The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-11-25

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The sale of MY Favorite, the dam Of
that sensational horse Handspring. IL has
just leaked out, was to Richard Croker
of New York. He paid between $4,000
and $4,000 for the mare. who is In foal to
Hanover -
Tracy & Wilson, horse dealers and
shippers. sent My Favorite to New York
in their express car. a sort of parlor car
for the safe and comfortable Transports
tion of valuable stock, and from New
York My Favorite was shipped to Eng
land SOFA
Mr.. Croker was anxious. II Is said, that
other side, SO that II might be. eligible
to enter certain races there. He may also
breed My Favorite to Dobbins. Mr.. Gro
ker has lately bought from Milton Young
IA colts by Hanover and Strathmore, and
they were sent to the Belle Meade farm
in Tennessee. which Mr.. Croker owns in
partnership with General Jackson. Tracy
& VIII son shipped the colts from there
to New York, whence they were sent to
England. n.
Mr.. Croker buys horses very quietly
sometimes, through two or three inter-
mediaries, and even then the men who
ship them sometimes do not know who
owns the horses.
My Favorite is chestnut mare by
imported by the late Congressman w. L.
Scott. Her dam was Mamie H., we'll
known mare bred by Colonel ID. McDan-
iel. My Favorite was foaled in 1856. She
was never raced.
/ Hanover and Strathmore are at Milton
Youngs McGrathianna stud in Ken
lucky.
Green B. Morris has arrived at the In
gleside track, San Francisco. with a
string of eight horses. Among the lot are
Lobengula, a very clever 3-year-old by
Hudson-Zulu: Sallie Cliquot, by Salvas-
or-Widow Clquot (sister to Dry Mono
pole) one of the best 2-year-old fillies of
the year; Sir Play, by Sir Modred-Play-
thing, a full brother to the great money
WINNER, Tournament; Dare Dollar. by
Darebin-Trade Dollar dam of Trade
Mark, Simmons, Gold Dollar and Daric).
who won quite a number Of 2-year-old
races; Strathmeath, by Strathmore, a
good handicap horse; imp. Star Ruby.
by Hampton, a 3-year-old. and Miss Max
i'm, by the dead Rancho del Paso stallion,
out of Ventura (sister to Ben Ali and
Memento), by Virgil. II
"Curly" Brown, who is we'll known In
the West for getting into trouble, is in 1t
again according to the following:
"St. Louis, Nov. H.-Last Tuesday
Curly III. c. Brown, the California
horseman, and Judge Glen Creyeling, had
a furious fist fight on a prominsht Street
leading to the race grounds. They were
separated, however, before they had done
any harm to each other, and just in time
to prevent Curly Brown from shooting
Creveling. i,8 ,f5f
To-day Creveling and a friend were
walking down Olive street and Brown
Jumped from a passing street car and
IA for Ia a N a A q 10 n
preached Creveling he pulled big Colt
revolver from the waistband of his trou-
sers. John Reilly, horseman, grabbed
Browns arm and prevented him from
shooting.
Nov, don't do that said Creveling,
as he saw the gun. Let's go down to
Tom Kelly's and fight 1t out like cou-
pie of gentlemen q
IAN right. acquiesced Brown, and the
party start for Kely's. .nn
Arriving there Brown refused to give
I'D his gun, although Creveling begged
him to do so for nearly an hour.
Lets get in carriage. said Brown.
| and go somewhere and shoot II out at
the end of handkerchief
THAT might do for you,' Creveling re-
piled, but I've got a family 20 look out
| for. II it's tight you want. will give II
| to YOU but Ia rather buck against a pair
| of FLIES than a pair of Colts.
| After three attempts 20 shoot Creve-
| ling Brown was placed under arrest and
| his gun was taken away.
What he has got against me don't
know said Creveling to a reporter, 'un-
| less he's mad because / ruled him of the
i Kansas City race track. 1 got him the
| Job there, starting at s25 a day. i was
| in the judges stand, and Al Shores. tho
| horseman, preferred charges against
| Brown and his brother for Matchmaking
| horsemen. He said the Brown brothers
| were going around to different men say
ing that If they did not give them none,
| Curly would leave their horses at the
post. These charges were substantiated
| but so as not to give the meeting a blacl
| eye, / asked that they be dismissed ana
the matter hushed up. Since then Brown
seems to have had IL In for me. But III
get the big duffer yet. and give him 81
the fight he Is looking for sf 49,.
TERRORS OF THE RED SEA.
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