St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-11-16
EQUINE ETCHINGS.

There is much less talk now than for
merly on the subject of cutters among
trOtters, whole families then coming in
for such characterization. Among
those thus blackened were the Happy
Mediums, but when they come along
and step like Nancy Hanks, the talk
ceases on the subject. and the need for
quitting is greatly lesSened, though it
should not be forgotten that the dead
game Dictator blood is there also.
Allerton'S shoes weighed Just five
| ounces in front and three behind when
he reduced his mark to 2:094. He wears
only such boots as prudence suggests
for protection against possible accident,
and none from necessity. He is checked
only to his natural position, and wears
no blinds. He can trot his best clip
without pulling pound OH the bit.
In Queensland, Australia. the horse
market is away down. A sound. we'll
broken animal can be bought for So
Farmers in the interior cannot afford to
send horses to brisbane for sale because
ordinary stock Will not bring more than
| S1.75 per head. They shoot them IN
stead. And, what is still more start
ling, they pay at the rate of 62 cents per
head for having them shot.
A shOrt-bred horse without speed is
of very little value, but if he can march
like race horse and win his races at
the last end of them he will soon find a
buyer. Men breed in certain lines only
to reduce the chances of getting a turf
performer or stock horse of great value.
Still, at times. radical OutcrOss pro-
duces phenomenon, PalO Alto being
the most prominent example.
The fast horse is not always the great
race horse. Ability to repeat heats in
close order is the article that is wanted
in the trOtting and pacing world Speed
Will win heats frequently, but with en-
durance as running mate it brings the
money. A brushy horse is an admira-
BILE article to parade, but very poor
representative when the company is
fast and the heats are split.
Speaking of novel attempts and eff
forts to get near the twO-minute mark,
how would it do to hook pair of trot-
tiers or PAGERS on each side of runner
and cut them loose? The three should
go a very fast mile rugged that way
with strong. lowgoing galloper to
| pull the bulk of the weight, and at the
same time they would enjoy all the adj
vantages derived from performing i'm
double harness.
Horses boarded at Cloverdale Stock
Il
attendance. and paddocks for exercise.
| Stock left at 965 East Seventh street,
| corner of Fauquier, will be called for
and returned. Truman Strobridge, man.
ager, 1914 East Seventh street, st. Paul.
Horses boarded at Grasmere stock
| farm. Single and box stalls, nice pad
| docks. Good care and attention. For
! terms and particulars call at ITO East
Third, st. Paul.
Don't start your horse off With a cut
of the whip. says an old horseman.
Speak to him and then, if he is slow,
touch him lightly reminder. A few
lessons of this kind and lie will be
prompt about getting away, but not too
hasty, as is apt to be the case if he has
been started with a severe cut.
1t is said that General Harding, the
once we'll known race horse, is to be
trained again. As twO-year-old in
1883 he won nine races out of ten starts.
among them being the best of the West
| ern stakes.
A telegraphic bid has been received
by Senator Stanford Offering 500. 900 for
AriOn, 2:10$l, but a reply that was re-
! turned was to the effect that 100000
wouldn't buy One-half of Arion. c. w.
| Williams, independence. To-, owner OF
the trotter AXtell. has offered so. 900
for the privilege of breeding ten mares
to AriOn in 1898. or in the colts four
| year-Old form.
NJ. WalZ, of Perham, Mimi, has just
purchased of Henry II. Budget, pro-
| prietOr of the Prospect Hill stock farm,
Long Prairie, Mimi, the three-year-old
registered PercherOn stallion, Apollo,
! 9710, sired by Burg 4444 (224l), dam
FavOrite 1886 1896, by Avanta 1865
| (9l2). Consideration, $780,
1t is beginning to look as if the kite
shaped track will frOwn down on all of
the crOakers. With the worlds records
for stations and mares, as we'll as the
one, two and five-year-Old records of
the world, it is in the swim to an alarm
ing extent.
There is true ring to a race record.
| 1t is one of the KIND that carries with it
the stamp of merit, and paves the way
to future success. When horse has a
race record, and carries it as winner
and not by scratch, he can be consid-
cred one of the right kind.
1t is amusing to read the wants of
some people. A MINNEAPOLIS man has
advertised for pair OF young horses
that will road twelve to fourteen miles
an hour. He won't find them in a hurry.
A frSt-claSS roadster is about as scarce
an article as belongs to the entire horse
kingdom.
Wellington, the brother to Sunol,
who has been making a season in Ken-
lucky, recently became standard by
performance, trOtting to beat 2:40, and
doing the distance in 2:S0 fiat. As
Woolsey, another brother to SunoI, is
the sire of one of this seasons $50 per
formers, the dam of the California filly
is entitled to rank among the great
mares.
Perhaps the greatest race of the year
was the 2:2S contest at the meeting at
Saginaw, Mich, won by Prodigal,
brother to Patron, 2:14I. 1t has gone
on record as the fastest seven-heat per-
Torrance ever seen, and no more stub
bOrnly fought battle ever took place be-
tween trotters.
Lady Suffolk was the pioneer Of the
2:30 list, and entered the charmed circle
in 1S49 In the fOrty-twO years that
have interviewed 2:3O has been beaten
by 4,6l3 trotters and 1.251 PAGERS. The
old gray mare is without descendants.
The market appears to be far from
supplied with coach horses of the best
class. Coach horses, matched or other
wise, bring prices that pay well their
producer. 1t is from among the trotterS
that the choicest in this line are now
obtained.
Beatrice, the dam of Patron. 2:1414,
and Prodigal. 2:1714, is now not only
the dam of pair of the fastest trOtters
credited to one mare, but also the dam
of the fastest pair of stations in the
produce of any mare.
The transfers of horSefesh are esti
mated to amount to g, 600, 900 in Yer
mont the past year, and horse raising
now takes precedence of all other AMI