Morning journal and courier., 1891-12-15
Horse Gossip.


 The Christmas number of the Horseman will be issued this week.
 Jockey Joe Bergen, a brother of Martin, has signed to ride for Burridge Bros. for the season of 1892 at salary of $4,OOO. William L., the sire of Axtell, 2:12, stood at fee of $50 when Lou, the dam of A1tell, was bred to him. His fee is now $500.
 A recent fire at West Milton, O., de- stroyed Orient c. and fifteen other valu- able horses. Loss, $20,000; insurance, $10,O00.
 M. B. Wilcox of Southington, Conn.,, will campaign the trotter, Fanny Wilcox, 2:194, and the pacer, Lizzemont, 2:234, next season
 Jockey Fred Taral has purchased hand some brown stone house, corner of Thirty eighth street and Lennox avenue, New York city, for $22,00O.
 The Canadian ice circuit races open at Montreal February 8. They will be trotted under the rules of the N. T. A., so that ''ringers'' better beware.
 Willie Shopper, son of Old Hambleto- nian, who has almost reached the end of life's span, has just got his first 2:3O per former in the mare Hattie B., 2:29a. The board of appeals of the American Trotting association adjourned December 4, after hearing arguments on the Nelson case. Decision was postponed until next May.
 Several horses owned by Rundle & White of the Ridgewood stock farm at | Danbury, Conn.,, have suffered with in fuenza The book of Quartermaster, 2:214, is nearly full for 1899. ! r... uT N1.;,o oe r ov;rrfor recently sold to F. Farnsworth of New London, Conn.,, two yearling Allies, both ! sired by Sentinel Wilkes. The dam of one was by Mambrino Hero. The other dam was by Sweepstakes.
 The six-year-old trotter Tom Hamilton 2:214, owned by William Nicely of this l city, has recently been reinstated by the l board of review of the National Trotting l association. MT. Nicely made no effort to ! secure the reinstatement.
 1 Glencoe, the chestnut gelding that was | so often seen during good sleighing on l Washington street, Hartford, in winters | past, was chloroformed recently at Man | chester. It is said that he was the oldest of Thomas Jefferson's get.
 The progress of yearlings and two-year- ! olds this year is one of the most notable | evidences of the immense advances that l have been made in track and speed appli- | ances, as we'll as in the science of breeding and the art of development. Chicago roadites got out their cutters l last week when the first snowstorm of the season struck their town. The carnival lasted several days. In northern New 1 Hampshire and Vermont the first taste of ! sleighing of the season was enjoyed. The American Horse Breeder of Boston ' I.l1 H. rI, up the nefarious advertisements in the Boston papers of irresponsible dealers, | who insert advertisements calculated to ! sell nearly worthless horses to unsuspect-
 ing parties.
 First class trainers of trotters command l nearly as much salary as professional base l ball players. It is rumored that Marvin 1 will have SIG, 1000 year for handling the Prospect Hill Farm trotters, and MT. Ham l lin is to pay E. F. Geers 5000 year for l five years.
 Willard Sanders had put four yearlings l by Sidney to work the past season. Two of them have beaten worlds records. Sidney stock will command a premium ! hereafter One of the quartette referred | to is Frou Frou, whose trotting record is 2:254, is marked like Dexter, 2:174, with | four white feet and a white nose. It is said that c. J. Hamlin will have 1 two strings out for the money next sea- son. Ed Geers drove in 146 races this sea
 son and won money in all but four of them In addition to the Village Farm string next year Geers will handle Fred s. Wilkes, McEwen and Frank Doftch. Geers
 has not lost faith in the ability of Hal Pointer to beat Direct.
 MT. G. Cornelis of Waterbury, Conn.,, | has very promising candidate for turf honors in his five-year-old stallion Apple | line, by Magnet; second dam, Thorndale
 Maid, by Thorndale Cs:22D. Applewood showed mile in 2:2S last fall. He will 1 be trained and campaigned next season. Look out for another performer by Wedge wood.
 At 16 years of age Onward, by George Wilkes, has sired forty 2:30 performers; sixteen sons have sired twenty seven; six daughters have produced seven; another
 has produced La Tosca C9, s:31; Matadon
 sired Atadon, 2:s7, yearling; Allandorf, l the 4-year-old pacing record. He has added seventeen this year to the list, five being ] below 2:20, and six between 2204 and 2:22 | This is record no other stallion has ever equalled.
 c. H. Nelson of Waterville, Me-, owner of the stallion Nelson, 2:10, in @ recent in | terview said: "I am just starting on a mile track at my home, and if the horse | and myself are alive next summer we will show the world trick or two. am con- | fident that Nelson can trot mile in 207, and expect to send him three consecu- l tive heats in between 2:09 and 2:12. That tsounds big, know, but am making no | idle predictions. will also state that if
 he is prepared for heat race Nelson can beat any stallion on earth" This horse business is 8 great magnet for | men in varied stations of life. The. board | of review of the National Trotting associ- ation, which has been dealing out justice | unstintingly of late, has among it's mem
 bership such men as the Hon. Frank Brown, governor of Maryland; Congress men Mitchell and Hatch; The Hon. F. L. Jones, speaker of the California house; Judge Johnson, and the Hon. Morgan J. Bulkeley. But Secretary of the Navy B. F. Tracy still holds the lines over speed, and few men there are in the country who are better posted on matters pertaining to
 the trotting horse than this popular execu- tive