St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-07-21


G meeting where fair horse might win
some money. The entries close Mon
cay next, July 81. and full list should
be accorded the enterprising Iowa City
people.
AS far back as 1868 an English racing
man (Wybrow Robertson won race at
Newmarket with horse called Dun
keld. A mare called Vive la Refine was
one of the entries, but her owner ne
elected to pay the forfeit. Mr.. Robert
son has long since retired from the turf,
but only recently he received from the
MeSSrs. Weatherby welcome reminder
of his connection Herewith in the shape
of check for e48 los, being the amount
of forfeit, with accrued interest, at last
paid by the owner of Vive la Refine.
There is some honesty OIL the English
turf after all, but it is not often that
money turns up in this way, after a
lapse of twenty-seven years.
The Northern Wisconsin trotting cir
cult, of which the tracks at Wausau,
Stevens Point, Green Bay, Monomonie,
Marinette and Oconto are members, an
nOunces partial programme this week.
The circuit opens at WauSau, Wis, Aug.
81, % and 30. followed by the great dis
trict fair at Stevens Point Sept. 2, 3, 4,
and 5. The following week, from Sept.
10 to IL, the horses will race at Green
Bay, where $3.50 extra is offered to the
horse making the fastest heat. provided
he beats the track record. which is 1924.
Marinette, MenomOnie and OcOnto will
announce their programmes later. In
all $4,000 will be distributed through
out the circuit.
There will be a large number Of
horses and turf followers 90 from Chi
To {I,n <NG& NxryIVr Ifv
Jockey club, which commences at Ham
line, Mimi, on Wednesday, July %.
The fact that the railroads have an
nounced the uniform rate of Sl1.50 for
the round trip from Chicago to st. Paul
or Minneapolis will undoubtedly Induce
many to attend the meeting that would
not have done so without. such an in
ducement.
A story is going the rounds that after
the races at Monmouth Park one day re-
Gently several of the bookmakerS who
were big winners made up pool with
the avowed purpose of breaking Phil
Days bank. After playing thirteen
hours the bookies quit broke, having
dropped $4,000. Of this amount "Eole''
Pearsall, we'll known penciler, alone
lost $4,000. The value of the chips at
times was 100000.
When it was announced that James
A. Murphy, of Chicago, had bought Out
bound for $1,000 before the Great West
ern handicap was run at Washington
Park. many people thought it was an
other Uncle Bob-Hankins deal, and
He was nor in the hunt at any part of
the race. 1t was not his day.
A Salt Lake dispatch announces that
q hoe
been arranged between l. j. Starbuck'S
brown mare Lady. weight $50 pounds.
and l.. d. Kinney's bay geldi ng Sea
Foam, weight $50 pounds, to buggy.
road-wagon or cart, for purse of $500
cash ana a $500 buggy and harness.
An agent of the Hungarian govern
ment, eOn recent visit to England,
offered e1S,0O0 for Donovan, but the
Duke of Portland would not take it.
Barcaldine was also found unpurchaS-
able. and e12,000 proved no induce
ment to Mr.. Phillips to let Galliard go.
The Italian government has bought
the stallion Melton, the English Derby
winner, for $4,000. Horses in Italy
have lacked fine strains for long time,
and such as they have is Arabian.
The Importation of English racing
stock is thus an important matter.
Tom Osborne, the English jockey. who
won the st. Leger on Marie Stuart in
1878, and who also won many other
of the important events in England, is
at present visitor at Brighton Beach,
and takes in the races.
II. S. Crippen's Cleveland Bay STALL
ion, s.District Councillor $685. has ar
rived from Yorkshire, England. where
he was bred. He is very handsome,
full-sized carriage horse, and is valu-
able acquisition to the local stock.
g. w. Leihy & Son, of Chicago, have
purchased from w. j. Kerlin, of Mont
gomery, Ala. for $1,000, the chestnut
gelding Play Boy, 2:2014, by McCurdy's
Hambletonian.
Raceland's shoulder is giving him
much trouble. He accompanies Fides
to Mr.. Belmont's farm, and will be
trained in the fall if he RECEIVERS from
his rheumatism.
The bay colt by imported Sir Modred,
out of School Girl, by Pat Malloy. pur-
chased at the Haggin sale in New York
by j. L. Rose for $500, died on reach
ing California.
Simmocolon, Plush, Mambrino Maid
and Pamlico, members of Goldsmith's
| stable which performed at the recent
Boston meeting, are all in the 2:20 list.