The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-02-19


for our popular live stock column.
MULE QUoTATIoNs.-Ihes quota
tons are corrected weekly by J. w.
Howard Il Co. Must be choice and fat,
from / to years old, in good flesh.
Ii to l4H hands high ) 81 to $Il2
l4L3 to ID hands high III to l31
10 to l5H hands high l37 to l57
l512 to 10 hands high l62 to l11
Breeders Attention.
The books will soon be closed for
our grand combination sale, April 7,
s, and 8. Send in your entries at
once, if you wish to secure good
place in catalogue. Only six per cent
commission. J. p. MCGAw, JR,
ian29-4t. Sec'ty and Treas.
Tom Jones, of Williamson
county, brought some mules to this
market last Monday. He took them
back with him; the market was too
low.
Maj. Campbell Brown this week
bought back from Mr.. w. q. Jones,
the half interest in the great Nc
Even, 2:lSi4, he sold some two years
ago. 70 take the place of McEwen
ia the stud Mr.. Jones bought at Lex
ingtOn last week the pure bred trot
ting stallion Erector, by Director, h
half brother to little Direct, the Cali
fornia whirlwiud. 1t is an Off shoot
for Direct to pace, though he shoots
il off very fast Erector takes after
his sire and trots. He is about the
color OF Direct, but larger; not pref
tier, but handsomer. He reached
here last Tuesday aud II stretching
! his limbs now over the fastest track
| in the world. He will serve limi-
! ted number of mares at $50 w II
make the season at the Park. In the
summer he will be pat to regular
! hard work and in the fall will be
started out on the circuit to see how
! low he can mark himself. Mr. Slu s.
bury owned him once, and considers
him a horse of great promise.
! &C. \. Ragsdale, of Ciarksviile,
Tenn, is in the city; he is here pros
pectipg, with view of locating per-
! maneatIy in this county. Mr.. Rags
dale il the owner Of Reflector, by
! Election, dam full sister to Maud >.
Mr.. j. w. Martin, of Stevens
Point, Wisconsin, will soon be here.
He brings with him six horses, and
will have public stable at the Co
lumbia Driving Park Association
track Mr.. Martin was second train
er at the celebrated PaiO Alto stock
farm for three years. He is said to
be one of the best reinsnen i'll the
mentioned Associations kite-shaped
} track.
The Columbia Driving Parl
Association, will offer next week
3-year-old pacing and a 4-year-olt
trOtting purse, for their October meet
ing.
The Columbia Stock Farm re
ceived two horses this week from X
| II ~ "a
One of them is the 3-year-Old ba.
colt Illyrian, by Shawmut 2:26; daI
+ by Harold. The other is yearlin
,, FLY and is very promising. Both al
, entered in the great October meeting
!, Contracts have been let by tn
, Columbia Driving Park Associate
for 200 new stables, near their kite
; shaped track. These stables will /
: the best in the county, says tn
affable Secretary, Mr.. Chrismai
/, From the same source we learn tina
. work will be commenced shortly o
, the track. The stretches will be
feet wide and the turns will be :
, feet in width. This work is nece'
sary in order to get everything read
: for the July meeting, when Varlet
of racing will be exhibited.
w. V. Thompson returned frol
TiptonYille Monday, where he sol
q, his mules. He says better prices ar
paid there than here, and that it pay
to make the trip.
Sale OF TrOtters at Lexington.
LEXINGTON, KY, Feb. 18th
, was the closing day of the sale {
: trotter4. Three hundred and thirty
+, nine horses were sold during tn
: week for 1891 AIS, an average of 81 IL
: The best prices to-day were: Ma
= 90 ret S., 2:12I3 A II. Moore, Phili
: delphia, $40, $50; May Day, 2:20, II.
! Henry, MOrrisville, Pa 81 ,OOl
. 81, $50; Erector, w. G.. Jones, O.
J. iumbia, Tenn, $1,000; Blue Gra'
WILKES, p. s. Duncan: Holiday
burg, Pa, $500; Valentine, 2:l81
J. w. Fitzgerald, Maysville, Pa