The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-10-29
TUrf Notes.

Hulda walks now without limping much.
Saladin, 2:O51k will hardly ever reduce his
record
Atlantic King, 2:O9a., holds the record for
Ohio bred PAGERS.
Blackberry has been away out in Nebras-
ka. She has been winning, too.
Eighteen sons OF Onward have sired new
standard performers this season.
The driver of Pamlco, 2:101a, and David
B., 2:121b, is but twenty years of age.
Gambrel 2:1O11, reluctantly gives the
State record to his cousin. Coastman 2:OSl2.
The Northwestern Breeders Association,
Chicago, cleared $4,000 at their last meet
ing.
George Starr still insists. in the face Of
the recent pacing performances. that Di-
rect is the greatest PAGER ever foaled.
Robert is two heats at Lexington in
2:O5% and 20524 were very fast miles even
in these days Of bikes and Ed Geerses.
A L. Winship, Rushvlle Ind, has sold
his young pacing FLY Lilly B., trial 2:221a,
by Elgin Boy, for 500. She goes to Ohio.
Jay G. Voss, Indianapolis. owns some ex-
cellent brood mares. producers and record
mares. He drives an Onward flly on the
streets.
Axtell now has two in the 2:2O list. Axle.
2:15%, and Elloree, lib, both three-year-
Odds. The latter also sucked a colt this
season.
Nelson. 209. has a cracked hoof, and
2:101l was the best he could do at the in
augural meeting of Rigby Park, Portland,
Me, last week.
Hal billiard, 2:07s4, started six times this
season and won five races and s5.775 in
stakes and purses. The report that he was
distanced in his race at st. Joseph, No.
was incorrect.
perhaps for all time. OF course, he hurt his
tendon when he ran away last winter. He
was never driven much on the track. He
has earned his owner $4,000 clear this sea-
son.
After both brilliant and successful cam
paign, Dave Raybould will go into winter
quarters with his horses at his home near
Nashville, Tenn. Among the horses he will
prepare for next seasons campaign are
Lord Clinton, Medic, Colonel Dickey and
several others.
Fleetwood Parks meeting was so great
a success that a neat sum was left after
all expenses were paid, and the committee
has been able to return to the members a
check for the amount of their contribution
to the s11, 725 guarantee fund raised to as
sure the success of the meeting.
The Jewett farm has three four-year-olds
in the 215 list. viz. Turco 21s, Henrico 2:15
colt by Bonnie Boy, will enter the list be-
fore snow flies. The other day the young
ster trace against strong wind
and on a poor track in 2:331a, 2:351a and
231h. w
Mascot paced half in 1:01ls at the Buff
falo track Friday. The champion is in fine
tum which will take place at Fleetwood
Park, New York. The race will be for
81 SEQ a side, originally suggested by w
p Taylor. Billy Taylor is very confident
that Mascot will win.
The racing at the county fairs is better
to-day than that at the State fairs was
eight or ten years ago. People who sneer
at the agricultural trots' nowadays are
sadly behind the times Let the agricuitur-
al associations exert themselves and put up
good purses and they will get good horses
for every class, the bike is well adapted
for the short turns on half-mile tracks
The early stud career of the dead Harold
limited one SO far as the number of
foals are concerned. Until eleven years old
the total number of foals got by Harold
was but nineteen, and but very few had
then been bred to him except such as were
difficult to get with foal or otherwise con-
sidered undesirable for breeding to what
were then supposed to be his superiors.