St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-27
WHIPS AND TIPS.
Gossip About Horses, Horsemen
and Their DOings.

Gossip About Horses, Horsemen
and Their Doings.
Ever since the death of William H.
Vanderbilt in December. 1885, his favor
tie team of Almont mares, Early Rose,
2:20I, and Aldine, 2:194, have wanted
for nothing, but are kept in the finest
road condition for the use of their new
master, Fred w. Vanderbilt, who drives
them in the summer at Newport, and in
the winter they are domicled at his pri-
vate stable in Fifty-ffth street. Mr..
Vanderbilt's faithful servant William,
whose special duty years ago was to jog
and care for the bay geIding Nickel at
Fleetwood, after Dan Mace gave him
record of 2:21 at Hartford in 1888, is
now attending to this great pair of
and are drawing near the evening of
life, but have been so carefully tended
that age sets lightly on them.
d. r. Mills, Mambrino Park, Des
Moines, To-, has made the following re-
cent sales: To j. q. Tomkies, Louis
lana, the colt Africa 1888, by Arragon
1894, dam by Paramount 1885; second
dam by Alden Goldsmith; also the bay
colt Elberon, by Elberich 1927. son of
Princeps, dam by Panic. To Messrs.
Spain, of Iowa, sorrel filly Folly, by Ar
ragon, dam Stolen Kisses, by Pendennis;
second dam by Governor Sprague: also
the tilly Katrina, by Arragon. dam To-
dine, by Bertrand; second dam the dam
Missouri, the chestnut filly Bertrarra,
by Arragon, dam Mary B.. by Bertrand.
Checkmate. the famous old racehorse,
did service as an omnibus horse at YER
sailles, Ky., for short time only. but
has been turned out on the farm Of
Capt. James Blackburn, near Versailles,
for several years, and is given the most
tender care possible, and is pet with
everyone on the farm. When he is used
at all the work Is very light. Several
Kentucky turfmen are considering the
plan of buying farm and establishing
home where horses that have been
successful racers can have a comfortable
place in their old age. The project ap-
pears to be good one,, and will proba-
bly, be carried out by those who are in
terested in it.
To cover horses bit take a strip of
strong cotton cloth about twelve or
fourteen inches long by an inch and a
half wide. Commencing near the mid
die, wind the strip back and forth over
the bit and fasten the end of the cloth
with strong thread near TIE center of
the bit. This is durable as a leather
covering. and is much more quickly
done.
A. Q. Aarkinson & Co., of Columbus,
Wis, have purchased from Huntley e
Clark, Toston, Mont, the five-year-old
bay colt Scandal 1865, by Maxim, son of
Belmont. dam Ida Kendall, 10y Hero of
Thorndale; second dam Mollie Higgins,
by Joe Downing.
J. f. Berry q Co.. Union Stock yards,
Chicago, have sold to l.. A. Legg, Min
neapolis, Mimi, for $500, the fast pac-
ing gelding Pedro. by Bassett NJ, son of
MasterlOde. dam by Tom Hunter.
Baron Hirsch, the millionaire banker
and philanthrOpist of Paris, France,
has been black-balIed by the Paris
Jockey club. Alphonso Rothschild and
others threaten to resign.
The owners of nine stations have
signified their purpose to w. p. Balch,
of Boston, to start in the $4,000 stallion
race should he decide to go ahead with
the project.
A. P. Fleming, Webs ter City, To-, has
sold to W. n. Faurot, Lima, o., for $500,
the brown stallion Frank Wellington,
by Lord Wellington, dam by Rhodes
Patchen.
Charles j. Lindley, of Minneapolis,
Mimi, has purchased from w. A. Allen
for $500, the stallion Clipp, by Allie
Games, dam Gypsy, by Richard Boy.
Prince Wilkes, 2:14I, won $4,000 in
South America the past season. His
best English mile was 2:15&, over a
very heavy track.
The value of the horses exported from
Canada in 1889 was 50. 326, S92, including
81, 169,792 worth shipped to the United
States.