
are ye the man that sells meatr'
The dam of the great English s-year-old
Donovan, Mowerina, was foaled In Denmark
and taken to England. She was put In a
selling race, and claimed for 5000.
Tho Victoria Racing club, of Australia,
will give $685. 500 In added money this year.
Tho total amount of money that passed
through the mutuals at Sheepshead Bay on
Suburban day was s1lo,565, of which the
clubs percentage amounted to $500 This,
added to the $500 paid for betting priv
ileges by the seventy-lve bookmakers pres
emit, makes a total profit Of s1S,S 2s from the
betting sources.