Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-03-06
HORSE GOSSIP.
Notes from Track and Stable About Noted
Drivers and Flyers.

The New York World in speaking of the
recent auction sales at Lexington, Ky,
says; The popularity of the American
| typical horse, the trotter, is attested by the
rezults of the past two weeks auction sales
at Lexington, Ky. The aggregate realized
for the well bred stock offered was more
than half million dollars. One of the ami
mails u t up, the stallion Anteeo, 10y Mes
senger Duroc, brought the highest sum ever
paid for II trotter at auctJon-Sj0, 000-and
was subsequently sold at private sale for an
advance of $4,000 on this figure,
c. A. Reese of Charlotte was offered 5000
for nine-months-old lilly by Nero, dam by
Naukegan Chief.
The committee on agriculture OF the
Maine Legislature is considering and will
probably report favorably n bill designed to
prevent the fraudulent enurios of fast horses
in slow classes at the various fairs and trot-
ting meetings in that State The bill pro-
vdes that in case of fraudulent entry, such
as naming II horse with a record of 2:30 for
the 500 class, either the driver or owner
shall be deemed guilty of cheating by false
pretences, and be subject to punishment rs
already provided by law for other fraudu-
| lent practices, the horse TO be forfeited and
sold 10y order of the court.
The matched race for $1,000 is Off between
DR.. Fisk S Nellie f. and Capt Passano ;
Boss ii. Capt. rassano was working the
horse on the canal at West Troy, Feb
ruary -, with \. j. Kussell's Pearl,
ami Boss II. fell dead IIe was valued at
| $1,000.
H. NJ. Bennett, the millionaire gas king
of pittsburg, has shipped to his New Jersey
farm his recent purchase, Alcantara, jr.,
2:233, by Alcantara, dam 10y Administra-
tor. He cost his owner $500. He will he
trained for the Hartford $4,000 stake by
/ John +. Turner of Philadelphia.
Tie executive committee of the New York
| Horse Breeders association met at Gems
| Falls, February. 1t was decided to have
/ the annual horse fair and race meeting on
+ August !, II, ID and H. The following
seven stakes were established: Yearlings,
! two ear-od filies, two year-old stations
and geldings, three yearold filies, three
year-old stations and gelding, four year
cd tillies, four ear old stations and geld
ing, For all except the first event the
stakes, 5000 are guaranteed by the asso-
! citation The following five purses will be
offered: Two fifty class $500; 2:iO class,
500: 2:30 class, $500; 300 class, PAGERS,
/ $500; frec-tor- all, trotters and PAGERS, $500.
1t was decided to give 800 in premiums.
! Gen. K. l.. Howard, of Buffalo, y. Y.
! an extensive iron manufacturer of that city
and u breeder OF trotting stock on quite an
important scale, has just sold out all his
trott ng stock, including the famous stallion
Wilkie Collins, to MIR W. {. White, of
Cleveland, o., for $50, 800 cash Gen.
Howard is well along in years. His farm
which is now well within the city limits of
buffalo, had became too valuable to longer
use for agricultural purposes and change
becoming necessary he closed out rather
than remove to another location. Gen.
Howard was successful breeder and made
money in the business
As trotting horse State Iowa is making
great strides, its latest being tho formation
of a strong association ct Knoxville, the
building of tirst-class mile track and the
announcement of eight stakes OF the aggre-
gate value of $1,000.
After all the great things that have been
predicted for Sunol t2:ll to do in the East
the coming season, it sounds strange to hear
that II i, not at all certain that the great
campagucr will be seen on Eastern tracks
thi, summer.
The American horse exchange Just now
contains a "ireak,N says the New York
| Tribune, that would turn some of the dime
museum wonders green with .e1lou>y. The
/ freak is II beautiful sorrc horse with a
snowy white tail y feet long and name
/ that measures nine feet nne inches, while
the foreocl, is eight feet six inches in
/ length The tail trails on the ground for
! fully seven feet with the smoOthuess and
/ grace of Il Fifth avenue bellies ballroom
| train while the name sweeps the tan bark
for almost three feet This is Il phenomenon
( in equine nature almost unprecedented. The
/ horse is owned by Eaton Brothers, and was
/ brought here from their stock farm at Al
| lnigton. lie is six years Old, was foaled in
Oregon, and was bought by {. II. Eaton
when II yearling. 1t was not until he had
passed his first birthday that he began to
display the marvellous hair growing quail
ties which have made him famous
Fred +. Kowley, New Haven, writes that
he has declined an oiler of 5000 for his nine
months old colt 10y Alexander, first dam by
Broken Leg, son of iambletonlan, second
dam by Falby's Waikiki, son of Waikiki
| Chief.