St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-13
WHIPS AND TIPS.
Gossip About Horses and Horse
men and Their Doiugs.

Let breeders and owners sufficiently
understand that the education of the
young horse Is no question of craft,
mystery or even skilled horsemanship.
but demands temper, Judgment, tact and
qualities only to be found in superior
class of men, and we may hope to see
fewer cruel mistakes, and consequently
losses. i'll that direction. With horses
educated under the eye of those who
know how it should be done, and who
have & direct pecuniary interest i'm the
result, rational systems would be
adopted. with results that would not be
uncertain, either humanely, morally or
commercially.
w. A. Merry's bay colt Surefoot is the
present favorite for the English Derby
of 1890 at the shorts odds of 8 to 2. lie
is by Window, out OF mare by Gal
opin. He was bred by his present
owner, who bought the dam for 400
guineas at the sale of the queens year
lings in 1888. Window is by Blink
hOolie, out of Alice. she by Stock ~ell.
Surefoot first ran at EPSON in June,
winning the WOodcote stake. He was
+ beaten head for the Ascot Biennial by
Semolina, but won the New stake at the
same meeting, and subsequently the
FlndOm state at GOodWoOd.
man and horse is necessary in order to
to insure the largest per cent of profit
to the Stalll0ner. says a leading writer.
Ii friendly word and kindly act are sent
as. messengerS, the equine nature moves
in quick response; if angry tone and
brutal blow be offered, they are treas
ured up i'll sullen, vengeful mind, and
at the moment least expected are tell
dered back in most disastrous manner.
The prudent stalli0ner is friendly with
his horse. His nature is made The sub
ject of careful study: his peculiaritieS
of temper are learned; his faults are
skillfully corrected, and his vices, if
any unfortunately there be, are miti-.
gated.
According to the official record, there
was total of 1,633 races run in Great
Britain and Ireland in 1889, which is
thirty-fOur more than in 1883, but TWEEN
ty-four less than in 1885. The number
at the several distances was as follows:
Five furlOngS and under six furlongs.
1893; six furlongs and under one mile,
256; one mile, 345: over one mile and
under two, 116: two miles anu under
three miles; d.: three miles and unaer
four. s, and at four miles, 3.
l.. H. Boydston. of Leon. To-, has pur,
chased from j. K. p. Pine, Troy, n. n.
the five-year-Old stallion Mcintosh 9O29,
by Mountain Boy. son of Daniel Lam
bert, dam Sister Cawley, by Northrup's
Rather, son of Biggart'S Rather; second
dam Madame Cawley, by Broughton
Horse, son of Addison, by Vermont
Black Hawk. Mcintosh showed a trial
on nalf-lnile track in 2:39, without
training, and should prove good stock
horse.
The first Australian-bred horse to win
turf hOnOrS on American soil is Hearst,
which scored his maiden race at Gutten-
burg last week. Imported to San Fran
cisco from Sydney by j. K. Newton in
1887, this colt reached the East last
spring, but has ever since been more or
less of disappointment. Mr.. Newton
sold him at auction last fall for $500 to
the Union stables.
John H. Biley, Cedar Falls. To-, has
purchased from Mr.. Wilson, of Lowell,
Mass, the eight-year-old bay stallion
Patchen $500, by Mdmbrino Patchen so.
son of George NJ. Patchen 80, dam Prin-
cess dam of Arthur Wilkes, 2:2S, and
Vladimir, 2:2S$O, by Honest Allen;
second dam s. t. b. by Black Hawk S.
The following shows how much money
is given to be run for by the Jockey
club at Paris. ChantiIiy and Foutaine-
bleau: In the meetings lasting thirty
three days there was SCI, 500 in added
money and e2s,6S0 in forfeits and en-
tries, making total Of e95, $40.
Webb g. Leboff, of Chippewa Falls,
Wis, have sold to parties at Minneapo-
lis. Mimi, for $4,000, the seven-year-
old black trotting stallion Arcadian
26S7, by Egbert, dam by Almont; sec
ond dam by Brown Chief, son.of Mann
brine Chief II.
w. L. Williams, banker and trOtting-
horse owner of Vinton. To-. has just pur-
chased 560-acre farm. adjacent to
Hastings, Neb., for $4,000. and will
probably START breeding establishment,
for which the place is admirably
adapted.
Oliver Wiggin, Lincoln, Neb., has
purchased from B. J. Treacy, Lexing-
ton, KY, the bay colt Beechwood, by