The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-04-28
AUDITORIUMs.
EQUINE ARISTOCRACY.
Recent Foals That May Well Be Proud
Of Their Ancestry.

Of Their Ancestry.
News comes from Buffalo that Henriet-
t., 2:17, daughter of Mambrino King, has
foaled bay tilly by Rex Americus, 2:l1N,
at the Village farm. Henrietta was one
OF the first cf the get of Namr.ino King
~ :. 90 through the grand circuit, and she
did much to bring his meme into promi-
nence among grand circuit followers Her
campaign lasted from 1888 to 1892, and
she generally captured q portion Of the
money. Her record of 9:l7 was made at
Rochester on Aug. IL, 1892, In the first
heat, the rncc being won, however, by
Walter Il, who took the next three heats
in much faster time She was then In foal
to Chimes, though 1t was not supposed she
had caught The following February she
dropped the black colt known as Ticket Of
Leave, now a member of the southern
branch of the Village farm training stable.
She is also the dam of the fast S-ycar-o
Harriet Chimes, also In the south, and a
yearling colt by Rex Americus. Henriet.
ta's dam was a daughter Of old Hamble.
tonian (l0). In addition to Henrietta, Bay
Hambletonian produced Egyptienne, 2:18;
Fulano, 2:23x; Mink, dam Of Comanche,
2:22k; Lena, grandam of fanny Bug (2)
2:l711, and her name also appears in the
pedigrees Of several other fast performers
and in some Of the most promising colts
now In training in the south.
Another foal at Village farm that In
point Of breeding ranks among the equine
Four Hundred Is bay colt sired ny Lord
Of the Manor, son of Mambrino King and
Princess Chimes, sister of Princess Royal
(2), 2:l0; dam Dona Chimes, by Chimes;
second dam Dotlet, grandam of Valence,
2:16h, by Nutwood. etc.
Clipped Diamonds.
The present topic among baseball circles
| in Pawtucket: Who Is going to Lewiston?
There Is hustle going on at Brockton
to get a grand stand ready for the opening
of the league season in that city on Mon
day next to replace the one destroyed by
fire.
Nichols, the new catcher of the Portland
team, has made great hit. This Is not
his first experience in the New England
League, as he played in the Bangor out
field two seasons ago. 81.
There will be no more exhibition games
played on the Dexter street grounds be-
fore the opening Of the championship sea-
son. The team will indulge In practice
every day, and Manager Smith IL confident
that the team will be found in good shape
when the season opens.
The new uniforms for the Pawtucket
players are beauties. The color is hand.
some light gray, and the word Pawtucket
Is inscribed In white letters on large ma.
room base ball, which Is marked across tn,
breast Of the shirt. The trimmings of tn,
caps and stockings also are maroon
Boston Herald.
Lajoie Is the most talked about player II
the National League. A man that car
crack out hits with such regularity de-
serves some recognition. Anyhow, he get,
1t from numerous followers of the Bostor
team who have been figuring out tn,
change at first base and at the same tim
thinking how easy IL would have been las
year for the triumvirate to have landed tn
big Frenchman.
The figures given by the Buffalo Express
regarding the increase and decrease II
strength OF the teams in the Easter,
League is interesting, and gives Scranton
an increase Of 80 per cent, and Providenc
loss Of per cent. The value Of Prog
nostications Of this kind Is illustrated b,
the estimate made by the Chicago Times
Herald giving Boston an increase O
strength of 25 per cent.