Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-03-17

stock into Nevada, including Norfolk. The
old horse is in such wonderfully good trim
just now that it seems pity to transplant
him.-Breeder and Sportsman.
sUNoL VS. AxTELL.
The dispatch stating that Patterson, N.
j., would otfer $4,000 purse for match
race between Sunol end Ax.ell was shown
to Mr.. Jams, one of The owners of Axtell,
at Terra Haute on March 9TH. He said:
Il cannot tell what opinion the other gen.
tlemen may have in the matter. 1t may
be accepted, but hardly think Axtell will
be in shape for test OF speed. He now
has over forty engagements in the stud and
Will rot be through until some time in
july" Axtell is al Mr. ljams' stock farm
at Terra Haute and is in flee condition.
NOTES OF THE TRACK.
The Eleciioneer Sallie Benton colt has been
broken, and although having had 10 fast
work, shows great promise.
Marion Biggs, Jr., is building new race
track near Oroville. The track when COM
pleted is expected to be one of the fastest
in the State.
The Directors of the Monterey Agricult-
urel Association have claimed the dates
from September 80 b to October 4th for
their annual fair and races.
The Breeder and Sportsman says that o.
a. Hickok has been jogging his PAGER
Adonis for the last couple OF weeks at Palo
Alto. The Wiikes-Lucy PAGER has also
been taken up and put into jogging.
Frederick Vanderbilt is said TO have been
offered 5000 for the offspring of Aldine
and Early Rose if both are FLIES, $4,000
if there is one Of either sex, and S35 900 if
both are colts.
Frank II. Burke has determined to send
Eros for record this year. Competent
judges assert that this son of Electioneer
and Sontsg Mohawk is as speedy as any
Stallion that ever left Palo Alto, and he
should be, from his breeding.
Dan McCarty has purchased Bay Rose,
prlce $4,000. Dan says he will breed
thirty mares of his own to him and trot
him next fall. McCarty also traded mare
and cash for Designer, the fiye-year.old son
OF Director and May Queen by AbbOtsford
Breeder and Sportsman: Mabel (sister to
Beautiful Bells), foaled slashing bay FLY
by Albert w. 2:20. Among the thorough
bred mares Carissima has big powerful
chestnut colt by imp Sir Modred. Up to
the 18th of February, there were fifty. four
foals on Ranch del Paso. How would that
look in Kentucky"
Theodore Winters says he has heard
nothing of the reported Cffers that have
been made fc- Ell Rio Rey. Nearly all his
Hooker fillies which are in Nevada are al
ready bred to Jumbo, by California out of
Big Gun. The mars at Sacramento will
be bred to Hooker, and all Will be taken
across the mountains shortly to Washoe
Valley breeder and Sportsman.
White hat Dan McCarty's stable in the
East is not as large as usual. The Eastern
papers say the stable of McCarty, of Cali
fornia, is in good shape just now, although
it contains but three racers. He has Pan
dora three years cid, and two two-year-
olds, one black filly by Joe Daniels
Test-the other, bay flly by Ben dor
Lady Glasgow; also four trotters.
William Hendricksop, who was with
Old Patchen) Tor years feature on the
California race tracks, has. after carefully
travelling around, bought horse of John
Gordon, San Jose. He is an eight-year-old
chestnut, son of Nutwood, 21Si, and out of
a Patchen mare. Mr.. Hendrickson's old
friend John Williams will handle the horse
for while in Sacramento.
j. l.. McCord, of this city, reports the
loss of Fanny by McCracken's Black Hawk,
and her foal, that was entered in the
Breeder and Sportsman Futnrity stake. She
was the mother of Silvia, owned by A. L.
Nichols, of Chico, who has shown her
ability to trot in 2:30. She and her mate
took the first premium at the State Fair for
the best road team. She was also the dam
OF Billy Mac, owned in Biebsr, Lassen
county, by James H. Hail; PAGER which
will be sent for record this seaso u; also
the dam of Carl, owned by James Bowers,
now in training at Agricultural Park. She
leaves two more fiilies at Sunny Knoll. one
that is quite speedy, the other yeariing
that has not been tried. All the family are
sired by Tom Benton