The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-02-15
GOSSIP OF THE HORSES.
THIS WEkK WILL SEE SOME TALL
HCSTLIA8 IN NEW JERSEY.


Park for soOO.OoO, hut Would Give
@LOO0.OOo on n Piuch-,rhe Dwyer and
Norris Horses Wintering spicndidiy-
Mr. B~imont Loses n Brood Mare-Traln.
er Arnold Opens stable for Trotters-
M. iinriey's Horses Mt Grassland Farm.
This week will DO n busy one for the turf
legislators In New Jersey. and some vigorous
lighting will be INDUCED in. II is neck or
nothing Tor those who want u hill permitting
racing in Now Jersey. AMI the Monmouth Park
hacing Association and other corporations.
with tho exception OF Guttenburg. will leave
nothing undono in order to score their point.
Guttenburg wants no bill. but Gloucester
does. and 1t remains to be seen who Is the
bigger man, Denny Mclaughlin or Billy
Thompson. Denny Is u power in Hudson
county. and Is as close to Gov. Albeit us any
politician In the State. but tho followers Of
thompson say with some asperity that Denny
Is not as great II man as the Duke OF Glouces.
ter Tho bluff mado by Gutenberg that
tho Board Of Control must rescind its bar.
ring out rule. Is ludicrous. and causes great
deal OF mcrrimont But Gutenberg and
those who hnvo cast their lots with the big
Tour must do something. In order to maintain
bold front. Tho readers OF The Sun will re-
member that report was circulated that q
syndicate had oforod $500. 900 for Monmouth
Park or would mako that offer for the splendid
property near Little Silver. Mr.. Withers
said at tho time that no offer had been made
and laughed ut tho idca OF anybody having
the tcmcrity to make such an offer for prop
erty worth four times that amount. 1t Is an
actual fact that tho mysterious syndicate was
none other than the big four of Gutenberg,
who were working through tho agency Of q
-nn- lev. Dad
Cousins. McLaughlin. and Carr in charge Of
Monm9uth Park would be sight for gods and
men. II is undorstood that the GuttonLurGors
were willing to offer Sl,UOO.OOO
Every trainer is longing for tne first days OF
sprinS Horses ut the big courses in the vi
entity OF the metropolis are wint-rng splen-
6;wysr& Son pni Michael !: D%ysr. iiGsatssii
II the track and with trainer Edwari i
McGarry mas the animals that will carry
lero. Long Dock. fremont. and Others In the
string are expected to win more, than their
Michael !. DIVERS srlendi i'd stable. Kingston
is winterng well. and his legs look as though
is horse oftho most perfect disposition and
stable. Longstreet. who Was undoubtedly
the greatest race horse on the continent ut
one time last year; is rugged. and give; every
very high horse at the wthers. and has great
shoulder power sloping away. more on the
recall, His quarters are strong: though. and
ii, sssasT ;ssms 81 na%
carries through the winter. and is apparently
ready to do battle with tho best OF them.
look at. bu, in Jimmy Rowes hands he was
fairly good looking thrce-yonr-od. and some
tbk t1Ynugnt thr sedns nostysy
call u homely horse that Rowe, ever trained9
When hc trained for Mr. Belmont persons
sent to the post. Raceland's legs are almost
as good as they, ever Were, BANQUET has
s1oy lie IS Of tho an pdss
cracks must be- at their best when
err to Tea Tray. lie has been a most con-
sist.nt pcrtormer since his first appearanee
nn shs " IT, bS s at s seH
also cheap at $500; Green b. Morris's horses
are as comfoItably housed as any in tho pri-
II: e%sy
owner. Few horses have been, more consist
cnt performers than Strathmeath. He
Tie. and. viii never bs anythinG, but
y. X. r.
ris thinks pretty we'll OF the brothers to Trou-
bahour., although neither has MS yet won 81
of the $4,000 they cost as ycarlinGs.
MIR. August Belmont has had tho misfortune
to lose ono OF MS recently imported thorough
brod Mares Kirn. by kisher. out of Ermimie.
March $. dying Of Inflammation last Tuesday at
the Nursery stud. The mare caught cold on
Tic f Br and out OF 3Sa @
and perhaps MIR. Belmont might have had an
o' ~, 500. ,,h, Co.. Al. 900. ill.,. $1,000
has been one of the trainers ut John Ii.
shpltss parkvillo Farm: hns decided to branch
Prospect Park. Brooklyn. He will work his
horses over the ParkvII!e Farms track. one Of
Arnold will be remembered as the Developer
. md driver Of Edith r. 2;lMIa. winning With
ArnoId's success with Edith K Is proof POSI- posi-.
tive Of his ability as a trainer and the public
can give their horses to him with the utmost
The number Of Eastern breeders Of trot-
tiers has been steadily inereaslnng and those
s Sh0 in h"fS o Sss sra Of S sod nss
have no fears, for the future. The
general purposes. and it is safo to predict that
the heavier breeds will In the course Of u short
time BIO utilized for nothing but the heaviest
the sole requisite. $500 w
Ono Of the most recent additions to the ranks
u
o! this city whose homo and breeding stud is
located near the wilma Of Great Neck. Long
Island. Grassland farm Is uptly named. tho
land owned by ar. Harley being the highest Ia
the handsome old house. which is built ON u
knoll. the approaches leading through grove
blue in the sunlight. Letting the eye wander
further, New York looms " hazily IN the dis;
and the twin towers Of the Brooklyn Bridge
brick and mortar. The roof Of tho huge grand
stand ut the Morris Park race cour SO seems
scarcely more than II milo away, but it ia
nearly ten miles distant. NJ. Harley is a
thirty-fivc years ago. Hc bred some horses on
the Pacific const. but coming to New York in
1882 he was compelled to give up his horses
for a time. A year ago no sent for them
to Califorcia and began buying with the judg-
ment that has marked his ventures In mer-
cuntiie lille.
4 yoar ago last spring he paid $4,000 for
tho black colt Cognar.. thon n two-year- old. ut
the sale Of Mr. Corbrtt's san Mateo horses in
this city. Mr.. Corbett refused an olfor VI
$lO.0oO for Gosnac from Mr.I Marcus DAILY d
Anaconda. Mont, before sending tho black
colt East, The colt WAS cntAlOgueu to be sold.