The herald., 1896-12-14


takes it nicely. He is under the care OF
Ma jor Ben Stuart.
Juan Bernard, the Derby winner Of
last year, is probably the fastest run
ming horse at the track at present as
shown in his workout Friday morning.
running one mile in / :43, with 12S pounds
up.
The pretty little mare Hacienda is
looking we'll and takes her work well.
A trip out to the track just now viii
repay the lover of the noble quadruped.
l.. j. Rose will send two carloads OF
thoroughbreds to San Francisco today,
to be sold at auction. William Yaeger
will be in charge of one car and Charles
Weber of the other.
On Thursday Messrs. Killip & Co,
auctioneers will sell all the thorough
breds belonging to l.. j. Rose of Los An
geles. Among those to be disposed of are
Nomad, the greatest Wildidle ever
foaled; Phida sister to the dam of Or
nament, and better bred one never WAS
foaled: she is only years old; Celia, by
imp. Charaxus and Canta (sister 20
Skidmore), by imp. Charaxus; Gladlola'
the good game daughter of Gano; Cath
crime B.. by Bullion; Pueblo, by Ruther-
ford, dam by Grinstead; Idaho, by imp.
Cyrus; Victoria, by Peel; Snow Flake,
by Jim Brown. and twelve colts and I'LL
lies out of some of the grandest mares
ever brought to California, all sired by
u, l.
For couple of years the idea has been
general that the bicycle has driven the
horse largely out of existence. Philo-
sophie mathematicians figured elabor-
ately on the number of years which must
come and go before the equine race be-
came wholly extinct. The extensive or
ganization known as the Horseshoers
Protective association has made its re-
port ,and this report demonstrates that
instead of a decrease in the nun Der of
horses in the country. there is actually
an increase, and that there are more
horses in the country at the present
time than ever before since the landing
of the Pilgrim fathers. The figures fur
nished by the organization mentioned
claim that there are in Ohio $4,000 more
horses than there were one year ago;
1900 more in Michigan, and 1880 more
in New York. Other states show a cor
responding increase in the number of
horses over twelve months ago. The
statstician of the Horseshoers' assoca-
tiOn explains this phenomenon by stat
ing that bicycles are used chiefly by
people who never did and never would
own a horse. 1t is also asserted that
while occasionally a man may sell his
horse and adopt the bike" the change
is only temporary, and that as soon as
the eXhilerating novelty of the wheel
wears off, the waste of muscular energy
becomes irksome. and the tWo-wheeled
nag is abandoned and the four-footed
nag is again installed in service and ia
vor. Those who feared the passing IF
the horse can take heart and courage
He will not pass. s.-Memphis Commercial
Appeal.
U. S. Kuffell of Santa Ana goes to
Los Angeles next month as foreman
and head trainer for DR.. Edgar Smith,
says the Breeder and Sportsman. Kuf-
fell gets this position as a direct result
of his good work this year with the
PAGERS Bill Nye and Frances b. The
former he gave a record of 2:22 to an
trial as good as 2:15A. and reduced the
latter's mark from 2:23A to 2:19 In
DR.. Smiths stable are colts by such ia
nous sires as Mckinney, Gossiper,
WOolsey and Piedmont. and Kuffell will
also handle Bill Nye again next year.
so that he may be expected to cut quite
a figure in next years racing.
Jennie Nc, the game and speedy little
PAGER who has been sent to a mark of
2:12 by her owner, Charles Durfee, was
sold at auction fortnight ago at Ag-
ricultlural park to G. w. Reed for $780,
Durfee has owned and driven the mare
on the track, and number of fat purses
have been pulled down by her. the most
recent of her performances being in the
fall races at the park, where she won
the two events in which she started. Her
record of 2:12 was made on the Santa
Ana track. She was sired by Mckinney,
2:11H; dam LeonOr, 2:24. by Eastwood; ;
he is by Legal Tender dam by Volun-
teer; second dam Geraldine. by Echo,
son of Hambletonian 10; third dam by
Ritleman, thoroughbred.