The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-05
NOTES OF THE TURF.

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Pola, trotted mile in 2:3914.
NOTES OF THE TURF.
The French trotter Leda has won $685.
1913.
Handspun was the first mare bred to
Requital.
Alma Masters bones are to be exhumed
and mounted.
Alix. 2:O3al, is running out during the
daytime in paddock at present.
Ed Geers thinks Passing Belle, 2:0S14,
can pace in 2:O5 if rightly handled.
Ananias, 2:O62z, may lower John R.
Gentry's 5-year-old record of 2:o324.
Bookmaking and pool selling, except at
race tracks, is now a felony in Kentucky
The Charter Oak management may re-
new the $1,000 Nutmeg purse for 3-year-
olds.
Neil, dam of vassar 2:O7, and Belle
vara, 2:OS3t, recently dropped foal by
Stranger.
Jockey TaraI will ride for Bromley &
Co., Marcus Daily having second call on
his service.
TOD Sloane has given John S. Camp
stay in California.
w. H. Gocher, secretary of the. Ma
tional Trotting association, drives Touch
Me-Not, 2:1S14. on the road.
Richard H Stuart has purchased George
c., PAGER, 2:1212, by Ayers Gift, from John
Reamer, for S525. The gelding has a severe
attack of lung fever.
Charley Durfee, owner of the trotting
stallion Mckinley, 2:11A, has moved his
quarters from Los Angles to Oakland.
The Detroit Merchants and Manufactur
ers' stake of $4,000. one of the most i'm
portant of the great trotting events, will
be renewed.
George H. Miller, we'll known as a
trainer and breeder of trotters, has been
engaged as starter for the Carolina trot-
ting circuit.
Lord William Beresford has sold Kee-
nan. CHI. h., 6, by Lisbon, dam Patrimony.
to his present owner, the Maharajah Aga
Khau, for $4,000.
J. ]. McCafferty won his first race Of
the New Orleans meeting last week. when
Mount Washington landed a purse from a
lot of very ordinary platers.
One-I-Love, the property of Stephen
Sanford s, Sons, now at the Hurricane
Stud farm, Amsterdam, y. Y, recently
foaled d bay colt by Faverdale.
Judge Denny, the horse which reduced
the two-mile record TO $685.. at Oakland,
Cal, on Feb. u, is a 5-year-old black stall
lion. by Fonso, dam Belle of Nantura, by
Jils Johnson.
In Vienna, Austria, there will be four
meetings. the first to come on March q,
ending April 8. In Baden racing vii COM
mence on June - and last. with a three
weeks interval at the end Of July, 10 Sep
TENDER l.
The New Orleans racing officials have
nou Sc for any owner, jockey or trainers
who practice cruelty TO animals. George
Eichisclay was recently fined So down
there for striking a horse over the head
with a whip.
4 new circuit has been formed in Mis-
souri, with dates as follows: Mexico, July
IS 20 %: Columbia, Moberly. Booaville. Bel
ton. Holden. Harrisonville. Rich Hi. Ne
vada. Fort Scot and Springfield, on sue
cessive weeks.
Edwards & Arnold. Virginia, have pur-
chased OF Baker& Gentry the chestnut
colt Calculator, (. by Harry O'Fallon. dam
Fleta, by imp Hurrah and bay flly Mar
sic E. 5. by Harry O'FalIon, dam Virgie
Johnson. on private terms.
The prospects for the passage OF
racing bin by the legislature OF Illinois.
now in session, are considered good. and
the failure of the bill Will be a great
misfortune TO Chicago. as well as all other
breeding sections Of the country.
In France > per cent. OF the betting in
mutuals goes 70 public charitable institu-
tons, and in 1887 amounted to 3.SSs. II
francs, about S7s7.2S5 The total amount
Of betting in the mut1als for 1897 was ISs.-
SoS,S45 francs. which does not include the
betting in the books.
Prayteu, 2:os1s. recently shipped TO his
new owner. J. s Diclzle % Cleveland. had
. narrow escape while being unIoaded. the
platform giving way beneath him. He
got bad fsl, but, fortunately. was not
seriously hurt. II vii be rendered that
the famous Lady Thorn. 2:Isls. was retired
from the turf through very similar acci-
dent