Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-08-07
HORSE GOSSIP.


Noted Drivers and Flyers
The horse to command patronage is the
one with the best record. The owners
of Axtel paid Sl05, 900 for him, and he has
paid for himself in two years He could
not have done this on his breeding. 1t was
n three year-old record OF 2:l2 which at
tractcd business says the Breeders Gazette.
1t was development that made him sue
cess There are hundreds of better bred
Wilkes horses than Axtell whose owners are
glad to receive service OK $jO-one 2Oth
Of that paid for Axtel.
The Kentucky trotters arc evidently get
ting ripe Several of them stepped into the
$50 lis. last week
Mr. Frank u. Barton, tho well known
Waltham farmer and stockman, was quite
badly hurt 10y bis stallion Robert McGregor.
The animal became euraged, and, after bit
ing his owner in the arm, threw him down
and again attacked him, keeping at it ill
Mr. Winch of Middlebury, who is in Mr..
Barton's employ, drove him off with club.
Mr. Barton was seriously bruised and cut,
but no bones were broken.
There are COS entries for the big August
meeting of the Independence Driving Park
association, for which the stakes and purses
foot up $50 900.
Allerton, 2:13; Mary Marshall, 2;15 Miss
Alice, 2:11' aud Rosnind Wilkes 2:lS are
tho only four trotters that have equalled
2:lS this season.
Toxhall Kecne will race Tournament
under his own name and eventually use
him in the stud.
Gene Smith, the fast trotter Of 1889, Is
once again set on his feet, aud Jim Gold
smith will again drive him.
An effort is being made to bring together
Nancy Hanks, Ntvidad, Margaret 5, Ala
hastcr, and any other past 1ycar-old that
turns up during the year
Jesse Armstrong, Of Nashville, has
bought Blarueystonc, jr., from Major
Caesar Wctherford, OF Memphis Sor 1880.
He is a most serviceable handicap horse.
In George Voorhis' stable at Detroit are
two 3. year-ods upon whom a good many
eyes vii. be turned. They are Patti Hunter,
by Patron, 9"4lj. Matte Hunter, 2;l23i,
and Sequel, by Patron, out Of Secret, 2:2Os4
Money invested IA fly nets will come back
again with interest "A horse that wor-
ries and frets on account Of the annoyance
of flies loses lots OF strength that could be
utilized TO advantage" says an experienced
Lor~eman.
Jockey Mclaughlin has sued r. c. Nc
LeWee for $4,000 for breach of contract.
Mclaughlin was engaged to ride for Mr.
McLewea Mt IN pounds, but he tried TO
ride Mt lis pounds, and the excessive train
ing brought on congestive chills lie was
then discharged
Joe Heidger, of Pittsburg, trotting
horse driver, is training German trotters.
He writes that trotting Is growing in pop
ularity among the masses. 1eidiger is
charmed with the Russian trotters, which
are fast, well gated, never break and wear
no boots or overchecks.
President Thompson says that racing at
Gloucester will not be resumed until there
has been change in the laws of New Jer
sey or a judicial construction given those
in existence that Will permit betting with
out mourning the penalty attached to the
"disorderly house" clause.
81 think Maud SIS record will be beaten
and that Sunol is most likely to go faster"
says Budd Doble. But the limit of speed
and endurance has not been reached then
Dexter was, in many respects, the greatest
trotter | ever saw or drove. He never
made but three breaks, and had brains, an
important thing in a trotter."
A 4year-old American bred trotter
called Flush has been creating a good deal
Of excitement in France by winning nearly
all the races in which he has started,
among those that finished behind him
being number of American trotters with
fast records. Flush is by Socrates, a stall
lion that never got another 2:30 performer
a writer in turf journal gives the fol-
lowing rule to estimate the height a colt
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