The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-07-26

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The impression now is that the
wheat crop is not so badley damaged
by the rain as was thought.
II il IN d that the mile track st
Madison. Wis. has five turns, and Is
shsped like the letter b
Ringers appear to De very plentiful
this year. Stop them every time All
opportunity presents itself.
Rockbottom and Argot Wilkes Gp-
pear to be Out-classed III the tree-for-
all pace At Bloomington H., last week.
Frank Dortch got shut out in the
2:16 pace yesterday At Pittsburg.
DOrtch has had very little work this
year.
AT bloomington, Ill, last week,
Turk, by Tennessee Wilkes, won III
three straight heats, time 2:24, 2:2l,
2:2234.
Flying Jib still appears to be cut
trick in 2:14. Salisbury says he will
go in 2:l0.
J. B. RichardsU,4 2:l64 is now
spending his tenth SKINNER at the
races, and he can tTOt mile now a
little better than his record.
Good Reason.-She: "That OdiOus
Mrs. Newritch seems to think more
of her dog than her boy" He: "Oh,
we'll, the dog has pedigree. Lille.
The mare Nightingale, which re-
Gently took trOttiDg record of2:2o1a,
winning the $4,000 trOtting stakes at
Detroit, was q granddaughter OF En-
field.
In some trial miles yesterday
Monogram paced a mile in 2:lS34,
over the South Side half-mile track.
This is the fastest time ever made on
this track.
On the kite track yesterday
ErectOr trotted a mile III 2:2714, and
Phyllis Wilkes 81 paced it out i'll
2:271S, being neck and neck with
Orienta.
Nightingale, the mare which won
the So 600 stake at Detroit, taking a
trotting record of 2:1712, is by Os-
goods Patchen, son of Pat McRae,
son of Enfield.
"Sponger had hard luck last night"
"HOw was that?" "Why, De
Soaque invited him to take a drink,
and then had the meanness to drop
dead before payiig for It."-New
York Sun.
Some pretty rank jobs have gone
though this season. No track should
allow anything of this kind, as
crooked racing is keeping the pOpI-
the Hub.
In the 2:25 pace to come off here in
November at the kite track, we notice
among the entered horses, Ella
Brown, 2:l54, Flying Jib, 2:l4, Clara
J. and others that ought to make this
an interesting race.
Dame Winnie, the dam Of Palo
Alto, 2:OS3I, now has four standard
performers, which is double the num-
Der credited to any other thorough
bred mare, a brother to PalO Alto,
having entered the list this year.
The horse journal that is so strictly
theoretical and so puritanicaliy
solemn as not to publish, along with
its other stuff, bit of fun, flashes OF
wit and good, wholesome sentiments
now and then, will find Itself out in
cold before many years.
Nancy Lee, the dam Of Nancy
Hanks, is now q great brood mare as
Der son Director Wilkes, by Red
Wilkes, is now the sire of standard
performer. The dams of all the 2:l0
trotters are now in the great brood
mare list as Nancy Lee was previous
ly the single exception.
We were in error in saying the
Turk which took 3 record of 2:2l was
by Tennessee Wilkes. This Turk is
q or. e., whereas our Turk is b. G..
We hasten to make the correction.
Horses should not be allowed to have
the same name.
Hal Pointer paced an exhibition
mile at Detroit last Wednesday in
2:O815, last half in 1929, 2:05 clip.
Direct was there looking on and after
he saw the performance he COM
planned of that dull, tired feeling and
called for long toddy.
When the Board of Trade men used
to daily with cotton it ran from 8
to II cents. Now its about half that
Can it be possible that these fellows
helped the price any? We ask to
! learn; we want the truth even if it
knocks some of our ideas in the head.
1--WE try to get the best kinds of
grain to SOW, the best kinds of pota-
toes to plant; we Try different kinds
until we find the kind that suits our
soil, climate and market" says A. l..
! Crosby. That's the strange thing
about farmers here, Brother Crosby.
They get the best kinds of grain to