The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-26
TURF TOPICS.

me unsatisfactory racing season is about
on par with the horses it produced Prom
lSlng well at the outset it dwindled into COM
monplace before midsummer and narrowly
escaped stagnatiOn. Last May Ornament
Iillo, Ogden, Peep O. Day. Hamburg, Plaudit
Bowling Brook, Lieber Karl, Previous, George
keene, Sly Fox, The Huguenot, Firearm,
Handball, Jean Bereaud Glenheim, Kingdom
Filon dor. High Degree and Dr. Eichberg
We're equine stars. Ornament and TiIlo won
and lost a couple of races each and were re-
urea; Nj. Marcus Daily bottled up Hamburg
before the season was half run; PIaudit
Bowling Brook Previous, Mirthful and Sly
FOX went wrong, and the 2-year-oIds were Of
no account after the spring meeting The
summer and fall introduced a consistent g.
year-old lilly in Briar Sweet three clever
class 2-year-olds in Martimas Autumn and
Manuel. and the old ong-distance champion,
Ben Holiday himself into form No
pronounced thoroughbred giants came to tba
fore, the year being barren in material
speedy enough to recall the triumphs of Ire
mont Saltwater, His Highness, Domino, Henry
OF Navarro and Ben Brush.
American owners are fairly well repre-
sented IN the Grand Prize of Paris, to be run
entries closed Sept. r. Mr.. W. K Wander
bit has nominated the following: Br Vii
1e6on, by Fripon-Oolah; CHI C Courier, by
GFaDa fndgo en- 4qhcan By Fr b
Deerslayer, by Fripon- Darya; ch Valiant,
by Stuart-Dolinka; CHI Gloriana, by FriDon3
Glencoyne; br Mayfower, by Fripon- Daisy;
D Carmita by Fripon-CIeoIa b ReIIa
Vista, by Fripon-VestabelIa; ci f CIorinda
Dy Stuart-Pontchartrain; CHI Martha Wash
lngton, by The Bard-Kitty Koerber Mr. T
). curtis is represented by the b or br colt
Lammas, by Conference.-The of Kingston.
and Mr.. John DAILY by oh c. by His HigIfr ess-
Nettie; C, by His Highness-E Early Blossom:
b c, by His Highness-Miss Longstreet-Spirit
OF the Times.
An effort is being made by p J. German.
OF Lexington, KY, to have Jockey Calvin
Clay reinstated by the Turf congress. Clay
was set down by Judge Joseph Murphy al
st Louis on Aug. II last for an alleged bad
ride on Loving Cup, when she was beaten by
Z. Z. Mathis FLY Fireside. Mr. German has
contract on the boys service which does not
expire until next July, and it is hardship to
MIN TO have Clay on the ground He is
anxious to- have the boy put back again as
ne German, has quit the business to take
charge of hotel in Lexington and desires IA
dispose of Clays contract. Mr.. Germans
claim that the boy in justice ought to be re-
lnstated is based on the fact that Fireside
mas several times since that beaten Loving
The great Tod Sloan does not seem to be
game. AS long as things are coming his
way ana ne IS being overwhelmed with full
some praise for his work III the saddle he
is all right, but just as soon as the race
going public begins to weaken In its worship
or rival for the tickle pubics favor looms
the reason he was anxious to get away from
the New York track to go to- England was
the fact that Danny Maher was beginning to
crowd him in the race for public favor
Now that. as a result of a break in his win
ming streak, he is not being idolized as much
by the Britishers as he was awhile back he
threatens to quit England and return to his
native heath.
imp, who Is now recognized as a mare out
Oh the ordinary-one of the best that has
ever SHOWN In the WeSt-has started thirty
times this year since she made her first an
peaTance OF the season in the inaugural dash
~ me Newport spring meeting and been nm
paced only four times having won nineteen
OF her races. been second four times and
thlrd twice. She has five stakes to her credit
namely the Memorial handiCap the Austin
apc pSpeed stakes at Harlem and the Monad-
mock and Dash stakes at Hawthorne ana he,
earnings for the year foot up 81, 3S5 NJ
agents for a proposed running meeting al
Cleveland have been at Windsor for tha 3ast
few days to get horsemen to ship their string
to Cleveland. The promoters intend onIv f.
give 500 purses, and as that would ouflaw
any one who took part in the meeting u &c
not expected that any horses will be sent
The Nashville fall meeting will commence
week from Wednesday and will continns
70 Nov. "a