The evening times., 1895-12-11
RING, TRACK AND PADDOCK.

Fred Foster and J. j. McCafferty con-
template trip 10 Erope this month.
c. II. Smith leads the New Orleans win
ncrs through Buckwa's good work.
Eight horses In Robert Bonners stable
at Tarrytown, n. Y, cost him 81 10 900.
Riley Grammar has been playing in bad
luck since his arrival at San Francisco.
| Canadian Horse Breeders Association
| was organized in Toronto November %.
Stanford, the steeplechase Jockey, got a
| nasty tumble at San Francisco recently.
W. ID. Randall has hired Jockey Ballard
| to go to California TO ride for him.
Selling platter Jim Hogg navigated the
| New Orleans track in 1:42 the other day.
Sunol, EOS Ia, is looking well and Jog
ging every day at Robert Bonner's farm.
Western horscmcn are advocating the
establishment OF = National Jockey Club.
Barney SchrieJer's runners are not meet
ing with much success at Sas Francisco.
The Jockey Club has extended the time for
registratio I'LL the last day OF December
In Austria this year purses were dis
| tributed for trottiDg races amounting To
| $62,500.
The amount of purses distributed dur
ing the last season in Germany reaches
SS6,01O.
Bill Brien, formerly Lucky Baldwin's
| trainer, is trying TO pick New Orleans
winners.
At the recent meeting of the Kentucky
Association at Lexington $22,oOO were
distributed.
Paul, 2:0T 1-2, and Lee H., 2:13 1-2.
make one of the fastest pole teams In
New England.
The Officers OF the Philadelphia Turf
Club have been renominated for the ensu-
ing year.
Betting has been lively in the Crescent
City, and one dozen bookmakers are kept
busy.
W. E. Applcgate and his syndicate now
control the Latoniia, Oakley and Louis
vile tracks.
Charlie Myers the past season has driven
eleven horses better than 2:3o that had no
records.
Jockey Frank Leigh, suspended for al
legged crooked riding at st. Louis, has been
reinstated.
John II. Shultz will breed Laurel, 2:O9 IA,
by Brown Hal, to his pacing stallion,
Thistle, 2:l3 Ia.
In W. H. Gocher, the National Trottine
Association has secured an able successor
to Secretary Morse.
Long spells of rainy weather caused the
closing of the Houston, Tex, meeting, which
was big loser.
Henry c. Jewett has sent six carloads of
horses from his Kansas ranch to his COW
cred track at Buffalo.
The Canadian mare, Chloe, 2:171-4,
owned by Hon. ]. II. Mctcafe of Kingston,
Ontario. will be shipped TO England.
A syndicate of horsemen of East Aurora
and Buffalo may buy the Jewett covered
track at Jewettville, N. Y.
John Payne, the Covington pool-room
keeper, has purchased the 3-year-old filly,
Whyota, and will race her at New Orleans.
Decorum, the sister to Direct, 2:O5 1-2,
recently purchased by E. H. Hartman
of New York, will be bred to StambouI,
2:O71-2.
1t is reported that Mr.. vanderbilt's
mares in France have recovered from their
rough sea voyage and are no " in good con-
ditiOn.
Fred Foster has retired from the man.
agement OF the Sportsman's Park meeting,
and turned 1t over to his brother, David
Foster.
The filly Amazon, by Charles Derby.
2:2O, out Of dam OF W. Wood, 2:O7.
Is one of the most promising youngsters
In California.
1t is said that the horse that was
out this year as sluggard, by Laclede, is
none other than Elmer c., by vox Populi.
Horse World.
Charles n. Thompson, better known as
Butch Thompson, a we'll known New
York racing man, has just recovered from
severe illness.
The bay mare, Superior Girl, 2:17 l. 4, has
been bought by John d. Rockefeller from
Simon James, of Hamilton, Ont, for road
use at Cleveland.
William Disston has proved aimself one
v..- hest amateur drivers We have. He
has On Pixley in 2:12 3-4, and. his
double team a mile in 2:24 Ia