The herald., 1893-05-21

iCiuRH HnintO Dy OcncfAl ODluOH
(orcs etablo companion o. the much
fAncled Blanc Mango. Who achieved
she Winning Of two queens p'etOa and
q hurdle raca--G record verfc rE-ancc.
The turf stewards have tried to relieve
the chronic starting difficulty by COM
petitive trials OF the vavi nus candidates
for the post OF second or sssistent
etarter Tor which, at present, the fav-
orite seems to ac Captain RuttledRe,
late Of the Royals, we'll known in the
hunting field AID betv~n flags. Mr..
Llnde he'd his SUCCESSES, but they were
not quite 60 signal as recently 10 Eng
land. We hear he has been offered by
French sportsmen 0 vory lsrge sum fo-
Red Priuca H., who seems very likely to
win the Aatcril eteeplechsse.
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hIr Edwar6 Morris, OF Peoria, ILL.,,
hoa arfivat from Liverpool on board the
steamship Ouph'c. He has imported
ioI stud purposes the following veil
bred and good-looking thoroughbred
horees. Ballinahinch, b. b.. 1885, BY
Galliards dam rho Jilt, by Uncas;
brown colt, 1891, BY Sterling, dam Lake.
view. by Speculum; brown colt, 1890,
by King OF Trrmps, dam MisH Curry, by
Ben BattlN. and Nora, b. T., 2, By Athel-
log, dam Vera, by The Baron.
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Capt. r.. ). Hancock eaya OF the fine
performance at Elizabeth OF Mr.. M. K.
Dwyel'a 2-yea-rold colt Chateau, BY imp.
Charaxns, out OF Eolee I'm my
opinion Chafeau's half-mile at Elizabeth
was the best race ever run by a COLI of
his age. | understand the track ie
flow one. There we're seven or eight
horses in the race, yet with 1l8 pounds
mp he went half mile in 0:49%, and
he was barely 22la months old. re-
member 1t waa claimed laet year that
Morello could run half mile in shoes
in 80. And 30 he could. He went on
and won the Futurity, as we all know.
1 verify believe Chateau can do the same
Ii he is not oYerdone as Russell was"
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One Of the funniest defenseH to
breach Of promise case on record was
made in the court at Melbourne some
years ago, says the Sydney Referee,
when defendant pleaded that he only
agreed TO marry the slaintif on condl-
tion that certain horse won the Mel
bourne cup, each being agreeable to
waive the contract unlesH the supposed
good thing came of and so enabled the
happy lovers to commence married life
in comfort. The hridegroom-elect had
taken bt00 TO 20 about a double event,
and the first of his two picks came off
victorious. His contention was that
the young lady was willin' and he was
willin', but only on condition that he
won the double. In cross-examination
the buehing plaintiff admitted that
something OF the sort had been men,
toned, and she aleo confessed having
made use Of the expression, "a man
who can PICK such double as the Mel
bourne derby and cup is worthy of any
woman" The jury found for defend
ant.
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The California Turf tells the following
good story on a Unknown character:
A. Ottinger, the cut-rate ticket man
and the owner OF Wildwood, has among
other things trotter, and his trainer
the other day told bin to 90 to McKer-
ron's and buy a pair of scalpers. Ottin-
ger visited McKerron'e, and meeting the
proprietor unconsciously told him he
wanted a pair OF Indian boots. These
we're new ones on McKerron, so Uttinger
visited dozen harness shops trying to
get them. He went back and told his
trainer that there was not pair OF In
dian boots in the town. OF course the
laugh followed, and then the trainer
went ous and bought the 6calpers.
The late Hubert King, who was killed
at Pleasanton about week ago, seems
to have been very fire man judging
from what contemporary says OF him:
Born in Norfolk, England, 40 years
ago, SIR. King was bred and brought up
in another good horse county, Dorset
shire, where there were three packs OF
hounda in the immediate neighborhood,
the Blaekmoor Vale, Lord Portman's and
the Sonth Dorset. Coming OF good
family OF the fine old yeoman clasa, the
backbone OF Britein's strength in her
beet days, Mr.. King lived and grew up
among horses, and knew them as friends
and companions. He had rare judgment
in the handling and treatment Of them,
both well and sick, his singularly kind
end gentle nature admirably adapting
him Tor the work. Mr. King epent sew
eral years in Australia, but coming to
this country lived for time at Bloom
ington, Ill. He owned the stallion st.
Mungo,. sire of Aloha, and also brought
out imp. London for the late Mr.. Wiley
Buckles of Illinois. While fond OF racing
he has always been more identified vita
the breeding OF horses. A man OF the
highest principle and the strictsst integ-
rity, highly educated and OF genial dis
position, Mr. King will be much missed
by the many friends he made every day
of his life He leaves widow and fam
lily in Minneapolis.
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n Mr.. White, the public-spiritsd owner
OF the stallion Russia, 2 :29l4, offers TO
pretent trainer Starr with $1,000 il he
will give Gar, 2:l21, record OF 2:10
the coming Reeeon, and $500 for each ad-
dititional half second that he reduces
the record below 2.10. Czar got his rec
ord of :12M last year ss q 3.year-o.d. /.
His sire, Russia, is remarkably we'll
bred, being by Nutwood, 2:1S34, out OF
Reina Victoria. The latter was by
Rysdyk's m5letonian, out Of Hya.
cinth, by Volunteer, and Hyacinth's
dam was the famous Clara, which
brought Dexter, 2:17l4, etc.
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jain Driscoll will open the campaign
with stable Of Parkville Farm horses
ct Philadelphia. His pupils are as fol-
lows: Regal Wilkes, 2:11M, by Guy
Wilkes, dam by sultan; Jay Wilkes, by
Guy Wilkes, 2:I0j4, out OF Sweetness
the dam of Sidney; Mozart, by Siam
bcul, 2:O712; Baron Rose, by STEAMBOAT,
out 81 AHnnehaha; Chan O., by Sidney !;
Thistle, 2:l4, by Sidney; Edith Rose,
two-yeaI-old iilly, by Baron Rose, out OF
Edith r. 2.17t<. EaOla priuoaso