St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-09-01
WHIPS AND TIPS.
Gossip About Horses, Horsemen
and Their Doings.

Axtell, the holder of the worlds STALL
ion record, will not be seen on the turf
this season. The eXacting campaign
and the severe training he went through
last season left slight injury Which
neceSSitateS cautious course with the
great stallion. The injury has been
subjected to examination by the best
veterinary skill in Chicago, and the
opinion given is that it is not of per-
manent nature, but that its successful
treatment and ultimate cure absolutely
demand entire immunity from training,
and comparative rest. The owners of
Axtell have therefore reluctantly con-
cluded not to train the champion STALL
ion this fall, wisely preferring to follow
professional advice, that the effects of
the harsh campaingn of last season may
be thoroughly eradicated before he be
asked to essay the gigantic task of train
ing OH to still further reduce the stallion
record.
Henry W. Putnam, of New York city,
owner OF the famous team, Aubine and
Lady Wellington. PIG to pole. is great
lover of good horses, and seems deter
mined to have more than one crack
team for his own pleasure driving.
With this object in view his agent.
Isaac w. Fleming, visited Chicago, aud
year-old bay mary Lady Bullion. 2:16A,
by Pilot Medium, dam by Bullion. and
she will be driven to pole with the chest
nut mare Lady Benton, by General Ben
ton. Lady Bullion is ine-going,
steady, easy driver, with natural trot-
ting gait, no weights or boots; and, if
Lady Benton is as fast aud good as we
have been informed, they should make
a most desirable road team. Mr.. Flem-
ing shipped his new purchase to Mr..
Putnam'S summer residence at Ben
nington, VT, where his other flyers are
Summerlng.
The horses heretofore running in the
name and colors of George Forbes were
on Aug. 81. Twenty-Five head sold for
10000, an average of $500 per head.
Arab. four, went to j. Campbell for
$1,000; Register, two, to j. E. McDon-
aid, $1,000; Brussels, four, to q. Wal
baum, 50, 15O; bay filly by Sensation, to
w. G. DAILY, S1,650; bay colt by Sensa-
ton, to j. Nathan, 1,550; Vardee, four,
to M. L. Donovan, $500; bay filly by
Sensation, to J. H. Mccormick, S1.15O.
In training sensitive horses very few
trainers have the patience and forbear-
ance to break them in without reSorting
to treatment that will induce bad hab-
its. Gentleness is the prime requisite
for the horse trainer. And even after
the animal has passed out of the train
er'S hands gentle means must be used
by the owner in handling the horse.
Blinds are almost necessity to such
sensitive herSeS, for, In the words of the
old horSeman ''they see too much.''
Mr.. Warnke is finding by experience
that man does not, as rule, strike
such bargain in a yearllng as he did
in Reclare. OF the half-doZen or so
which ne purchased last year it is
doubtful whether he can lay his finger
on one and say: THAT colt pays its
feed bill" Reelare has to pay for all
his stable at present.
Maid of Clay. the famous old mare,
died at Palo Alto few days ago from
old age, she being over thirty-one years
old. She was presented to Senator
Stanford by his brother in New York
over seventeen years ago. Her fame
rests upon her record as matron, she
being the dam of four with records from
2:24 to 2:29.
The negro jockeys are outriding their
white rivals in races for great turf
prizes this season. Mclaughlin is the
only white jockey that ever rode the
winner of the Champion and Junior
Champion in the same year. This year
Murphy rode the winner OF the Subur-
ban, the Champion and Junior Cham
pion.
During no year in the history of the
American running turf have SO many
records been beaten as during the pres
ent season. From seven-eighths of a
mile to one and one-half miles all
former performances have been cast in
the shade by the equine heroes and
herOineS of 1890.
Hon. Oden Bowie, of Baltimore, has
sold his entire stable of race horses to
the Sire Bros. The governor has re-
tired from racing, but will still continue
to breed. He has only disposed of the
running qualities of Belle dor and
Alarm Bell.
Mai. Dickinson, who owns Ed Amman,
will present the game little PAGER to his
sister for road horse. When hooked
to a wagon and driven on the road Ed
Amman sticks closely to the trot. He re-
tires from circuit battles with weak
leg.
Labold Bros. have decided to join the
| list of oWners who intend to quit the