The national leader., 1889-05-04
HORSE NOTES.

-OpdlhI0s buO Odh VI SOuIlOtO
CAD, died at Prospect Farm, Mary
land, recently.
-Kitefoot (2.174), owned by Henry
Norwell, of Boston. will be bred to
Edgemark this year.
Galore and Egmont have been de-
clared out of the Suburban, and Rhono
out of the Volunteer handicap.
Grand Rapids is to have rev
trotting track in connection with the
West Michigan FAIR Society.
TIE Driving Club, of New York,
will hold Spring meeting May 21-24,
and the purses are $500 each.
The stallion fremont, record 2. 2S!,
heads the catalogue of trotting stock
owned by W. A. Gibson, of Jackson,
Mich.
-Wynnewood Rustic and the Big
Saney filly of Walter GRATIS string
have been shipped from Saratoga to
Washington.
There is big horse IN Grand Rap
ids that is attracting great deal of at
tention. He is 6 years old and weighs
17S5 pounds.
Galore and Egmont have been de-
clared out Of the Suburban, and
Rhono out of the Volunteer Handicap
at Jerome Park.
| -Budd Doble will have charge of
Miss Majolica (2.15) this season, and
the mare has already been sent on to
HIM from New York.
-Nutula, the sister of Nutwood,
has dropped bay colt by Electione er.
and Lady Russell, sister of Maud S.,
has foaled bay cot by Electoneer.
George Wilkes during his career
earned $500,000. This is independent
of the wealth which he directly and in
directly took to the Blue Grass State.
H. J. Woodford has a string at
Clifton. including Theora and Bill
| Brien. WOodford has been i'll during
the Winter, but is now hale and hearty.
-Mr.A. B. Darling has sent his
mare Starletta to Home Farm to be
bred to Edgemar R. The produce will
represent a strong combination of
speed.
George Fuller has shipped Patron,
! n. LIZ, hOllCC SdllO, GO9 11OOu
and the rest of the Forrest City Farm
trotters from Columbus, Ca, back to
Cleveland.
Washington meeting commences
next Wednesday, May 1st. All the
purses hung up are of good size and
will be very acceptable to owners who
have not Wintered in clover.
The new Kansas City track will
be completed about July l. The i'm
provements are to cost S75, 900, and
will include, besides the track and sta
| bles, an amphitheatre with seating
capacity of 10000 and clubhouse.
w. G. Goodloe, of the Loudoun
Stud, Lexington, KY, has purchased
of r. A. Swigert his half interest in the
chestnut horse Fonso, foaled 1877, by
King Alfonso, dam Imperial Weather
witch.
! The Buenaventura Farm Com
pany, of Montgomery county, Tenn,
| has purchased of Posey & Son, Rush
vile, Ind, the 5-year-old chestnut stall
lion Russia, by Nutwood. dam Reina
| Victoria. for SIS, 900.
The American mare Misty Morn
! ing was defeated by the French mare
Capucine in a race of 5000 meters
! three miles and furlong) in France
recently. The time was S.23 2-5, or at
the rate of 2.42 per mile.
The Belmont Driving Club is filling
up. Those who have not subscribed
will soon find themselves ''left," as
many of the original shareholders wish
to have more of the stock. None but
| stockholders will have the privileges of
! the track and clubhouse.
Pretty Belle and Filter, the prop
erty of George A. Singerly, have ar
rived safely at Crit Davis Harrods-
burg, KY, and they will both be
! trained. Pretty Belle trotted a mile as
a 3-year old IN 2.29-last half in .128.
Filter is three-quarter brother to
Prince Wilkes, 2.144.
-Knapsack Mccarthy has purchased
the bay mare Nellie Burns, 2.25. by
Mllllman's Bellfounder. She has a
colt at foot by Guy Wilkes, and is in
| foal to LIE Grande. Nellie will be
brought Erst with McCarthy's string.
Lady Emma, black mare, 1924. by
Alcantara, dam Advantage, by Ad-
ministrator, died recently at Brockton.
Mass, of Inflammation of the bowels.
She was owned by w. II. Peckham. of
Newport, R. l., who valued her at
$4,000.
Senator Hearst has the following
fine string of 2-year-olds at Sheepshead
Bay:
Sir Lancelot, b., c., by Sir Modred Faustinia !,
! Glenelg.
| King Thomas, b. c., by King Ban-Maud Hamp-
ton, by Hunters Lexington.
Ballarat, b. c., by Sir Modred-La Favorita, by
| Glenelg.
Anaconda, b. c., by Spendthrift-imp. Maid of