Los Angeles herald., 1892-10-23

son up to race with Werner's Rattler,
in 1861. He said that some time in 1845
q man came from Vermont with Can
adian horse, which he offered to sell to
Gen. Durham, of Albany, for whom Pat
then worked, for $4,000. That was then
q large price. He agreed to show 80,
and drove the horse in 2 :29 fat, Dun
ham took the horse, and the,man begged
him to take the sulky at 500, but he
"wouldn't be found dead in it" he said.
So the Yank took it back to Lake
George with him. All the same, the
horse subsequently famous as Moscow
never was able to beat 2 80 in race.
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Mrs., s. B. Wolfskill, who purchased
the Australian stallion Plenty for her
ranch at Santa Monica, last year, has a
very fine colt from that lusty young sire
and her handsome mare Edelweiss, by
Joe Hooker. The same lady has some
very good-looking 2.year-olds at San
Francisco, in charge of Frank Dupoistre !;
and the talk is that they will not be the
last across the wire at the approaching
blood horse meeting.
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All talk about $4,000 match be.
tween the two crack 3-year-old gallopere,
Lamplighter and Tammany, for SIC, 900
a side, is likely to end in talk. Both
horses are prominent aspirants for the
Suburb ban next year, and as the horse
winning that event can pull down
$4,000 in side bets without risking a
dollar until the day Of the race, it is not
likely that these men will risk breaking
down too such fine colts for a matter of
$4,000.
The sulky of which i spoke few
moments ago in alluding to old Moscow
and poor Pat Hunt, now more than 90
years dead, weighed over 100 pounds,
according to Pats estimate. The
weight of good hickory sulky, Newark
or Railway make, at that period was
about GA pounds, which has subsequent
ly been reduced to 43 pounds in hickory.
But the modern "biksn goes away below
that. The one in which Nancy Hanks
made her 2:04 is but SO pounds in
weight. The Englishman who said,
"They drive their 'orses to a
lot of blahsted gigs, made out
of cheese rinds and cobwebs, and
they call that a race, you know"
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Alcantara Gown brother to Alcyone, sire
of Mckinney and Martha Wilkes) had
track record of 2:22, but was never
ranked the equal of Alcyone as sire of
extreme speed. One of his progeny, the
stallion Chronos, however, has got down
to pacing record of 2:121a, and it is
claimed he can trot close to 2:20, being
double. gated, like Direct, 206.
He has a reinforcement of thorough
bred blood at the back end of his
pedigree, bis paternal grand dam being
by the English horse Australian out of
Fanny q, by Margrave. On his dams
side he is equally stout, she being by
Knickerbocker. His fourth dam is by
Swigert's Lexington (sire of the dam of
Lemont, sire of Blonde 2:21), che by
Lexington out OF Eagless by Glencoe.
That's the way to breed horses that can
Ego the pace and stay the distance"
So
Since Moquette, A years, by Wilton,
never leaves Wilton's stall except the
Mike calls him, is but IA hands inch
very heavy. He is likely to get other
q s1O OCAOl0 hO ukObs
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In some respects our late fair was q
great success, and in others it was a
downright disappointment-I mean in
the way of horses that showed fast in
their work, but did not get on edge suf-
ficient to warrant their being started in
races. There were several of these, but
the most striking instance within my
memory, was that of a handsome bay
gelding called Daylight, only years
old, got by King of the Echos, Che by
old Echo, sire of the dam of Direct, 2:06)
out of Black Hawk--Morgan mare.
Daylight was very fast andI frequently
caught him half-miles in :15 or better,
on less than five weeks work. His
owner, Mr.. II. G. Warner, of San
Gabriel, is one Of those men who believes
(and I am q good deal che same way
myself that 'early ripe means early
rotten" 1t would not surprise me to
see this same Daylight come out next
year and make great name for himself.
He is now running out at Edgemont
park, where he will be handled BY
Walter Maben next year. Mr.. Warner
also owns Fred Drake, 2:26h, who is
also likely to hit the 2:20 stake before
he retires from the turf. HIDALGo.