The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1893-07-14
STOCK, FARM AND GARDEN.
Horse aud Stsek NOtes.--FeedIng
Grain AlOue.-Sheep as AZ Invest.
ment.-GreSR. maturing.


humanity in connection with it.
Cataract, a $50 900 colt belonging to
the Lorillsrd stable, ran away last
week and broke his back in Bn at
tempt to jump fence.
Palo Alto, 2:OS3z, got but 80 foals
The oldest OF these are three-year-
Odds, and two nf them are in the 2:3O
list as twO-year-olds, one taking a
record of 2:l7 AT that age.
The opening meeting of the grand
circuit commenced ut Pittsburg last
Monday, aud the Western southern
circuit began at Saginaw, Mich, the
same day.
MAJ Columbus, O., on the fourth,
r d Hal ( aid TO he by Martins Tom
Hal, bat bereved TO by Prince Hal,
son OF Tom HaL won the 2:29 pace in
straight hea's in the fast time Of
2:15R, 2:l4R, 2:l3A.
At recent sale Of Hos'ein-
Friesisn cattle at Lodi, Ohio, ID bulls
averaged S52 Is, % cows $Sl 46, 10
helfers 5000 aud y calves $44 The
general average was $685. One buy
er got st veral COWS to use the milk in
raising Essex pig.
Mr.. John A. Demoville, Of Nash
vile, has sold his fast three ear-old
FLY, Marguerite, to J. NJ. Cantreil
and John Payne, of Covington, Ky.
The tilly is IA beauty, and the $500
for which she was sold was below her
real worth.
Fred Hooper, 2:23, is an instance
of the longevity and usefulness OF the
trotting horse. Although the date OF
his foal is unknown, he is in the
neighbOrhOOd of thirty years. His
record WAS made in 1874, and the old
horse is still doing good service on
the Philadelphia drive-ways.
There is considerable guessing rs
to supplies OF hogs for the coming
winter packing season. A Chicago
paper states that replies to $500 let
ters of inquiry sent out by leading
operators there indicate that the 1893
crop of young pigs as compared with
last year is IS per cent, or - per
cent below the short crop Of 1892.
1t is understood that Mr.. w. l..
Arnold, for some time past associA.
ted with the Breeder and TurfmAn,
but formerly connected with the
American aud the Nashville Herald,
has with number OF other gentle
men, purchased the Breeder and
Turiman, of Nashville. Mr.. Arnold
long experience IN the Newspaper
business should be proof enough tina:
he will succeed in his new venture.
At Columbus, Ohio, last week Cxs-
sic won the second and third heats
of a seven neat race, in 2:l23I and
2:l34, but Alvin Swift wop the race
in IA, III and "a Cassie''was bred
by M. g. Campbell, Csrter's Greek,
Tenn and is by Tennessee Wilkes,
out OF the dam Of Bob Taylor, 2:lS%.
She was sold ut the Ewell Sale in
1881, as a yearling, for $l20, and went
from one to another until she got n
mark of 2:264. She eventually fell
into the hahds OF Lucius Polk, OF the
AshwOod Stud, and closed last sea-
son with mark Of 2:l5$4.
The late Senator stanford fOrmu-
lated five rules regarding the develop
ment Of speed at Palo Alto, which
read: "First-N horse in condition
to be worked for speed shall be
logged, rs il il then a useless waste
of force. SecOnd-The amount o!
work to be given d horse and the dis
lance it is to be driven must be de-
termined by its condition. To de-
velOp and acquire speed bore must
he driven short distances, but forced
in sothe part of the work to be a
supreme effort. Fourth-Horses
Shall not be driven far enough to pro-
duce exhaustion, as at that time re-
Taxation occurs and breakdowus are
the result Always 90 to the stable
with the full speed left. Fifth
When Il hose has acquired speed,
lengthen the drive gradually until he
has developed the necessary motive
and lung power to carry the speed
the full distance he is expected to go
"Blue Wing,n in Mondays Ameri.
can says: Zone OF the best perform.
ances of the week is credited to the
2-year-Old blNck colt, EgremOut
wv uCu ny yin " DIb VII duu uIlNeu
10y A. b. Cook While he did moi
win, being bt aten by the Dauntlesl
colt Billy Parks, he secured second
money, in the 2-year. old trot at Co.
lumbus, driving the winner out III
2:32la capital time for these young
sters so early in the season. Another
notable performance during the week
was Steel Princes mile in 2:1l3I a
Indianapolis, when he beat the Bar
ney Wilkes geiding Barney neck in
a Embarrassing finish. The clip wal
too fas5 for Steel Prince, however
and Barney won the next three heats
in 2:l54, 2:13R, 2:l6R. This horse
is 10y Steel Nail (p.} Dds, son OF Gen
Hardee. A green 4-yeSr-Old PAGER bJ
the old hero Brown Hal, 2:12b
named Hal Parker was fourth in THU
race, and will be heard from latsl
on. In the year-Old trOt at Mead
VILE last Wednesday Red Bud, will
yearling trial of 2:22R, by Rec
Fern, and driven by "Gin Curry
showed speed enough to win but wal
so unsteady AZ to be distanced in the
first heat. He was tue pool-boX IA
vorite, too. In the 2:40 trot vt the
same place Ada Belle, the gray
daughter OF Almout Boy, exhibited
winning bursts of speed, but was toe
unsteady. Pittsburg Wilkes won hi
maiden race while the best Tennes.