St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-02-11
MISCELLANEOUS.


need much more exercise than those
whose rationS of grain are limited. I'm
less they get it they are very aptto be-
come weak and defective in the legs.
The present winter has been very UNI
favorable in many lOcalities>O on account
of ice. The exercise yard. should he
Kept level, and when patches of ice
form in it they should be covered with
a light sprinkling of gravel or ashes.
Stable manure will do we'll When moth
ing else can be obtained. Never turn
colts or brood mares into small i'll
closure where there is ice without first
throwing something upon it to prevent
theanimais from slipping.
A big subscription slate is talked
about at Louisville to be made up by
owners. breeders, business men, and in
short all who are interested in main
tanning the prestige and prosperity of
the jockey club. The Kentucky Derby
is overshadowed by the immensely
greater value of the American Derby,
at Chicago, and it is thought that by a
strong pull altogether a stake worth
from 5000 10 $4,000 may be inaugu-
rated and kept I'D annually that VIII
keep the Louisville spring meeting well
to the front among the great turf re-
unions of the country.
1t is now reported from California
California that the price paid by Robert
Steel, Of Philadelphia, to J. c. Simp-
son, of San Francisco, for the great
Electioneer stallion Antevrlo was SIS
600 instead Of $4,000, as given in the
first dispatch last week, although the
purchaser declined to state to Phila-
delphia Record repr sentative what the
exact price paid was. Mr.. Steel offered
5000 for Stamhoul. record 2:14sl, and
was told by Mr.. Ross that the price was
$4,000.
Gen. W. FL. Gentry. of Lexington,
KY, recently offered Thomas H. Forbes.
the owner of the celebrated trotting
stallion jerome Turner, 2:15115. $4,000
for a half interest in the horse. Forbes
values a half interest in him much
higher than this amount, and he
promptly refused to consider the offer.
Stamboui is the youngest member of
the $3.50 list which has representative
on that honorable roll. He was foaled
1882, and when two-year-Old begot the
bay FLY Nehushta, whose dam is Ne
luska, by Sultan. On Jan. II, 1889, Ne
hushta won a match race at Los An
geies, CAL, beating her competitor in
straight heats, and taking a record
of 2::30.
Mr.. Bradshaw. of Montana, has pur-
chased from i. J. Rose, of Los Angeles,
Cal. two-year-old stallion colt by
STEAMBOAT, dam Minnehaha. The CON
sideration is said to have been $4,000.
Mr.. Rose thinks that this colt is the
finest he ever raised, without any ex-
ception. The youngster has never been
trotted.
The well-known Belle Meade stud,
near Nashville, Tenn, will be sold in
October next for division, Judge
Howell E. Jackson desiring to retire
from the horSe-breeding business. w.
III. jackson and John Harding, the
other partners, will be bidders at the
sale, and will buy suf1icipncy of the
mares and StallioDS to continue the
stud.
George A. Payne, the Philadelphia
horseman, recently sold the bay gelding
S. J. Tilden, 2:3115, to William Bradley
for $1,000; the chestnut gelding Harry,
2:35, to George Corbett for $3.50. and
green horse. chestnut gelding, to Samuel
Mcmillan for 1925.
1t is said the finest horse-breeding es-
adjustment in Nebraska is that of w.
F. Cody, Buffalo Bill" at North
Platte. His leading animals are Cleve-
land bays, of which he has quite large
number of choice imported sires and
dams.
E. j. Bach, Marshall, Mich, has pur-
chased from Perry 81 Morris, LeXing-
ton, KY, the two-year-old bay filly
Gallatina, by Gambetta Wilkes 1859,
dam Silly, by Alert; second dam
Silence, by Alexander's Abdallah Is.
The Boston papers say that Ansel-
1920, by Electioneer. is coming from Cal
ifornia to the farm of Col. Russell, in
Massachusetts, after all, although it was
reported that the sale had fallen
through.
Mohican, the seventeen-year-old stall,
ion owned by President McKeen. of
the Vandalia road. died last Thurs
day at Terre Haute, Ind. He was valued
at $4,000.
o. A. Hickok will have in his stable
Stamboul, 2:14$$l, and the PAGER Adonis,
2:I41l.