St. Paul daily globe., 1891-05-18

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his example, established fine studs, so
that now there may be found in St. Paul
some OF the finest pieces OF horSefeSh in
the country, barring some notable excep-
tions, which have been and are now
owned by Sanity City gentle
men. Johnston, the greatest of
PAGERS, was once the property of the
late Commodore kittson, and is again
owned by st. Paul man. There are
other PAGERS owned here that would
give Johnson good race if he was
lightly handicapped, ana the most
noted trOtterS on the turf have but few
seconds to spare i'll a race with some of
the trotters owned in this city. Whilst
there are several track horses with
good records owned by lovers OF the
turf here, there are besides a great
many roadSters owned by gentlemen
who have no ambition other than to be
able to head the procession on the road
or avenue while occupying seat in
road wagon for recreation. Many of
these gentlemen would not track their
horses for the stakes offered, but if
friend should like to enjoy projection
through Minnesota ozone he will often
ind the owner OF some one of the nu-
merouS Steppers willing to give him
seat in his wagon for drive to Minne-
haha falls or Fort Smelling.
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Gov. William r. Merriam, besides
being successful banker and lover
of state craft. is an ardent admirer of
horseiieSh. He has recently established
a stud OF excellent horses; but, whilst
he favOrS the race course with his pres
'ence. he does not permit his horses to
enter the lists. He takes much pride.
however, in driving Betsy Brown and
j b S to pole; the former has record
of 2:2l, and the latter one second less.
1hey are dark bays, and are well mated
in size and color.
: Charles Thompson cannot hear the
gathering of his horses feet, but he en-
joys seeing them distance all competi-
tors for the right of way when out for
an afternoons airing. He owns
the best PAGERS in the coun-
try. Allen Maid paced a trial mile
in 2:12, land he paid s., 600 for her. Bessie
Moore also has q good pacing record
and the pair Will go to a pole in 2:1S.
Bessie Moore is now with fOal to
Adrian, and great things are expected of
the prospective goer. He also OWNS a
third PAGER that has no record, but will
make mile in 2:20. Mr. Thompson
don't track his horses, but drives them
W. L. McGrath has a fine stud of
horses and is giving attention to raising
thoroughbreds. He has the stations
Theseus, Pattern and Master McGrath
and several valuable mares. His gray
three-year-old geldiug Tipperary has a
record OF 2:4l. he participated in the
yearling stakes and breeders stakes at
the state fair; he Won the tWO-year-old
breeders stakes in the free-for-all trot
for two-year-olds. and took the three
year-old breeders stakes at Saltwater
and the state fair, besides running two
match races for purses of 5000 and S215,
and never lost a heat in any race en-
tered
E. c. Long is the prince of St. Paul
turfman, and has q fine stud of stepperS,
among which are the world-renOwned
PAGER Johnston, Prince Arthur. bay
gelding with trotting record of 2:1S4.
j. II. Burwell owns the bay gelding
Stuart. with record of . %, but he can
do mile i'll 2:l1 and has gone to road
cart Ill .27. lie won the gentleman'S
race at the state fair two years ago.
Edward Lytle has a barn full of valu-
able track horses and roadsters. headed
by Minnie Wilkes, with a 30 record.
John Grace owns the bay gelding
Dutchman, with trotting record of
2:30.
Col. a. Allen owns q fine hotel. two
or three barns full of good roadsters
and a spanking team of bright bay,
stylish trotterS that lie keeps for his
own exclusive use. This team is we'll
bred and are star gazers, besides being
fine roadsters.
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bays; they are so weIl-mated in size.
gait. style and color that they are hard
to be distinguished; he cuts quite dash
with them when riding in his Tom Scott
pole buggy.
William Hamm takes great pride in
driving Little Joe, fine dark brown
PAGER with low record and exquisite
style.
W. Q. Allen keeps Dexter, beautiful
buckskin PAGER for his OWN driving. but
has number of good roadSterS at his
barn.
James King keeps good horses at his
barn. but usually drives DR.. Mint him
self at 2:3o gait.
Thomas j. kavanaugh is the proud
owner of Jack Thorpe, a swift PAGER.
Mr.. Kinworthy owns natural trotter
with 2:35 record and a fine style.
S. b. Shotwell's roam gelding has fine
style and is speedy trotter.
AdolLh KonantZ is the owner OF a
dark brown trotting mare.
John Brennan owns Harry Parker. the
great ten-mile PAGER.
Michael Cummings OWLS a fine big
bay trotter.
Marcus Johnson's PAGERS are splendid
roadsterS.
p. Bohland posses handsome bright
bay trotter.
William Bickel drives fine bay PAGER
to a wagon.
Bruno Beaupre has a fine team of
PAGERS.
j. +. Schultz is a breeder of blooded
horses. He owns two fine stations
Statagem and Onward Sprague-that
would be credit to any breeding farm
as to blood and individuality. The
former will be given a record on the
year-oid and is fine animal-sired by
Onward. dam by Gov. Sprague. In his
stud are also the following: Red Vel
vet, a four-year-old chestnut mare, by
George Sprague. dam by Roscoe Conk-
ling. She Vill be worked OH the track
this year susanna, bay tWo-year old
filly, by Wilkes Abdallah. dam by
George Sprague. She was bred this
year. Florence Woodford, bay four
year-old by Wood Wilkes, dam by
Daisy Ethan, and has sucking colt
by Stratagem. The mare will be worked
for record Paquita, bay two-year-
old, by Wilkes Abdallah, dam by Vim
dex.
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