The herald., 1893-02-19

this county, and won the 3-year-olc
trotting stake of 1875 at the state fair
getting q record of 2:301s, which she
subsequently lowered seven seconds.
As he now owns both the sire and dam
of Direct. 2 :051s it is in order for him tc
breed horse that can go as fast II not
faster. 1t is to be hoped that his ambi-
ton in this quarter may be realized.
| Mr.. Moore has several millions in bis
own right, aud like the late w. S. Hobart
| of San Mateo, is not satisfied with put
ting baby trotters in the 2: 80 list. What
he is after ia 200 trotter, and he is in
as fair way to get one as any man 1
know.
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Tennessee, so long the cradle Of the
! galloping horse, is now rapidly going to
| the front as producer of trotters In
last weeks gossip mentioned that Rosy
| Morn, by Aicantara, had dropped bay
colt to Bow Bells (brother to Chimes)
now owned in that state but bred by
Senator Stanford at Palo Alto. The
Breeder and Turfman of the 9th states
that the youngster has been sold for
$500, which is about equivalent to pay
ing $4,000 for a good and well-developed
4-yesr-old. Tennessee is a state that
breeds good horses and grand mentor
instance, Tammany and the late Bale
Peyton.
Mr.. W. S. Vosburgh, secretary of the
board of control, is a Handicapped after
my own heart. He has put out the
weights for the Toboggan handicap at
Morris Park with 1873 pounds on the
5-year-old DIR. Hssbrouck, 1876 on Lamp
lighter, 134 each on st. Florian and
Banquet and 1872 each on Stowell and
His Highness. That means work left
for the old-time jocks who fancied them
selves too heavy to ride, such as James
Mclaughlin, George Oovington and two
or three other old knights OF the pig
skin who have recently gone over to the
ranks OF the trainers. Hasbrouck is un.
doubtedly the fastest horse in the
United States at six furlongs. and Sacra-
mento county, where he first saw the
light, has good reason to be proud of
him.
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There will be 100 trotting meetings
held in America, outside of the Pacific
states, during the forthcoming season.
This probably means that 5000 trotting
horses will be trained during the season
at an average expense of $50 per month,
or total cost of $50, 900 per month. As
4he training season generally begins
early in March and ends with October,
that means $240,000 for training ex-
penses during those eight months.
Counting in the horses that are taken
up and tried, and then left at home be-
cause deficient in speed, it might not be
exaggerative to calculate that $500,0O0
are annually spent in the United States
for the training and development of
trotting and pacing horses. What we
want now is good foreign markets, such
as Vienna, Berlin, Paris, Dresden and
other continental European cities.
There is decline, just now, in the
price OF trotting horses and it will con-
tinue, on account of over-production,
until good foreign market is opened
up for us in continental Europe.
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The New York Spirit writer on tnrf
superstitions got out very readable ar
ticle on that subject, some two weeks
ago, but he Is "away off" on supposing
that the mile record-breaker, Salvador,
took his name from q brand of beer.
Mr.. Haggin's father was small planter
and stock-grower in Kentucky, but bred
very select type of shorthorn cattle.
and one of tho elder Haggin's favorite
name was Saltwater, with the accent Oh
the second syllable sa If spelt "vay."
He planned the boyishs sports of the
now famous copper minionaire and, half
a century after the faithful old Blave's
death, the country rang with the praises
of horse named in his honor. It is
poetic spot in the nature of man in
whom the love of money Seems to have
absorbed all other feelings.
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Iroquois makes an extraordinary show
ing for 30 young horse, his Oldest per-
formers being but years old. Last
year he was represented by 43 starters,
of which "a were winners, six others got
second meney only, and two got no bet
ter than third, while four others ran un-
placed throughout the season. His total
winnings count up $780, as against
$92, ,42l in 1901.
w. II. Forbes of Readville, Mass, is
the latest convert to the breeding of
thoroughbreds. The Messrs. Wealth
olDys dCtluS lOI ulm 6b Ll6 DUuC86b6r
sales in December, bought five highly
bred and fashionable mares. These are
Orizaba, by Bend dor, out of Dour-
ance by Rosicrucian, from Fenella by
Cambuscan, covered by Bendigo. Next
comes Bargain by Barcaldine, out OF
Booty by Sterling, from Brigantine,
winner Of the Oaks, by Buccaneer. Then
we come to Frolic Grace by Sterling, out
of Wild Duchess by the Duke, from
Countess Agnes by Wild Dayrell. Next
is Etarre by Macaroni, out of Lynette by
Lord Lyon. Last is wesnling by Gal
lard, from Frolic Grace. The cost OF
the lot was $4,000.
A writer, T. @. p, in the Spirit of the
11th has long article in which he cites
numerous cases OF horses being of different
color from their stree. A more remark
able case is that of The Hook, owned by
E. J. Baldwin of this county. He is %
years old and got 10 foals last year, and
will have IL this year, while Grinstead,
of the game age, is impotent. The
Hook gets nearly all cheetnuts, although
he is brown himself. His sire, Fish
Hook, was brown and go was his pa
ternal grandsire. Fisherman, whose sire,
Heron, was bay. On the dams side,
he is out OF Juliet, a bay, by Touchstone,
brown. and his sire, Comel, was
brown. His granddam was bysTomboy,
brown. HIDALGo.
Astonishing Fact.