St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-22
EQUINE ETCHINGs.

The Kentucky sales, as far as they
have progressed, emphasize the fact
that buyers are more critical than they
once were. The standard of merit has
been advanced by scientific breeding,
and animals which fall below the stand
ard do not command sensational fig
ures. They are bought for utility pur-
poses and distributed over the country.
The character of the practical horse is
year. When gilt-edged breeding pro-
duceS marked individuality, cOmpeti-
ton grows feverish. There are plenty
of men who are willing and able to pay
large prices for the best, which glance
at GLOBE files of recent date will
abundantly prove.
No Law for Him.-An old negro
Whitewater, upon learning that all the
pool rooms were closed, said: "Dat's
jist de way wild de law. Var [ is wild a
ticket on 'Hamfat,' de Kentucky STALL
yon wot won de Lou'ville race last
Chewsday, am nobody round to cash
it." When the old man was told to hold
on until the supreme court decided the
question of pool selling In Detroit, he
said: Hold OH till de s'preme court
decides, ELI? No, indeedy. I'd raider
tar up de darn old ticket IN go to law
bout be mattah, ease # de church
foun' out I'd bin playin' de bosses dey'd
make me stop goin' roun' wild de collec-
shun box Sundays, shuah. "-Detroit
Free Press.
A rule of the stud book for trotting
stock now is that a stallion cannot have
recorded for him name already of
record for another stallion. Breeders
should see to this before they give
names to their colts, and an impressive
illustration to this effect occurs in the
case of the great colt Arion, 2:10I. 1t
turns out that this name has already
been taken and duly registered for an
other horse; and, no matter how great
the name or the individuals, it will not
do for those in charge of registration to
deviate IN the slightest from the eStab-
lished laws made alike for all.
With moderate care and good use
horses life may be prolonged to 25, 35
or 40 years. An English gentleman had
three horses which died in his posses
sion at the ages of 35, 81 and 80 years
respectively. The oldest was in a car
riage the day he died, strong and vigOr-
Gus, but was carried off by spasmodic
collie to which he was subject. A horse
in use at riding school i'll Woolwich
lived to be forty years old. and a barge
horse of the Mersey and Irwell Naviga-
ton company is declared to have been
in his forty-second year when he died.
Monroe Salisbury was listening to Joe
Neal, superintendent of the Pleasanton
stock farm. reading very long pedi-
gree of a horse that some one wanted to
sell. When Joe finished at tho sixth
sire and the sixth dam, and stopped to
catch his breath, Mr.. Salisbury said,
quietly: Joe. that's long pedigree,
but does it say he can trot any? didn't
hear you say whether this fellow is
trotter. The pedigree is all right, but
Pm not bringing long pedigrees East
this time. / want fast trOtterS that can
go when Starr calls on 'em."
A few years ago sulky weighing
fifty pounds was considered a marvel.
Now, however, it is announced that
Allerton next season will draw sulky
that will weigh just thirty-nine pounds.
1t looks very much as il the fast records
that are being made are due as much to
the ingenuity of man in improving
tracks, harness and sulkies as to the
improvement of the breed Of trotterS.
The evolution of the ten-pound sulky
may be expected as contemporaneou
with the ZOO trOtter.
1t is reported that a peculiar disease
has broken out among the horses in
La Sale county, Ill. Nine horses have
died OIL one farm, five on another, and
the death of one or two on farm is
general. The disease first manifestS
itself in the frogs of the horses feet,
the frog swelling and becoming much
inflamed. The disorder then travels up
the leg. which swell as it advances, and
when it reaches the body the animal
dies in great agony.
Many Western horsemen will remem-
Der E. q. Butcher. who died recently at
COmanche, TO-, aged siXty-eight years.
''Old Butch" as he was called, raced
through the Western country for nearly
or quite forty years. He was great
story teller, sang well and was an ex-
cellent pool seller. He owned many
good horses, and among them the fam
Gus mare Alice Ward, with which he
beat most of the best horses OF her day.
The trotters and PAGERS at Terre
Haute are being exercised daily. Charles
DOble joys Axtell from seven to ten
miles day, and Nancy Hanks. who is
as fine as fiddle, as much more. The
AXtell foalS at Warren Park are being
broken to harness. and, without excep-
ton, are bridle-wise and instructive
trotters. One of the most attractive is
a colt from AXtell and Myra, by Elec-
tioneer, which, harnessed one day, drove
well the next day.
A writer for the New York Sports
man says: ''The theory that the swift
trotting gait is evolved from the pacing
ancestor, and that the interchangeable