The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-12-22
TURF GOSSIP.

From the Spirit OF the Times.
-o rns oS' wYii % ssss Place CO :. s"r c hsrs.@'S Oak a.;
Park June -, Is, rs and "a.
A correspondent from the Canadian
capital informs us that the Ottawa winter
trottinR meeting, to come OF about the
middle of + bruary, 1881. promises to ex-
S rran by far all hol p.ssi IN , 1nS.; A% sSe@s sss
Dot Ross, Joe halfpenny and Met Wright.
Next season Sunol, :l0H; Maud -.
ga9ed i'm Determined efforts to beat time.
Mr.. Gordon could not do n more popular
thing than hand over Guy to Sander with
full carte blanche aud let him join i'm the
merry war against the scythc bearer.
&. ID. Ely, Clyde, n. ", the fortunate
Srcther 70 Sunoi, s:loIs. has rscensiS sold
tn f.. III. Taylor, Jr., OF Frankfort, KY, the
black mare Lcttie s., foaled 1sss.by Judge
i'm foal to Sunol0.
John Campbell, the trainer Of the Bev-
erwyck stable. has turned the greater pcr-
which they certainly need, having cam
paiRned pretty steadily. since last winter.
travelled so greatly and which has. not
races i'm which il took part.
trainer who took hold of the impracticable
Guy. 2:iOs4, after several experienced
and siccessfaiiy TOOK him from the $500
class tn his present record, was i'm New
York during the past week. He says that
Nuy II IUnprDNtuk All the bus Abish tllsst ~
he was reserved for a season "a la Maud
-. To receive IN special preparation for an
extreme fight of speed. he believes that
has shown him quarters In 81 seconds.
J. I. Case, of Hickory Grove Farm. RAJ
have both quality and variety in The stud.
In addition to Phallas, 2:i3A; Brown.
four-your-old record 2:1s4; Harold
his list of sires the highly bred stallion
Lexington Wilkes. Lexington Wilkes is
by George Wilkes. dam Jennie Anderson,
by American Clay. 2::A; 2d dam thor
yorkshire: i,6 dam by imp. M~onarch.etc
a good deal Of Thoroughbred blood, and
he should cross well with the daughters Of
Phalias.
to Germany IL evidently u growing one.
As a rule, the sales are completed ON this
side before the shipment is made, but nj!
Saturday. December Z: Dexter b. Golf. OF
New York City, and Pierre AlIeRacrt, of
Newark, n. D., sailed for the Fatherland
with eight trottcr-, WEIGH they propose to
dispose of on arrival. In the string are:
John L.. hay ReldinR. by kn~ickerbocker;
Mauscka, hay mare, 10y Aimont; Harry
%tonian: Smilax, hay mare, by Joe Larkin;
Smith O'Bricn, by Major Miller. and u
hay stallion called Compton Chief. Tn
result of this experiment will he looked
FORWARD To with interest.
One Of tho Indirect results OF the phe-
nomenal successes Of Axtcll and the sud-
den rise of e.. Williams. his late owner.
to- n breeder Of the highest rank is the
Creation Of the Independence Driving
shoulders with the leading trnttinR organ
izatiors OF the country in the value of its
= and the size OF it's purses. &. w:
Williams is the secretary and treasurer of
the now association, and his turf experi-
ence has taught him that to attract the
track must he fast and safe and the prizes
liberal. A new kitc-shaped track is to b.
built similar in design to the one de-
asftA Il. Nh. S-... 30 "a
1857. by William Il. Fasig. the
veteran secretary of the Cleveland Driv-
ing Park In the GroEramme
five stakes of the value of Si.5O each.
There is one each for two, three and
ycar-oiis and under, and a ,ro,ting stake
for horses eligible to the 300 clase Jan. 1,
1880. 4 %fnturity stake is also opened for
foals of ls.D tai TX. decided in lS.2. To- which
the association adds S2.5OO. The entry
list to these valuable stakes closes Jan. 1,
1ssu.
Mr.. T.. y. wiggin. owner of the trotting
stallion Charley Wilkes, 2:25E;. has re-.
tired from the firm of wiRgin 4 Ham, and
to breeding aud training the trotting
h"rse ~ his splsndid 5,acs; known as
grazing and hay land. with "a good half
mile track around IA beautiful lake, and
f""~ miis. T fr"m f f@s' SHf Mass.. ON ,l,s
y. y. 4 n. +. railroad. aud one mile from
BellinUhain junction, which is the june
tion of the Woonsockct and Milford
branch OF the same road. IL il forty-eight
miles from Boston. Mr.. wiggin has. bs-
side Charley Wilkes. 2:25E, Absolute, son
of Dictator ,sire of Jay-Eys~Scc.
2:lO, Albrazia. Absolute's first colt, with
"a record,of 2:s2H as ~ two-ycar-old; also
L'Empcreur, by Alcyonc. dam Fair Lady.
toy Dictator. and thirty mares and fillies.
As the lake affords good fishing. il will
give Mr.. wiggin's friends AN opportunity
to try their hand with the fly. and at the
Same, time watch the baby trotters as they
receive their education ON the track.
The sensation of the week has been the.
Spendthrift sale at Lexington. ON the 9Th.
which was stopped 10y n telegram from
Mr.. Boocock in New York, particulars of
which n great deal has been written i'm the
newspapers. Mr.. BathUatc. who has had
the management of the sale. arrived i'm
New York Sunday, aud ON Monday called
upon us. He states that there was every
prospect OF - good sale. bnt at II y. IN. on
the night before the sale he received "a tel
sHram from Mr.. Boocock saying that IL
S~pendthrift did not bring believer $l4 900
and SIS U9O the sale must b. stopped. tai
which was added "This is pereInptory.'
Mr.. Bathgate saw MIR. Milton Young,
who was anxious to have Speudthrift.
hut could not go above $l3.OOO. although
he subsequently went To &l3.t55. As the
horse did not bring the amount required
Mr.. Bethgate was compelled to stop the