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Title: Breeder and sportsman
Identifier: breedersportsma351899sanf (find matches)
Year: 1882 (1880s)
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Subjects: Horses
Publisher: San Francisco, Calif. : (s. n. )
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92 ®ty* $xttXfsx txnb §pKtvt*tna*u (Ahgest 6, 1899 Harness Races at Ottawa. Four days of good harness racing was pulled ofl at Ottawa; Illinoie, laBt week. On the first day, Tuesday, Jennie Mac won third money in the 2:12 pace, her positions in the sum- mary being 5, 7, 2, the heats being trotted in 2:12J, 2:10J and 2:10J, Aelse being the winner and Barney McCoy sec- ond. On the second day the bay gelding Shecam got fourth money in the 2:17 pace, the beBt time of which was 2:15J, Shecam being a close second the last two heats. On Thursday, the 29th, Ellen Madison competed against seyen other trotters in a race that it took eight heats to de- cide. She won the first heat in 2:18;, was second in the next, and after dropping back in the succeeding heals, fin- ished a good third in the eighth and final mile of the race. The fastest heat of this race was 2:16i and the sloweBt 2:20J. There were 10,000 people on the track and they all stayed to Bee the finish of the contest. The race was finally won by Patola, a black mare by Altitude. Dr. Book won another race for Billy Durfee on the last day of the meeting, beating a Bel i of seyen in three straight heats after dropping the first. Hie fastest heat in this race was 2:20). Shecam started the same day in the 2:15 pace, but his driyer had to be satisfied with fourth position in the summary. The meeting was yery successful and the work of Mr. W. W. Taylor, who acted as starting judge, was pro- nounced the best eyer seen on an Illinois track. Ottawa's track is but a half mile in length, but ia fast. The slowest heat of the meeting was 2:24 and the fastest 2:10). Death of A. A. Austin. Northern News. (Portland Kural Spirit. J John Green looked rather lonesome working out the green pacer Koy Day at Iryington this week. Both Bill Frazier and Deceiyer are entered in the Califor- nia Circuit and will leaye for 8acramento early in August, where they will make their first start. There are oyer 100 horses working on the Salem track and outside horsemen can rest assured that eyery purse will be filled and the program raced off as adyertised. Pat Barry's black mare by Gossiper 2:141 foaled a fine brown colt by McKinney 2:11; this week. We are told that this is the finest McKinney colt eyer foaled in Oregon, and his name is Pat Durfee. Horses are being moyed along some oyer the Salem track, John A. Crawford worked a mile in 2:18), Hugo in 2:18, TicketB in 2:18) the laBt half in 1:08, Claymont worked three heats better than 2:30 the fastest in 2:28. John Pender's mare Duxie, by old Director, dam by Whipple Hambletonian, has foaled a black filly by Captain Jones, son of McKinney 2:11). This is one of the finest looking, best developed colts we have seen this year. Geo. A. Kelly, of Dayton, Wash., passed through here this week on his way to the State Fair with Birdalei 2:30), Anzslla, a green trotter, and Anigita (p) 2:27. Mr. Wm Barr was along with a good two-year old trotter by Antrim, out of a mare by Iograham. Mr. Kelly says quite a number of Eastern Oregon and Washington horses will be down to the State Fair this fall. The French Trotting Derby. The most important event of the French trotting year waF decided June 25th, and resulted in the victory of Senlis, a bay colt by that most illustrious of French trotting 6ire>, Fuschia. The two-mile distance was covered in about 2:31 to the mile, the time being 5:02, and the distance actually a few yards short of two miles. The race was worth aboui $5000 to the winner. The sons and daughters of Fuschia have almost had a monopoly of this rich prize since that sire's get became old enough to compete. In 1893, Messagere, by Fuschia won; in 1895, Osmonde,by Fuschia wod; in 1896, Polka, by Fuschia woo; in 1898, Eedowa, by Fuschia won; and again in 1899, Senlis, by Fuschia, has carried off the rich prize, peculiarly enough three of these winners by Fuschia have been out of mares by Phfe on, who sired th» winners Finlande and Gerance, both mares, in 1S95 and 1896 âHorseman. ⦠Horse Show at Denver. For two weeks we have missed the trottiog horse depart- ment from the Boston Sunday Herald, and the following sad news from the American Horse Breeder tells the reason why. The well-known turf writer A. A. Austin, at one time a member of the Breeder editorial staff, died at Norton, Mass., on the 22d of Julv: (Mr. Austin was a member of Taunton, Mass., where he was born Dec. 10, 1846. He enlisted in a Massachusetts regiment when but 16 years old. His regi- ment was sent to the Gulf Department and he was at the memorable siege of Port Hudson. He was so severely wounded in the futile assault on that stronghold, June 14t 1863, that he waB finally discharged. He re-snliBted and served for a time in a New York cavalry regiment, and later was made lieuteuant in a Massachusetts regiment of colored troops. After the close of the war of 1861-5,he studied law and was admitted to the bar. After practicing some time in a country village he located in Bostoo. Offing to feeble health he closed his practice and went West, and for a time engaged in the business of training horses. In 1886 Mr. Austin married a Boston school teacher, Laura A. Thomas of South Carver, Mass. In company with his brother G. D. Austin, he leased the track at Bridgewater Mass., and ran it for a time. He was quite successful as a campaigner of youngsters. His best success was with the filly Zora Zar and the yearling colt Perial, which holds the yearling two-mile trotting record of the world. Mr. Austin has been in poor health for a long time. Sev- eral years ago a physician informed him that he could live but a *few months at the longest, but he fought bravely against the fatal disease, consumption, and his life was pro- longed. He was a genial associate, an entertaining conver- sationalist, a ready public speaker and versatile, interesting writer. Whatever he undertook he did with all his might. Told of Robert Bonner. A horse show will be made one of the most prominent features of Colorado's Mountain and Plain Festival, which will be held in Denver, September 25lh to 30lh. The horse Bhow will be given on the laBt two days of the show, and the committee in charge will do its utmost to bring together a grand collectien of horBes. Experts from broad will be on hand to judge the horses, and the rules which usually govern such exhibitions will be in force. The entries in certain classes will be restricted to the territory circumscribed by the limits of the Festival of Mountain and Plain which embrace Col- o-ado, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming and Montana, but a Lumber of classes will be arranged, which shall be open to i dtries from all parts of the United States. No entry feeB ?ill be charged, and in the open claaBes cash prizes will be flered, while in the restricted ones cash and trophies of Afferent kinds will be given. A story told of the late Robert Bonner is sometimes laid to the nimble wit of the inimitable William K. Travers. Mr. Bonner was riding in a Btreet car one day with his son, then a little boy. The car was crowded and Mr. Bonner had taken the little boy on his knee. Presently a handsome and stylishly dressed young woman entered and Mr. Bonner nudged his son from his knee. "My boy," said he gravely, "get up and give the lady your seat." Even the young woman had to join in the titter that fol- lowed. The only time in his life that Mr. Bonner ever made a bet was when he was a typesetter on the old Hartford Courant. A "jour of the name of John Hand came down the line with the advance reputation of being the swiftest compositor on earth. "Maybe," said the Courant men, "but you haven't tried Bonner yet." "Huh!" said the "jour," "I'll try him for $10 a side." "I never bet," said Mr. Bonner. "You better not," laughed the challenger. Mr. Banner changed his mind. He put up $10, got down to work and besides c mBuming two pieces cf costard pie, set 25,COO ems of solid minion type in twenty h mrs and twenty- eight minutes. Mr. Bonner's greatest pride was that he ne?er borrowed or owed. The only thing he ever borrowed was a maxim from Emersonâ"Oh, discontented man ! Whatever you want, pay the price and take it!" He did. Whenever he wanted anything he paid for it. The price sometimes came high. But Mr. Bonner got it all the same. Mr. Bonner's place at Tarryiown waB one of the finest trotting farms in the country. But, strange to relate, he never spent a night there from the time be bought it till the day he died. Why, no one ever knew. It was a notion of hisâjust that and nothing else. Once Mr. Bonner wanted a place in Westchester. He found one that was satisfactory and asked whether there waB malaria in the neighborhood. The agent said no; there was no malaria in Westchester, but over across the line there was plenty. Every householder in the country told him the same thing. So Mr. Bonner bought the place and promptly got malaria. A few days afterward an advertisement ap- peared in the New York newspapers. Mr. Bonner offered his place for sale. In the advertisement he enlarged upon the fact that it was the only place in the entire country where malaria could be caught, but notwithstanding thi* great and uncommon advantage he would sell it at a reason- able price. In support of his statement Mr. Bonner called attention to the assertion of every real estate dealer in the neighborhood that there was no malaria in the country. He sold the place. "It's too bad," said a friend to him one morning, "that Charles Dickens won't write for American publications.'1 "He won't eh?" cried Mr. Bonner, "just wait till I try." He rushed down to his office, wrote to Dickens asking him for a story and with the letter sent a draft for $5000. Dick- ens was carried off his feet. He accepted and asked whether this was the way American publishers did business. "It's the way this one does," answered Mr. Bonner. A while afterward Mr. Bonner captured Tennyson by the same plan. Mr. Bonner, with all the tens cf thousands of stories he published never read fiction. The ODly stories he ever fin- ished were Dickens' "Hunted Down" and Sylvanus Cobb, Jr.'s "The Gunmaker of Mobcoiv." It was his custom to read merely the opening chapter, and if he found it satisfac- tory to have the Btory read through by his readers. Once, when Mr. Bonner's capital was just $8000, he deter- mined to make certain advertising. When the estimate was brought to him it was $10,000. "Too much," said he to the advertising agent. "Cut it down to $8000. That's all the money I have." "Can't do it," said the agent, "but I'll trust you for the $2000." "I know that," said Mr. Bonner, "but I won't let you." The agent cut the difference. "Am I a teetotaller? No," said Mr. Bonner once in an- swer to the question. "No, I am not a teetotaller. I had a glass of sherry when I came to New York in 1844." It is not on record that he ever took another.âN. Y. Journal. These were eleven hours of racing on the last day of the Detroit Blue Ribbon meeting, and the moon was shining when the last heat was decided. "Flat Racing Explained" by Analyst, ia the title of a little work published by Goodwin Brothers which coo - tains a concise history of the turf. The bouk is a practical treatise on racing, designed to meet the requirements of owners, breeders, trainers, jockeys and the general patronB of racing. It touches brief!/ upon each branch of the sport of kings, contains many sound ideas upon the theory of breeding, and many bright and interesting anecdotes. The work is published simultaneously in this country and in Eogland. It is a novelty, inasmuch as it is the first work that has taken the turf or any of its ramifications for a subject that is confined to one volume and is of a conve- nient size for use. While it requires perfection of gait, sound limbs and great lung and heart capacity to go miles in races better than 2:10, many great campaigners were not considered good gaited when given their first lessons to harness, says the "Western Horseman." A great many of the best foals seen by the writer were not remarkable for their purity of gait uotil patience on tbe part of the trainer had taught them the proper method of locomotion. Many had no established gait to harness, though (airly square trotters in the lot; others moved off the first few times as though they were sure enoogh candidates for 2:10 honors, and shortly afterwards developed a greater variety of gaits than a oallet dancer has fancy steps. An Impatient teacher will forever spoil nine out of ten of the colts belonging to this class, while pains- taking efforts on the part of the trainer may result in bring- ing before the racing public a gr at stake winner. If the colt or filly is wortn developing it is worth educating prop- erly; otherwise it should be allowed to mature into a farm horse or animal suited to the general trade. Money is badly invested that is paid for the improper education of well bred and promising colts and fillies, and trainers with well-filled "graveyards" should be prevented from adding any more cripples to their long list of "knocked-out" youngsters. Patents of Interest to Horsemen, July 25th. Charley A. Beckstrom, Sioux City. Iowa, Wagon Brake, 629,616. Wm. H. Bowp, Cincinnati, Oblo, Tbttt Coupling, 629,488 Jobn K. Hrown, Oakland, and J. S. Brown, Alameda, Cal., Apparatus for Treating hides. 629,490. Jobn H. 6eld, Proviuence, R. I., Split Hub for Wheels, 629,525. Jasper N. Smitu, Tiv-rtou, Ohio. Wagon Standard 629,618. Julius Stromever, Philadelphia, Pa., Wagon Brake. 629,403. Curtis H. Veeder, Hartford. Coon.. Spoke Pin, 629.731. Cornelius A. White. Marysville, Ky , tiig Sad-He, 629,734. Wayne Zenker, Corunna. Ind.. Feed Tro gh, 629.415. Wm. U. 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