The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1891-03-24
HORSE AND TRACK.

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Lady Russell, sister to Maud S., will
be bred to Alcantara.
The trotting season at Paris, France,
opened on February Is.
W. b. Mcdonald will, give Balsora
Wilkes, 2:17a, another trial this year
Robert Steele, of Philadelphia, has
refused $35, 900 for Woodruff, 2 :1el.
A brother to Palo Alto, 2:124, was
recently dropped at Gov. Standford's
farm.
Twelve yearlings and one hundred
and two two-year-olds beat 1850 in
1890.
The only way to make a stallion pay
is to keep his merits before the public.
The chestnut gelding Keno F., 2 1T,
has been purchased by Boston parties
for $4,000.
Gold Leaf, 2:114, will be bred to
Baron Rose, son of Stamboul and
Minnehaha.
Up to 1890 no horse in this country
ever stood for over $500 the season,
but this year there are three stations
that stand at $1,000.
William Blowers, Waterloo, Ia, has
lost brother to Lillian, 2:144, and
Waterloo Boy, 2:154. He was disa-
bled and had to be shot.
Secretary Fasig has received letter
from Marvin stating that he will not
be East. Sunol will therefore do her
trotting as fve-year-old on the Pa
cific coast.
1t is claimed that Jacob Rupert, a
millionaire brewer in New York, who
started a big stock farm at Pough-
keepsie, few years ago, has been
trying to buy the trotting stallion,
Nelson, and finally the animal was
priced to him at $135,000, which is
the highest price ever put upon a
horse.
Charles Friel, of Pittsburg, Pa, has
sold to Mr.. f. G.. Buford, of Tenn, the
pacing stallion MARYLAND, 2:21, by
Victor Bisnark, dam Sallie Dudley,
by Standard Bearer; second dam Lady
O. 0-rr dam of Ambassador 2 :214; AL
, I"'ire' 2:264; Mary s., 2:2S) by
American Clay. n falkland Dli is an eie- !
ant individual, and can lower his D.,
ecord when opportunity is given him.
'rice, $4,000.
B. B., 2:134, about whom SO mnch
las been written, and 30 little known
o the racing world, was bred by Mr.. {
lee Covington, of Crystal, Obion a
ounty, Tenn. This place is about |
en- miles from Union City, in the ex- /
RENE northwest corner of the State. {
3. B. was foaled in the spring of 1884, I
md when three years old Mr.. Coving- 1
OH sold him to his neighbor, John
Flower, for $95. In 1889 Glover sold
Tim to Billy Beauchamp, of Union
Jity, who put him in the hands of Joe
Hurst to train, and sold him half
interest in him. Hurst named him B. q
3. in honor of Billy Beauchamp.
Hurst and Beauchamp sold him to (
parties at Covington, of whom Hunter
Holly, his present owners, pur- {
;hased him.
To the half-dozen well-known horse
men to whom the Boston Herald pro-
the question: ''Do you an
icipate a collapse in prices of trotting
took shertly ?" there seems small fear
II such an event.
1.-TWO years ago." said the veteran
urfman, David Blanchard, II be-
ieved that such crisis was at hand {
,ut, instead of the expected collapse,
he prices have steadily gone higher {
md higher. Just SO long as it is !
to own choice horses, rich {
men, to conform with the fashion, will t
Jay almost any amount to get the
,est."
Men get wealthy SO quickly nova
lays that the supply of new purchas-
RS is keeping pace with the increase
n the number of high-bred horses,
md can't see how the market value {
If first grade horses is to lessen.
Eastern horse papers seem to think
hat the death of Electioneer virtually
,nds the supremacy of California as
breeding State, says the Breeder and
Sportsman. Bless yonr benighted
souls, gentlemen, we have only played
me of our trump cards. We still
nave Stamboul, Sidney and Sable
Wilkes, three SIS that also stand for
,Daad suhstance and sOundness. The