The evening times., 1897-11-26
IN THE ARENA OF SPORTS
Mamie Gray, Queen Of Brood
Mares Of the American Turf.
THE GRANDDAM OF HAMBURG

Her Offspring, With Domino at the
Head, Have Won $323. 3.OOO-Tim
Murphy, the Sprinter. Breaks the
American Record for Races Won.
Bob IngersOll on Football.
The wonderful perfor nance OF tine two
yearold colt Hamburg this year mas at
tracted the attention of all uurfmen to the
source from which he sprang. Hanover,
his sire, nae already made reputation In
the stud, but his dam, Lady Reel, was prac-
tically unknown save as a good race mare.
Investigation shows that Lady Reels
dam. Mamie Gray, was the greatest brood
mare the American turf has ever known
in the amount of nom y won by her produce.
This prolific mare, unlike her grandson
never made an enviable record on the turf.
She was bred by the late Gen. A. Buford,
that eccentric Kentucky turfman who be-
lievesi that horses had souls and that they
would 70 10 heaven. She wasby Enquirer
Her dam WAS Lizzie G., by War Dance,
and she out of mare, Old Edith. by Imp.
Sovereign. thus running into the Reel of
Gallopade family, from which SO mauy
noted turf performers have sprung. Fol-
lowing is a list Of the produce OF Mamie
Gray, to,.ethrr with the amount of money
won by her SONS and da lighters.
Ten Strike, by Ten Brock. $4,000
Sir Knight, by Felluwcraf ft.. 1000
Randall. by Imp. King Ean....... 1000
Lady Reel dam Of Hamburgt,
by Felloworaft.. 5000
Madam Reel, by FeIlowcrart 1000
Correction, 10y Himyar...... $4,000
Domino ,largest winner on Amer
can turf, by Himyar. 100000
O. ~ ,OOO
Considering the amount OF money Won
by her produce and the way in which her
daughters are breeding the thousand dol
lars invested in Mamie Gray by Major
Thomas was the best spent mones ever
laid Ous for horseflesh.
Lady Reel, although only eleven years
old, and after she had Won SIS 1000 on the
turf, has produced the following winners:
Strathreei, by Strsthmore. .S 1000 !
slmanda, by strathnore. 5000
Chat tterfeat. 10y Strathmore. 1000
Hamburg, by Hanover. $4,000
This Inakes the large sum of $323.0OO
Won by the produce Of Mamie Cray and
her daughter, l. ady Reel.
Lady Reel has been br ed hack to
HanoveI. Her daughter, Amanda, has
been bred I" Tenny, and Chatterfield has
been brc:i 10 st. Leonartls. Mamie Him
var, the full sister to Domino, and the
last foal of Mamie Gray, has been bred 10
Prince of Monaco.
Tim Murphy, the famous roam
sprinter, WOE his one hundred and fifth
purse at san Francisco the other day.
This is the American record. Tim Muir
ply is twelve-year-old roan gelding
by Kirke Daiv-MaEgie r. He belongs
to Arthur White, the boy plunger, who
halls from st. Louis. White made his
original stake at the old East st. Louis
track and eventually gathered a stable
or horses together. In the spring of 1893
a Montana horsenlaD named Lee Connpr
brought Tim Murphy East and prepared
him for the fair grounds meeting over the
sand track at East st. Louis. Shortly
after the big st. Louis meeting opened
one OF Tim Murphy's races got his party
into trouble and the gelding was trans
ferred TO white. The latter and Tom
Stone were ih partnership at the time,
racing apleT the name of White d Clark.
When che Stt1 louis meeting closed they
went To Chicago and raced their horses at
Hawthorne. Tim Murphy will he remenl-
bered as the fastest sprinter on the " estern
circuit In those days
He was a great horse at three-qua rters
OF a mile. holding Oregon, Eclipse, Tie
King, Haydee, Picolo, and the rest of the
fast ones safe. Three years ago White
and Clark took their sta bles to san Fran
cisco aud have raced there ever since.
Tim Murphy is magnificent specimen Of
a race horse. His full brother, Pat Mu.-
ply, is also fast. Pat Murphy raced in the
colorS OF A. B. Spreckles. The feature pf
the card last St. Patrick's Day at one OF |
the Fiiscc tracks was special race be- |
tween Tim and Pat Murphy, which was
started 10y IA San Francisco turfman named |
Murphy and Judged by Joe Murphy, of st. |
Louis. Arthur White, the wner of |
Tim Murphy, was worth u lot of money |
at one stage Of his turf career, but he has |
not had much luck OF recent years. Com
he rest of his horses were nearly all bread
winners the year they were on the coast, |
but Tin Murphy has had to earn oats for
he entire stable the past two seasons. The
noble cid roan's record is the best evid ance |
Il his ability to do SO.
AT Chicago yesterday some Of Col. Bob
|ngersolis friends Congressman Cauzins.
of Iowa, among Others-made an effor
to secure his consent to attend one of the
football games. He politely declined the
invitation, and remarked:
II never saw football game in my life,
md only one game of baseball. 1t must
be good game, though, as See they are
killing lots Of people. / think match foot
ball and baseball games between colleges
should he stOppei. | should like to see
every college in the country have "A good
gymnasium and ucompet ent Instructor, and |
then let the students 20 into athletics for |
he sake % development mot for he mere
purpose of beating Someone else in game.
Il suppose foot ball will he pla yed whe ether
ok S object to 1t or not, but ! do think col
eye students should have a different id ca |
of athletics This thing of trying to
)eat B for the honor of 1t is a bad thing |
II would not be SO bad if the boys got
paid for it. It's about like standing IN
gainst Fitzsimmons, / should Judge. from