Los Angeles herald., 1892-11-20
whip CUTS AND SULKY TRACKS.
Gossip from the Race Courses
in Twilight Days.
The Non-Appearance of StambOul at
Los Angeles.
Value OF q Good 2-Year-Old for tina
Next Years Races at the Windy
City-Tennessee's Fiaso0
at Columbia.


2:08. to come here and trot against time
in the hope of lowering his record, wal
not wholly unexpected by the gentleman
who addressed Mr.. s. Gamble with thai
end in view. So long as stallion il
worth from $4,000 to $4,000. he can bt
carted around almost anywhere. But
once let him become private stallion
with no price less than $1,000 set upon
his services, and there is great risk in
Cured in carting him around the coun.
try. Mr.. Rose got $50, 600 for him from
Mr.. Hobart, who, being amply satisfied
that he had secured the most valuable
outcross horse OF the present era, began
to buy up the most valuable mares be.
tween the two oceans. Just as his am
bilious plans began to mature he died,
much to the regret of all who knew him.
He was most estimable gentleman.
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6tamboul is to be sold in New York on
the 20th Of December and my money
goes that the purchase money comes
from Kentucky or Tennessee rather than
from the north, There are only two
breeders in the north who will give up
what STEAMBOAT is worth-A. H. Moore
of Philadelphia and J. Malcolm Forbes
of Boston. The latter had Pawnee, by
Stamboul out OF Minnehaha, but sold
him for less than he gave for him; and
bought Arion, 2:lO%, a much faster
horse but no such an individual as
Pawnee, not by a hatfull OF acorns.
Pawnee is large horse and has the
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tralian track he would be singled out for
will not buy Stamboul and I do not
think Moore will; and there is none of
the other eastern breeders that have
studied breeding enough to understand
Stamboul's true value.
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All this talk about one animal may be
very prolix reading to the average read
er, but have always had liking for
the horse because he was bred by
warm personal friend. Again, he is the
most sensible horse l ever cav, and
the stories told of his eccentricities
would fill book. One of his fade is
that he will not drink brcket of water
dry, as other horses do. He picks up
.whisps. of hay and. eoaks~ them in a
bucket of water, after which he eats the
hay. He always has looking glass in
his stall, and will stand before it admir-
ing himself for 10 minutes at time. He
has his roll in bed of dry sand every
morning, after which he is swept off
with broom; and more comical ex-
preston than he wears while that is
going on cannot be imagined. Stamboul
will bring. in the best of my belief,
about s55, 900, and the money that buys
him will come from the south.
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My reason for thinking 60 is that the
south hae progressed more in the past
80. years than the north has in the past
100 years, go far as concerns the breed
ing Of trotters. The penny wise and
pound foolish" old farmers of Ulster
and Orange counties allowed Mambrino
Chief to leave there for want of patron
age. After reaching Kentucky he got
six performers in 80 or better, one of
whom was Lady Thorn, 2:1S1, and an
other was Woodford Mambrino, 2:21%,
and sire OF IL in the 2 80 list. Just 30
with George Wilkes, 1922. Nobody
about New York wanted to breed to him,
although he could pull wagon and beat
every other stallion of his day. They
took him out to Kentucky at II years Of
age, and in the nine years that followed
he got 68 trotters, seven PAGERS; the
sires of 406 trotteYs and 80 PAGERS; and
the dams of 38 trotters and four PAGERS.
In word, New York represents no in
telligence in breeding any sort of horses.
August Belmont of that state squan-
dered q fortune in experiments lasting
over 80 years, and had to 60 and buy q
farm in Kentucky, after all, just as he
was ready to die.
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The death of Count Valensin has very
materially interfered with the showing
made by the Sidney colts and fillies for
the year that has now less than six
weeks to run. Among the clever young
sters that he sold year ago was
Duchess, years old. She came out at
Cleveland and defeated Baron Posey,
Hettiemont and Una Lee in q stake for
A year.olds Chat had never beaten 2:30)
in straight heats; time, 2:2514, 2 :23I,
2:25. The next day, without giving her
time to rest up from 30 severe an effort,
she was brought out in the 2 :27 class
and won the two first heats in 2 :20A,
2:2lM. She was beaten third heat by
a head in 2:201a by the mare Muggins,
who took the next two heats in :214,
2:211a. Had the race been single
handed one, or had the driver of Duchess
laid her up in the third heat and let the
rest fight it out, he could not very we'll
have lost the race.
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While the admiration may not extend
to his owner, the horsemen of the Pacif-
ic coast have the best of reason to be in
love with Guy Wilkes 2:1514. To begin
with he is a strong horse and showy
one. Next, he is the fastest entire son
of George Wilkes 2 20 AT the opening
of the campaign of 1892 he had but one
representative in the 2:l5 list, and that
one was PAGER. He has now eight 2 :15
performers; seven this year. which is
far in excess of either Electioneer,
Nutwood or Alcantara. OF the eight
five are trotters and three PAGERS. Guy
Wilkes is now the only horse among the
trotting eires that has ever had over
three performers in the 2:15 list at his
age, which is years. His 2:15 trot-
ters are Regal Wilkes, 2:11H; Hulda,
2:143l; Muta Wilkes, 2:14M; Hazel
Wilkes, 2:l5s4, and Una Wilkes, 2:15
His 2:15 PAGERS are Rupee, 2:11; Alan
nah, 2;131Ha, and Chris Smith, 2:14%.
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