Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-08-04

to make trotter He is owned at Salinas.
L. ]. Roses running colt Feri, bred at
Palo Alto, is said to be clinker when in
form. Great things are expected of him in
the East.
Although Paio Alto was beaten on Sat-
urday by Jack, he trotted the best mile
ever made by a stallion in race (2:13I),
and bat for being little rank could have
won the race handily.
on the cards that one of the two stars of
the Pleasanton Stock Farms string, Mar
garet S. aud Direct, will have made sem
| satiOnal time.
| The managers of the Dundee Park Asso-
citation of New jersey have offered purse
of $40 900 for a contest OF mile heats, three
| in five, between Sunol and Axtell, the race
| to take place between September 1st and
| October 11th, the winner to take the entire
| amount.
The mare recently st5len from Mr.. Cor
bits San Mateo Stock Farm was Laura
Drew, the dam of very fast yearling
which will be seen on the circuit this year.
The California horse Alfred s., by Hag
gins Echo rather surprised the Fasteners
last Thursday by winning the race for the
2:17 class at Cleveland. HE sold for song
in the pools, and Hickok probably made a
"killing"
A Congregational minister at Saranac,
Mich, by name John w. Arney. is an ar
| dent lover of the horse, and does not deem
it incompatible with the dignity of a
preacher to be seen on proper occasions be-
hind trotter. Mr.. Arney is at the head
of a movement to give trotting meeting at
| Saranac.
The CaliforAia pacing mare Cricket has
| been one of the late turf surprises in the
East. She has a mile in 2:14l to her
credit, made in the last of fve-heat race.
Three years ago W. c. France paid 81 500
for half interest in Red Wilkes. Last
week France paid Mccain $30,000 for the
other half, besides giving him half of the
horses earnings this year, amounting to
$4,000 more. This is more money than
was ever paid for half interest in horse
of his age.
There is yearlipg at San Mateo that
Mr.. Corbitt thinks will surprise the world;
! in fact, he is sanguine that before the sea-
son is over the promising youngster will
have reduced Norlaine's yearling record of
2:314. He is the first son of Sable Wilkes
| that will be seen in pubic.
California thoroughbreds are being ship
ped to Europe. The DarebiD Tulare colt
that was bred at Rancho del Paso, Sacra-
| mento county, and sold at Haggin's last
annual sale in New York, has arrived in
England, where he is literally engaged in
the leading two and three-year- old events,
including the Epson Derby.
Sam. Gamble thinks that Axtell can beat
Sunol. In his opinion A xtell is the greatest
horse ever foaled. and if his legs should be
all right would lead the California mare
under the wire.
Maid of Clay is dead. The famous old
mare died at Palo Alto few days ago
from old age she being over 81 years old.
She was presented to Senator Stanford by
his brother in New York over seventeen
years ago. Her fame rests upon her record
as q matron.
California has the honor of having bred
and raised the only horse, living or dead,
that has two trotters or PAGERS inside of
PIP. Sidney, 2:192 is the sire OF Gold
Leaf, 2:114, and Adonis 2:114 All hail to
the Golden State.
Breeder and Sportsman: "The day is not
far distant when the Coombs Brothers of
Napa will have the reputation of being
successful trotting- horse breeders. SIAM
boul, Sable Wilkes and Director blood
lines are prominent in their, at present,
small stable of horses"
Sam Gamble, the well-known Superin-
tendent of the Hobart Stock Farm, in
letter to the Breeder and Sportsman, says
he has every confidence that when the
great Futurity Stake is trotted for, Noon
day colt will be found fighting with his
mouth wide open, and that it will take an
Axtell or Sunol to beat it. Buchanan &
Carragher of this city, have young Noon
day which is expected to prove a clinker.