The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1891-02-13

q tax on the same, Major Campbell
Brown was appoint I'D q . q member OF
the committee. Major Brown hat
declined to serve upon the committee,
because he opposes the move, believ-
ing it will do no good to the stock in
terests, and serve only as al addition
al and unnecessary tax upon the
farmers. He was not present at the
meeting last week.
Only two Maury County stations
have been entered in the great Review
Stake offered by the Ciark's Horse
Review Co, Of Chicago, Ill. It j.
thought the winner will realize 800
OC@. The Stake is for the get of stall
lions fOaled in 1891, to be trotted In
1894 as three year ODDS. The actual
breeder OF the winner to get $1,000, the
driver $500, and the:owner of the sire
81 900 Brown Mark"- and bal
mont Wilkes" are the only horses
whose names appear in the list from
Columbia. This adds materially to
the value Of the seasons and get OF
the horses. The race will be over the
associations track offering the most
Flora Temple, 2:191<, was the
hrst mare to enter the 2:20 list, Dex-
ter, 2:l7 IA, was the first gelding, and
MambrlnO Gift, 2:20 was the first stall
lion to enter it.
-Axtell's first product since his
purchase by syndicate has been
tOaled at Terre Haute. It ia q bay
colt out of Marguerite, full sister to
Graylight, 2:l8, by Kentucky Prince.
AT Independence, Ia, on FEBRUARY
3, the brood mare Lou, dam Of Axteli,
dropped fine horse colt by William
L., thus making him q full brother to
the famous AxteIl, 2:12, that sold for
$lO5, 900. G. w. Williams owns a
half interest in the yOungster.
1t Is said that there are one hun
dred trotting tracks In France, and
Overcome thousand trotting horses
ready to olnto training at once. But
the American-bred mare BOsque
Bonita so far out-classes them all that
she can not get q race, and may be
shipped back to this country.
The following advertisement APP
pears in a paper published in New
Mexico: II have for sale q good horse.
Drives single or double. Is good un-
der saddle. Sound everywhere, and
gentle az = woman "a tame one). She
lthe hOrse) can trot q mile p. ID. @.
have two [hOrses); one (horse) fills
my ambition. IF you want to buy
talk to @. L. Hubbs."
-Electioneer at the time of his
death nad Slxty-two performers to his
credit with records from 2:30 to
2:l01-2i fourteen Of these, all trotters,
have records better than $50. Geo.
Wilkes Is the only sire that ever
lived who has more ESQ performers
to his credit, and at the time of his
death he was represented by twelve
only, and but one OF these, So So,
had q record better than 2:o0
THE LEXINGTON SALE-Brasfield
& Co.'S combination sale OF trOtters
and PAGERS opened last Monday
at Lexington, KY. Although the
weather was disagreeable good prices
were obtained. Monday, seventy
head sold for $Sl 1896. Teusday sixty
seven head sold for $50, $50. Follow
ing are some OF the largest sales;
Sternherg, 81 200; EgaIste, $4,000;
YaZoo, $500; Bell Medium, $685.;
Clara C., $4,G50; Bohemia, 50,
Emperor, Wilkes, $1,000; two-yt ar-old
bay colt by Mambrino Russell for 81
800 aud q two-year-Old bay FLY by
MambrlnO Russell for g, 200.
-Montana's contribution to turf
men the coming season in the shape
of $40 900 to De trotted and raced for
speaks well for the turf's boom in the
far Northwest.
Syndicate OF Nashville capitalists,
with . large cash capital, has been
formed for the purpose of buying the
famous Belmont Nursery Stud, In.
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