St. Paul daily globe., 1889-02-18
MISCELLANEOUS.

81
W. r. Allen, Pittsfeld, Mass, has
just closed contract with W. Corbett,
of San Mateo, CAL, for the purchase of
the the following trotting stock: Sable
Hayward, b. m.,6, byPascora Hayward;
Jet Wilkes, blk. f., 2, by Guy Wilkes,
all out of Sable, dam of Sable's Wilkes,
2:1S; b. f., 2. by Guy Wilkes. dam
Ruby, by Sultan; b. f., 2. Dy Guy
Wilkes, dam Atlanta. by The M9er;
Lindora Wilkes, br. f., 8, by Guy Wilkes.
Wilkes, b. f., 4, by Guy Wilkes, dam
Young Signal, by Authorton. Price:
paid for the lot, 600, making it the;
largest figures ever paid in the world
for similar number of unframed trot-
ting-bred animals.
The Live Stock Journal gives an ac-
count of cOntriyance adopted by Col.
A. Thompson for the protection of his
horses feet from snow, from which
medical men may take hint, and by
following it afford a secure footing for
their horses. Col. Thompson takes
sheet of gutta-percila about quarter
of an inch thick, cuts out set OF plates
larger than the hOOf inside the shoe.
softens- them in hot water, and mOlds
them inside the shoe over the frog. SO
that face of gutta-percha touches the
ice and snow, and "balling" with snow
is impossible. The plates remain until
the end of bad weather.
The brief announcement is made by
telegraph from Vallejo. CAL, that
chased from B. Holly, for $4,000, the
seven-year-old chestnut stallion Wood
nut 1894, 2:1615, by NutwOOd 600, dam
Addie (dam of Manon, 2:2D. by Hambie-
tonian Chief. son of HambletOnian 10.
We have received no confirmation of
the above dispatch to the daily press,
but several hOrSemen who have arrived
in Chicago from San Francisco within a
week informed the writer that Mr..
Steel was negotiating for Woodnut and
also Stamboul when they left there.
A believer III Dictator as sire of ex :
ira merit draws attention to the follow
ing facts: Out OF Dolly George Wilkes
got Onward, 2:25I; Alexander Adbal
iah got Thorndale. 2:221a: Almont got
Winona, no record; Dictator got. Di-
rector. 2:17. Out of Midnight Belmont
got Beaumont. 2:30; Harold got Noon
tide. 2:2OA; Electioneer got Electricity,
no record: Dictator got Jay Eye See,
2:1O. Out of Betsy 1rOtwO0d George
Wilkes go Fuga, no record; Harold got
EllIlttus uOlCCOlo4 olS0dlOi 6OO L hoi-
las, 2:132.
In writing of Miller & Sibley's s12,5oo
purchase, Electric Bell, brother to
Hinda Rose, Senator Stanford says:
Twelve thousand and five hundred
dollars was apparently very large
price for the colt, yet l believe made
mistake in parting with him. AS far as
| can Judge at his age l believe his SUI
periOr has never been dropped. l am
of the opinion that the produce of Beau
tiful Bells have the trOttlng Instinct so
strong as to get trotterS from thorough
bredS."
John E. Madden, of Lexington, KY,
has sold to M. H. Reading. of Havana,
Cuba, the sensational bay, Basque
Bonita. by Macey'S HambletOniap, price
$4,000. The mare last year trOtted a
mile over half-mile track In 2:2614, be-
ing the fastest time made over such a
track by three-year old. Her work
last season was phenomenal, she will
ming six or seven races with scarcely
any preparation. Her new owner will
ship her to Cuba.
John H. Erby, of Chicago. has COM
menced suit in the superior court
company for $1,000 damages for injuries
to his PAGER You Bet on a train of that
road which was wrecked In Texas last
fall. 1t is not known that the injuries
will permantly disable the horse. which
his owner claims is the fastest in the
world, but the injuries were at least
severe.
Jackson Case, of Racine, Wis, has
purchased of w. r. BraSfield the bay
colt Baron Harold, three years, by
Baron Wilkes, dam by Harold. for
5000. Baron Harold is one of the
most promising colts in Kentucky, hav-
ing shown mile last season when a
tWo-year-old in 2:40.
G. F. Emery, who has heretofore
owned one-half interest in Patron,
writes that he has purchased The other
half, and, while he does not state the
price, says it was more than he paid for
the other half. He will go to Georgia
this week to look at his trotters that are
wintering in that state.
Charles Green, president of the st.
Louis Fair association, is the author OF
the bill in Missouri that restricts pool
selling and book-making to race tracks.
Should the bill pass at the present ses-
sion of the legislature it will go into eff
feet in time tohave action on the racing
of the present season.
The black stallion RavenSwOOd, by
Blackwood Jr., dam Norma, by Norma
Jr., died a few days since at Hamilton,
Mo-, where he had been farmed out by
his owner, w. 81. Wilson. of Abdallah
Park. Ravenswood had record OF 2:S6.
and was valued by his owner at 5000.
Electioneer will, in all probability.
have sensational PAGER among his per-
formers in 1889 in the brown gelding
Ivanhoe, which is out of Isma, a daugh-
ter of General Benton and mare by
Mohawk Chief.
Mr.. Griffin promises to make Belmont
| track, Philadelphia, faster than it ever
| was.