St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-04
AN OFFER OF $4,000
A Chicago Man Wants to Pay
This Prineely Sum for
AXtell.
Ills Owner, However, Will Not
Part With Him for Less
Than 100000.
The Minnehaha Fast Horses
Face a Stiff Breeze in
Their Work.
Good Time Nevertheless Made
in Nearly All Of the
Events.

G. 3. Williams, of Independence, To-,
knows a good thing in the line of horse
flesh when he sees it. Yesterday he re-
ceived telegraphic offer from Robert
Bonner, the New FORK millionaire, pub
Usher and horseman, of S65, 900 for the
phenomenal three year-old stallion Ak
tell, who smashed the mile recorh
at Minnehaha, Tuesday. Mr.. Bon
ner requested an immediate reply and
Williams promptly declined the offer.
Bob Steele, of Philadelphia, raised the
offer to $4,000, Later in the day
Frederick Barry, of Chicago, who saw
Axtell's performances at Cedar Rapids
and Minnehaha, saw Steele'S offer and
raised it $1,000. Williams promptly re-
fused to part with his equine wonder,
even for $4,000 in cold cash, and is
proud to be the possesSsr of the most
valuable horse in America. His price
on Axell is 100000.
YESTERDAY AT NIINNEHAHA.
There was little larger attendance
at the second day of the Minnehaha
d ivil G park meeting yesterday, though
it was an unsatisfactory day for racing,
blew during the entire afternoon, and
kept the track in perpetual
cloud of dust unless the sprinklerS were
kept breaking records up and down the
track. The races were not at all
phenomenal, though the time in all of
them was fast, and the last event
showed pretty punching of evenly
matched horses in the deciding heat.
The day opened with the closing heats
of the 2:19 pace, three heats of which
were paced off on Tuesday. The race
was taken easily by Tom, who won two
straight heats. Louis B, who had
two heats on Tuesday. and was
looked upon as an almost sure
winner, acted very badly, breaking
in both and was saved from being dis
tanced in the fourth only by squirt on
latter half. The fifth heat threatened
to prolong the race as Turk Franklin
gave Tom a close rub for the first posi-
ton. The latter pulled ahead in the
last quarter, however, and won hand
somely with Turk Franklin second,
Louis B third, and Sir Archie fourth.
Summary:
2:19 pace purse 5000, divided
Tom, Beauchamp. d jarvis,
Concordia, Kan. ....;;...,:.: A 8 !
Louis b, Baum Bros, Montrose.1 l B
Sir Archie,W. H. Mccarthy, Los
Angeles...... 80. ..........2
Turk Franklin, d. a. Hancock,
blackburn, Mo-. go, ..."3 2
Time, 2:l9A, 2:l7A. 2:2212, 2:19A,
2:24l2.
TIE 2:37 TRoT.
The second event, and the one in
which there were the greatest number
of entries, was the 2:37 trot For this
there we're ten entries, Ouida having
been scratched though she was on the
card. For the first heat they got away
IN rather ragged style. Star S lead
ing, with Lucky Boy close on the
leaders wheel, and the others
we'll punched. At the half Star led
by three lengths, but here his star be-
gan to decline. Coming up the stretch
the field strung out and Ichi Ban forged
forward to the lead, which she held to
the close. Star S came in second, and
the others in about the same
order in which they started.
The second heat proved too much for
1chi Ban. lie led for the first half and
then broke SO badly that Allerton passed
him and held the pole to the finish, COM
pleting the circuit four lengths ahead
of his most ambitious competitor,
Jchi Ban. The third heat was
trotted after an interval of