The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-11

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 settled the whole business. Stevens
 took out his pocket-book and handed
 the check he had received for the mare
 to Mir. Howarth. saying:
 I'll take the mare back; you may send her over"
 As I remember the amount of the
 check. it was for three hundred dollars,
 or nearly that sum-enough to pay for
 horse that was not balky. presume
 the travelling dealer wisely concluded 1 that it was best for him to avoid law
 suit.
 NOTES OF LOCAL HORSES.
 J. H. Bronson's paeer Coast Marie,
 2:14 IA, is in excellent quarters in a
 ises. She is having light work-enough
 ses She is having light work-enough
 to keep her in a healthy and thriving condition. She has been well handled the past season by W. A. Stout, of Indi-
 anapolis, Ind, an expert trainer and driver. The list of horses that MT.
 Bronson has bought and sold is a long one. Inta, 2:2O 1-2, was one of the first;
 Edward G., PIP IA, was another. Then
 followed Money Maker and many oth- CTS with more or less speed. Later he owned Dan O.. 2:O7 1-2; Searchlight, 2:0S 1-4; Coney, 2:O2. and Anaconda,
 2:01 3-4.
 l. c. Richey has his trotter Antonio C. in fine shape. He was remarkably fast horse on the snow last winter. I have heard several compliments for a lilly bought at the Fasig -Tipton sale by J. $. Byron. of this city, who is a
 good judge of pedigrees and other par ticulars about horses. The chestnut
 mare referred to was sired by Baron Dillon, 2:12, whose dam was Matte Nut
 wood, by Nutwood, 2:1S 3-4. The dam of the young mare was Queen Annie by the celebrated Red Wilkes. Two very popular young men are the McGrail brothers, of Branford, Conn. Their success in the livery stable busi ness is partly accounted for by the fact that popularity counts well in that oc- cupation.
 If there is any business that is well established in this city it is B. F. Can non's regular weekly auction of horses. During all sorts of weather, hot or cold, there is always an ample supply of horses to be disposed of on the day of sale, and a goodly number of buyers. When the regular sale day comes on al holiday, like Good Friday, the number of men and horses at the sale is as large as ever
 HILBERT KIPP AND MIKE w. I have recently heard some news about the trotter Mike w, Eli 1-2, that during the racing season of this year has been in the hands of Ebert Kipp. the expert trainer and driver, of
 Peekskill, N. Y. It seems that this trotting son of Elyria, 2:25 1-4, has dropped his record a little each season during recent years, and the end is not |yet, as he could have made faster time this year in some of his record winning
 heats. He started very few times this season, but won four races and second
 money once. Tn hiss last race he dropped his record from 2:16 1-2 to 2:14 1-2, and in the final heat he showed his stamina by trotting the last quarter ifl tfliTty-ofie seconds, and the last eight in fifteen seconds. Trainer Kipp. whose extensive experience with high-class
 horses makes him an authority on speed has stated that the mile that Mike w. went in 2.14 1-2 he could have made in 2:12 or better sure, and that the trotter had in races made halves in 1:04 and 1:O5 previous to that race, and the last half at that.
 If am not mistaken, Mike w, I2:14 1-2, is in comfortable quarters in the stable of MT. Kipp, while the genial proprietor and his gentlemen friends enjoy frequent chats about horses in the office of the former. N.