The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-06-21
The TURF.

The dam Of Suref0ct, the favoriks for the
English Derby, wa bred by tho queen, and
was purchased at thsssale Of her naiesty's
yearlings in 1888 by Mr. Merry, who OWLS
! Surefoot.
! Baby Dean, the very fast Maine stallion,
| which last year trotted an exhibition mile
in 2:31A over half mile track. viii come
| down through the grand ctFeT1s thisse6s
| In good hands he ght % bsst 2=ss hanaily.
/ One Of the greatest sarprises in tho his
/ tory of the English Derby was the defeat
of Surefoot. The iKish was the closest IN
some years, only about a length separating
| the FIRST from SanfoiR, lie Nord, Orwell
/ and Surefoot.
The wonderful success Of the stations
/ George Wilkes, Electio1aer, Victor. NoL
Bismarck and other me1a bars Of the liam
! bletoaian faiRi4y from Clay dams, has
raised Clay blood from dIsreputs inta the
greatest popularity.
Russell, in the Bedford. Great American,
May and Galliarsi stAlSss, has Won for ms
owner $4,000, aad he cost oaIy si50 a. a
yearii1g last year. On tbs other hand
King Thomas cost t3a-o0o. n now 3 years
old and has never won dollar
MANY OF the on EaIitc bLlkSLAhS o. the
pigskin ara In trouh4e reducing weight.
Mclaughlin ts prohsbly the most notable
example, bat old man Hayward, Barbee,
Isaac Murphy, the eolorsd Archer, and
Dare Devil Fitzpatrick ara Ia the sams
boat.
Isaac Murphy, the famous eolored Sockey.
is quiet, polite young man, who never
made bet in his hfe, neRdr sszors and
never was c&Hght telling q he. HS iRteg-
T4ty and honor are the pxids Of the tart.
and many OF the best harSeEnea pronoanos
him the greatest jockey that ever ESSsnssd
horse.
Leighton, the 3year-eld Of the Hon w.
L. SCOTS stable, all rGPorss 70 tbs con
traTy notwithstanding is likely 70 Be
| heard frsTn ere Isng Fn his 2ysar-oki
form he Was thoughs By Con leighton,
his trainer, 60 be fastsT thHa Chaos. TIA
winner Of the FU1urTTy. Not ls89 sgo,
with bag stable bay up, Leighton took IL
into bis head to run w.sASaE asking per
mission, and covered mile in I<<x1tk0ut
farming hair
The Dwyer Brothers have changed their
methods OF training sGrd racing, IN svz1eed
by the way they are dazzling VITA Kfns,s
ton, Sir Dixon and Lousstresc- They haze
found, just as English RACING Esen hzze.
that IL pays bec@er - YIN ons ST ssTs big
races than many small ones. Mems Of tfse1r
horses ran Now Ezn1esz taEy ere rlgaf. the
minute oHe shows saaIeness they stop h$zn-
! They see the mistakes made with Luke
Blackburn. Hindoo. Deudrvp and Han
over.
An extraordinary incsceue t00k placs
during race With Maxscan nzssaz2ss at
Guatemala TecsBsiy- The Es%exsss was
winning easily o. nearly thr~s Lsog=Az.
amid tie laEd efseeEs - tie spectators.
when szsddGElV tAs sharp eraC1 - rte
wa beard from a small wood sdJAc1-t 70
tkle course. and the EansSA1R dr0pp5d dead.
Shot through the hear. 4 scsDs o4 ezra
ordinary ezs1teEnkut su&-sz- and tbs
Gz-T q tbe slsSt ha5 bezG ezpsured Ia
would have bssz4 lyE4sesa
The shah II Persia - probably one q
the besc AID LnEe@z sEpsx1sccsc hcESexDa1
IN tic work. TIE rpy2a zt-4A1ss sf Persia
hare always bsaez s1ocssrA VIZ kz-sdEscs
and Thousands q pseks1 s4ese.s, e feE
sage pAgesrtA, hlzHSaE al war. TEs
IN Doreance se-ache1 - It's 6T11ch Il ths
shah's household troelZat sbesst tie eps-
tom. xasak e-x4<s@d fsors ttz1e ix1u-@ro1r.zi
ust5l wiIl1xS lie pze-~9. T-ElTa, tszEt . fugs-
tire tron IL @rrG<-s Il tie saah could End
szncsnArT IL tte rsTzI ssz1tss. 50 long
a. be renamed r1cze ke wss safe