The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-12-21
THE HORSE.
Newsy Items of the Turf.

Ell Rio Rey is completely recovered
from his unfortunate illness, and his
flesh has returned, his eyes frightened
and his health pretty well restored.
This Is the famous colt that won over
81, 900 this year. Our former towns
man, DIR. William Sheppard, attended
him during his illness, his skill saving
him to conquer the 3-year-olds OF 1890.
James III. Temple, the former owner
of Harry Wilkes, 2:l3t: j. O., 2:l7f,
and Others, will visit BuenoS Ayres,
South America, soon after the holt
days.
The phenomenal trotter, Susie S.,
2:l5i, who holds the worlds record for
a 5-year-Old mare, will be sold at the
Woodland sale in February next to
close a partnership.
Dexter B. Golf sailed for Europe last
Saturday, taking the following trot-
tiers with him: David L., 2:l9a; Plush,
2:2lt; Lynn w., 2:2lt; Orphan Boy,
2:22i; Jane r., 2:26t, and Others.
The gray mare Lucretia, recently
sent to Australia from America, was
the winner of the time handicap trot-
lluS ld,c az EiSuciilWlSh uih' uo
distance was two miles, and she
started fifteen seconds behind the
scratch horse, Outcast, which finished
fourth. Time, 5:49.
This indeed has been great year
among the trotterS. Over seven hun
dred new ones have been added to the
2:30 list, weanling has sold for So, 900,
a yearling for $4,000, an offer of 1885,
900 is said to have been refused for an
other yearllng,a 2-year-old has brought
$26, 900, a 3-year-old at auction $751;
600, another 3-year-old SlO5, ZOO, while
probably $50 900 or more was paid for
SunOl, still another 3-year-old.
Ottawa trotterS are taking slow
work. Tom Miles has quite number
of colts at the track. Will Martin
has a few to jog. He makes his head
quarters at Mr. Fogg'S, just south of
Mr.. w. j. Neely'S. John Veal, who
was his assistant during the summer,
is at Mr.. j. III. Pickens' place, and has
his horses looking fine.
Young horses are sometimes given
to the bad habit of rearing. One who
has had some experience says to use a
martingale, with "a running rein COM
mencing at the breast strap OF the
martingale, and then, running
through the ring of the shuttle,
bring it back to the hand; this will
give you full power over the horses
head when its exercise is called for,
and will not distress him while he be-
HAYES himself. 1t will not take long
to break a young horse in this way
from dangerous and bad habit.
The northwestern circuit, formed
last week, consists of the following
towns with the dates claimed:
Kansas City, Mo-, May y to 30.
Terre Haute, Ind, June 3 to &.
Iowa City, Iowa, June 3 toe
GAINESVILLE, Wis, June 10 to l3.
Freeport, ILL.,, June II to 20.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, June a to y.
Dubuque, Iowa, July . to 5.
The purses will be $500 and $500.
Dunton's Spirit says that Chas. M.
Smith, of Earlville, has sold tOThomas
Welsh, of Paw Paw, Mich, the black
horse, Remark, two years old, for
So, 500. While the price is apparently
good one, yet as the price of trotters
now is, tits cheap, for no one owns a
better bred one than Remark, being
by that grand trotter and sire Of troU-
tiers, Robert McGregor, 2:l7!; first dam
by Nutwood, 2:lSf; second dam by
Almont, 33; second dam by G. M.
Clay, Jr., %.