Los Angeles herald., 1892-12-25
HOOF-BEATS AND SULKY TRACKS
Some Parting Turf Gossip for
the Closing Year.
Stamboul and the Injustice Done Him
by the Board of CensOrs.
The Accident to Mckinney and His
Show for Recovery-The New York
Spirits Turf Writer on Our
American Handicaps.

The sale of Stamboul, 2:071a, for SAL
600 to E. H. Hartman, Wall street
banker, does not surprise me. 1t VIII
be recollected that predicted COM
paratively low price for him on the very
day following his record breaking per-
formance at Stockton, in November,
while other turf writers in this state
were claiming him to be sure to 60 up
to $1OO, 900. The reason for making
such an assertion was that the eastern
people have such confoundedly thick
heads that they can see no merit IN the
Sultan family of horses. Malcolm
Forbes paid Mr.. Rose $14. 4.5OOfor Pawnee'
who was better bred horse than Stam-
boul (being by that horse out OF Mime
haha, the ''Mother OF the Gracchi'') and
cold him for about half that figure.
Shortly afterwards he bought the record
breaker Arion, 2:l01a, for $40, ,O0O, put
Arion never saw the day OF his lie that
he was as good an individual as Pawnee.
With the exception OF Abercorn and
Nordenielt, never saw horse that
filled my eye better than Pawnee; and
it is Sin the pins" for him to outbreed
not only Arion but everything else. lie
is bred in lines that have produced slres
land great ones, too, let me ado) Whlie
Arion's dams side is sadly defective IN
that particular. When found that
Forbes had sold Pawnee and that Moore
had Directum, the best OF all the 3'year'
olds, | made up my MIND that there
would not be over $50, 900 bid for STAN,
boul, but thought the purchaser would
come from the south.
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The rest of the stock sold COR just
what they were worth. to my idea.
Nancy Lee has produced Nancy Hanks.
but Happy Medium is dead and there
are but limited chances of her produc-
ing duplicate to the heroine of 2:O4.
The rest of the stock went very we'll.
Henry Pierce paid $l0,0 900 for the sister
to Lockheart. which. as she has not yet
dropped 80 performer or winner in
any class, is good round figure. Mr..
Pierce, being great believer in the
Nutwood blood, has got the best ie-
male exemplar of that line within
his reach, to my notion. Stamboul is
thoroughly tried sire, 80 far as the 2 80
list is concerned, but we are on the
verge of an era when the 2:30 list will
be far from satisfactory as test OF
horses powers. Even now it is only
acceptable az race record, for many
horses that can trot in 2:2S by them
selves, against the watch. cannot win a
heat in 2 32 in race against field OF
other horses. Hence l would rather see
one really good performer in 2:2O
than ten in the 2:30 list against the
watch.
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The small price realized for Stamboul,
2:07M, does not "rile" me, but L feel
an outbursting sense of indignation
against the way that he was deprived of
his record by the Register people,
who refuse to allow him anything
better than 2:OS. That Kremlin
must trot below 2:07, and that
at some period in next year, 1 firmly
believe; and that is why they might
have allowed 2:071s to Stamboul, just
for this year. Really, when you con-
slider that Stam5oul made 2:1l on reg
ulation track to an old-fashioned sulky,
1 do not see that his 2:071a on kite
track and hitched to bicycle is any
better as performance. But the in
f1uences brought to bear upon the board
of censors were probably those of men
who were tired of seeing high prices
paid for horses bred in California, and
felt ketknockipg the blocks from under
the fastest horse that California has
ever produced. use the word advised
ly, for while I believe him more speedy
than Palo Alto do not believe he
could beat him in race.
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Secretary Morse telegraphs out from
Hartford to the Stockton racing officials,
that all the records OF their fall meeting
are accepted. This therefore confirms
all of Stamboul's performances and en-
titles him to mark of 2:O71a. What
will the board OF ceneors do about this
affair now? Will they take their own
medicine and allow the record to stand?
Or will they set themselves up above
the National Trotting association and
oblige the officers of that guild to re-
scind their action? So far as the horse
himself i concerned, don't care rap.
He is sold for $40 900 less than he should
have brought, and his gentle, kind
hearted owner is in his grave. All
care about is for Walter Maben. He is
an honest. faithful young man and l
should hate to see him deprived by
bubble of what he had fairly won.
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The mishap OF Mckinney, 2:l2%, has
been given in yesterdays edition of this
paper, and there is nothing now trans
piring in reference to the great brown
horse. Durfee is quite sanguine Of his
recovery, because he is such game
horse and has euch an iron constitution.
This trouble usually comes from too
rapid change from hard work to abso-
Lutte idleness. But / knew case Of
gallopng horee once while l was in
Australia, vino got lame in this way
right in the midst of very strong work.
He was taken down to St. Kilda and
given swim in the bay twice day for
10 days. La "a days from the time OF
the accident he went out and won the
Caul6eld cup from field Of 81 horses,
doing a mile and half in 2:37. 4
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But there are other kinds of stife
lameuess than that which Chicago had,
and have serious doubts if the Joint
was SO badly injured as in most Cases.
A partial sprain is one thing and com
plete dislocation another. There is
such a thing as thing being worse
than it fret appears, and it always hap
pens to a really valuable horse. Nc
Kinney | deem the most valuable trot-
ting stallion in the state of all those
that are untried as sires. He is by one
OF the best sons OF George Wilk es, and