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St. Paul daily globe., 1891-06-22
TALKING OF BREEDS.
The EIectioneer, Wilkes and Nor
gan Strains.

Some one says that George Wilkes
and Electioneer are jnst a tie." And
there are doubtless those who think this
a statement of truth, says a writer. 1t
is true that Electioneer is the sire of
siXty-one trotterS in 2:30 or better, and
that George Wilkes has sixty-three to
his credit; so that practically there is
little to choose between them at present
as sires Of speed. 1t is also quite prob
able that Electioneer will lead in the
number of 2:30 trotters before the close
of the present year. But, in the best
sense of the term, is there anything like
an equality between the two horses?
George Wilkes is the sire Of fifty-fOur
SONS who are the sires of 249 trotters,
while Electioneer is the sire of but six
sons with total of eight trotters.
When it shall be proved that Elec-
tioneer Will breed on in the second and
third generations as has George Wilkes,
it will be i'll better taste, to say nothing
of justice, to talk of ties 1t will be
urged that the time is not ripe for a
comparison of their merits as progen-
itorS of speed, as George Wilkes was
foaled in 1856, and Electioneer not till
twelve years later. Then, until such
time as will make comparison possible,
let there be no talk of Electioneer being
the equal of George Wilkes. | incline
to the opinion that Electioneer is the
greatest sire of speed in the trot that
we have yet seen; but it remains to be
seen whether he will prove one to breed
on in his sons and grandsons. Till that
time, if it comes, let the champions of
Electioneer be chary of instituting COM
PARSONS between him and George
Wilkes, who has proved himself the
greatest horse the world has known.'
w. w. SteyinS, having set out to breed
gentlemen's rOadSterS, says: In GER
tain strains of the Morgans | found
nearest what ! desired, and the two
branches of this family which it is my
purpose to combine are the Golddusts
and Daniel Lamberts. From the former
| have selected my brood-mares. while
the stallion is to be from Ben Franklin,
the greatest son of Daniel Lambert and
the king of living Morgans to-day.
While | make no effort to be an extern
siye breeder, | want to be very in
tensive. My mares are all closely re-
lated and Systematically inbred, about
1872 to 16 hands in height, weigh
in good condition 1850 to 1.200
pounds. and mostly red chestnut
I'D color. lhey are sound, SenSl-
BILE, bred up to the Morgan stand
ard in all the most essential
points. | know there are many who
can't see. CT are blind to the merits the
Morgan horse is said to possess, being
welded to other idols. but have cast
my lot with them. and the more l see OF
them or have to do with them, the more
firmly am convinced that they come
nearer filling the bill for my purpose
than any other branch of the equine
race on top of the earth .
St. Paul daily globe., 1891-06-22
Condition Of Markets on the
Other Side Of the Pond.

LONDON. June2i.-There was a fair demand
for discount during the past week.at 1S4Qt24.
The gold movement in the Bank of England
ceasing the official price of bar silver has been
eagles to rs He'd. Silver advanced Nd to Sad
under the renewal of speculation for a RISE
The stock exchange was intensely dull dur
ing the week, business being insignificant in
all departments, yet prices were supported
The uneasiness over the proposition of the
Muriettas is lessening, owing 10 the reported
fresh arrangement with the trustees
and executors of the company for
assisting the firm. During the silver
rupee paper gained 2I3. In foreign securi-
ties Portuguese raised - on Paris selling and
Spanish lost So; Argentine national and pro-
vincial show advance =; Brazilian rose and
ChiIiian "a. English securities were fiat
1I2. Americans show a tendency to improve
but the further shipment of gold discourages
operators and adverse rumors about dividends
add to the discouragement Of the public. The
volume of dealings, always small at this sea-
son of the year. is smaller than ever now
Variations for the week in prices of Ameri-
can railways include the following: Increases
Wabash preferred, T.: Mexican Central "a;
Central Pacific shares, Lake shore and OHIO
& Mississippi ordinary W each, Erie sec
onds ", Denver d Rio Grande preferred 2
Union Pacific shares, Louisville L. Nash
vile a; Denver Rio Grande common, Nor
folk & Western preferred, Northern Pacific
and st. Paul common " each. Canadian
railway securities steady. Grand Trunk
first and second preferred both rose . on the
week. Securities of the Mexican railway
were in demand, frsts going up 4i2 on the
the miscellaneous securisies Guinness fell 5
on the week and Eartmans So, the fall in the
latter being due TO a proposal 10 pay no
dividend on preference shares.
St. Paul daily globe., 1891-06-22

are but three years old this spring, If
he succeeds in doing this it will place
Sable Wilkes far ahead of any other
horse as sire of early speed.
At the Sherwood stock farm bay
colt was foaled June II by Woodford
Wilkes out Of Nepenthe by c. NJ. Clay
Jr., and on June l9 bay filly by Lock
heart out of Hambietonian Maid by
Charles Backman.
A horse was sold at the Haggin sale
In California last year for SIS. 1t
changed hands several times, aud re-
Gently, In the presence of over thirty
horsemen, he trotted a mile in 2:251S,
the last quarter in 80 seconds.
George Starr is looked upon as one of
the drivers who will be known all over
the United States as one of the greatest
drivers this year, and will hold a place
beside the Goldsmiths, Hickok, Doble
and Marvin.
There is four-year-old colt called
Ilton in Idaho that is to be sent to Cali
fornia next fall with the idea of taking
the measure of some of the California
track trotters OF his age. Ilton has
record of 2:224.
Should Lady Bunker, dam of Guy
Wilkes. 2:l54, prove to be with foal by
bred, and the produce be a stallion.
man stands ready, 1t is said, to pay
$4,000 for it.
Now that the weather has turned
warm Maud will be sent to the farm
at Tarrytown and bred to Ansel. She
has had plenty of grass for more than a
month and her system is relaxed.
Matte Hunter. pacing record 2:122,
is the fastest harness performer that
has produced trotter with record of
2:30 or better. Her oldest foal, Matte
Marco, has a record of 2:261I.
The dam of McClintock. 2:20L, is
thirty-three years old, and has just
foaled a fine filly by Elector, 2:3715.
The old mare looks as though she was
good for some time yet.
Rysdyk's Hambletonian sired his
greatgrandson, Alexander's Abdallah,
when he was but two years old, and
William L was only three years of age
when he got Axtell.
In round numbers. no less than 25
per cent of the additions to the 2:3O list
last year were bred in Kentucky. This
is success too remarkable to be ex-
plained away.
An occasional bran mash is a good
thing to bring horse to his appetite if
he has dropped off in his feed from hard
work.
Electioneer. during the last five years
of his life. added fifty performers to his
credit, an average of ten season.
A California paper says that "Blue
Bull occupies mitch in horse history at
once unique and unfathomable."
Ed Geers claims to have thirteen
horses IN his stable that can beat 2:20.
Most of them are PAGERS.
The pacng-bred trotting horse is
slightingly referred to as an ephemeral
performer.
St. Paul daily globe., 1891-06-22
The Weeks Work on the
Tracks and Some Coming
Events.
Relative Merits of the Differ
ent Horse Families Of
Good Lineage.
Discussing the Pre- sent Fore
ing Method in Early
Training.
Gathered Items Of Interest
and Information for the
Rorsemen.

The surprising event of the past
week was the defeat of the great Tenny
in the Suburban race. Loantaka, while
known as good horse. was considered
by none but the owner and trainer as
swift and game enough to stand show
against such a field as raced for the
rich stake at Sheepshead Bay on the
10th. 1t was simply another verifica-
tion of the fact that good animal is
not always at his best, while second
class goer is sometimes in fette to race
for kingdom against appalling odds.
Bergen, however, deserves much of the
credit for the victory. The bookmakers
took in and salted down so much money
that the public has been slow and scant
IN the betting down there all the week
The Derby event of Saturday, while
not resulting as many hoped and ex-
pected, was still uncertain and exciting
enough to stir to a hign pitch the sport
ing blood" of those who take an interest
in equine trials of speed and stamina.
While Kingman and Michael Justly
commanded the admiration and back
ing OF many fanciers of speedy travel
erS, still Strathmeath seems to have
carried the bulk OF the wagers, and the
puOIiC WAS corresponding eidCeu dU
his success. High Tariffs splendid eff
fort and heroic death in harness and in
the hot Of the fight was the only de-
pressing circumstance in a grand days
sport.
1t must be particularly pleasing to ST.
Paul turf patrons to know that
many of the cracks now at Chi
cagO are certain to be seen in some
one or other of the good contests sched-
uled by the Twin City Jockey club.
Michael and Ludowic are entered in the
stake races, and the club officials have
assurances that many of the best horses
at Washington Park will be sent to
Hamline to make try for some OF the
rich purses offered at the meeting to be
opened by the Derby event, July %.
The official programmes and race book
will be issued some time the present
week.
For the Rochester races. June "a, %
and 26, seventy horses have been en-
tered, and a three days meeting is as
sured which will eclipse any meeting
heretofore given on the fast and we'll
kept Rochester track.
St. Paul daily globe., 1891-06-22
AS TO EARLY TRAINING.
Little Hope of Stopping the Fore
ing Method,

Notwithstanding the opposition of
many intelligent breeders to early train
ing and racing. and Notwithstanding a
general poudlar sentiment against it,
have little hope of any reformation of
the evil. Our people cannot wait for
the slower and more more natural de-
velopment. They are impatient of
delay, and want the quickest possible
returns. a fight has been made against
running twO-year olds for many years,
and yet the practice has become univer-
sal. Horses that nature has intended
to be IN their prime at ten years of age
are superanuated or cripples at five.
how many running horses leave the
turf sound? TO recur to the trotting
family, for illustration: Goldsmith
Maid retired from the track at twenty
without pimple or a scratch, after
having trotted the altogether unpre-
cedented number of 332 heats IN $50
and better. after making a record of
2:14, and after having fought out num-
berless hard contested battles with the
giants of the track. writes Iconoclast i'm
the Stock Farm. This was in the days
OF heavy SulkieS and rough tracks. Old
Iopgaliant was another instance in
point. lie was fourteen years old be-
fore he was first known as a trctter at
all, except that he was a great road
horse. In his twenty-seeond year he
trolted four-mile heat races and made
very respectable time.
Goldsmith Maid was an aged mare
when she was broken and Topgallant
was an old horse when trained. Does
anyone imagine that a horse handled
after the modern style, trained to the
extent of his powers as a yearling,
raced as two-year old and campaigned
as three-year-o would retain suffi-
cient soundness and vigor to be good
racehorse at twenty, even if alive? The
talk that we constantly hear of un-
soundnesS Of colts that ought to be still
roaming the pastures, and that have
been converted into racehOrses when
mere babies, does not auger well for
their condition when aged horses.
There is one thing tolerably certain.
we must stop the practice of training
and racing our best yearlings and two
year-oldS as these things are now done,
or give up the hope of producing aged
campaigners like those whose achieve
mentS are still the boast OF the earlier
days of the trotting course. Educate
your colts as much as you please; teach
them to go in harness; give them the
knowledge that will fit them for their
future career, but do not call upon them
for severe eXertion till time has fitted
them for it. Make haste slowly.
St. Paul daily globe., 1891-06-22

trot fast. Horses of all forms seem to
pace fast. The pacing action is not
confined to horses of any special order
of conformation. Neither is the trot-
ting action. To use a homely phrase,
''they go in all shapes" The idea was
elaborated by certain author that
speed was due to struc tural proportions
that were susceptible of measurement
by feet and inches. A writer said that,
If this were SO, all that was necessary
was to go out on the street and find
a horse whose measurements were equal
to those of Goldsmith Maid to have a
world-beater. The remark had point
The speed OF horse is not measured by
feet and inches. Neither shape, size
nor conformation directs the hands that
mark minutes and seconds. The idea
that horses pace because of structural
lncongruity" Will not bare investigation.
Neither will any idea that horses trot
because of certain form stand conSid-
GRAFTON. The habit of action is not to be
attributed to structural causes. The
movement of the limbs is directed from
the brain, and in the psychical organiza-
ton OF the animal we shall more hope
fully seek for the explanation of his
mode of action than in his physical
makeup.
St. Paul daily globe., 1891-06-22
A NOVEL IDEA.
Kansas City VIII Have Process
sion of Racers.

Kansas City VIII Have a Process
sion of Racers.
Kansas City is providing for novelty
for the opening of its race meeting,
which begins June %. 1t is in the nat
ure OF procession through the city
preceding the races. The Third Regi-
ment band, which has been employed to
supply music during the entire meeting,
will form the advance of the parad e.
Immediately following will appear the
only English drag in the West, drawn
by six horses. Six English driving wag-
ons will be FLIED with citizens to repre-
sent the different handicaps. Horses that
are to run during the meeting will be led
or ridden by The jockeys in their colors.
Some twenty horses have already ar
rived on the grounds of the Exposition
Driving park, and others are arriving
daily. By the first day of the meeting
there will probably be 400 horses pres
ent. The managers of the meeting have
decided to devote half of the gate re-
celptS on Thursday. June %, to the ex-
Confederate Soldiers home at Higgins
vile. The home is sadly in need of
funds, and it is through kindly motives
that this proposition of one of the direct
ors was decided upon. Some of the best
races Of the meeting will be held on that
day.
St. Paul daily globe., 1891-06-22
Scrans of Snort.

The Unions defeated the Independents By
a score of 10 to 9. The batteries for the
Unions were Cook and Redington; fo. the
Independents, Barnaele ana oliver. The
feature was the long drive of A. Strauss in
the ninth inning, winning the game
The Daytons Bluff Standards defeated the
Maple street nine by a score of 0toS. The
battery for the Standards was smith and
Wegwertt The feature of the game was the
batting of Fl. Smitt. The Standards chal-
ienges any club under sixteen years of age.
Apply to j. Mostert, 1923 Fremont street.
The Pikers and the Warsaws crossed bats
yesterday on the Grand avenue grounds, the
game resulting II to 10 in favor of the War
saws. The features were the pitching of
Petorf and the batting of Brom and Click
anek.
The game between the Flour Citys, of Min
neapolis, and the Excelsior club at Excel
sior, resulted in victory for the Flour City
club by score of 10 to s.
The Eclipse team, of Minneapolis, beat the
Faribault team by the score of to g.
St. Paul daily globe., 1891-06-22
VATICAN FINANCES.
The Venerable Leo Is Depressed
by Recent Losses.

Dy 1LecenC Losses.
ROME, June 2O.-The pope has re-
duced the number of appointments and
expenses at the Vatican. At present
he is much depressed on account
of the losses experienced by the
administration of st. Peters pence.
These losses are due to the economic
crisis at Rome. The Vatican has lost
large part of It's funds in the Banco di
Roma and other Italian financial So
cieties. Moreover, large sums have been
lent to several Roman princes,
the Borghesi, Gabriel and Boneom-
pagni, and as these have them
selves suffered great losses, the
holy see is unable at present to realize
on these investments. The Vatican has
divided the capital into two parts, one
OF which has been invested in foreign
banks. as the 81, 900, 900 left by Plus TX
was placed in English banks. While
this does not bring in very
much, the interest is sure. The
other part has been invested. with
view to obtaining much higher inter-
est, in certain Roman speculations.
These investments at first brought in
very large sums, but the recent crisis
has deprecated their value. 1t is eS-
timated that these investments
amount to 100000 lire (about 81
100000. of which one million will un-
doubtedly be lost. The statement that
these losses are due to bourse specula-
ton is unfounded, but the adminstra-
tors of the Vatican funds have certainly
a want of practical business capacity.
Warm commentator is bestowed
by those who are aware of the
facts upon the pope for his
kind-heartedness in desiring to
give assistance to persons who had been
most faithful to the holy see, and who,
through the force of circumstances,
found themselves in serious financial
embarrassment. The pope has been
deeply affected at these misfortunes, es-
pecially on account of the bad moral eff
feet produced here and in other Catholic
countries
St. Paul daily globe., 1891-06-22
IMPORTANT POINTS.
Little Things That Help to Spoil a
Horse.

Horse.
Horse and Stable.
Ii the owner took half as much pains
to fit the harness to his horse Or mule as
he does to get good-ftting coat for
himself, says an exchange, there would
be fewer sores, scars, scabs and hides
with hair worn off. Harness is bought
haphaZard when it can be bought cheap
at auction: or, when there is Immediate
use for it,the purchase is made at shop
that doesn't keep an assortment: so il
happens that the animal, big or little.
long or short, is put into a gear that
pinches in one place and hangs loose in
another. This is the way the faithful,
Woodworking beasts are treated. The
privileged class of horses, that draw
elegant carriages to show their speed to
delighted owners and lookers-on, wear
harnesses made to order, made to fit,
every strap of right length. in the right
place; especially the collar and names
conform to the neck and breast, bearing
evenly on the parts that should sustain
the pressure. Every work horse has an
inalienable right to such harness when
put to service; his owner can't afford TO
work him in different kind. A road
harness, when used for plowing, cuiti-
waiting and for drawing wagons on level
ground, may dispense with several of its
parts. Very often the back pad, or part
that goes over the back, is SO short in
plowing that there is heavy pressure on
the backbone, causing sores. The tor
lures of ill-htting harness are intensi-
fed by the sun, dew and rain, making
it about as rough and hard as if made of
cast iron. Keep the harness out of the
wet as much as possible; kept it soft
and pilable with harness oil, especially
the collars, which should be kept clean
from dirt and hair. Remember, never
fail to remember, that we are deep in
debt to the working animals for their
services. We can't pay all, but let us
pay what we can in kindness and care
for their wants. ~
St. Paul daily globe., 1891-06-22
Is 1t Horse sensep

1t is not an uncommon sight On the
track to see horse which shows, by
every act, that he is alive. mentally and
physically, to the work before him, and
in scoring Will voluntarily seek to take
advantage over others, coming down for
the word as though fully conscious of
what is to come, and anxious to show
himself victor. No man who has fol-
lowed the races can doubt but horses
are fully aware of what they are doing
and what is required of them. This
relish for the sport so often manifested
cannot come if all the spirit and energy
are driven out in early days. Make the
work of training simply that of teach
ing the rudiments, and step by step lead
them along the road until they know
how to trot, and are ready for the con-
test
St. Paul daily globe., 1891-06-22
TIE FARM HORSE.
Opinions Differ as to the Ideal
Animal

There are many different opinions as
to what description of horses make the
best farm laborers, but the average of
the opinions of the men who are at the
same time the most intelligent, most
practical and most numerous seem to
be in favor of horse about sixteen
hands high. of 1900 pounds weight. that
is light and active on foot, that has a
bony structure. that is generous with
out being coarse, and development
of dense, hard muscle. rather than
covering of loose, fiabby flesh, that has
a good constitution and plenty of heart
and lung capacity to enable him to with
stand the wear and tear of strong work
every day, month in and mouth out, and
that has the amia5le disposition and
high ambition that will permit him TO
exert himself to the extreme limit of
his capacity whenever called upon in
pleasant and energetic manner, without
showing the sluggishneSs of the Nor
man, nor the fretful disposition of the
thoroughbred. Such horse as this
may, and frequently does, come from
any one of the half-doZen different
sources, but we are very strong in the
belief that he will come far more fire.
quentlv from the trotting- bred ranks
>Slan from any other source.-ThGnas
I Atom
St. Paul daily globe., 1891-06-22

people seem to think that it is necessary
in selling horse to get the buyer by
the neck and hold him till they have
This is all wrong, and the experienced
buyer, when he runs against a highly
lauded animal, looks him over with
double care, thinking that the excessive
praise of some good points is for lthe
purpose of concealing defects. Horse
buyers are as rule siirewd business
men, know good horse when they see
him, and will ask about any points
which their observation cannot dis
cover. A quiet business manner will
sell more horses for better money at
private sale than all the '.gabn of a
jockey.
St. Paul daily globe., 1891-06-22
The Bic Free-for-An Trot,

George W. Childs. of Philadelphia,
and President Matthew Riley, of, the
New York Driving association, have
made nominations for the $4,000 free
for-all race at Hartford, the greatest
trotting event of the year. Mir. Riley
will start Reference in the race There
are three other nominations, but what
horses will be named has not yet been
officially made known. 1t is probable,
however, that they will be Jean Sniith,
with mark of 2:15l4: Resalind Wilkes,
record 2:14A; Viking, 2:17. and Refer
enee, 2:1S. The quartette should make
a great race. and If Reference is Just
right on the day it is trotted at least
one heat will be trotted inside of s::lS.
St. Paul daily globe., 1891-06-22
A Good Showing.

Breeder and Sportsman.
California has produced 3S2 trotters in
the 2:30 list. of which ffty-two have
trotted in 2:20 or better. This is great
showing for so young state to make
especially when we co nsider the fact
that she lies so remote from the great
trotting centers that really capable
handlers of young trotters have always
been hard to obtain. Still, with all
these patent disadvantages in her face,
she has produced the fastest stations in
bona fide race Qalo Alto, another
stallion (StambouD that has four times
beaten Paio Altos record iii time con-
tests. as well as the fastest three-year-
old (Sunol,) that ever marked the earth.
St. Paul daily globe., 1891-06-22
The Passenger Trains of the Penn.
SyIyania Lines.

The Keystone Express. mo. 90"
without extra fare, leaves Chicago daily
at 10:45 a. m. arriving at New York
next day at 2 D. IN.
The Pennsylvania Limited, with ex-
ira fare, leaves Chicago every day at 5
p. m. and runs into New York next
evening at o'clock. These trains carry
first-class passengers only, and are de-
nominated Extraordinary.
Lines carry all classes of passengers.
having cars appropriate for each class.
and leave Chicago for Pittsbuig and va
rious points East thereof at 7:l5 a. m.
9:45 a. M, 3:l5 p. m., $50 p. m, and
l1:3o p. m. from the Pennsylvania Sta
rion Adams, Canal and Madison
Streets.