The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-02-12
NOTES OF THE TURF.

| Dexter Prince has been leased for an
| other season by Palo Alto farm.
The Vienna Trotting association has
voted s12O, 900 for purses in 1898.
The 3-year-old sister TO Beuzetta, 2:o62.
Is said to have beaten 2:2O in her work.
John Splan, who has recently seen Alix,
2:03a., thinks that mare will stand training
again.
There is a fast 4-year-old brother to
Chehalis. 2:07A, and Del Norte, 2;0S, owned
at HOLSTER, Cal.
Ringing is evidently terrible plague
in Europe, and one that is evidently hard
to abolish entirely.
John Madden's horses are at Louisville.
Plaudit will be entered for the Cumber-
land prize at Nashville.
The Charter Oak park may be open a
s20,O 900 Futurity stake for foals of 1898, to
be trotted in 1901.
Mascot. 2:o4, is going sound and well,
probably be raced on the half mile tracks
next summer by Charles Olcott.
John A. Goldsmith's widow will prob
ably send Burlingame. 2:1SA, by Sable
Wilkes, to John Dickerson to be trained.
John Shepard of Boston, is said to be
willing to pay $4,000 for a satisfactory
mate for his favorite road mare, Relna,
2:12A.
1t is said that one of the best fast pros
poets which Trainer Geers will bring TO
the front the coming season is Macmillan
2:15&l
The sire of Colonel Kuser, Stranger has
been purchased for Austria by Adolph
breeders.
Senator Breda OF Italy, has purchased
the Amerissn sire. .Joktan. 1892, 16 hands
record, PISA, by Lord Jenkinson and Te-
resa Lange.
Frank Phillips Of Reading. Pa, has
sold to Malquintin the fast colt Elector,
by a son of Electioneer. Also very fine
coach horse.
Ticket OF Leave, a fast 5-year-old, by
Chiems. out of Henrietta 2:17, by Nam
brine King, will be in Alonzo McDonald's
sable this year
Gil Curry, the trotting hore driver. has
five or six thoroughbreds in training at
Lexington. He owns but one trotter, a
yearling, by Directum.
The st. Joseph, Mo, Gazette announces
that Morris ]. Jones will make that city
his home after Feb. /, removing all his
horses, including Alix.
1t is the general opinion about Lexing-
ton, that, notwithstanding all the talk to
the contrary, there will be no spring meet
ing at Lexington this year.
John Fisher, who. when a boy. rode
and drove the famous Lady Suffolk, then
owned by George L. Little, of Branch, L.
/, died recently at Smithtown, L. l., aged
So years.
A new racing firm this season will be
McClelland & Smith. the members being
Mrs. Sallie McClelland. widow of the late
Byron McClelland, and her brother, John
D. Smith.
Seventy-fve box stalls have been added
to the Cleveland (O0 track equipment
The training track inside the big ring,
which is a three-Quarter-mile one, has al
so been recovered.
The Cleveland management is trying to
arrange for a special race to wagon be
tween EIloree, Newcastle. Cobwebs, Da-
vid B. and Lord Clinton TO be trotted at
the Cleveland Grand Circuit meeting,
July . TO 80.
The total amount Of purses on German
trotting tracks for 1897 IS 310s,55s, three
gold medals and three prizes Of honor.
against $l03 4SS and 70 prizes Of honor in
1896. Of which 252,SJ9 went TO home bred
animals.
The horsemen in Kentucky viii ask the
legislature OF the state to pass a law
which Will require all horsemen TO under
go an examination as TO competency and
take out license before being allowed to
work at their trade.
John Mackey. superintendent Of J. 3.
Haggiu's Rancho del Psso. owns the great