. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. HIGHLAND A high-bred Trotting Stallion of the Electioneer Family in the Stud at San Mateo the tracks he has trotted. It would be like a parlor track alongside a plowed field. There is considerable doubt as to his being brought here, however, for the Garden races,as there was no certainty of it when Mr. Ketcham left for home. It would be great to see him step on the miniature track and it would be a big thing if Mr. Ketcham could be induced to drive him for the indoor record. The Cuyahoga Stable. A Cleveland, O., dispatch of the 8th inst., an nounces the followi
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. HIGHLAND A high-bred Trotting Stallion of the Electioneer Family in the Stud at San Mateo the tracks he has trotted. It would be like a parlor track alongside a plowed field. There is considerable doubt as to his being brought here, however, for the Garden races,as there was no certainty of it when Mr. Ketcham left for home. It would be great to see him step on the miniature track and it would be a big thing if Mr. Ketcham could be induced to drive him for the indoor record. The Cuyahoga Stable. A Cleveland, O., dispatch of the 8th inst., an nounces the following: "C. K. G. has a new name for his Cleveland Btable. Hereafter it will be known to horsemen throughout the country as the Cuyahoga stable. He has shown evidence of his fondness for Cleveland and Cuyahoga county by selecting this name. He announces entries in the various rich trotting futurities which closed on March 1st. Although Mr. Billings never races his wagon horses in professional contests and may never start any horse in a regular race still for the benefit of the horses he is entering his colts born this year in the futurity races. Instead of being en" tered in his name the horses are named by the Cuyahoga stable. This is the first announcement of the fact that bis establishment carriesthis name. His string of horses has always been referred to as the Billings stable. The colts he is entering in these futurities are all by John A. McKerron, out of noted wagon trotters, such as Lucille, 2:07; Mazette, 2:04J; Louise Jefferson, 2:09|, and Imogene, 2:11}. with Sweet Marie and Tiverton, but after all there is one man who has a horse that he is willing to chance against the great pair. That man is Mr. T. F. Adkin of Rochester, who says he will name his gelding Lison. jero 2:08}, in such a race. Mr. Adkin does not claim Lisonjero was as fast last fall as Sweet Marie and Tiverton, but he says he does know that his horse worked a mile in 2:06 with comparativ
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