Morning journal and courier., 1890-04-12
Among the Fast Horn en-.

General l.. II. watson or BTldgepOrG owns
q grand black charger. The general has a
perfect military seat and when in parade
every detail is correct.
DR.. I. De Yer Warner of Bridgeport re-
quires horse to be well built to carry his
weight easily, but his bay does hot show any
effort doing It. The doctor always knows
where to 60 to find what he wants.
General w. Fl. Pine of the Bridgeport
Forge company and the Copper works is one
of the busiest men In that city, and also at
tends to business in Ansonia and at the
west, but he etill fnds time to ride fine
Kentucky horse purchased year ago of j. @.
Tallman.
Sire Brothers have issued challenge for
o race between their fact mare, Rosalind
Wilkes, and Buffalo's trotting queen, Belle
Hsmlin. "Mr. Hamlin has always contend ed
that the Almonts are superior to the Wilkes
trotters," said Mr.. Sire, "and last season We
gave him everything his own way In the
two matches against Belle Hamlin. He had
his choice of Harry OF Rosalind Wilkes and
selected Harry. Then We made the race
best two In three, in accordance with his
wishes. Now we think he should conform
to our idea of match, and we have offered
to trot Rosslind Wilkes against Belle Ham,
lin, best three In five heats, for any reason
able amount, time and track to be agreed
upon. We would prefer to have the race
before the grand circuit begins and have
made the challenge substantially as I have
stated"
Henry W. Putnam of New York has the
purchase of the splendid double team Aubine
aud Lady Wellington from Major Dick
inson, the price being private, but those who
ought to know say the figures are somewhere
between $80. 900 and $4,000. This team,
the first time of asking, trotted AN exhibit
ton mile over Fleetwood last summer In
2:l8. driven by Isaac Fleming, who goes with
them to their new home. The double team
record is 2:1524. made by Maxey Cobb
and Meta Medium few years ago,
but the splendid performance of
Aubine and Lady Wellington proves conclu-
sively that they can surpass the champion
efforts of Mr.. Cohnfeld's pair. The fastest
exhibition mile ever trotted by pair of
horses Is the 2;15 1-2 of Maud s. and Aldine.
driven by their owner, the late William 81.
Vanderbilt. It Is Mr.. Putnsm's intention to
send his peerless team against the team rec
ord, but both will take part In single races,
Aubine being prominent candidate for the
$40, 900 Charter Oak stake. Both Doble and
| Splan were anxious to have Aubine this seas
son, the daughter of young Rolfe being rated
| ct many stands better than her record; but
| the sale Of Major Dickinson puts an end to
At meeting of the secretaries of the
different trotting associations of Connecticut,
held at Norwalk, the spring meetings of the
circuit were arranged as follows: Derby,
June 3 to g.; Norwalk, June 10 to IS; Dam
bury, June II to 30; New Haven, July to
| of purse at each track will be 1900, except
at New Haven, where the purse will be about
| 50, 900. Each track will have the following
classes: $3.50, 2:49, 1888, 1884, $3.50, 2:29, and
Q free-for. all for PAGERS and trotters.
The Charter Oak spring meetings will be
held from June "A to 81.
HARTEoaD's &c. 900 PURSE FOR COLTS.
One of the peculiar effects of the introduc
| ton of O large guaranteed stakes In England
has been to decrease the volume of betting
says the Spirit Of the Times this week
stake of say two to ten thousand pounds, the
odds against their entrance money was faI
| larger than any bookmaker could afford &c
lay. II an average breeder could pull of
| one such stake during the season IL would &C
long way toward paying the expenses Of
his training stable. At one time on the
trottinK turf, breeders complained that they
could not afford to train aud campaign their
colts, that the prizes were too few and the
risks too many, and that their only chance
to keep even WAS by constant appeal Il
| that hckle jade, the pool box. The advent
of such . large prize az the Hartford purse
of SIC, 900, and others of similar character
though smaller In amount, gives the trottinl
horse breeders of this country excellent op
portunities to enter at an exceedingly small
outlay and give the colts a special training
for one supreme effort. In the olden tint
they could not win in full season as mucf
money 40 can now be won in one stake
and unless all signs fail, thes'
stakes will continue to increase in numbe
and value. The entire entrance fee to tn
Hartford purse of $4,000 is 5000, or pc
cent. of the purse. To put 1t from q specu
lative point Of view, the winner of the frs
money, $1,000, gets 25 to /; of the SECOND
money, q 500, 10 Ia to /; of the third money
1900, 71-2 to 1, while the winner of tn
fourth money gets the remunerative odds o
to /. It 10 also an attractive featur
of these stakes that the payments
are so divided that the cost to on
ter IL almost nominal, $40 being
ell that Is required with the nomina
ton on May 8, and all the payment
up to that which il required from the starter
amount to only 500, or per cent. Of tn
purse. The last payment OF 500 from start
ers il not due till August Q, 1892, less thai
one month from the date Of the race, b.
which time owners will be able to have
pretty clear idea of the capacity of thei
colts. The breeders of the country vii
! consult their own interests by giving tn
Hartford purse Of $4,000 their active sup
port.