. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. Vol. IX. No. 17. No. 508 MONTGOMERY STREET SAN FRANCISCO. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1886. Sporting Notes. The advent of the trotter on the banks of the Spree has been frequently noticed in these columns. Now comes the report of the fall meeting at Vienna, in which imported American horses were prominent as entries and conspicuous as winners. The Russians sent their best animals" Each race makes a big demand upon figures, the first being 2,400 metres. The competitors were Blue Belle, Van Buren Girl, Gladys, Benefice and Silver Leaf, which Van BurenGirl won. The
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. Vol. IX. No. 17. No. 508 MONTGOMERY STREET SAN FRANCISCO. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1886. Sporting Notes. The advent of the trotter on the banks of the Spree has been frequently noticed in these columns. Now comes the report of the fall meeting at Vienna, in which imported American horses were prominent as entries and conspicuous as winners. The Russians sent their best animals" Each race makes a big demand upon figures, the first being 2,400 metres. The competitors were Blue Belle, Van Buren Girl, Gladys, Benefice and Silver Leaf, which Van BurenGirl won. The next race was 3,600 metres, in which Gladys, Nabob, Russian, Amelia C. and Amber were easily beaten by Blue Bull mare. The great event of the meeting was a mile heat race for a purse of 4,000 francs, (big figures again), the con- ditions being that a horse winning two out of three heats should receive the purse, but in case of a split in single heats five should be trotted. The horse securing the largest number in rive to receive the purse for first place, 28,000 francs; of the five horses that started Amelia C, Amber and Blue Belle each won a heat, but Blue Belle took two of the five and carried off the purse. This race was followed by an event for doubles, 3,600 metres. Bedouin and Woras were started against Van Buren Girl and Russian Spy; the former brace won. No time is reported, which lessens the interest somewhat for our readers, but the pleasant fact remains that the citizens of the most beautiful capital iu Europe have seen genuine American trotters perform upon their own soil, and have thus gained another valuable lesson as to how we amuse ourselves on this expanded and expand- ing continent. The races were trotted on September 29th and 30th and attracted large audiences, including princes of royal blood. Every day in these dull weeks, and every hour of each dreary day, sights meet horsemen on our streetB that make their blood rise to boiling point. At every corner, a
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