St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-18
SPORTING SPRAY.
Brief Items About Several Matters
of Interest.


q The horsemen of the United States
are divided into two distinct classes,
(which are very wide apart-trotting and
tracing men. 1t is astounding how little
,sthey have in common. In the trOtting
Scircuit everything is i'll the hands of the
driver. On the turf the jockey is the
|tdiYinity that shapes our ends. Jack
.Splan left out of his book many inter-
esting things about driving that horse
9meai of both classes would like to know.
1T is rumored that a leading jockey is
Etensaged on work that will be more
complete. Its title is to be Horses 1
Have Pulled."-New York Tribune.
The last Suburban winner, Eldwood,
one of the gamest and speediest horses
known to our turf and famous as the con-
queror of Firenzi, Terra Gotta and
Kingston, may be seen in a race again.
His owner, Mr.. GratZ, has great hopes
of the son of EoluS, and believes that
he will, with proper handling, stand
training. 1t was believed last autumn
that. the son of EOluS had run his last
race. but he has wintered so we'll that
Mr.. Gratz has entered him in number
of stakes and handicaps.
1t looks now as if 'Lucky' Baldwin
had certainly abandoned all hope of
ever getting another race out of the
Emperor of Norfolk. The horse is to
he sent to the brood farm this spring,
and Mr.. Baldwin will breed Grisette,
Marie Stuart. Fallen Leaf, Mariposa,
to him. Mr.. Baldwin will breed Maggie
Emerson, DOllie L and Josie G to
VOlante, and then send the old horse
East with the rest of his racing stock.
The stakes and purses agreed upon
for the circuit meeting at Buffalo, Aug.
to 9. amount to $751; 900. There will be
other large additions to the list. The
present specials are: 2:1S, $1,000; 1920.
s., COO; 1922, 5000; 1924, $4,000; 2:27,
$1,000; 2:17 pacing), $4,000. Entries
fer the stakes will close May 20. The
Buffalo international fair will be held
Sept. to ID, and there will be stake
races for colts two, three, four, and five
years old.
The following is from one of the let
tiers of introduction that Pete jackson
ing authorities i'm Australia: HE is as
honest as daylight, faithful as watch
dog, and knows more about the use of
natures weapons than nine-tenths of
the sO-called fighters of the present day.
No matter whom he meets, providing the
attendant circumstances give promise
of fair field and no favors, put little
bet on him as a saver"
Ed Corrigan has sold the four-year-old
chestnut gelding Persimmons, by King
Ban, out of Aureoia, to Thorpe & Pitt
man, of New York. 1t is understood
that the horse will fulfill his stake en-
gagement in the spring races, South and
West. Persimmons won twenty races
Hast year, and is in the very front rank
of Sprinters when fit.
The book opened at st. Louis on the
Suburban is already full" on Badge,
Murray. Evidently the spectators are
exceedingly eager to back their fancieS
or the book is not made with very
large limit.
E. ID. Wiggin. of Boston, has sold to W.
Ii: Crawford, of bennington. KY, the
full sister to Sweetness for $4,000. She
is 10y Volunteer from Lady Merritt, by
Edward Everett from a daughter Of
Harry Clay.
1 The Lafferty pool bill. legalizing bet
ting ON race tracks, is sailing along
prosperously through the Pennsylvania
legislature. with every prospect OF a
speedy passage 10y a big majority.
f Alfred, the negro boy who used to
sride Gen. Jackson's horses at the Glover
Bottom track, and was jockey for the
general during his turf career, is still
living at the Hermitage.
Col. r. 6. Stoner, of Hambletonian
stock farm, has sold fourteen Wilkes
colts and FLIES since the LIST of January
for an aggregate OF $4,000, an average
of nearly $4,000.
The horses are beginning to run
pretty fast at Clifton for SO early in the
season. Monday Matte LoOram won
mile dash in "A.
About seventy horses are now at Ivy
City, and they have been training for
the races since "Wednesday of last week.