The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1893-04-21

Thin out the fruit until the trees
need no props.
Hal Pointer 2:03 is the way Geers
says it will probably read after the
"swallows homeward fly" says the
Tennessee Farmer.
LongRellOw, the renowned thor
oughbred race horse and sire, stands
at $500, and is allowed to serve only
winners or dams of winners. He il
twenty-siX years old.
Wardwell. the converted PAGER in
the Village Farm string, is the fast
est trotter that Geers has at present,
Notwithstanding that Nightingale,
2:1019, is gong unusually well.
Splan says that there is not enough
first. class racing material to go
round. He has orders for more than
he can find, as he is looking for race
nags, not horse shapes mounted on
pedigree.
Word comes from Mr.. Haws thai
McGnty, 2:l534, has grown and
shaped up nicely, and that if a two
'ulDuJ0 hut ls OuL bulN yVhl IL IT
the one. He has shOd him with
aluminium shoes.
Tue gray Flying Morgan stallion,
when thirty-two years old, turned
the Dayton. o., half mile track in
lis at the pace. This, with ut
doubt, is the greatest performance
that ever took place, age considered.
There is one pure bred Arabian
stallion in this Slate, and probably
the only one that was ever i'm the
State. His name Mahbrin and he is
the property Of Col. +. w. M0oving.
of Davidson County. The hOT.e IL
white with chestnut spOUs, but hir
colts are bay.
A Mississippi farmer educated his
son at the Agricultural Coll. sc Of
that State. After graduating, the
son returned home aud took charge
Of his fathers farm and managed it
Tor one-half the proceeds. Now the
old man gets IS much rent as he
formerly made from the entire farm
AS four-year-old Flora Temple,
2:l93z, was sold for $l3 The next
year she was cold for $l75, within .
month was again sold for $3.50 to "
Mr.. Perrin, who trOtted her under the
name OF Flora. aud then he sold her
to his brother for 1855; she was agaill
sold for $4,000 and after changing
hands twice she was again sold to
VIM. Mcdonald in 1858, for 5000.
Robert Bonner'S catalogue which
came to hand last week shows that
he owns such brood mares as Daley
Darling, trial 2:lS34, DaybreRk trial
2:151z, and sister to Noontide $780,
Halcyons trial 2,2l14, Lucy Cuylsr
trial to wagon 2:l51, Malice, triA
2:l9A. MsnOtta, trial 2:l611, Maud
Macy 2:271 trial 2:l62, SUMO
2:0814 Maud S. 2:0S24, aud her sitter
Ruse. Ia. The latter will be bred t.
Kremlln this year, while Maud s
and Sunol are in training.
The bsll-bearing axle device hal
been adopted by a Connecticut in
ventor for use on all kinds OF wagons
The use Of the ball-beArers upoI
wagons for heavy work will greatly
relieve teams, it having been demon
strated that one horse will draw /
given load with the new tangled sp
psratus with quite as much ease al
four would with the old gear. Tb,
new affair can be applied cbeaply
A carriage can be hung up with TIT
invention for $25, the extreme pric,
being $35 for heavy wagons, while {
sulky can be rugged for SIS Each il
warranted fol twenty years.
Leland Stanford says: II am al
admirer of the trotting horse for hi
qualities of speed and endurance RnC
from an economical standpoint O.
well. There are 1900, 900 horses il
the United States. II by breeding
them up we can raise their valu,
500 per horse, we have paid off tn,
National debt. The trotting horse il
not an animal for simply racing o
for wealthy gentlemen to drive fast OF
the road, but he raises the genera
standard Of the horse Of all work.
use trotting horses for all work.
use trotting horses fol the heav!
work at Palo Alto. Their quicl
stride aud great endurance 10 appar
ent to any observer. They are capa
BILE OF the greater amount Of work
and will do 1t quicker than the hors,
without breeding, and as q horse
capacities for work are increased hi
value Is increased"
Robert Stewart, Of Kansas City
claims to be the only owner Of tire
horses whose records are better tina
2:lls4. They are Grants Abdallah
2:1O15, Ryland T., 2:llH and Waite
E., 2:ilX.-Exchange. What is til
matter with Monroe Salisbury, c
Pleasanton, CAL, owner OF Direc
2:O51a, Flying Jib, 2:05N, Cricke
2:lO, aud Directum 2:llA Spirit c
the Turf. Direct 10 the only one c
the quartette named owned by Nj
Salisbury. He simply leased tn
racing qualities'O OF Flying Jib, Crich
ct. and Directum. We believe, how
ever, that the fastest three horse
owned in one stable are Hal Pointer
2:O41S, Robert j., 2:0924 and Nightir
gale, 2:l05, all of which are men
6ers of the Hamlin aggregstion-Rt
view. And still Hal Pointer, 2:O41i
Robert j., 2:0924 and Nightingal
are not owned by one man. II;
Pointer is owned by Hairy Hamlil
son of c. J. Hamlin. -Wester
Horseman.
Whan the mare is pregnant al