Morning journal and courier., 1891-05-12
HORSE GOSSIP.

HORSE GOSSIP. Items of Interest-More About Maud S.-Navidad, 2:2l leg at Four Years, by the Sire or Libbfe WhiPs, owned in This City-Rreeders We'll Satts- fled With the Purchase of the Trot- ting Register. . @ 2 Tho actual cost of the registry plant was about $119, 9,OO0.
 This is Frank L. Herdic's nineteenth year as bookseller. ; California has been holding successful running meeting the past week.
 The gates of Fleetwood park, New York, will be formally opened May 16. ..6+*s
 Mambrino Kings limit to outside mares this season was fifteen at $400 the season.
 Frank Van Ness, well known to the trotting turf, is training 8 stable of run ners.
 Johnston and Hal Pointer are barred from the frec-for-au pace in the Lake Erie Trotting circuit.
 A. E. Terry's two double teams of Amer ican trotters were awarded prizes at the Paris horse show.
 It is doubtful if the price-$105, ,O00- paid for Axtell, 2:12, is ever again offered for trotting stallion.
 The sum of $25, 1000 was offered and re- fused for Alabaster. There is frequently much wisdom in selling when good price is offered.
 At the San Jose, Cal, track there are fifteen yearlings, twelve two-year-olds and seven three year-olds, all from trotting sires, in training for the fall races.
 The system of Maud S is being relaxed and cooled by mashes. She will not be bred until the last of May or the first of June. No unnecessary risks will be taken with her.
 1 Hudson by Kentucky Prince, dam by Rysdyks Hambletonian, formerly owned 1 at Island Stock farm, has been placed in the hands of J. M. Calvin at Mystick Park and will be trained for a record. c. H. Nelson has issued challenge to l match Nelson, 2:104, against any trotte1 in the world for $1O, ,OOO side Money talks, and the offer of the man from Maine is sweeping and courageous one. Thirty-four head of thoroughbreds, em. bracing brood mares, two-year- -olds, horses in training and yearlings, were sold al Lexington, Ky, May 1, by Colonel Bruce | of New York for $1O,350, an average ot A bad fire occurred last week at Bel mont park, Philadelphia. Fifteen stalls were burned and nine horses destroyed, l among them Frank W, 2:244, Fayette l West, 2:314, and e-year-old by Bis | marck.
 The death of Prince Regent, 2:164, hal caused 0. J. Hamlin to decide to withdraw from public service his great stallion, Nam primo King, and hereafter he will devot, his services exclusively to the matrons O. Village Farm.
 Splan has now about twenty horses il training, among them Navidad, 2:214 Nobby, 2:19t; Passenger, 2:30; Shawhan 2:25; Guess So, 2:30; Baronstein, by Baro1 Wilkes; Student, by Socrates out of Hatti Woodward, 2:154; Fern Wilkes, by Wilkes Boy, 2:S44.
 The electric touch of John Splan will b. felt this season by the colt Voodoo, b, Stamboul, whose phenomenal sale in Nev York two years ago made him 8 marked figure in trotting horse flesh. Severa other royalty bred youngsters from tn Babcock stock farm will also be handled b, this wizard of the sulky.
 A part of James Goldsmith's string ha, arrived at Charter Oak Park, Hartford and the remaindsr will arrive within few days. Included in the fifteen which have arrived are Gean Smith, 2:154, Nam primo Maid, 2:174, Richmond jr., 2:224, very fast young horse from Kansas, brother of Pamlico, 2:164, and others. Siz more are to come.
 Dr. George A. Bailey of Portland, Me will, it is said, attend the meeting of th board of review of the National Trottins association at Chicago. May 20, on behal of c. H. Nelson and the champion stallion l Nelson, 2:1Oa, and will present petition for reinstatement signed by large mum Der of the leading men of the state MT Nelson could not have selected more Joy al advocate.
 l A breeder writes to the National Stock man: "I have in my possession twin colt l eight and one-third months old. Tn dale stallion, July 28, 1889, and reserve by Percheron, August 6, 1889. The colt have every appearance of being from tw different horses, as one is the perfect re semblance of the Clydesdale and the othe resembles the Percheron horse." 1 Navidad, that won for himself such creditable reputation last season in hi four-year-old farm, is by the sire of one o the most promising Allies in this or an, other town-Libbie Whips, owned by Nil Frank P. Clark of this city. Whips wa sired by the renowned Electioneer. Tn dam of Libbie Whips was by Nutwood 2:1Sa. There are only two stalions, Al tell, 2:12, and Nutwood, that are standin at service fee of $1, ,000.
 The man with the scythe still continue his fatal work among the trotters. Tn last star to succumb was the phenomena colt trotter, Alabaster, who made recor' last year as a four-year- old of 2:16. Ala baster was by Aberdeen, dam by Almont and grand career of honor, both on tn turf and in the stud were before him. Tn turf and stud can ill afford to lose sucl brilliant young lights as Prince Regen and Alabaster. The cause of Alabaster' death was pneumonia.
 There is universal rejoicing over the re suits accomplished by the great conven tion of horsemen, which assembled a Chicago on April 22. These gentlemel purchased the plant of the John H. Wal lace Trotting register for $13O, 1000, and or ganlzed stock company, under the nam of The American Trotting Register asso citation, with $150, 900 capital stock. Nor than this amount of capital stock was sub scribed for before the close of the conven tion. During the last few years Mr. Wal lace has been subjected to many unfavora ble criticism, and so much fault has bee1 found with him that it was evident tha breeders and all others who have prope appreciation of correct and reliable regis try of standard trotting horses, had jus cause fer complaint, hence the convention and transfer The government of the as sociation is vested in 8 board of directors numbering thirty, from whom other officer l will be chosen.
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