Los Angeles herald., 1892-10-23
TURF AND TRACK GOSSIP
The Great Algeria Sale of This
Week in New York.
That Proposed Match With McKenny
Against Beaury Mac.
Proposed Match Between Our Dick ana
YoIo Maid-Al1 Propositions with
Silkwood Broken OH-The APP
preaching Horse Races

his return from the state OF San Ber
doom. when a conversation on the sub
iect Of pacing horses sprung up between
them. Andy expressed his belief tina
silkwood was faster than any othel
horse now in the state, but that If hs
could get hold Of Yolo Maid, now the
property of Marcus DAILY, Of Montana
he would match her against either Silk
wood or Our Dick, or would
20 into sweepstake race against
the pair OF them-or any other
pacing horses in the state, for that
matter. Tom evidently regarded An.
dy'sremark in the light OF banter, and
said he would make match against the
Montana mare or any horse that Marcus
DAILY owned. The proposition was then
closed for s2500 side, contingent upon
McDowell's being able to get the Maid.
He telegraphed that day, but It Is not
likely he can get her, as she is cata-
logued to be sold at auction in New York
next week.
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Concerning the proposed match be-
tween Beaury Mac and the Los Angeles
stallion, Mckinney, the San Francisco
Post says:
Charles Du,fee came, up from Los
Angeles, yesterday. His pockets bulged
out with coin, and he confidentially told
his friends that he intended to call the
owner of Beaury Mac down. Well, Mr..
Durfee can rest assured that if he wishes
horse race he can secure one, for the
admirers OF the bay gelding are ready to
match him against Mckinney at any
time. II Durfee does not wish to trot
for 5000 side, he can arrange match
for any part of the amount.
Mr.. Durfee has never been much OF a
betting man. but he has friends in this
city who will put up "a bar'l O. money"
on his horse if he says that "Old Mac"
is only we'll and fit for the fray. Mr..
Durfee will bet $1,000 or 80 on almost
any kind Of race but has too much
hard sense to seek to be known as q
plunger. II Beaurv Mac is matched for
$4,000 against Mckinney or any other
horse, it will be safe bet that no one
man will have over $1,000 in the main
stake. There is'no fear but Fieldwick's
friend can get the race.
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The great sale of William L. Scott's
(deceased) horses began on Monday last
in New York and lasted three days.
Among the mares sold on the first day
were Ella T., dam of Tea Tray, which
sold for $1,000 to Foxhall Keene; Belle
of haywood, dam of Tenny, for $4,000 to
James R. Keene; Flageolette for $41OO
to Marcus DAILY. There is always one
big sale that paralyzes everything else,
TT-l Do.o oalI htc hin lOt nj
thoroughbreds before Mr.. Belmont's
sale last year, it would have made dill
ference to him OF not less than $l5, 900.
So it is with the present sale OF the dead
congressman horses-the good Lord
help the horses that come after them
Among those sold on Tuesday were
Santa Lucia, by Lord Lyon tor 81 400,
and Scottish Lass for 5000 to William
Lakeland; Saucy Lass 50 600, +: L.
Gardner; Sunnyside 50, 800, b. Forbes
Turmoil So 500, and Twilight $500, to
G.. j. Enright.
The San Francisco Report has an
odd story about q certain stallion
race, which was to have come
off on Tuesday at Oakland, but
was declared off by the directors oi
the Pacific Coast Trotting Breeders
association. 1t says that the society
opened articles for the race at $10(
each as the first payment. and that nine
horses subscribed to the stake; that
fiv eothers which remained in the event
made second payment Of $100 each
and that on the day of the race, Cupid
Mckinney and Balkan stood ready tt
trot for the stake, when the association
brought matters to halt, by declaring
the race off. There is certainly another
side to this story, and before long it will
come out. The president of that aeso
citation certainly knows he has no powe
to ''declare off" race after the reaui
site number of entries have once beel
received and the second payments mad
to the cashier of the association.
Up to date Red Wilkes holds the from
place among the sires of new performer
to enter the 2:3O list, although Gu,
Wilkes and the dead Electioneer ar
close behind him; and Guy Wilkes !
actually ahead of him, go far as 2 i
class trottere are concerned. Re-
Wilkes has 10 new ones to his credit
which increases his total number up tt
90 CIOCbeT6 anu lU pdcerb, aJ Cu0 pres
ent writing. Out OF his 40 trotters, Vi
to the close of 1891, Red Wilkes had bu
8 ia the list of 2 20 or better, so that b
does not rank with either Alcyone o
Guy Wilkes as sire of extreme speed
The latter has 13 in the ESQ list, out 9
27 with records of 2:30 or better.
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Tennessee now leads both Californi
and Kentucky as the nursery for bah
trotters and PAGERS. At Nashville, o
the 18th, the worlds race records fc
yearlings and two-year-olds were con
pletely broken wide open. Nelly A. wo
the yearling stake in 2:2934. which
exactly freedoms record against tim
in 1890 at Napa; and the two-year-ol
stake fell to Silicon in 2:l5A in straigt
heats, The best part of the whole bus
ness is that Cumberland park is regl
lation track, and the bicycle has enable
the regulation tracks to equal the tim
formerly made on kite tracks. Fiy
wears from now, you will not be able {
eet q corporal's guard to kite-shape
track.
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Speaking Of bicycle sulkies, Pat HUI
told me about the ball-bearing axle ov'
thirty years ago, when he was on b