St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-20

gulneas. Though he got some very
useful horses, Chitabob. which did SO
well last season, was undoubtedly his
best horse.
simultaneously with the gold rush in
South Africa, racing has assumed great
proportions. At J0hanniSbcr, the center
OF the TranSvaal gOld-mining district,
and town Of from 1900 to 1900 popu-
lati0n. Two meetings were recently held
In week, at which the stakes amounted
to 100000 and 10000. respectively. An
English sporting paper remarks: ''PrOb-
ably better specimens OF hOrSeheSh
would be found contrasting ESQ plate
in England, but the spirit animating the
two gatherings was the same-the love
OF the horse, and what 1t could do"
Sam Bryant, the ow ner of Proctor
Knott. said at Louisville last Saturday:
"Pll bet 81 600 to 5000, and put the
money up tomorrow, that before the
summer is over will break the record
G:S4) at mile and half with Proctor
Knott, and pile up lis pounds OH him
against the 102 that Luke Blackburn
carried and the 90 on Jim Guest when
he ran at Chicago. This offer goes, and
will make the proposition to all East
ern track officers, and may be some OF
them will get up the race.'
Joe Bassett, brown stallion (sire of
Johnston, PAGER. 1904, and Brother
Dan, trotter. 2:2S1s, full brother to
yohnstoD), by Billy Bashaw Brown
Dick), son Of John Bull, dam Zephyr.
by Champion GOlddust, died at the farm
OF his owner, II. S. Woodruff, James
vile. Wis, on May IL.
Isaac Murphy has entered into con-
tract to ride again for Lucky Baldwin
this year. Isaac was paid $4,000 last
year, but as Baldwin has always been
very generous to him, and has not SO
strong a string as usual this season, the
"colored Archer" says he ''had to knock
off a little" and will.not receive as
much as he did in 1888.
Edward Hayes & Co., Red Oak, TO-,
have purchased from A. j. Alexander.
WOOdburn Farm, Spring Station, KY,
the fonr-year- bay colt Romantiker
left four ankle and both hind ankles
white. by Lord Russell (br0ther to Maud
5, 2:0Ss4), dam Novel, by Princeps; sec
ond dam Roma. by Golddnst.
The mania for racing at Buenos Ayres,
South America. is r0bbing England OF
many OF its best race horses just now.
Rada, Bullion and Acme are recent pur-
chaSeS for that country; and the owner
" NoAUoOVAC1s ~ 70 oeoICoas AOo OhiJ w
name his price for that colt for bar
gain to be ''clinched on the nail"
G. II. France, Des Moines, TO-, has
sold to Eberman & Stanton, of the same
place, for 81 900, the four-year-0ld trot-
ting-bred stallion Broker. by Rodman,
son of Romulus, dam Eugenia Tnomp-
SOD, by BrOugham; second dam Matte
c, by Erie Abdallah.
Robin Hood, the colt that was Senator
Hearst's Kentucky Lorby candidate, is
at Louisville suffering with influenza.
Mr.. Hearst has been unfortunate with
his Western string of horses.
Frank K. Bull, of Racine, Wis, owns
a Shetland pony which weighs forty-two
pounds. 1t is two feet five inches high,
and two feet three inches long. This
is the smallest horse in the world.
Among the forty mares bred to STAN
boil, 2:1434. this season. are Trinket,
2:l4; Manzanita, 2:16; SilverOne,
2:l9111z, and the PAGER Empress U. Gene,
2:l9.
T. B. Abbey. of st. Paul. attended the
Fasig sale at Cleveland and scOoped in
Sir Archy, by Attitude, dam M0llie, for
$500.
One day last week, at Mystic Park.
Boston, John Shepard drove Arab and
Mill Boy a quarter together in 341 sec.
There is talk of match for $1,000
side between the PAGERS JeWett, 2:14,
and Gossip Jr., 2:131.
The new plunger ON races in England
is Clifton Witham, who presently sue
ceedS to $780, 600 year.