The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-03-25
SPORTING GOSSIP.

Effort are Delng made Dy tile managers
of h Cleveland track to bring Sunol and
Guy together there in a race this season.
Norfolk, the sire of Emperor of Norfolk.
I'll Rio Rey and Rey del Rey, has been re-
lieved from stud service. Marion, the
dam of these cracks. will be bred to doe
Hooker, the sire OF Don Jose, Sorrento
and other good ones.
Bridgelight is at Nashville and has win
tered In such good health and condition
hat he promises to be a better race horse
this year than he was last. He is n good
horse, but was sent to the post no less
han As times In 1889.
understood that Spokane will he prepared
especially for the suburban. IL he goes In
that great event he will certainly have to
face his old antagonist, as Knott will also
he given a special preparation for the
race
Yolo Maid, 2:i2H, pacing mare. re-
ceived an injury at Marcus Days Mon
tana ranch recently which may incapaci-
tate her for further track work. Scott
Quinton remarked of her: "She was the
fastest thing / ever drove and could pace
quarters in thirty secondsh andily."
Jim Burgess, the Australian, who recent
ly defeated Sam Baxter, the English
champion who was taken out expressly TO
beat him, is expected here soon, says the
San Francisco Erominer. Baxter is also
coming, and the pair will make things
lively for the light weight division.
When Glasscock heard of the double
Jump of Miller and Beckley he said: 'If
Pittsburg is dropped from the league on
account OF these assertions every league
player OF any prominence will desert tn
the brotherhood" II is doubtful IL Glass
cock could get into the brotherhood again
with a jimmy.
A Coney island correspondent writes
Whenever big King Thomas is galloped
over the course there follows close after
him n glossy-coatcd, sablc-skinned mare
which has been more discussed during the
last six weeks Than any other animal i'm
the country. She has caused no end of
heart-burnings among the trainers and
has been Ia innocent cause OF much pro-
firebrand Of horses Is Gorge and the whole
trouble is that b has only been asked TO
carry 10 pounds in the Brooklyn handi-
cap. When you look at the mare and sec
her present condition and remember what
she has done in the past the race seems a
gift To her. She has broadencd out some
little has taken some superfous flesh,
which will all leave her when the training
season begins. II is hard TO tell why
Gcrgo was rated so lightly for the handi.
cap, for il Is well known that her beating
in the Suburban was more the fault al
her jockey than OF herself. Last fall her
form was good. Indeed. there were not a
few who say she is only a notch below
Firenzi. The stable is enthusiastic abou,
her, and II responsible people open future
books they will Inc no lack OF betting on
the great daughter of Insomony and flirt
When one looks at Gorge there is the in.
describable something which is noticed IN
Firenzi, and Senorita. aud Miss Wood
ford il is hat air of superiority Just "A.
plainly marked among these females as
among their human sisters. IL Gorge doe
not win n place on the board in the handi
cap there will be mourning nj Sliecpsheat
Bay.