Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-31
Notea of the Turf.

There are now three sons and one grand
son of Electioneer owned in Tenness-Bow
Bells, Candidate, Egotist and Election Bell.
Trainer Bill Scully recently sold sixteen
head of horses in the paddock at New Or
leans. The prices obtained ranged from
$50 down to S25
Second payments to the number of sS7
were made of colts, foals of 1896. named in
the Kentucky Futurity. Cloverdell farm
leads with forty-three.
1t is rumored that Star Pointer, 2:021h,
by Brown Hal, thought by some to be the
coming 2-minute PAGER will be purchased
by wealthy Philadelphian in the near
future.
Senator Irby, the once great race horse
that Ed Corrigan paid 5000 for, and which
won several rich stakes when a 3-year-old,
has broken down, and it is thought that
he will never face the starter again.
w. OBJ. Macdonough's bay yearlng colt,
by St. Carlo-Countess Langdon, by King
Craft, is said to have shown one of the
best trials in California. He is small. but
Is credited with quarter in 26ls seconds.
carrying 124 pounds.
One of the most promising 2-year-olds
at Lexington is the bay colt by Tea Tray.
dam Kalula. by Glenelg. He is owned
jointly by Policeman Dennis Hayes and
broken and has shown some fast work
John Rodegap has twenty horses in train
ing at the Kentucky Association course.
They are all doing nicely. Among the 3
year-olds is Il full sister to Bowling Green
that has shown quarter in :2iis with
weight up, beating out by a head the De-
ceiver colt. out of a full sister to the dam
of Flora Thornton. Treopia, Garland Bar,
Goshen and Blitzen's Sister are all look
ing well. Rodegap. will begin the season
at Newport.
Henry Harris, Jack McDonaId's trainer,
is stuck on DIR. Sheppard, the big 3-year-
old in Fred Fosters stable. DIR. Sheppard
is by Buchanan, and one of the largest
colts in training He showed stake form
early last spring. but his tremendous size
interfered with his action and John J. Nc
Cafferty finally turned the youngster over
to Foster. DR.. Sheppard is in all the West
ern derbies. He may prove to be one of
the 3-year-olds of the season.
Byron McClelland has entered the fol-
lowing youngsters in the Newmarket
stakes in England Bay colt. by Imp. Ray
Bermuda, out of the dam of Faithful and
bay colt, by Bermuda-Lissic. 1t is well
known among McClelland's friends that he
has been banking for trip to England
with his best performers for several years
McClelland's bay colt, by Imp Order-Miss
Saxon was considered the likeliest looking
yearling in Kentucky last season. He Is
entered in the Futurity, which Mr.. McClel-
land expects to win with him this year
Trainer Bob Tucker is reported to be go
ing along very carefully with F1eisch-
mann's black beauty, Halma, now 5-year-
old. The horses legs appear TO be improv-
ing. and Tucker has great hopes that he
will stand spring training. So far this
winter Halma has not been given great
deal of work. but he is sent out every
morning with the balance of Fleischmann's
string for light track work, and his bad
legs do not seem to give him any pain
1t is almost too early to say whether the
great son of Hanover will be himself again
this year, but the present indications are
that he will be as good as ever.
Trainers at Montgomery park Memphis
Tenn. are beginning to send their horses
along. This is notably true of John w
Schorr & Son, who have Meadowthorpe
and Macy in their stable. These two g.
year-olds are being prepared for the Cres-
cent City derby, TO be run at the New
Orleans meeting March q, and the Arkan-
sas derby to be run at Little Rock few
days later. Meadowthorpe will try for the
New Orleans event. while Macy will be
sent over to the City of Roses. to contest
with the best of McGuigan's colts for the
richest stake of the Little Rock meeting
Mr.. Schorr is very sanguine of winning
both derbies, and as he is Il half owner OF
Algol who will start in the Tennessee
derby on April 10. he has hopes of making
a record in winning these classic events