Morning journal and courier., 1893-05-12
AMONG THE HORSES.

JOtttngs of Interest to HOrsemen.
 It is estimated that something like $9,- 100000 will be offered in purses and stakes for trotters and pacers this season.
 It is claimed that Flying Morgan when thirty years old, at the state fair, Dayton, Ohio, fall of 1868, paced e mile in 1:1s.
 Ali races at the Rhode Island state fair (the famous Narrsgansett park will be mile heats, best two in three. Entrance fee will be only 3 per cent, and the stake list Is unusually well classified. Entries close May 15.
 0. H. Lewis, formerly with the Elm City farm trotters, is now located at Jack son, Mich, where he has very creditable stable.
 A new brand of chewing gum is labeled ''Naney Hanks"
 Captain Bills Nellie Jefferson, by Thomas Jefferson, has a Ally fosl at foot by the crack Willimsntic paeer Alcyo. This little lassie will bear watching.
 "Gil" Heublein of Hartford, the Cour- ant says, turns out about the neatest family team that has been seen in that vicinity, and it attracts deal of attention on the streets.
 The weather has been 50 unfavorable all through the spring that horses due in the early meetings will hardly be fitted to go their clip.
 The arrangement of classes for the early spring meetings is not very encouraging to | the half dozen horses in Hartford's vicin- | ity that are eligible to the 2:33 and 2:34 class. At Rockville, for instance, ':35 trotter must square up against a ':28 mixed | lot, and if the same classes follow the eastern circuit there will be no better op. ! portunity in that direction, while in the | western circuit they must take the ;:32 ' class with it's combination of trotters and \ pacers.
 w. E. Weeks, according to Paris cor \ respondent of Clark's Review, is more than pleased with his new position across the | water. MT. Terry is paying him much larger salary than was agreed upon origi. nally, and he has stable that ought to bring out trainers best efforts. Among them are Mollis Wilkes, Bosque Bonita, ! Milton Cash and other good ones. Sister Barefoot, '259, MT. Terry's recent purchase | will soon join the party.
 It is reported that Budd Doble's business has increased to such an extent that he now requires 8 bookkeeper and steno. grapher in addition to the smeu army o1 men that assist in taking care of his string of thirty -four horses.
 They say that Belle Acton (yearline
 record, 2:204) has already paced quarter
 in IA seconds, 1:52 gait, this season. Sht is a likely candidate for the two minute mark.
 in Chicago during the worlds fair betweel | Franklin park and the principal hotels. Abou
 one hundred head ef horaes suitable for use or \ these coaches have been secured by the manager J. M. KirkendalI of Denver, Col, at the sac sta | bles at South Omaha
 ! c. J. Hamln has made an engagement with thu | state board of agriculture at Indianapolis lad | to attempt to beat the worlds double-team rec
 ord during the state fair there. Ths team vii
 the directors of the
 three special events for the June meeting at half | mile track were made. The events will be in th' for $10O purses The track committee commenced \ work on the track yesterday merning, and 1t Ii ! expected that it will be ready for use in g fev
 days. It was also voted to build new fenc, | from the main entrance, west to the barns. a dis
 tance of about 400 feet. The board decided tha
 other general repairs be made in the rooms. A \ meeting of inc directors, to be held mex
 Wednesday evening, classes for matinees for tn
 Trainer Ed Odell of Mobile, Ala, has arrived g the Parkway track, Parkville, l.. l.. with hi
 string of horses He has in M the 1 lot Hass1des 5Is ! Sir Walter; Norwood Hambetonian, 2:2l4; En | fly, 2:25A (p); and G. R. s., 2:1S1a. He will als
 handle Gillette 2:114; Billy A., 2:1613, and Fail | port, 2:23A who is said to be ten seconds bette \ than his mark.
 E. L. Coombs of Houston, Texas, is going t ! build bicycle and trotting track on his estat \ just out of that city, the former to be half an | will be a novelty in it's way, will have a seatin \ capacity of 0O0. and will be built on the insid | of ths track. It will be revolyed by hydrauli
 of om end | St. Clair 16. 675, standard by his produce, wa | one of a four-h horse team hauling a dirt wago
 gree to emblazsn his blood lines on staliio | posters, he was bred to mares Of an uncertal | quality and for small fees. Under this greg dsadvantage he sired Ben Butle5 Po,o s:lsA ' flower, 2:3013, and sire of the dams of Ben1t, 2:1S1a; Wildfowsr CD, 2:21; Fred Crocker Ss s:25A; Manzanita CD. 2:lo, and Pocahontas p ! for two year-old gelding. Wildlower held tt ! worlds record twoyear-ods for seven year l and Manzanita held the same fer four-year ole ' frsm 1886 to 1S90-a great showing for an Ill \ traced sire.-California Turf. . Scott McCoy's success with bad actors is eV | dently appreciated. He has at Mystic ths prince of crxnks. Ryland T. C2:11A), with whic fall. He is entered in $50,000 worth of stakes. ' McCoy's string are Fanny Wilcox C2:l91a Gretchen C2:191D, and the pacers rank Dortc Cs:153D, Lizziemont C2:161D, Sabatia (2:l9A) ar | Archer (s:1234o.
 The set of shoes which Nancy Hanks wol \ when she first broke Sunel's record by trottin
 in 2:0714 and which she afterward carried | 2:05A, 2:O6 and 2:07 at Independence, St. Josep | and Hamline, have been filed, trimmed and gol' ' plated and will form a part of the exhibit whic ! will send to the worlds fair. The front shoe | weighed nine ounces and the hind ones 5: ! ounces when first put on, but they now weigh bl ! 515 and 211 ounces, respectively.