St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-26
WHIPS AND TIPS.
Gossip OF the Race Track, Horses
and Their Handlers.

Monmouth park, as it was known by
the past generation of race-gOers, has
ceased to exist. The last contest has
been decided yer the famous course
that during the past quarter of a CEN
fury re-echoed to the footballs of almost
every famous horse that sported silk in
America. Such champions as Longfel-
low, Harry Bassett, MonarchiSt. Wan
derer, Preakness, Buckden, Saxon,
Rutherford, Joe Daniels, Reform,
~Springbok, Spendthritt, Sensation,
Grinstead, Lelaps, Macaroon, Tom
Bowling, Tom Ochiltree, Mont
tor, UncasS, Luke Blackburn,
Thora, Glidelia, Miss Woodford, Barnes
and Wanda won additional laurelS
there at a time when their names and
performances had almost become house
hold words. In the last few years
The Bard, fremont, Hanover, FirenZi,
Raceland, Salvador, and last the junior
champion winner Protection raced
home in front of their fields owe the
sandy track at Long Branch. A brief
history of the memorable struggles that
have been decided at Monmouth park
would fill a volume, as it has been from
its Inauguration one of the strongest
turf organizations in this counly. Next
year Monmouth Will be re-opened in a
more modern garb, with different sur
rOundingS, new track and improved IA
cilities.
The appended figures show the win
nings of some of the more prominent
racing stables since the opening of the
Brooklyn meeting this year, but do not
include Saratoga and Brighton, as the
season is not over at either places: j.
B. Haggin. SS7, 1856: A. Belmont, $50, 795;
Dwyer Bros, S79,612; j. FL. & A. FL.
Morris, S52,207; A. j. Cassatt, s4S, 095;
W. L. Scott, S50,310; s. S. Brown, $685.
1T; d. d. Withers, S2SS, TSP; d. T. Pull
sifer, 1928, TAG. j. N. Galway's Preakness
stable seems TO be the most unfortunate
of any this season. He is II of the
shareholders in Monmouth park, has
had twenty horses in training, and thus
far has not won a race this year.
Several horses have changed hands at
the Chicago West side track recently.
George Hawkins, proprietor of the Chi
cago stable. has sold to Tom Kiley, for
81, 900, who in turn sold him to T. j..
Davis for S1.025. the ~two-year-old colt
Roman, by VOltigeur, out of Clara B.;
dlSO, w IL os olCl iiioit, " Pi,oOof IL
four-year-Old bay gelding Billy Pinker-
ton, by Glenelg, out of Stamps; to G..
w. Poole, the aged bay gelding Spald-
ing, by Billet, out of Eppie L,for 81 1000.
Eugene Leigh has bought OF r. Pryor
tine t~Wo-year-Old bay filly Innocence, by
Planeroid, out of Bessie Bell, for 81, 750.
Ruddy Bros. have purchased from
Thomas Stringer, for 5000, the SIX
year-old bay horse Big Three, by
Glenelg, out of Ems.
Stevens Point. Wis, is the first link
In the great Northern circuit, the four
members of which offer over SO, 900 in
purses for the months racing. The
programme furnished at the first point
calls for three days racing and ten
races. Three of the events on the pro-
gramme are for %gallopers, two of them
being mile heats, and the remaining
one half-mile heats. The balance of the
entertainment will be provided by the
. t~rotters, the 800, $50, 2:40 and 1884
performers appearing in $500 races, and
the 2:3Oand tree-for-all horses in events
worth S400. As the entries to this meet
ing closes on Wednesday, Aug. %, those
who are about to make a trip through
this circuit should write the respective
secretaries for entry blanks. AS we go
to press the secretary wires US that the
executive committee has decided TO add
a free-for-all pace, worth $500, to the
programme.
A fye-day race meeting will be held
at Grand Forks, n. d., during the third
week in September, the programme
presented calling for three races each
day and purses amounting to $4,000. On
the first day of the meeting there will
be two races open only to Dakota
horses, and also A pony race, but the
balance of the events are open to the
world. The thoroughbredS are given a
race each day after the first, three of
them being heat races and n a dash
of a mile and a half for $500. The class
events for trotters are each worth $500,
and are open to the ESQ. 2:40. 2:35 and
2:30 performers. There is also a free
for-all in the bill of fare that calls for
s40O, and three pacing races for those