The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-08-22
HORSE NOTES,

The service lee Of Red Wilkes will be
$1,000 next season.
The National Horse Show Association
OF America will hold its next horse show
the week commencing November 10, in
the new Madison Square Garden build
ing New York, the amphitheatre Of
which is the finest in the world, The
Association offers $4,000 in premiums
for every class OF horses.
Take g fine, n~oble.spirited horse, cut
of the hair Of his tail bob short, put him
in harness with a short check.rein, hitch
him in the Il where the thermometer
is rs high as 90 degrees, and where flies
are plenty! II he'is ahorse Of common
sense he will take the first opportunity
to run away aud destroy your carriage
and dash out your brains III you have
any,. 'lEIN3"
Nutwood recently put three in the
$50 list in one day, and all in races, the
Oldest OF the lot being three years OF age.
A t%wo.year.old paced 10 the record of
2:l9f. which Is the fastest mile ever
scored. by a. two.yesr-old PAGER. Nut
wood now has. tblrty-seven performers
in the $3.50 list, seven OF which have per
formed in 900 or better. There arc few
more successful sires than Nutwood.
Blue Bull, though n fast PAGER from
the first, met with an accident that shat
tered one OF his knees. His first exper-
fence in stud service was as teaser for n
jack. Occasionally G mare would be
brought to the jack which was not
thought ct to raise good mule, and she
was mated with Blue Bull, whose lee
was then IS. Blue Bull now ranks Sec
ond TO the. renowned George Wilkes rs
g sire Of 2:S0 performers.
Horse stealing is getting to be rather
common in some sections OF Eastern
Ohio and Western Pennsylvania. Sey.
eral horses have been stolen within a
few miles OF Pittsburgh, and from the
way the work iEdone and tho selections
are made it looks as il there was a band
Of organized thieves plying their trade.
Two or three good horses haye been
stolen from farmers near Canton, Ohio,
withinth past month. A vigilance
committee would DO a good organization
under suoh clrcumstancea. Al
Thomas Rotnlne, OF Utica, Ill.,, was
recently very seriously injured by a
vicious stallion. he was III the act OF
turning the horse. loose in the pasture
when the animal grabbed him by the
arm, laceratins the mnscles badly, and,
although assistance soon came to his re.
lief, the brute could not be forced to 70.
linquish his bold until q knife had been
thrust into his neck, and not then until
Mr.. Romine had been feariully bruised
by coming in contact with stumps aud
loss In tho pasture es the animal tore
madly along. ]
Every person in Russia who has o
horse Is obliged SO have Il certificate OIL
ownership. III horse iu sold this cefti.
icate must be produced and transferred
to the Nance Of the purchaser. The one
who sells a horse Is to be responsible 70,
It's good condition, and he must return
the purchase money aud pay a tine il he
deceives the buyer in his representations
OF its age or health. II q diseased ami,
NAL Is sold and infects the purchasers
cattle the seller rlust pay nil damages
and DO tried before q criminal court
How would that work in this country
There certainly are advantages In TIL
requirements, and It would be bad or
horse.thieyes and other dishonest per
CONS. ~ 3.;t; .l.t