The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1892-01-08

sixty horses will be trained on the
Stockton California track next season
ThIs number will be increased. too.

sixty horses will be trained on the
Stockton California track next season.
This number will be increased too.
Hardtack owned by Ed Cashlin Of
Speartish takes nobody's dust.
Mr.. West who liyes out OF Spearfish a
short ways, has a speedy mare named
Lady West.
Belle Fourche has elected delegates to
attend the Whitewood horse meeting
January 9th.
Jake sneider of Belle Fourche, has a
capital colt in Valentine Sneider, by
Valentine swigeft. Il
Job Lawrenson's stallion Seth sIs-
tains the reputation OF his great sire
Valentine Swigert.
Old Swigert, it is said, sired speed from
everything he covered. All his colts trot
better than three minutes.
The Stotts boys Of Sundance have a
promising colt by Antar, the sire OF
Antar ir. owned in Rapid City.
The Martin Valley Ranch Co. near
Buffalo Gap, besides breeding sires, has
some line trotting bred stock also.
Ricl overpeck says he viii attend Tie
horse meeting at Whitewood january
9th. to organize a Black Hills circuit.
Lead City has frJack Daily, "a thorough
horseman and general al-round sport.
He ownes a Pilot Medium filly 1T is SAID.
Abe Jones, the horse breeder of White.
wood, has q remarkably good trottins
stallion. a descendant OF the great AL
mont.
lit is natural for editors to love fast
stock. Editor Elliott OF Witewood Ii
no exception. He owns several head OF
well bred trottcrs.
In another column will be found an
OF Hon. james M. Woods
Offering several head OF superbly bred
trotting colts for sale.
Link Herman is having Billy Brown
break beautiful colt by Dakota Chief
and out OF that fine driving mare he
bought OF Overpeck Bros.
Imagine a stallion race IN the Black
Hills circuit, with Valentine Chief, Ben
Hur, King Russell, Skeese, Antar jr. and
Others as possible competitors.
DR.. Dickinson loves q good roadster
and like Mayor Woods, the depth of his
purse, alone, governs the price. He
always drives something fast and stylish
Mart Dodge and jim Long of Hill
City admire the popular horse and
always drive a good one. jim has a
line pacing mare while Mart drives a
spanking pair OF grays.
Probably Us enthusias tic - fast horse
lover rs the Black Hills possesses, is
Joe. Belllveau, OF Lead City, who used to
Maud 8, Mr. Deillve;,u has u
large stock ranch near Beulah.
Rumor has it that the projectors of
last falls racing meeting ut Hermosa
have become embl oiled III some way
with the stockholders OF the race course
and that litigation may result.
Hurzelcr Brothers drove their weanlinp
colt, Tor the first time, New Years day.
Hurzeler's Medium, as he is called, is be-
ing handled early. Ovcrpeck Brothers
have man doing no thing else but
breaking weanlings.
What are our horsemcn doing with re-
gard to the convention for the purpose
OF forming a Black Hills racing circuit.
to be held at Whltewood next Saturday,
. inst? Spearfsh should be represented,
Register.
a gentleman whose opinion carries
weight, claims that the S aud B Stock
Farm, has IL two year old by Valentine
swigert that will trot away from every
thing next year. Possibly, bat remem-
Der Destie Saturn exists.
j. +. Summers OF Spearfish, is quite a
horse fancier. He owns several colts by
King Russell and Star OF the west.
Rumor has it that his Russell colts are
speedy and no doubt the youngsters
will be heard from next year.
The Cannon Stock Co. has IL little
bashaw stallion that has been relega ted
to an ignob!e position on their ranch.
Last season he put a 2:30 performer to
his credit in the east and now the Gam
mons think OF breeding him to good
mares
In the standard stallion Don Cham
berlin, Fish and Hunter OF Deadwood
own Il horse that cannot be surpassed
in the country for stock purposes. Don
Chamberlin has some extraordinarily
good colts in Sioux Falls, where he was
once owned.
Chadron Is endcavorin2 to form a
trotting circuit in conf unction with three
or four other towns down the road The
Black Hills circuit, if organized next
Saturday, should take steps to induce
and if possible Crawford too,
to JON the Hills organization.
The Sprague family Is advancing in
iayor. This season has shown, that as
dams, the Spragues are coming to the
front. There are several colts by Gov
ernor Sprague in the Hills. Overpeck
Bros. have one, Captain Knight u Sec
ond and Frank Ayers OF Buffalo Gap a
third.
Grace Record" in a communication
published in Clark's Horse Review,
writes:
Stir them up gently,
Handle with care;
The Tin-cup baby
Is yelling for air.
1t is said that If the S and b stallion
Valentine Swigert had been gwen the
opportunity accorded the average east
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