, 1890-08-28
THE HORSE ANTELOPE
A Controversy in Regard to tho
Well Known Animal's
Sire.
What the Famous Record, WAL
laoo's Monthly, Has to Say
in the Matter.

The last issue Of Wallace's Month
ly has the following article about
the horse Antelope, which Is entered
by William Glassford, of Walla
Walla, in the Portland match race
for August 80:
.Is Antelope, 2:23,1. Nutwood2-
After long search we have at last come
into possession of tho TACT that horse
called Antelope. and represented To be
By Antelope, did trot in race at Spo-
kane Falls, Wash, July 8, 1889, and won
race In the first, second and fourth
heats, time, 2;231a, 2:20, 2;2sh, 2;26,
Edwin q, winning the third heat. No
summary of this race has been published,
but full description of all the events OF
the different heats was published in tho
dated 1S July 8, 1850. The competing
horses were Edwin c., Harry Velox,
Bishop Hero and Leonn. The purse was
free for ALL and the betting was III favor
of Antelope from the start The main
difficulty In this search has been TO deter
mine whether any such race ever took
nlace, and now with that out fthe way,
we are ready to look alter the history,
identity and pedigree OF this horse, SO
far as our means OF information will
carry us. Mr.. a. l.. Smith, who was
the secretary oil the Spokane Falls
course, writes that he was entered as by
entered by j. q. Markiey, of Palouse
Ferry, Wash, and he thinks he was
owned by Ehjuh Duncan, of Walla
Walla. lie thinks also that Mr. William
Glassford, of Walla Wallu, could givo
some information as to his breeding and
origin. 1t is intimated that MIR. Elijah
Duncan, now dead was the mau who
h., n Waghinutnn
this is probably the place to begin tho
tracing back to his breeder. There arc
some things that are mys-
terous ms we'll as un-
known about this horse. In 1886 he
made his first appearance in oregon
in single race, and then he started
three times at Walla Walla, winning
one heat in 2;3s1f. In these contests he
was entered rs by Nutwood. Then We
hear no more OF him till ho made his
single appearance at Spokane Falls and
scored mis- record of :l3H Was he trot-
ted at other places during this long in
terval and under other nancsY Let us
have Il full history of this horse from
his birth. The presumption Is he was
by Nutwood and out OF mare by Jer-
seyman, but this is only n presumption
so lar as our knowledEo goes. VIII not
some of our friends give al! the particu.
lars, for somebody knows all about this
horse. IL may he mysterious, but IT Is
not unusual for "A stallion TO be doing
work in stud and Withdrawing from
racing for three years.
Mr.. CLASSIC was in town yesterday,
says the Oregonian, and was asked
rbout the mater,
Antelope said he, 'is undoubtedly
Nutwood, and was bred 10y man
named Dewcr at Chico, Cal. 1t was at
Pendleton in 1855 that he made his
record Of 2;3sIl. lie remained in Walla
Walla, being owned by Elijah Duncan
until the summer OF 1858, when he was
taken to California. IL seems that MIR.
J. c. Mackley of Palouse, had liking
for the horse, followed him to California
and bought "a half interest in him. He
was brought back to Washington and
did not start in any race until the one ut
Spokane, July of last year, which Mr.
Wallace refers TO,
There Is no truth whatever In tho
imputation that he had been trotting
meanwhile under different name. lie
was kept In the stud, and has some good
colts, one u 3-yeur.old. Antelope is .
years old this spring and think will
be great sire. / did not enter him
here, because the only class he Is eligt-
BILE TO is the 2:20, and having just taken
wise TO pit him against such horses rs
their known records
Wallnce's Monthly, although un-
doubtedly the most reliable publica-
tlon in the country, is at fault when
saying that Duncan is dead. He is
a young man, and at the July meet
ing at the Jockey Club park drove
his own mare, Carrie A., and il will
also be remembered that the judges
saw fit to take him down and put
up Hagabaum after the third heat
of the 2:2G class.
This Is not the first time Antelope
has attained notoriety on account
of pedigree. Horsemen throughout
the Northwest no doubt remember
the controversy which arose three
years ago when n 2-year-old colt
named Mignonette, entered by Mr..
Duncan at the Oregon state fair,
dlstanced the entire field. Mr.
Duncan claimed that Mignonette
was sired by Antelope, and that he
sent her TO shut out the field in
order to advertise her sire. Before
the purse won by Mignonctte was
paid over to Mr.. Duncan, the point
was raised that Mignonette, who
was foaled in California, was not
sired by Antelope, but by Anteo.
The purse was withheld for more
than a year, but Mr.. Duncan finally
got the better Of the controversy and
received the purse.