The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1892-11-08
NOTES ABOUT HoD.u

NOTES ABOUT HORSES.
Gar 90 has reduced his ,.,,
m9nia. I7iu up with m,
SIRE. 10 PROVING a Success
GLIDING 10 PAGERS ""uloers 81
kvena q, by PaIo AIto 90.
lowered her record to %. 30 |;3S} b
bJ si pseed a . y year by Jerome Bda.
1T is said that Direct will o..
CPlumola, Tenn, this week, S'aFt
Patronage is the sire Of
T0soers' AllH 2;124 and Pacyoius;2 Nv ~
Baury Mac 2:15 has been No..
against McKinny 2:12b for I a G
Nancy Hanks trotted in Dos
6eayy track at Nashville, Tenn Y'gt
Crawford 2:O94 was timed a half
track. O'ue, Q
Lark, by Abdallah Mambrino
had only eight foals, of which fvo .
in the 2:3V list. "'eS
Anna Dickinson, by Lumns don.
George Wilkes, has reduced her FLY
to 2:158. "'
The three year old flly La Belle d
tLockheart 2:13, has taken a nssiO
record of 2:144. F''p
Reavis' Blackbird, sire of the on.
mare Vic Il. 2:134, is dead at the -
of thirty years.
A one-wheeled suIky is said n hat.
process of construction for q BnfoL
IN. Y, trainer.
The dam of Martha Wilkes 2m
now twenty five years old, brouDSS
only 500 at auction last week.
Guy (p) 2:O64 has the following ned
gree: Sire Shiloh, breeding untTacs5.
dam Shoe Fly, breeding untraced.
1t is said that three mares at Sa5
nav farm are in foal from one serviS
by the method of artificial impregns
ton,
Ermine by Plymouth took a recmd
of 2:135 IN the second heat of a rag
which she won at Nashville last week
Harry D., by Black Cloud 2:173. IA
Gently trotted three winning heats o.
a half mile track in 2:293, 2:2OI and
'2:35. '
Columbine has now three performers
In the 2:20 list-Anteeo 2:164, Ante
volo 2:195 and Coral 2:181, all by Eles
tioneer.
Mascot, by Stamboul, out Of Mime
haha, which once sold fer $685. OO
brought only 500 at the recent Lex
ington sales.
The Kentucky yearling colt New.
berger by Jay Bird, dam by Kentucky
Prince is said 60 have trotted aquarter
in 81 seconds.
Whereare the California yoUIgstersl'
The yearling trotters and PAGERS that
have beaten 80 so far this year are
all Eastern bred.
A Lynn, Mass, man recently bought
a horse for 70 cents and was fined $40
and costs for cruelty to animals in
driving it home.
The thoroughbred stallion RayOn
dor brought $4,000 at auction last
week, which was considerably less
than was expected.
Adelaide McGregor g., by Bonnie
McGregor, dam Old Adelaide, by En-
Sheridan, recently made a public trial
of a mile in 2:174
1t seems, from the fast trials re-
ported from various sources, that we
will have several more yearlingsm the
list before the season closes.
Hal Pointer beat Guy in a mile dash
at Nashville last week, Lowering DIS
record to 2 :043. Later in the week ne
paced an exhibition mile in 2:O5 30
The attendance at the four weeks
trotting meeting at independence, Ia,
has SO far been very light. About ".
horses r quartered there Tor rac0
and records.
Tests by experts at New York via
horses ranging in speed from thLe
minutes do Rn to 2:20 indicate tha5 sI
bicycle sulkies are from three TO Nv"
seconds faster than the old style.
After two days racing on the hn
track at Stockton, Cal, the spectator
protested SO strongly that on the nen
day both trotting and running ra0@
were held on the regulation course
It took no less than twelve heats Y
decide the $40 trot at Independent
Iowa, last week, which was finally W..
by Red Baron. Time ranged nOI
2:274 to 2.4O. Seven starters VIZ
heats.
Leone, by Lancelot (son OF 4 ,9sS
ger Duroc and Green Mountain 4 In5s
dam by Monon, son of NutWo0a, III" e5s
the yearling race record, when II
placed at 2:28B at Mexico, MO-
week.
Nellie A., ID by Wilkes Boy dspS ~
Robert McGregor, second aam : The
George Wilkes, trotted in 2:2gf Ltd
2.15 class at Nashville. She delST11
Fred 8. Wilkes, Aline and BonnITb oats
more. trotting the three winning aosq
In 2:124, 2:144 and 2:I3f.-A"''
StOckmdn and Farmer.